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[jj984jj]

"EA and Eurocom craft a ground-up Wii prequel with first-person on-rails gameplay."
http://wii.ign.com/articles/954/954895p1.html
Trailer:
http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/14320036/dead-space/videos/deadspace_wiitrailer_021709.html

Publisher: EA
Developer: EA Redwood Shores Studio, Eurocom (assistance)
Release Date: Fall 2009

In Dead Space Extraction, gamers will take on the role of an all-new heroine and join a group of colonists struggling to escape the infection that has corrupted the Aegis VII mining colony. In a release, revealed a few general details about the game, stating, "Dead Space Extraction introduces new characters, weapons, enemies, puzzles and cooperative multiplayer gameplay."

New game! Deserved a new thread.

I might check it out now. I'm disappointed it's on-rails though, RE4 controls would've worked so well.

 

[HK-47]

=OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Hooray for female main characters! I wonder if the security guy who was the main character of the comics will be there

 

[Pein]

looks great in the trailer

 

[Truant]

First person?

:|

 

[_Alkaline_]

Awesome.

Looks scary and cinematic as fuck.

But the onrails shooter genre is starting to become kinda crowded now. :/

 

[pakkit]

From the other thread, because I'm a lazy bastard.

Prequel

Nice, I love original material.

First-Person

Hell yes, an easy and smart way to take advantage of the Wii!

Co-Op

*reaches for lotion*

On-Rails

It's the hardcore we've already waited for.

...And I'll still probably get it.

 

[TouchMyBox]

Damn son, a new game? Colour me excited!

Edit: on rails?

 

[FF_VIII]

Too bad it's on-rails.

 

[Rewrite]

I'm up for this. Count me in.

 

[Spiegel]

Awesome graphics but it's on rails.. why?

I'd have loved a first person shooter

 

[Flek]

you cant tell if the begining of the trailer is ingame or not - and the few "ingame gameplay scenes" at the end of the trailer are cuted so fast that you cat say something of the graphic either. But yeha.

 

[HK-47]

Wait what? On rails!? GODDAMMIT!

 

[Xav]

So it's a new game, great this means it can stand on it's own rather than be compared to the original Dead Space.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

 

[WickedLaharl]

on rails and in first person?

yeah i don't think i'll feel too bad about not playing this dead space

 

[Ysiadmihi]

So they're just pulling an Umbrella Chronicles? Way to go EA.

 

[Johann]

Don't worry guys, it's just a test.

We'll pass it just like we did with Capcom!

(It almost sounded like System Shock with decent shooting at first...)

 

[Blablurn]

looks really good, but on rails kinda kills it for me.

 

[pakkit]

EA totally ALMOST got it. They gave the project to an AAA developer. They've obviously put money into this project. But to go rail INSTEAD of 3rd-person or FPS (both of which are very uncrowded genres on the Wii) absolutely breaks my heart.

 

[HK-47]

So it's a new game, great this means it can stand on it's own rather than be compared to the original Dead Space.

Its a Dead Space game. Of course it will be compared. It just doesnt have to be compared in bullshit technical ways like graphics or omg motion controls make make dual analog stupid or something

 

[Creamium]

EA totally ALMOST got it. They gave the project to an AAA developer. They've obviously put money into this project. But to go rail INSTEAD of 3rd-person or FPS (both of which are very uncrowded genres on the Wii) absolutely breaks my heart.

completely agree. they almost had it... and then let it slip away. better luck next time

 

[Kenka]

That looks like real in-game aliasing.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

EA totally ALMOST got it. They gave the project to an AAA developer. They've obviously put money into this project. But to go rail INSTEAD of 3rd-person or FPS (both of which are very uncrowded genres on the Wii) absolutely breaks my heart.

Gotta admit; I would have been disappointed had it been an FPS too. Perhaps not as much though.

 

[fistfulofmetal]

ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

 

[Ysiadmihi]

EA totally ALMOST got it. They gave the project to an AAA developer. They've obviously put money into this project. But to go rail INSTEAD of 3rd-person or FPS (both of which are very uncrowded genres on the Wii) absolutely breaks my heart.

It really is mind boggling why developers are doing this. Both 3rd-person shooters and FPS would work so well with the Wiimote and time and time again the genres are ignored. It's like a joke at this point.

For the record, I loved Umbrella Chronicles, but that's because I'm a Resident Evil fan and loved co-op. I don't give two shits about a Dead Space rail shooter.

 

[HK-47]

Gotta admit; I would have been disappointed had it been an FPS too. Perhaps not as much though.

It probably would have been scarier as a fear roaming FPS. Lord knows we need more Shocks.

 

[happyfunball]

EA totally ALMOST got it. They gave the project to an AAA developer. .

When did Eurocom become AAA? They're a B-level studio AT BEST.

