Whew, Dead Space will let you pause after all

by Jason Dobson { Mar 12th 2008 at 11:00AM }

Players will be able to answer nature's call -- or any call for that matter -- in EA's upcoming survival horror title Dead Space. While an earlier report noted that the devs were considering dropping the ability to pause from the game altogether, EA's Glen Schofield has clarified things, stating that while Dead Space will let you pause the action and take a breather, inventory management will be left to the throes of real-time.

The executive producer told Stephen Totilo of MTV's Multiplayer blog that since combat in Dead Space is "happening live and in real time," players won't be able to pause their game to heal, reload, or write home while being gnawed on by whatever nasties the devs have cooked up. Noted Schofield, "You better ammo up before you begin your fight. Because you can't really be safe." Honestly, inventory we can handle; it was the fear of having to visit a urologist after having to hold it for too long that truly kept us awake at night.

Tags: dead-space, deadspace, ea, electronic-arts, electronicarts, pause, survival-horror, survivalhorror

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Stef Geiger @ Mar 12th 2008 11:09AM

That's a pretty cool concept. Obviously not the kind of thing you'd want to implement in Call of Duty or something, but in survival horror games, making reloading etc a cumbersome process that players pretty much have to do when they're not in danger is smart.

upz @ Mar 12th 2008 11:14AM

Flash-based internet media players have become far too common. When I saw that picture, I immediately clicked the pause button to resume my video.

Phranctoast @ Mar 12th 2008 11:19AM

I feel like less of an ass, since I did it too.

Kye NFC: 7016 - 9552 - 1191 - 8991 @ Mar 12th 2008 11:28AM

me too *shame face*

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Mar 12th 2008 12:58PM

Aye, that's how advertisers get us often as well.

Tim @ Mar 12th 2008 4:54PM

Im glad im not the only one

NoHitHair @ Mar 12th 2008 11:22AM

I'm getting really sick of the fact that developers are beginning to force their concept of "realistic gameplay" down our throats without even giving us an option otherwise. This reminds me of Burnout Paradise - Whenever Criterion's lead developer opens his ignorant maw about "real life open-endedness" and "learning the city, like in real life" as an excuse for not having a restart option, I want to kick him down a flight of stairs.

If developers feel like forcing specific "realistic" atmospheres on us - fine. But at least give us something in the option menu to disable it in case there exist players who don't enjoy that aspect.