EA Doesn’t Want to ‘P*ss Off' Dead Space 3 Fans. Is That Unavoidable?

Co-op looks to be a defining feature of 'Dead Space 3' when the game releases this February. But can EA balance their push for mainstream accessibility with the series' reputation among fans?

[Hellsvacancy]

So they make a game nobody asked for, i didnt want a co-op Dead Space, theres less fear when theres more than one of you

They should of made a completely different Dead Space, same mechanics, same gameplay, different protagonist, different situations, otherwise were gonna end up with the same game weve already played

Thats why i didnt like DS2, too much of the same "oh no, a dark tunnel, let me guess, a pipe is going to burst out some steam, a shadow is going to run past"

I LOVED Dead Space, i use to play it on Friday night, around midnight (when i KNEW the kids/missis would be in bed) id plug my awesome headphones into the TV, id get PROPER stoned and play Dead Space for a couple of hours, i really enjoyed myself

TOTALLY different experience with the second game

[PerpetualMathx10]

same here and proper stoned indeed lol

[da_2pacalypse]

Dead Space 3 = gears of war clone...

Sucks because I have gears of war already, I don't want a clone of it lol.

[JaredH]

People who say it's a Gears clone only heard what's in it or only watched the gameplay from EAs conference. You can't use cover unless there's human enemies shooting at you. It kicks in by itself. There's no cover button. You can play the game without coop and you won't even feel a hint of coop present since the game has different cutscenes/dialog for both single player and coop.

The people who are marketing this game should be fired since there's so many misconceptions about it.

[GribbleGrunger]

what does 'stoned' mean?

[Kinect]

@Gribbler it means raped by demons

[iChii]

@GribbleGrunger: When you turn into a stone.

On topic: I don't think Dead Space 2 was bad, I enjoyed it a lot. I have low expectations for Dead Space 3 and I have a feeling we're gonna get a Resident Evil 5 but I hope im wrong..

[Campy da Camper]

Agree with Hells. I played the first one with my headphones on and late at night. The 2nd was OK but near the middle I was just rushing through to hurry up and beat it.

Coop has no place in Dead Space UNLESS it is not split screen AND you do not play next to each other. If one person is on one side of the ship (or map, whatever) and you are on the other and you have to find each other then I could see it. You could talk to your friend but you would be all alone and it would almost be more scary hearing weird noises and knowing your pal is not there to help you.

[Lord_Sloth]

Then take note. If you aren't playing in co-op the story will not include second player at all. Not in AI, not in cut-scenes, nowhere. He doesn't exist unless you're playing it in co-op.

[JaredH]

He actually does exist but only in story segments where he has to. The same way characters were in past Dead Space games. The gametrailers gameplay shows this.

[Lord_Sloth]

@ JaredH
My basic point still stands but thank you for informing me.

He isn't with you every step of the way unless you're actually in 2 player mode so you don't have to worry about not being alone in this game.

[vandal GAB]

Co-op in dead space 3 is an multi player option only. There is no AI character following you if you play single player!

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

watch 6:30 onward!!!!!!

[SageHonor]

Too late, more than enough fans are pissed off

[Kyosuke_Sanada]

A game in development that already pisses of fans and wants at least five million in sales.....sounds mighty familiar....

[SageHonor]

You talking about ME3?

[Treian]

Resident Evil 6....

[D3mons0ul]

Metal Gear May Cry Evil 6

[MrMister]

Metal Gear Rising Reveangance? The new splinter cell? The list goes on for ruined franchises, which were stupidified to cater to the ever growing bane known as the "here today, gone tomorrow" casual crowd; and the easily bored average 13 year old COD/Gears player. Our favorite franchises are all starting to look like the same damn dumb@ss game over & over. SMH -_-

[ShaunCameron]

@ MistaDozie

What's so dumbed-down about Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance? Kojima WANTED it to be a hack-&-slash action game with Raiden as the main character. He was the one who sought PlatinumGames because he ran out of ideas to go further and thought they were best-suited to make it come to fruition. Plus there's nothing casual-friendly about it.