 

[HyperZone<3]

in an earlier post at a different board when the existence of Dead Space Wii was revealed I coined the term "The House of the Dead Space".

if that catches on I want credit. Anyways, it looks choice. I'm looking forward to it.

 

[Jocchan]

EA totally ALMOST got it. They gave the project to an AAA developer. They've obviously put money into this project. But to go rail INSTEAD of 3rd-person or FPS (both of which are very uncrowded genres on the Wii) absolutely breaks my heart.

It's also a pretty stupid business decision, when you have the example of high RE4 sales in a pretty empty genre, compared to almost equally high RE:UC sales in a pretty crowded one with much more competition.

 

[Aeris130]

On rails?

[Wii] Dead Space

 

[pakkit]

When did Eurocom become AAA? They're a B-level studio AT BEST.

It says Redwood is primary with help from Eurocom.

 

[Spotless Mind]

On freakin rails? It's like a bad joke.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

When did Eurocom become AAA? They're a B-level studio AT BEST.

They know how to push Nintendo hardware at very least. That's something.

It's also a pretty stupid business decision, when you have the example of high RE4 sales in a pretty empty genre, compared to almost equally high RE:UC sales in a pretty crowded one with much more competition.

I'd hardly call the Wii shooter market "crowded". Two rereleases (Ghost Squad and HotD 2/3) three new games (Wii Play, Overkill, UC).

 

[gfdoom]

Game visually looks good, but on rails?...what a cop out EA. After playing the cool ass HOTDverkill, no other onrails shooter is gonna be as great. Damn ea, once again giving the Wii the shaft!

 

[Jme]

Well I happen to LIKE rails shooters, so this sounds pretty cool to me.

 

[Eteric Rice]

I'll probably still get it, but why on rails EA? We kind of have a lot of those right now.

:|

 

[apujanata]

Awesome graphics but it's on rails.. why?

I'd have loved a first person shooter

There are lots of on-rails game for this machine.

 

[neorej]

This will sell, sadly enough...

 

[pakkit]

We must rise up and fight the EA overlords! Our nunchuks refuse to carry on unrepresented for! Forward, men! ::call to arms::

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

This will sell, sadly enough...

...I don't get you guys. Why is it sad? It's a dedicated, ground up game for the Wii; precisely what people have been bitching for. It shouldn't sell because it's a rail shooter?

 

[MrDaravon]

Maybe they couldn't maintain the quality level of the graphics in a non-rails/freeroam environment?

 

[MarkusRJR]

For the record, I loved Umbrella Chronicles, but that's because I'm a Resident Evil fan and loved co-op. I don't give two shits about a Dead Space rail shooter.

Well of course no one's going to give two shits about a Dead Space rail-shooter. The only reason anyone even bought RE:UC was either for the fan service (none of which Dead Space has), or they thought it was an actual RE game (well, the mainstream audience thought this. At the high school I go to I heard that like half of the Wii owners in my class bought the game and all of them ended up being so pissed off that they're avoiding all new RE games).

...I don't get you guys. Why is it sad? It's a dedicated, ground up game for the Wii; precisely what people have been bitching for. IT shouldn't sell because it's a rail shooter?

It's sad because the Wii's always getting shafted when it comes to games, mainly getting the spinoffs (that are usually way shittier than the main series. Examples: Soul Caliber Legends, Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles, Skate It!, Castlevania Judgment, Samurai Warriors: Katana, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, Dragon Quest Swords, etc).

 

[Fuu]

I like on-rails shooters.

 

[Jocchan]

I'd hardly call the Wii shooter market "crowded". Two rereleases (Ghost Squad and HotD 2/3) three new games (Wii Play, Overkill, UC).

Even if you ignore Ghost Squad and HOTD 2/3, UC and Overkill alone are enough to give the game less visibility (we're talking about a prequel to a game that sold OK, but didn't meet EA's expectations) at least more than just a rerelease and nothing else.

 

[Otrebor Nightmarecoat]

Two gamecubes taped together cant handle a free roaming First person Dead space!? WTF?

 

[sprsk]

Some of the best games ever made are on rails.

Stop talkin shit about rails.

 

[Delio]

I acutally only played thru UC because it was On rails. I was never that good at normal RE so i wouldnt mind playing this version of Dead Space. I wonder how the co-op will be and maybe some online?

 

[pakkit]

I'd hardly call the Wii shooter market "crowded". Two rereleases (Ghost Squad and HotD 2/3) three new games (Wii Play, Overkill, UC).

Compare that to:

3rd-Person Shooters: Resident Evil 4 Wii

1st-Person Shooters: Red Steel, MoH: Heroes 2, CoD: World at War, shitty ports not mentioning

Edited to add RE4 before someone catches it.

 

[Rewrite]

Some of the best games ever made are on rails.

Stop talkin shit about rails.

Agreed.

 

[kamorra]

uhh... didn't expect on-rails.