Yes, yes we did.

That was a fun series of conversations and it brought back lots of great memories of that game.

I mean you have to understand it's a double-edged sword Electronic Arts was the one that even gave visceral a chance to create that amazing property in the first place.

But you have to look at it from their standpoint Electronic Arts is still a business and they have to behave as such the first Dead Space only sold about two million units which is absolutely abysmal when you consider it was released on three platforms simultaneously

I think people need to understand realistically speaking that is what the actual normal Resident Evils in regards to survival horror sold on average anyway.

I think Electronic Arts was hoping that with Dead Space 2 & 3 the series sales would pick up and they actually did for a little bit.

But I believe the biggest problem with Electronic Arts is actually them budgeting for it to move units that it's realistically probably not going to move simply based on the genre itself. So at the end of the day Electronic Arts is what helped that game even happen in the first place so I would say they did more than good than harm because the only crappy game in that series is technically the third game because Electronic Arts clearly knows that this game and the survival horror genre is not going to be moving absolutely truckloads of units with the exception of the Resident Evil series I believe the respectfully budget for a Dead Space game to actually simply just be a survival horror as opposed to trying to reach Call of Duty numbers.

You guys gotta hate them all you want but for god sakes at least give the publisher some credit for allowing a team at otherwise was literally just creating ports go back and read the official story on how they greenlit Dead Space to Electronic Arts.

Yes clearly we blame Electronic Arts ambition for how crappy the third game was but like I said at least give them credit for green-lighting the first two games especially in the middle of a generation.

I don't like nor do I respect that they were absolutely over budgeting this game to an unrealistic degree but I still give them props for even creating the series and giving that team a chance this role is now a better developer because of the chance that was given to them and I honestly believed Electronic Arts in the future might revive Dead Space but will budget smarter this time.

It's not even worth it. DS1-2 were one of my favourite games of last generation. Beat them 6+ times each.
DS3 was an abomination, and killed the franchise for me. I became bored halfway through my 2nd playthrough, after I trudged along the shitty first playthrough.

Agreed. DS was great. But DS2 was even better. Would love to see a DS2 remake, though I would love to see a DS4 even more.
The problem with EA is they make easy $ from the slight changes to their sports titles like football FC games (whatever it’s called nowadays). People just lap that sh1t up.
Comparatively, games like DS which don’t sell 10s of millions, can’t sell them team player add ons and all the like, would seem a hassle to make and unappealing comparatively. Especially when you consider that most EA non sport titles haven’t actually performed well recently.

Dark Souls 2, Darksiders 2, Dead Space 2, Death Stranding 2, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2

The Dead space remake was so good. Better than the original. Shame they won't remake 2.

This is about gore... not about anything sexual. And specifically I think it is about the realistic depiction of gore. Unfortunately I don't know the nuance of the CERO board or how it is relevant their specific culture (as a prohibition on gore may transcend age) so I hesitate to make a statement. Can anyone else provide insight to what kind of gore is considered unacceptable?

Yes I think you may be on to something. The violence is gory but I wouldn't call it gruesome.

Does EA Japan actually make games at all? Or are they just a regional publisher?