Here are 24 new screenshots from the upcoming survival horror game, Dead Space. Old Jimmy Bean brought word of the games premise a few months back. The game follows Isaac Clarke, a space engineer who gets stuck fighting off aliens that infect their hosts. So basically, imagine Resident Evil except it's infectious aliens instead of the T-Virus ... and it's in space.
I kid though. Think of what I just said more as a complement for I love the Resident Evil series and have a special place for horror games in my black and cold heart. I am really looking forward to Dead Space. It seems like it will be a very refreshing change of pace for the survival horror genre.
Take a gander at the gallery below to get an idea of the combat system and the various aliens you will encounter. I especially love the above screenshot as it reveals that when you aim at an enemy, a digital ammunition counter is projected out from the gun.
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Also the new Bioshock downloadable plasma content is up. Woot!
Madden in space this is not and we are all better off because of it.
also, hope they get the combat right
the minimal use of colors and graphical themes, we're seeing a lot of this lately (ac, mgs4, killzone2, halo3 etc), is to take pressure off of the graphical rendering process. basically, it takes juice from both artist, programmers and the engine to make it run smoothly if you have a lot of crazy stuff going on.
or some shit like that. i'm not a tech guy. but i heard hideo kojima say it regarding mgs4 and it makes a whole lot of sense to me.
I do think that EA are watching what's been allowing Capcom and Konami to make so much money. Capcom know how to use their IP to full effect, but the real trick is turning funds into new games. From Konami, EA learned how to use games like Pro Evo (Fifa/Madden etc), make them well and sell them well. The result is what we are now seeing.
EA have also learned from Bioshock and Orange Box, that shooters sell well if some heart and passion are pumped into them. After success there it makes sense to build on that.