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As players return to the RIG suit of engineer Isaac Clarke, they will find that this love letter to the original Dead Space has more details than meet the eye. The gameplay trailer was brimming with hidden details, which further shows why this masterpiece deserves the remake treatment on powerful next-gen gaming machines.
7 Necromorph Detail
Body horror can gross out and make many feel uncomfortable. That’s what Dead Space excels in. It’s horror at its finest, in which humans are transformed into a disgusting mesh of extended bones and flesh. Dead Space’s remake takes that gory appearance of the Necromorphs to the next level, with internal organs seeping out of rotting flesh.
Hands are clustered in places they shouldn’t be, and the attention to detail as Isaac Clarke rips into the skin with a plasma cutter is intense and amazing. Even the detail on Necromorph tentacles reveals body parts and faces absorbed inside. It’s horrific, yet incredible.
6 Emphasis On Lighting
Lighting was a huge part of the original Dead Space’s DNA. Of course, for many reasons, the lighting in some older games helps to hide the lack of graphical detail, in Dead Space, it worked perfectly in creating a haunting atmosphere. It was impossible to tell what was around the corner, and players wanted to cling to the light just to feel that extra bit of safety that never came.
There’s far higher respect and regard for lighting in the Dead Space remake, as seen in the trailer. Lights flicker in and out, with bold attention to detail on what light can reflect off of, and the shadows it can create. Lighting isn’t an easy thing for developers to master, but EA Motive seems to have mastered it in creating a terrifying atmosphere.
5 New Anti-Grav Features
Although many adore the original Dead Space, and many can agree that the game got so many things right about it, the one thing it lacked was the way anti-gravity was controlled. Playing these sections was less than stellar, and felt far too tank-like. The movement was hard, and maneuverability was even harder.
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Anti-Grav was a lot more fun in Dead Space3, and players could fly around in space, doing spins and running out of oxygen. In the trailer for the Dead Space remake, it seems that Anti-Grav has received a massive innovation, as the brief gameplay of the feature seemed extremely smooth and well-crafted.
4 Isaac Clarke Speaks!
In the original Dead Space, Isaac Clarke was the player protagonist and one who lacked a voice. The character could be heard breathing and grunting during gameplay, but not a word was spoken by the character until Dead Space 2. Isaac Clarke was given a voice by the talent of Gunner Wright.
When the remake was announced, many fans of the Dead Space franchise were eager to see Gunner Wright return as Isaac Clarke. Luckily, EA Motive listened, and Gunner Wright makes his return to the horror of Dead Space. It’s promising to see that the remake will have Isaac Clarke speak, and should lead to some interesting drama and emotion.
3 Bigger Playing Space
One of the most eye-catching details of the new trailer for the remake of Dead Space is that of the player areas. The first game felt claustrophobic with its tight and dark corridors, where Necromoprhs could jump out at any second. The remake is certainly continuing that trend but allowing for a much larger playing area.
There are rooms in the trailer that already seem far wider and more explorable than that in the original. This doesn’t take away from the frights of the game, as it just further shows the technological advances of consoles and developers, able to put far more detail and space into the games that they create.
2 The Marker
For a brief moment in the trailer, the ominous and red pulsing structure makes an appearance. These structures are known as Markers, a double-helix-shaped obelisk that can only be described as extraterrestrial in its origin. The Markers are used to create Necromorphs of organic beings and are the source of Isaac’s nightmares and brutality.
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There are entire global cults dedicated to these Markers, and the appearance of the Marker in the Dead Space remake trailer only further bolsters their importance, and how Isaac Clarke is the only one that can stop them. If the Markers combine, then they can create a Brother Moon, a godly entity capable of ultimate death.
1 Death Scene Animations
All of the Dead Space games are famed for their gruesome detail. Players can easily be punished if they miss a quick time event, or get too friendly with a Necromorph. Failure is as inevitable as a death in Dead Space, and the infamy and gore in the death animations are far too unfriendly for show and tell.
In the trailer, it seems as if everything wants to kill Isaac, and multiple things do. The trailer lingers on the despair and hopelessness of being trapped aboard the Ishimura with nothing but a RIG suit and a Plasma Cutter, as the scene cuts away before audiences can get a good look at those brutal death animations that run into a game-over-screen.
Dead Space will release on January 27, 2023, on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.
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