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Dead Space remake announced, next-gen only

Quade

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I love Dead Space but the original is a HD game that still holds up incredibly well both in the visuals and gameplay department so this feels unnecessary. But hey, it's good to have the franchise back and if this leads to a new original game influenced by the first two then I'm all for it.
 
ILikeFeet

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This absolutely needs ray tracing. Low light RT GI would look amazing. Fuck it, throw in RT audio as well
 
RatskyWatsky

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Quade said:
I love Dead Space but the original is a HD game that still holds up incredibly well both in the visuals and gameplay department so this feels unnecessary. But hey, it's good to have the franchise back and if this leads to a new original game influenced by the first two then I'm all for it.
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^^^
 
NDA-Man

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I am thoroughly unimpressed. Like... it looks good, but I dunno. I love Dead Space, but all we get is a super short teaser that doesn't actually show anything new. I know they said there will be changes, but we literally got a necromorph in shadows and the most famous piece of set dressing in the first game.

I dunno, I was hoping for more, anything else. Showing off something that justifies the game (just being Dead Space but prettier doesn't do that, IMO).
 
Samiya

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Can't stop thinking of this tweet whenever I hear about this project:



It makes me deeply cynical to think that EA killed off the studio that made this series and then does an unimaginative remake of the first one. How awfully corporate can you get?
 
criteriondog

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PlanetSmasher said:
Developers. "It's like a one-cut movie" doesn't fucking work in games. It's a cute marketing bullet point but unless you expect people to power through your 20-hour game in one sitting there are GOING to be cuts and interruptions to the experience.

Stop it.
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God of War had a one cut seamless camera throughout the whole game. It was excellent. I took multiple breaks throughout my play through.

It worked fine.
 
noomi

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Quade said:
I love Dead Space but the original is a HD game that still holds up incredibly well both in the visuals and gameplay department so this feels unnecessary. But hey, it's good to have the franchise back and if this leads to a new original game influenced by the first two then I'm all for it.
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Especially if you're able to play on PC with 4K resolution and mods that elevate the graphics even further.
 
Joni

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I hope the remake is faithful, just that game with all the modern tricks like DualSense rumble is going to be scary.
 
SolidSnakeUS

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Samiya said:
Can't stop thinking of this tweet whenever I hear about this project:



It makes me deeply cynical to think that EA killed off the studio that made this series and then does an unimaginative remake of the first one. How awfully corporate can you get?
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Hell, remaking Dead Space is basically like the monsters in the game. They wrestled it from people who made it possible, killed them off and took over the host for their own bidding.

To be honest, I don't really have any hope for this game.
 
Jarmel

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What the fuck, I didn't know you could shoot out windows in Dead Space 2 to suck enemies out into space and could seal the windows.
 
7threst

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Samiya said:
Can't stop thinking of this tweet whenever I hear about this project:



It makes me deeply cynical to think that EA killed off the studio that made this series and then does an unimaginative remake of the first one. How awfully corporate can you get?
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Jezus, you know I didn't really think about this but this tweet is the fucking truth...
 
Haze

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We don't need a Dead Space remake and EA doesn't deserve your money for one after they maliciously killed the franchise and the studio behind it.

EA wants to dig up their own victim and sell you the corpse.
 
Nikus

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Quade said:
I love Dead Space but the original is a HD game that still holds up incredibly well both in the visuals and gameplay department so this feels unnecessary. But hey, it's good to have the franchise back and if this leads to a new original game influenced by the first two then I'm all for it.
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Same. It's like ten years too early.
Samiya said:
Can't stop thinking of this tweet whenever I hear about this project:



It makes me deeply cynical to think that EA killed off the studio that made this series and then does an unimaginative remake of the first one. How awfully corporate can you get?
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100% agreed with all this.
 
ToddBonzalez

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Samiya said:
Can't stop thinking of this tweet whenever I hear about this project:



It makes me deeply cynical to think that EA killed off the studio that made this series and then does an unimaginative remake of the first one. How awfully corporate can you get?
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I'm not a corporate apologist, but this a pretty reductive view. Visceral ostensibly got closed because their big Star Wars project wasn't coming along, not because of the Dead Space series failing to meet expectations sales-wise (It is true that the games didn't sell to EA's expectations; it wasn't the reason for the studio closure though).

We know EA Motive had a new IP in development for many years that didn't get greenlit (or got cancelled). If new IP development didn't go their way it makes sense to stick them on an existing IP and perhaps there was excitement about working on Dead Space at the studio. Whether it was Motive's decision to work on Dead Space or it was a directive from EA corporate, it's certainly preferable to a layoff at Motive.

Also worth noting that there was a time gap of years between Visceral closing and this remake beginning development. Leadership at EA might have changed, corporate strategy might have changed. The 2 things can feel connected, but they really aren't in any way.
 
