There have been a few rumours and reports going around that EA will be reviving an IP, potentially being shown at the company's EA Play Live presentation next month. The project is said to be helmed by EA Motive - the team behind Star Wars: Squadrons - and now a new report has surfaced claiming it's a Dead Space "reimagining".
Up until now, all we've heard about this announcement is that it's one that should "make fans happy", but now Gematsu claims it has heard it's a "Dead Space revival". That would definitely make many fans happy!
"Gematsu has also separately heard that a Dead Space revival is in the works at Motive, which is said to be a reimagining rather than a sequel to the existing trilogy."
The comments suggest this won't be a remastered trilogy similar to Mass Effect Legendary Edition, but something new entirely. There's already a spiritual successor in the works for the Dead Space series known as The Callisto Protocol, and it's being worked on by ex-Dead Space developers. It'll be interesting to see what EA has planned to go against this, and of course, whether these reports are accurate.
What do you think a Dead Space "reimagining" will look like? Let us know in the comments below.
[source gematsu.com]
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Peggle Dead Space edition. It’s coming.
As long as its a reimagining - taking the first as its major inspiration and building a single player 'horror' Survival, I'll be happy. Of course it would be great to see Isaac back but I could go with a 'new' protagonist - as long as the game lives up to the 'Dead Space' name...
I’d take a full collection, like the mass effect release. Then work on new games in both those series.
I’d be fine if they had a new story or protagonist - after 3 games Issac is kind of a John Rambo type in space killing necromorphs. Part of the appeal of him as a character was that he was kind of an Everyman.
They're gonna reimagine it, into a pachinko machine, ala konami.
But in all seriousness, what does "reimagining" mean? Is it closer to remaster or to remake? Or is this turning dead space, a survival horror space game, into a turn based game?
Something like Evolve in reverse would be cool in the DeadSpace universe.
A team of player controlled Necromorphs trying to take down a tooled up engineer.
Maybe they'll make it full co-op. Dying Light in Space?? I would go for that...
@PhhhCough Neither.
A remaster would be the original games and engine, spruced up. Like Mass Effect.
A remake would be a brand new game that has been built up to play like the original. Like Crash Bandicoot.
A Reimagining would be a game inspired by the original title, usually taking place in the same location and having the same same story, but not limiting itself to any game or level design of the original title. Like Resident Evil 2.
There's a big chance that this is a reimagining in nature with brand new level layout, like an open world Ishimura, and/or redesigned necromorphs, but similar gameplay. Not a lot else of the original Dead Space is so dated that it needs a complete overhaul.
There's also the chance it's something completely different, since devs and journalists use remake terminology interchangeably.
Reimagined is what killed this franchise..... Honestly. Go back to the original Dead Space see what made it great... Use Horror and print money.
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