He may look like a
Big Daddy reject, but this Lil' Papi is the newest face in EA's
reinvention line, a steady stream of fresh IPs aimed to counteract the perception of safe-bet mega-publisher.
Dead Space, making its first appearance on the cover of
Game Informer, was
named a year ago (as a FPS) by analyst P. J. McNealey, who identified the then announced project as an Unreal Engine 3-powered action game. The
Game Informer hook upgrades that status to "survival horror game," but does not confirm the first-person perspective or Unreal guts. Instead,
GI just
begs us to buy the issue teases: "Fans of the cult-classic film
Event Horizon and straight-up horror aficionados aren't going to want to miss this one!"
Dead Space, being developed by a "renegade" team at EA, sounds a lot like what we'd expect out of the
rumored System Shock 3. Is there a connection to be made? And more importantly,
can one man cut through the darkness?
{ Sep 14th 2007 at 10:54AM } 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Guybrush Threepwood @ Sep 14th 2007 10:57AM
Hooray!
Another game that demonstrates how many shades of grey and brown there are.
Jonah Falcon @ Sep 14th 2007 11:00AM
Do you live in Oz, where there's yellow brick roads and Emerald Cities? Welcome to Real Life.
Jonah Falcon @ Sep 14th 2007 11:01AM
Oh, and ruby slippers. Can't forget the ruby slippers.
ahatter @ Sep 14th 2007 11:20AM
It is ok for games to take place in fantasy worlds (like Oz)
Matt B (SDF - White Gold Ring) @ Sep 14th 2007 11:34AM
Go into a dark room and tell me about all the vibrant colors you see.
NATO_Duke @ Sep 14th 2007 11:35AM
I vote for a FPS where the Scarecrow mows down the emerald city in search of his brain, which is being held by a mad scientist with super powers. Yeah, on second thought, that plot blows.
On another note, isnt it easy for one man to cut through the darkness with the aid of a flashlight?
hvnlysoldr (NDF - Wind Ring) @ Sep 14th 2007 11:53AM
Why my walls are a lovely shade of Nintendo red and white. I wear Link's clothes all day and I drive a Pikachu car.
Truepatriot @ Sep 14th 2007 11:54AM
@falcon
i dont live in oz but i can see the sun shining bright and making the grass green the swings red the cars vibrant and even the trees trunk look a nice shade of brown
it looks nothing like the "real world" you speak of.
Jonah Falcon @ Sep 14th 2007 10:59AM
It looks like Pitch Black II.
Kazi @ Sep 14th 2007 11:01AM
Is this going to involve stopping the future Hitler before he becomes the president by finding out there's a "dead space" in the visions of the future you have showing you that you have the power to prevent it?
riggs @ Sep 14th 2007 1:16PM
no. no it wont.
Christopher Grant @ Sep 14th 2007 11:01AM
Event Horizon? Since when is a crappy re-imagining of great sci-fi (Solaris in this case) a cult-classic? The ship went to hell? Really?
Jonah Falcon @ Sep 14th 2007 11:02AM
Hell is only a word. Where it went, was much much worse. A dimension of pure chaos.
Do you see?
DO you see?
DO YOU SEE?!?!?!?!
Shagittarius @ Sep 14th 2007 12:58PM
Yeah Event Horizon was pure crap.
samfish @ Sep 14th 2007 11:14AM
I want to say something snarky (with just a touch of whine), but...I just can't think of anything.
hvnlysoldr (NDF - Wind Ring) @ Sep 14th 2007 11:56AM
"In the far reaches of space, humanity brings to light a forgotten alien scourge. Can one man cut through the darkness?" Wait a minute, Humanity brought light to the scourge then they ask one man to cut through darkness.
BobboMJones @ Sep 14th 2007 1:28PM
Well, just because they brought the light doesn't mean they've done anything with it. Lazy bastards.
Jeff @ Sep 14th 2007 11:16AM
Seriously though, one of these sci-fi games need to take place on some random world made up mostly of blue with a pink sky. Just to shut everyone up.
ukickmydog (NDF - Earth) @ Sep 14th 2007 11:33AM
super paper mario
ScreamingSkull @ Sep 14th 2007 11:19AM
I think a 3rd person viewing option would be nice. And slots for tonics.
T3H WICKERMAN @ Sep 14th 2007 11:23AM
"renagade" ea team ha ha.
blooh @ Sep 14th 2007 11:32AM
event horizon was fucking scary as shit man, i saw it when i was like 11
Hirsbrunner @ Sep 14th 2007 11:50AM
Have you watched it since you've gotten older?
Pure unadulterated crap.
I still want my money back.
OnimushaSoki @ Sep 14th 2007 2:44PM
I have it on DVD myself... hadn't seen it in ages, but for what I remember... well, I was admittedly spooked.
el tonot @ Sep 14th 2007 11:36AM
Well Joystiq failed to mention that other websites including IGN (which unveiled this game 2 months ago) is that it is coming to PS3, 360 and PC. Wii owners will instead get another game involving Mario (sigh)instead!!!
360/PS3 FTW!!!!!!!!!
Nushio (Honorary NDF Member) @ Sep 14th 2007 11:46AM
"360/PS3 FTW!!!!!!!!!"