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raspberrymousse

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Cool, I've recently dabbled in the first one and played like 45 mins but now I'll wait for this instead. Loved the atmosphere from what little I've played
 
KrAzY

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Yeh this is really cool, i can't wait to play. I cannot imagine what the necromorphs in frostbite gonna like like and the atmosphere ohh boy
 
CosmicGP

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Ooh smoke, dust particles and better floor grating!


Dammit for some reason I'm now pining for a metal gear solid remake.
 
NaDannMaGoGo

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Samiya said:
Can't stop thinking of this tweet whenever I hear about this project:



It makes me deeply cynical to think that EA killed off the studio that made this series and then does an unimaginative remake of the first one. How awfully corporate can you get?
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I mean, as true as that might be, it's nothing particularly recent and there was rather the question if we are going to get any more Dead Space at all, knowing perfectly well that Visceral no longer exists.

EA sucks, how they handled Visceral and Dead Space does suck very much as well. But afterward, that Dead Space is getting this sort of remake isn't the problem.
 
Duxxy3

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Quade said:
I love Dead Space but the original is a HD game that still holds up incredibly well both in the visuals and gameplay department so this feels unnecessary. But hey, it's good to have the franchise back and if this leads to a new original game influenced by the first two then I'm all for it.
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Eh, the graphics have aged a bit. Character models and faces could be better. Controller and mouse support isn't all that great either. Maybe it didn't need a full remake, but it could definitely use a new coat of paint.
 
Ushojax

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I hope this is both a remake and reboot that leads into original sequels that don't follow the old games. Otherwise it's pretty boring.
 
Donepalace

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ToddBonzalez said:
I'm not a corporate apologist, but this a pretty reductive view. Visceral ostensibly got closed because their big Star Wars project wasn't coming along. We know EA Motive had a new IP in development for many years that didn't get greenlit (or got cancelled). If new IP development didn't go their way it makes sense to stick them on an existing IP and perhaps there was excitement about working on Dead Space at the studio. Whether it was Motive's decision to work on Dead Space or it was a directive from EA corporate, it's certainly preferable to a layoff at Motive.

Also worth noting that there was a time-gap of years between Visceral closing and this remake beginning development. Leadership at EA might have changed, corporate strategy might have changed. The 2 things can feel connected, but they really aren't in any way.
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its not really about what else they did but it's how they were treated after dead space 1 and the whole dead space franchise being forced to put micro transactions and co op into the 3rd game and dropping the 4th game when sales were low because people don't want that shit in there dead space game
 
medyej

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Such an unnecessary remake.. I love Dead Space and would rather they just remaster it and work on a new game in the series. Dead Space 1 still holds up pretty well, it's not THAT old.
 
Teeth

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If this is substantially different from the original (in the way RE2 Remake is different from OG RE2), then I'm on board.

The hurdle they are going to have is that, unlike RE2, they don't get to have a completely different camera setup (ie- going from static to fully 3D). The combat model will likely remain very similar.

So.

For me to be really interested, it's going to need new level layouts, new enemy types/behaviour, new/changed story beats, etc.

Otherwise...it's just prettier graphics on a game that still holds up.
 
Senator Toadstool

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I hope this game is late 2022 at the earliest. Its still impossible to find next gen systems.
 
MadMod

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Ow damn! My fave horror franchise is back. Legit hope they go all out after this remake.
 
cognizant

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As a massive fan of DS, I find this trailer underwhelming, as is the plan to remake a game that still holds up today, from its graphics to its UI to its gameplay. This is such a huge waste of time and resources.

And if they botch the remake, giving us an inferior messy buggy piece of crap that doesn't meet their lofty financial expectations, we can all kiss Dead Space goodbye for real.

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Strafer

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There has only been two parts in videogames that have made be destroy my controller.

1, the spinning death wheel in the first God of War.

2. The dead Space shooting sequence..FUCK...THAT SO MUCH.

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AllThingsPurple

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Honestly I still wish they'd just remaster the originals. What will this mean for og dead space 2 of they make a sequel to the remake, will it be a remake of two or a new thing? 2 is just as good as 1 and I don't want it to be forgotten.
 
Croash

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Oct 27, 2017
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Make us whole in ray traced 4K. I don't have a 2020 console yet but I'm ready for the gameplay trailers anyway!

Still wishing for a quick port/remaster of the trilogy.
 
Firmament1

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Samiya said:
Can't stop thinking of this tweet whenever I hear about this project:



It makes me deeply cynical to think that EA killed off the studio that made this series and then does an unimaginative remake of the first one. How awfully corporate can you get?
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And don't forget: People regularly ragged on EA for Dead Space 3, and closing down Visceral. And now, this is being cheered on.

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