Latest Dead Space Extraction trailer reveals really big boss battle

by Alexander Sliwinski { Sep 2nd 2009 at 4:45PM }

The latest Dead Space Extraction trailer comes horrifyingly close to uttering the line, "You should buy this game because it's totally, like, full of scary von scariness." However, it's good at showing some more of the gameplay we can expect from the on-rails shooter when it injects into retail on September 29th.

Some highlights include a look at a big tentacle boss, some of the "mini game" elements -- like building a barricade -- and a nice clear look at how stasis and strategic dismemberment will look. Oh, strategic dismemberment, it's been too long.

Gallery: Dead Space: Extraction

Tags: dead-space, dead-space-extraction, developer-diary, ea, electronic-arts

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

jekoln @ Sep 2nd 2009 4:50PM

i'm surprised this isn't already released. i had totally forgotten about it.

Player1 @ Sep 2nd 2009 4:53PM

Actually I got confused about the release date and thought it came out this month. Then I checked Best Buy and their site showed they had it in stock, but it was still at pre-order status. I went to the store and they said they had it in back but couldn't sell it to me. I wonder why it got shipped out so early just to sit around...not like it's really a triple-A title.

Clemenceau @ Sep 2nd 2009 5:44PM

I've never seen a development team hype up a light-gun rails shooter quite like this before.

No Kill Tayler @ Sep 2nd 2009 4:51PM

The had a demo running in true blood, by the way, this game look S'MAZING.

Ghen @ Sep 3rd 2009 8:32AM

Oh yeah, I noticed that too ! I just thought the game was out already LOL.

why not the LS2LS7? @ Sep 2nd 2009 4:54PM

What the heck? Isn't this joystiq? Where's DSG?

jynxycat @ Sep 2nd 2009 5:38PM

I started to search for her the second I saw the headline was about Deadspace Extraction :|

AvA (ice~) @ Sep 2nd 2009 4:55PM

kinda wish I didn't sell my Wii now... dead space is my thing :O

tmacairjordan87 @ Sep 2nd 2009 4:58PM

I'd buy this, but it's on rails which limits it to a gamefly rental at best. Reeeeally wish they didn't do that.

rowd149 @ Sep 2nd 2009 5:39PM

What's wrong with on-rails? They said they're going for a more cinematic feel, and I agree that the way they've done it here is pretty effective. Let's face it: if you're trying to make someone feel like they're in another person's body, the walking mechanics in most FPSs (and the camera movement in games like Time Crisis) don't cut it. The movement of the camera felt very natural in this vid; you can tell they're putting a lot of time into that (perhaps motion cap'ing an actor's head movements as he acts out being in the scene?).

tmacairjordan87 @ Sep 2nd 2009 5:41PM

I just don't like those games. They were fine when my father took me to the arcade in 1995, but they're too linear, shallow, and have no replayability so I'll probably just rent it.

rowd149 @ Sep 2nd 2009 5:43PM

Star Fox was on-rails, and you won't see people calling it shallow or saying it has low-replayability. Quality's in the execution. You can't call the gameplay based on a video. :/

redjack @ Sep 2nd 2009 6:05PM

Do we really need an obligatory "I'd buy it if it wasn't on rails" comment in EVERY Dead Space Extraction thread? Do we really?

We get it. Some people don't like them. Now piss off.

tmacairjordan87 @ Sep 2nd 2009 6:08PM

We certainly don't need whiners in every thread, but we get them anyway.

And yes, if enough people say it maybe developers will stop being lazy and taking a shortcut by making rail shooters instead of normal games.

MRLN the Amazing @ Sep 2nd 2009 6:15PM

I was thinking the same thing, but I guess it's to simulate all the stuff that's happening better. I mean, if it was free-roaming and stuff like water appearing out of nowhere occured, it would get really annoying soon.
I can see where you're coming from with your opinion, though.

sam @ Sep 2nd 2009 6:37PM

Hey, I'm not ashamed to say I'm with tmac on this one. Well, not quite - I will probably buy it anyhow as long as it's long enough, by which I mean ~10 hours. If it's really short I'll skip it. (Beyond that I don't care about replay value; I never replay games except the very, very best and this isn't going to be one of those.)

It will probably be a good game even though it's on rails (just like RE: Umbrella Chronicles was). But yes the fact that it's on rails still smarts (just like RE: etc). And I know Dead Space was always designed as 'just like RE, but in space' but I wish they hadn't followed Capcom's Wii release decisions quite so closely...

redjack @ Sep 2nd 2009 6:43PM

"And yes, if enough people say it maybe developers will stop being lazy and taking a shortcut by making rail shooters instead of normal games."

Isn't that whining?

I'm actually interested to see how this turns out on rails. I like the genre and want to see if they can make it entertaining. Deciding between whether you'll have a gun in hand or if you want to actually have light to see what's coming at you is a dynamic I want to try out.

There has certainly been some evolution for the on rails shooter on the Wii. Resident Evil: UC was a big departure from the usual on rails shooter for just sheer length. Not the usual 3 to 4 hours. With multiple routes hidden in the game and episodes to unlock that added more to the backstory of the Resident Evil universe. HotD: Overkill went with style and made a great game that was fun to play again and again. So if it keeps going then I'm all for it. Lets see more.

