Digital Foundry's John Linneman delivers the DF tech review of the Dead Space remake (2023). This is a best-in-class remake but not everything is perfect.
An executive of Electronic Arts Japan has criticised the Japanese video game ratings board for allowing upcoming action game Stellar Blade to be released uncensored while EA's own Dead Space was banned in the country.
He’s got a point. If a game is M-Rated, which is the equivalent of an R rating, I don’t get why you need to censor anything. The rating is the indicator of the content and the age appropriate. If it’s appropriate for adults… why treat them like children? 🤷♂️
I don't know if the EA executive is going off the one close up of an arm being cut off in the demo. Maybe it's uncensored because it's the arm of a cyborg or it doesn't happen that often (didn’t see EVE dismemberment when killed in the demo) .
In the states there's a certain amount of swear words allowed to a PG13 movie before it is deemed R. So maybe it's the same in Japan for gore?
The remake teased an expanded universe, but now a sequel has no chance of delivering on it.
Honestly i believe it was mainly as retaliation for the original devs breaking off and making colisto protocol. They've done this a few times, ignoring fan demands for the return of a belived ip until someone does it for them, then they retaliate by only then announcing an entry. Colisto protocol was announced and EA announced the remake shortly after, Session finally hit consoles and skate 4 was announced, shortly after Undisputed was shown off, talks started happening about a new fight night.
It was a solid game and we'll have to move on and accept it for what it is. Just because we're not getting a sequel (original or remake) doesn't mean there's no point anymore in what is a great, tense, well-paced single player experience. No one's taking Dead Space Remake away.
I just hope that the game isn't so technically stitched together on PC that driver updates render the game unplayable like what happened with me and my RTX 4070 last year, requiring a driver downgrade just months after the game came out. If you're a console player then you've got no worries.
Most likely for EA to cash in on the remake craze that followed Capcom when they started remaking RE games. I am glad EA did it I enjoy the game. DS is one of my favorite franchises love the sci fi horror shit. What I don't like is EA not remaking DS2. So DS1 remake did not do well with the numbers so what. DS2 has a solid fanbase and is probably the best entry in the franchise depending on the fan. DS2 remake would have been a day one for me but I got a reminder on why I hate EA. Scrap the DS2 remake for a shitty Iron Man game.
It's because the gaming community want remakes and remasters over new games.
I think that is for the best of the franchise o be left alone then to be turned into a game as a service or something like that, EA has the awful habit of trying to monetize everything.
Isaac Clarke of Dead Space fame has appeared in many games, both as a playable character and an Easter Egg. Have you played them all?
I must say I am pleased with the re-make all around. DS was one of my all time favorite games on 360 and the re-make has gone above and beyond. It feels almost like a brand new game in the best possible way. The visuals are gorgeous, the sound is fantastic, performance is smooth and responsive (I’m playing on series x) and the subtle tweaks from the original make the game better than it was originally. A master class in re-makes. Let it be known too that this is NOT a re-master. Everything has been rebuilt. The models, environments, etc have substantially more detail, the lighting systems and fog volumetrics are substantially better and more lifelike. Everything feels better and it looks like a proper next gen game imo.
Glad they are patching up VRS on PS5 and PC ,.. because it looks so damn odd,..
The VRS stuff is weird, also quite a few severe fps drops on PS5. When Sony inevitably launches a midgen refresh, it should include HW VRS.
On the game itself though, DS remake is immense. The visuals and feel are on point and while it feels dirty to say, EA did a great job on the remake, so kudos to them - continue it with DS2 please.
There’s nothing you can get from this remake that you can’t get from the original game. Stop giving EA money.
I'm glad this remake was made, I'm enjoying it, but I think it's way overrated. A master class in remakes? I feel the remakes for RE2, FFVII, and Demon's Souls deserve this kind of praise but Dead Space just doesn't look or feel like the revolutionary masterpiece that a lot of journalists are making it out to be. I really don't get all the hype. Again, I think it's good but nothing amazing.