Exclusive: 13 minutes in Dead Space

Published 1 September, 2008 Duration 13:11

Blending survival-horror with sci-fi, EA's original adventure was one of the most impressive titles on show in Leipzig. And now you can see exactly what we experienced with the full Games Convention developer walkthrough.

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  • DougC #1 4 years ago

    looking good

  • Benno #2 4 years ago

    looks alright

  • Slabbathepave #3 4 years ago

    and here i was thinkng Dead Space was going to be shat. Consider my fancy tickled....

  • espy #4 4 years ago

    Very very nice. System Shock 3, possibly?

    Clever little detail: the health bar on his back. First you think, meh, that seems a bit of an unrealistic stretch, but then Isaac walks past a safety notice that calls for miners to "watch each other's back", and suddenly the in-world health bar on his back makes sense. Nice.

  • Buztafen #5 4 years ago

    Looks nice and shiny, picking this up almost certainly....anyone else jump when what i like to call 'the black hand of death' came on the screen form the left? :)

    /judder
    Edited by Buztafen at 01/09/08 @ 12:36

  • Snidesworth #6 4 years ago

    Very cool. Looking forward to this a great deal.

  • Dogstar060763 #7 4 years ago

    This looks like one of the year's biggest games, no doubt about it. The care and attention to detail, the design and overall presentation are stunning. The gameplay might ultimately be a bit 'Doom3 meets Prey', but I don't mind. I love the whole 'stuck aboard an infested spaceship' thing, so I'll have tons of fun with this.

    Well done, EA. Against the odds, and despite yourselves, you actually seem to have produced a game of outstanding quality.
    Edited by Dogstar060763 at 01/09/08 @ 13:26

  • hyperkineticninja #8 4 years ago

    That video does not do it justice, Dead Space is one of the nicest looking games I have seen. And like mentioned the attention to detail is outstanding as is the sound.

  • septimus #9 4 years ago

    Looks great and a definite buy, but I have to agree with simakperrce in that I was hoping for a bit more Event Horizon and less Doom 3.

  • illusiondance #10 4 years ago

    doom meets prey?
    are you joking? this runs like sci-fi Biohazard 4 in every respect possible, short of holding hands with some a helpless young whelp.

    otherwise it is mighty impressive and i am also certainly interested again since that whole sorry episode of the million spin-off side projects period.

  • Xerx3s #11 4 years ago

    So it's a direct SS2 clone minus original plot plus unoriginal halo flood clones.

    Might actually even turn out to be not so bad after all.

  • illusiondance #12 4 years ago

    excellent excellent excellent, the body motion on isaac is particularly high quality.
    there are definately enough fresh ideas anongst the dozen well chosen rip-offs to make this stand out and memorable, rats off to ya EA!

  • Nill #13 4 years ago

    Looks cool, although obviously he's battling the controls as much as he's battling the ingame foes.

    In other words, required it has enough depth, it could be really good on the PC.

  • CHAZBIGPOTATO #14 4 years ago

    looks shit...

    ...hot

  • Sorbicol #15 4 years ago

    Looks pretty damn good to me :)

  • Machetazo #16 4 years ago

    woohoo! :D

  • Orange #17 4 years ago

    Doesn't look great to me. The UI ideas are nice, but looks a bit difficult to see what's going on the back. Not keen on the over the shoulder camera, seems clunky.

    Very generic as well, just knicking from every other sci-fi horror.

    If it's heavily scripted as well, then that's even worse.

  • TessaTickle #18 4 years ago

    The store ? You're in a ravaged ship where everything's going to hell, you're a systems engineer (or at least a comms engineer whose skills should at least cover POS terminals) and you're reduced to going through peoples' pockets for small change in order to buy your kit ? UH ?

    Well, apart from that, it looks sweet.

  • dirigiblebill #19 4 years ago

    Anyone else think the camera struggled when those beasties got up close and personal? And yes, I agree with earlier posters that the horror here is a little too bombastic.

    These issues aside, it's a tour de force. Reminds me rather heavily of Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason, if anyone's been keeping tabs on that. Well done EA.

  • actionfitz #20 4 years ago

    mmm. looking forward to this

  • symmetry #21 4 years ago

    That looks pretty awesome, like Bioshock in space.

    The only bad bit was the release date - 2 months! :(

  • Bennicus #22 4 years ago

    Agree with what others have said, the 3rd person camera/controls seem a bit clunky for up-close combat (which seems to be 50% of the time). Hope there aren't too many parts like that lift section at the start where the designers thought it would be "scary" to spawn enemies right on top of you in a tiny enclosed space with no way to avoid damage. Looks alreet though, Space Resident Evil (clunky controls and all).

  • Bilbo_bobbins #23 4 years ago

    graphically this is great, all the small details are fantastic....gameplay wise, I think this could get very repetitive after a short while.

  • CHAOS_BROON #24 4 years ago

    looks really good but i think its a littleslow at the moment i mean.. if something lands behind you it takes ages to turn around and aim at it similar with resi4 but i suppose its just a minor lil thing i was jus a lil concerned cos i really like the look of this title .

  • Triggerhappytel #25 4 years ago

    Looks really good. My only concern is that the enemies look a bit rubbish and I don't like the way you seem to have a woman who speaks to you and updates your objectives. It would be creepier and lonelier without her.

  • themorganator #26 4 years ago

    This does look detailed. I hope they do a demo!

  • LeSpank #27 4 years ago

    Enemies spawning on your head - bad
    Slow controls making it hard to shoot at close range - bad
    Non-scary halo/half life bad guys - bad

    This wont be as good as you are hoping.