[BitbyDeath]

Final Fantasy?

[dirthurts]

I wonder if these guys have ever thought about actually asking the FANS what they wanted?
I feel like they walked into a COD convention and started handing out surveys.

[GuyThatPlaysGames]

CoD has nothing to do with DS3 so don't even bring it up.

[SeekDev]

What he's getting at is that EA is making Dead Space into a more action oriented game. CoD is a great example for action. We're just joking around though, not making fun of CoD, making fun of EA instead (as seen in my comment below).

[dirthurts]

Ovox, you totally missed the point. SeekDev pretty much had it.
I was make a subtle statement comparing the evolution of Dead Space to the Evolution of COD.
It's becoming scripted, and run and gun action. Less emphasis on an actual engaging or interesting story and more emphasis on things going boom.
It's being watered down for the sake of the masses. EA realizes this, and they realize this is what's making money these days.

[SeekDev]

EA at CoD convention, "Would you guys play an action game with guns?"

"Yeah.. why not?"

EA execs at board meeting, "They said they want Call of Dead Space."

[Kinect]

lmao bubbles

[MacDonagh]

Sometimes while fans want a game to be faithful to the original; they ask for things that sound like a good idea but ultimately falls flat.

Co-op sounds like a great idea in a game because it's always fun to play with your friends. However, as a mechanic, it doesn't seem cohesive to have it in a survival-horror game unless it has a similar premise to Left 4 Dead where being co-operative is an essential part of enjoying the full experience. Nor does it work with RPGs like Mass Effect 3 because the first games were purely single-player experiences that didn't require or need a multi-player element.

[SKUD]

The business side of gaming is a terrible ecosystem.

[user5467007]

When they publicaly stated that they've added co-op because it was too scary to play alone I just lost the last bit of respect I had left for EA...I'm also ticked off at Visceral Games aswell for letting this happen.

I mean if I was a developer I would of looked at RE5, seen people complaining about co-op, seen what Capcom had done to the franchise in general which has lost it's survival horror roots and I would of also seen people hoping DS can take it's place...and you know what I would of done made DS3 the best horror game I could

What I wouldn't do is do exactly what Capcom has done to RE after seeing all the complaints....I mean are they that stupid.

It looks like Lost Planet or a Gears clone

If they were going to add co-op why did they replace Ellie...thats what bothers me, least I could of put up with her, not some typical soldier grunt who tries to be funny but comes off like a douche and who hates Issac but then at the end comes to accept him as a friend at the end of the game

Well you know the drill guys, don't buy it at launch...just wait and let it hurt.

I know they said they need so many copies for the DS franchise to survive but I'd rather it go out now before it's ruined even more like what happened with Capcom and RE6

[Kinect]

EA loves $ and RE5 sold in millions despite being less scary :(

[Raka]

AND RES6 will be lower than res5 now that fans knows what to expect from this trash

[Summons75]

I would have been if there was a AI coop partner following you around, however there will not be so everything is fine

[tigertron]

Well it won't be as bad but the game will have been built around the co-op system, so whilst it will be scarier without John Carver, it still won't be as scary as DS1 and 2, especially as EA are incorporating even more action.

[Summons75]

I didn't find them scary at all so no problem here. Love the story and Isaac's Character development

[chiwoo]

I loved the 1st dead space the 2nd one was good even if it was more of action game.EA might dig there own grave even if they are trying to appeal to more gamers in the process of Pi$$ing off there true Fan base by adding Co-op just like capcom did with RE5 but they banked off that lets see how it will go with Dead space 3. :)

[hiredhelp]

Well sucks to be me right now as im only one seems because ive wanted co-op with buddy in this game for a good while.
For thoes you dont find it scary play it alone in the dark light out sound up high.
Trust me im 33 love horrors not many cut it for me but this game gets my hairs on back my neck going at times.

[Soldierone]

Having a person next to you to rely on ruins the survival horror feel of it. You ARE the only person left, thats what makes it scary. You have someone there to save your ass and talk to, its not scary. This is the issue.