Says the guy with the Paper Mario avatar...
hvnlysoldr (NDF - Wind Ring) @ Sep 14th 2007 12:09PM
The trolls have so little control they don't even bother changing their avatar. I realized it changes your avatar retroactively which is why my one post under Phoenix Wright with my parrot looks weird now. And when BPM had a pedobear and chargin' avatars.
J.Goodwin @ Sep 14th 2007 11:42AM
It's always nice when EA dredges up yet another one of their ancient dead and buried IPs acquired from one of the dozens of companies that they purchased over the years whose visionary designers and top programming talent fled as soon as their non-compete agreements expired.
It's even better when they then pattern the new installment directly on one of those visionary creators' latest hit game.
Fuck you EA.
J.Goodwin @ Sep 14th 2007 11:42AM
Seriously, what's next? A new populous game featuring a snappy young lad and a third person perspective integrating one button combat?
plyx @ Sep 14th 2007 11:48AM
Big Daddy would stomp his ass.
samfish @ Sep 14th 2007 11:56AM
Kirby would kick BOTH their asses, though.
Vegnagun @ Sep 14th 2007 12:26PM
Rofl! Samfish I loled because Kirby is my name. I've never seen someone reference Kirby without saying how much he sucked/blowed/stole powers. Thanks for that.
Synner @ Sep 14th 2007 12:40PM
Wow, I'm surprised no one has mentioned this, but I find it hard to bet excited by anything in game informer since they are nothing more than a glorified gamestop sales flyer. OTOH, why can't we get a sci-fi game based on firefly? That would be an awesome universe to set a game in.
Cellien @ Sep 14th 2007 12:41PM
Hate to be typical.. but this looks like Gears meets Bioshock.
Jonah Falcon @ Sep 14th 2007 12:52PM
You know, it occurs to me that in space no one can hear you scream.
chimp o death @ Sep 14th 2007 1:06PM
Does anyone but me think that the term "Survival Horror" is an oxymoron? Think about it. What's the opposite of survival? Non-survival? Are there any videogames dedicated to non-survival?
"Look out! Zombies!"
Then you pull the right trigger to be quietly eaten and digested.
If we keep using the term, Halo is a "survival shooter", MGS is "survival stealth", etc.
upz @ Sep 14th 2007 4:16PM
I don't think you know what an oxymoron is. The term "survivial horror" is not inherently contradictory. You simply mean that in the context of video games, the term "survival" is redundant.
riggs @ Sep 14th 2007 1:18PM
but they can see it hmhmm.
riggs @ Sep 14th 2007 1:19PM
cot dammit i pressed reply! REPLY!!!
BobboMJones @ Sep 14th 2007 1:31PM
And I completely misread that comment. Go me. Well, they brought the aliens to the light, right, but there's some other darkness right behind where the aliens were, and... You know what? I give up. Quick, someone else, say something clever!
BobboMJones @ Sep 14th 2007 1:33PM
*Facepalms* I'm not having a good day. This was supposed to be a reply to Samfish's comment that already had some of my idiocy as a comment.
Kswift @ Sep 14th 2007 2:20PM
Is that. . .a staple gun he's wielding? Oh you've got to be a badass to banish evil with a staple gun!
Yuccadude @ Sep 14th 2007 3:01PM
It looks more like a crappy future lantern that will probably be your least useful weapon against the zombiens, like how other games make sure you always have a weapon, but it's kind of crappy, this will probably be it.
razer @ Sep 14th 2007 2:53PM
If Ken Levine and Cliffy B. had a baby together this is what it would look like.
T3H WICKERMAN @ Sep 14th 2007 5:30PM
why dont those gi fuxxorz try doing some timely reviews. ie two worlds still havent reviewed i wonder why...oh i know cause they advertise on their site, and theyre gonna wait as long as possible to give it the shit review it deserves.Oh yes and gamestop employees sicken me. smart ass underpaid losers stfu! love,-wicker
Synner @ Sep 14th 2007 9:04PM
That's pretty much what I said, if you read this glorified sales flyer, you are retarded. They are going to score reviews in line with whatever will move product, and the sheep will follow. Plus their timing sucks, I've had a game in my hand for a week when I got the GI issue that PREVIEWED it. Lame ass gamestop.
pandafresh @ Sep 15th 2007 1:51PM
GTA comes out, games try to rip it off, Oblivion comes out, bunch of wanna-bes come out, Bioshock comes out, and this happens. How about this isn't a fresh IP, its cliche as hell.
booster @ Sep 15th 2007 7:50PM
You Effing morons really think they developed this game since Bioshock came out? Come on idiots it takes years to make a game. I find it truely unbelieable that so many people are willing to trash a game based on.....a magazine cover? Sure EA has made some crap no doubt, and sure you have nothing better to do than wait for mom to call you for dinner, but really, lets at least wait and see more than one still image before the snarking begins. just my 2c.
pandafresh @ Sep 16th 2007 1:16PM
bioshocks been announced for awhile buddy ;)
Nightwing162 @ Sep 16th 2007 3:47PM
Bioshock was announced on: Friday, October 08, 2004