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Pre-E3 2009: Dead Space extracts itself from third person photo

You know what? Bravo EA. Someone start a slow clap, because this just looks awesome. I haven't been this excited for an on rails shooter since... actually, I've never been truly excited for an on rails shooter. Maybe interested in House of the Dead: Overkill, and rightfully so, but never truly excited. EA has done it though, and the new E3 trailer really shows us were in for something that at least looks great.

The trailer shows off the early stages of the game we assume as most of the people are still alive and the carnage doesn't really start till the end.I don't know about you, but the game looks generally scary to me. It could really go one of two ways though. Either the lack of ability to move the camera will make the scares all the better because it will be more cinematic or the lack of control of the character will deny the tension needed to make scares in games. Either way this is actually a pretty cool experiment in the genre of horror gaming. 


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Chronic Logic at 05/30/2009 11:11
Since your character can't move their feet since this is a rail shooter, I doubt that it will be scary. However, if you can move your camera to shoot around you, then it might add a little scariness since you have to keep looking around you in order no to get fucked buy a necromorph. Hopefully it won't be as passive as a normal rail shooter, otherwise it's just going to be another House of the Dead type game.
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flamindeku-stick at 05/30/2009 11:35
This looks actually a lot better than I would've expected from a rail-shooter. I'm actually more interested in this than the original Dead space, though I'll probably get that someday.
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LMAO at 05/30/2009 11:48
Looks pretty solid, and with way more action that other Wii rail shooters like HoD Overkill, also kudos for Mogwai song :)
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Milis at 05/30/2009 11:48
Just for clarification, it's "path driven", not a "rail-shooter". And it doesn't appear to be completely passive in this preview video]preview video.
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Askherserenity at 05/30/2009 12:11
Yeah, I don't really think its on rails. It's more like Killer 7 if you think about it...
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pedrovay2003 at 05/30/2009 13:35
Wow, color me impressed. I love Dead Space, and this looks like it'll be just as good in its own regard.
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Jack8274 at 05/30/2009 13:41
@Askherserenity

And where did you get that info? Killer7 is good but that's not on rails persay. This on the other hand is.
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perri at 05/30/2009 13:52
Wait. It's path based like Killer 7!? I may have to buy this game...man... that's pretty nifty.
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peachboy at 05/30/2009 15:42
if it's done properly I think the on rails or path driven thing can be fantastic and quite visceral. and no that wasnt supposed to be some cute pun regarding the developer.
but i mean, sin and punishment got me on the edge of my seat and it only had jiggidy jaggedy polygons, where as this is looking fairly polished (by wii standards at any rate).

exciting times.
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mistic at 05/30/2009 16:59
sadly for nintendo, light-gun-games are what the wiimote is most capable at :-)
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absolutzero at 05/30/2009 18:17
I thoroughly enjoyed Dead Space and I sure as hell am going to pick this title up when it becomes available :)

@mistic - Point-and-click? Really? I guess it's easy to overlook the whole motion-activated depth the wiimote brings to many Wii games.
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psycho terror2 at 05/30/2009 19:34
"Either way this is actually a pretty cool experiment in the genre of horror gaming."

no, that would be "resident evil survivor" you're thinking of. 9 years and 4 resi gun games later and i'd say this is more of a rip off than an experiment. i think the survivor series (especially the wii games) will igve some pretty clear insight into how this game will play.

man... for a games journalist you seem pretty easily impressed.
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Tenumberoneguy at 05/31/2009 06:55
This looks pretty good. How about a Left 4 Dead Space Next? lol
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