Even if you play it alone, co-op will be forced on you somehow.....

[FunAndGun]

disagreed by accident

[hiredhelp]

Hmm guess you dont play in the way i do and you say it like my m8 sat next to me hes online we both emerged in this space with awsome scary atmosphere where slightest shadow sounds can u get you jumpy.
We play with our headsets on we very emerged where we block out everything trust me having buddy not gonna make it any less scary.

Btw we play on pc chat via msn messenger while playing games incase you confused.

[Campy da Camper]

Exactly. And hiredhelp, want scary? Play Amnesia Dark Decent with headphones and no lights. You will turtle peek every 10 minutes.

[hiredhelp]

http://n4g.com/news/616299/...

looks like some you not happy when they didnt have true co-op campaign cant win on n4g.

[Sidewinder-]

EA Doesn’t Want to ‘Piss Off' Dead Space 3 Fans...

But they'll go ahead and do it anyway, for the funnies.

[RevXM]

*Reads Headline*

Dead space 3 fans... exist?
LOL!
Dead space and Dead speace 2 have fans. 99% of them doesnt like what they are doing to Dead space 3.

WTF is up with Visceral/EA these days?
Like when they said how much DS3 need to sell to survive.
Are they just gonna talk bull from now on?

[Raka]

DS3 need to sale ofc after the poor sales of the other 2

DS1 2MIL
DS2 1.1MIL

[Soldierone]

Yes because no matter what you will have people pretending to be fans that hate the game.

[Kratoscar2008]

EA dont want to piss gamers but sure they are good at it.

R.I.P Dead Space

[listenkids]

It's unavoidable because of the people who play games today will moan at anything thrown at them, I don't care that this has a co-op attached, nor did I cry when RE5 had co-op strapped on.

"No one asked for!" Clearly someone did.

At the end of the day, if you want to play it on your own, do so.

[byeGollum]

That's what happens when every game must be a trilogy and 'spin-offs'

[jack who]

piss is a bad word?

[Kinect]

wass up ? you dont take a piss ?

[Rupee]

Why was "piss" censored? Lol

[Syclonus]

is this game using the frostbite engine?

[Plagasx]

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT??

You ruin your own franchise by adding co op and more action and don't want to upset fans of the series???

LOL YOU FOOLS.

[JAMurida]

I wouldn't say adding co-op ruins a game. It depends on how you do it.

[ShinraE5]

Although artistically speaking, I do agree that DS3 is headed towards a baaaaad direction....financially speaking, you can't blame EA or any other company for trying maximize profits.

They are a business. They make money. Simple enough.

If they need to burn fans to get a greater audience, they will. As would you if your funds were determined by the games sales.

The only way gamers can stop BS practices/ideas/etc is to stop funding them. How many people gripe about CoD, only to buy it every year? How many complain about Day 1 DLC...only to buy it that very day?

Consumers can only be truly heard with their wallets.

[InTheLab]

Some won't like what you're saying but it's true. Gamers are the weakest of all consumers. We get shat upon by, not only devs/pubs, but gaming media, yet only a select few will bite back.

That's why I've lost all hope that CoD will ever be more than it is. Too many enjoy what it is today. Same thing with RE6. It looks like Max Payne with Zombies but I bet that trash sells 5m+ anyway.

It's easier to move on instead of harping over this crap every 3 articles. Dead Space is now an Action shooter. Oh well. There goes the survival horror genre..

[Hassassin]

Stop fucking franchises EA!!! It should be a verb now...

"Hey are u gonna buy the new *awesome game name* 3?"
"...nah dude, it got EA'ed"

[Raka]

this game was never popular no matter how EA try to push it....

dead space 1 only 2 mil sales
dead space 2 1.1 mil
dead space 3 wont pass 3mil so since they said they need 5mil+ to continue the franchise it is safe to say they wont.

[Sainox16]

Better not be a RE5 type of thing where it looked scary but it really wasn't

[vandal GAB]

Co-op in dead space 3 is an multi player option only. There is no AI character following you if you play single player!

watch 6:30 onward!!!!!!