Dead Space Remake Part 21. On the surface. (Hard New Game Blind)
1Part Synopsis: Isaac and Nicole use the shuttle to reach Aegis 7. The marker is removed and set on a path to its position. Clarke begins the tedious process of moving it through the interior while fighting off numerous enemies.
Playthrough Information: In the past I've played Dead Space 1, Dead Space 2 with its DLC and Dead Space 3 with its DLC back on Xbox 360. All three were replayed for the channel as well. The remake I'm unfamiliar with and therefore considering blind. Any reused elements I'll probably remember, although anything changed or new is fresh for me. The campaign will be covered on hard difficulty featuring gameplay from Xbox Series X.
About Game: Dead Space is a 2023 survival horror game developed by Motive Studio and published by Electronic Arts. A remake of the 2008 game of the same name developed by EA Redwood Shores, it was released on January 27, 2023, for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S. It is the first release in the Dead Space series since 2013's Dead Space 3. The game received generally favorable reviews.
Synopsis: The game retains the same basic plot as the original. Set in the 26th century, the story follows engineer Isaac Clarke, a crewman on a repair vessel assigned to the USG Ishimura, a massive planetary mining ship that has gone silent. While investigating a distress call sent by the ship's medical officer and Isaac's girlfriend, Nicole Brennan, the vessel's crew is attacked by mutated human corpses. Isaac is forced to fend for himself as he tries to save his surviving crewmates and learn the truth behind the loss of the Ishimura.
Development: Games journalist Jeff Grubb of GamesBeat reported that a remake of Dead Space was in development at Motive on July 1, 2021. He speculated that the success of EA's single-player Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (2019) and Capcom's remakes of Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 were instrumental in the publisher's decision to green-light the Dead Space remake.
The game is being developed using EA's proprietary Frostbite engine, which Motive Studios previously used to develop Star Wars: Squadrons and the single-player campaign of Star Wars Battlefront II. The game will retain the same story and structure as the original but feature redesigned assets, character models, and environments. The developers intend to take advantage of SSDs on the ninth generation of consoles to have the game be presented as an "uninterrupted sequence shot", absent of loading screens. Content that was removed from the original game due to technical constraints may also be added. The game will not feature any microtransactions, in contrast to Dead Space 3, where the addition of microtransactions resulted in a negative reception. The art director for the game, Mike Yazijan, previously worked as art director at EA Montreal assisting Visceral Games in developing Dead Space 2.
The original Dead Space was noted for its audio design, and the team are intended to stay true to the original atmosphere while improving and modifying where necessary. The original musical score by Jason Graves was retained, with new musical elements and cues composed by Trevor Gureckis. Gunner Wright will be reprising his role as Isaac Clarke, who will be fully voiced, like his appearances in Dead Space 2 and Dead Space 3. Tanya Clarke is also reprising her role as Nicole Brennan from Dead Space 2. The other cast members include Anthony Alabi as Zach Hammond, Brigitte Kali Canales as Kendra Daniels, and Faran Tahir as Challus Mercer.
Dead Space went gold on December 15.
Marketing: The game was announced at EA's Play Live event on July 22, 2021, accompanied by a teaser trailer, with an initial target release date of late 2022. On March 11, 2022, it was announced that the game was being pushed to early 2023. On October 4, 2022, a gameplay trailer for Dead Space was released which revealed the game's release date to be January 27, 2023.
Music: The music for Dead Space was composed by Jason Graves and Trevor Gureckis. Graves had previously worked on the original game trilogy.
Reception: Dead Space received "positive reviews" for the PS5 PC and Xbox Series X/S, according to the review aggregator website Metacritic.
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