And I'm pretty sure Chop til You Drop has frightened any developer away from trying to do the same thing on the Wii that they did on the other systems with a franchise. Sure it was a lazy graft onto a system that itself was originally ported from the GC but now there's that stigma. And from time to time you do hear people ask if a game is going to be another Chop. Because people asked it before it was announced that this was going to be on rails. And the endless fighting about the downgrade in graphics... the only way to get away from all of that is to switch genres really.

But if you still want to go with lazy... its EA, come on.

Cody @ Sep 2nd 2009 7:41PM

"you cant call the gameplay based on the video"

You sir are apparently uneducated in the ways of tmac.

tmacairjordan87 @ Sep 2nd 2009 7:49PM

I know exactly how the gameplay is cause I literally just watched peices of it in the video they linked above. Unless you're blind, then you saw it too!

EvinTheSwift @ Sep 2nd 2009 4:59PM

Interesting how this game is shaping up. And also, the game was actually being played on the episode before last of HBO's True Blood. Some old lady was playing it.

I actually had to watch it again to make sure I wasn't imagining things.

green11420 @ Sep 2nd 2009 5:01PM

Great vid. I'm sold.

Freakwincy42 @ Sep 2nd 2009 5:01PM

i keep hearing complaints "oh, it's on rails, it's not a real game, boo Wii..." but you know what? F**K that noise, this game looks awesome. i haven't been genuinely excited about a Wii game since... how long ago was Smash Bros?

Foetoid @ Sep 2nd 2009 8:24PM

Mad World didn't do it for you? Tiger Woods 10? The Conduit? Red Steel 2? Metroid: Other M?

Wow, picky more?

Freakwincy42 @ Sep 2nd 2009 9:29PM

don't get me wrong, i actually enjoyed all 3 of those games you mentioned that have released already (Madworld and Tiger 10 especially were great), and i'm interested, maybe even cautiously optimistic, about Red Steel 2 and Metroid. but as far as genuine, oh-my-god-I-cannotfreakinwait-to-play-it excited? nope. not til this one.

WREturns(There was once a dream called Rome) @ Sep 2nd 2009 5:04PM

I hate on-rails shooters but I love Dead Space. What's a girl...well, what's a slightly feminine guy to do?

so wrong @ Sep 2nd 2009 5:30PM

get your man-purse ready!

rowd149 @ Sep 2nd 2009 5:40PM

IT'S A SATCHEL!

Cj @ Sep 2nd 2009 5:25PM

Aww. The girl hasnt popped up again? Im sad.

ShadowSkill11 @ Sep 2nd 2009 5:45PM

When this crappy Wii railshooter fails in sales like it's brethren all have. I hope it doesn't impact development of DeadSpace two for the real gaming systems(ps3, 360, pc).

MRLN the Amazing @ Sep 2nd 2009 6:21PM

That was a great anti-Nintendo troll, you're good at this. Ooh, you should point out that the Wii is only for little kiddies, too! Don't forget to shirk grammar conventions.

Mr Khan @ Sep 2nd 2009 6:23PM

It's brethren (them being other Wii railshooters: HoTD, Ghost Squad, Umbrella Chronicles and the like) have done just fine. Please research before you post.

Thank you.

Foetoid @ Sep 2nd 2009 8:27PM

Research isn't exactly a highly-praised skill of a Troll. Everyone knows that this style of game sells well on Wii, don't tell him that!

Metoo @ Sep 2nd 2009 6:17PM

Just to make all you DSG fans feel better.

http://tinypic.com/r/90x34h/3

MRLN the Amazing @ Sep 2nd 2009 6:26PM

All on-rails shooters need to use these kinds of scripted events. I played Time Crisis 3 at an arcade, and there was just a bunch of guys popping up, nothing that couldn't have been done better by free-roaming. Of course, that's just an arcade, how were the more recent HotD games?

Freakwincy42 @ Sep 2nd 2009 9:38PM

HotD Overkill was actually extremely entertaining, with hilarious writing, deep-for-a-rail-shooter gunplay, and a well done grindhouse-movie style presentation. def. worth a rental. get a friend and check it out, it's pretty sweet.

IDUNNOLOL @ Sep 2nd 2009 6:28PM

Should have used the development money towards dead space 2 instead of this fail Wii on-rails shooter.

Freakwincy42 @ Sep 2nd 2009 9:42PM

why can't we have both? what, exactly, makes this game "fail"? fine if you aren't into rail-shooters, but did you at least watch the videos? can you honestly say that doesn't look like fun at all? isn't it cool how your character in this is the one that created the barricade in medical? *sigh* why bother with you people...

IDUNNOLOL @ Sep 2nd 2009 10:56PM

You can't have both because having both implies moving resources away from one for the other. If this thing loses money it moves away resources from a sequel of a high ranking game this generation. *sigh* why bother with tards like you.

Freakwincy42 @ Sep 3rd 2009 1:24AM

lol, ok, thanks for explaining how you think EA conducts business, that was very enlightening. if that's the case, your plan of action should be to hang out at your nearest game store and anytime you catch someone showing interest in DS Extraction, you should shout "OMG that game is FAIL and Wii is stupid baby toy for tards!", because you are obviously a very eloquent and motivational speaker. that'll get another Dead Space made in no time. enjoy a lifetime of downvoted comments.