Between recent releases like Metroid Prime Remastered, Dead Space Remake, and Resident Evil 4 Remake to upcoming titles like Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp, System Shock, and Bloober Team’s Silent Hill 2 remake, it’s seldom been a more lucrative time for publishers and developers to dive back into their catalog of releases, dust off their most enduring titles, and sell them at full retail price to eager nostalgic audiences. Isaac Clarke becomes a grumpy, hardened space marine who finds himself involved in increasingly silly schemes as necromorphs slowly take over the galaxy.We’re living through a peak period of video games remakes. The sequels are rarely talked about in the same breath, and if they are, it’s fans wishing they were more like what came before. It’s a misguided belief, and our continued love for the first Dead Space is proof of that. EA has and will always be a ‘bigger is better’ company that ups the ante whenever possible, believing it will naturally result in bigger audiences and bigger profits. They will have a much harder time in a remake’s spotlight, primarily because they tend to forget the original game’s greatest strengths to opt for something far more bombastic. Now we wait for the sequels to resurface. Few games are able to achieve this sort of thing when it comes to being remade and not be subject to archaic shortcomings, but Isaac Clarke and his trusty plasma cutter more than deliver.
While much of the level design and combat mechanics remain identical, the entire package has been imbued with a modern sheen and tighter execution that makes it feel like not a day has passed since 2008. Critics ( including myself) showered it with praise for bringing back the survival horror classic with equal parts authenticity and ambition. EA and Motive’s Dead Space remake is a resounding success.
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