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Grubb Wrong Again, EA Debunks: Dead Space 2 Remake Canceled Rumor
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angrod14
Member
The first game is very good but a bit too stressful to play. Constant jump-scares all over the place, enemies coming from all sides with your character movement not being as great, and that invincible-regenerating enemy chasing you during several chapters.
I don't think horror games are too much of a great investment for companies. The most you can get away with is action-adventure games with horror elements (TLOU, Resident Evil 4, 5).
I don't think horror games are too much of a great investment for companies. The most you can get away with is action-adventure games with horror elements (TLOU, Resident Evil 4, 5).
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kiphalfton
Member
Iron Man and Battlefield.
Fucking EA.
So out of touch.
Fucking EA.
So out of touch.
mayham2199
Member
I do. I'm tired of everything having to be open world. It's ok to be linear and just gave great gameplay and story.
Trogdor1123
Member
I have it from game pass… so that probably impacted it.
Punished Miku
Gold Member
They also funded Immortals and that bombed as well.
kiphalfton
Member
Looks like putting Men_in_Boxes on ignore wasn't a mistake.
Thanks for reminding me that I shouldn't doubt myself so much.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Didn’t Battlefield 2042 bomb?? Haven’t the recent Need For Speeds been duds?
I guess Dead Space got shitcanned because they can’t sell a bunch of microtransactions with it.
And Callisto Protocol gets better as you power up your gear. It’s not going to rock your world, but it’s fun.
I guess Dead Space got shitcanned because they can’t sell a bunch of microtransactions with it.
And Callisto Protocol gets better as you power up your gear. It’s not going to rock your world, but it’s fun.
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SmokedMeat
Gamer™
This wouldn’t sell either, but please remake it for me EA.
TerribleAtThisGame
Member
Fucking really disappointed to hear this. DS Remake was excellent and a great remake that improved in subtle but important way to make it the ultimate version imo. Felt like the original team came back and did a Director's Cut.
Fucking shame.
Fucking shame.
Ristifer
Member
Plot twist: They're going to skip 2 and remake DS3 so they can implement a ton of MTX.
Negotiator101
Member
I liked the remake Chuck but thanks for giving me a reason to play DS2 again.
R6Rider
Gold Member
You're fucking wrong.
It'll be Dead Space Heroes.
A shitty wave based looter shooter where they can release new heroes every month.
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GnomeChimpsky
Member
Told ya. Fucking hell...
Negotiator101
Member
What are you talking about? It's only been on GP for about a month.
Dead Space was one of my favorite games of all time, but somehow this remake didnt "click" with me. I think they should have made more changes to the original, still a great game but too "safe" for my taste... as most games nowadays
Although I'm 100% we will be experiencing a shift in game development moving towards new ideas instead of endless sequels. Why? Because we are seeing that this approach is more and more not working for game companies.
Chuck Berry
Gold Member
Trogdor1123
Member
It’s pretty clear… I forgot on gamepass so I didn’t buy it. Not sure how you are confused about that.
Negotiator101
Member
Well implying sales were affected by being on Gamepass?
Punished Miku
Gold Member
That's not the problem. EA has their own sub service. They are comfortable with getting paid every month from GP users for their games. They get my sub money and I bought the game on deep sale.
This is a story of the game failing at retail.
TerribleAtThisGame
Member
My biggest hope was really for this to sell well so the team would hopefully get free rein to make a baller-ass new Dead Space game based on that engine and all. I assume they're getting kneecapped now and reshuffled to some depressing Redfall drivel within the year.
GudOlRub
Neo Member
Perhaps the price was a bit too high, but it's honestly depressingly hilarious at this point, people complain about EA being greedy, then when they release an actually good single-player game without any mtx at all people do not buy it. Sometimes you just can't win...
Terrible day, I was truly hopeful that we'd get a remake 2 and a new 3rd game made completely new from the ground up. Especially considering dead space remake was so much better than REmake 3 and 4. Perhaps having a household name in the horror genre really makes a big difference.
Revolutionary
Member
I love Dead Space 1 (my favorite in the series), but I skipped the remake cuz Fuck EA 
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
There's a solution for this. Instead of buying one copy of these linear, 20 hr, one and done games...all of you start buying two copies. If everyone does that, you'll get your Dead Space 2s.
But until then, start hoping for better, more interesting open worlds because that's the only thing that really works in the modern market.
Solarstrike
Gold Member
I'm not seeing any issues with the game in terms of stutter. What's your specs?
Dr. Samuel Hayden
Member
Great move. Wouldn't want it to get in the way of generic military shooter #9214375 and capeshit game #54872931.
Shadowstar39
Member
That sucks, my fault partially, I held off as the woke shit, was driving me away.
Maybe if EA stops including that shit, i would of bought at full price.
I got it 2 months ago for half off.
Glad I did, but damn. Also glad I got dead space on xbox x for backwards compat, plus my ps3 copies of the trilogy. Also have the wii game extraction.
Love this franchise but I don't support woke, ever, unless a deep sale.
Maybe if EA stops including that shit, i would of bought at full price.
I got it 2 months ago for half off.
Glad I did, but damn. Also glad I got dead space on xbox x for backwards compat, plus my ps3 copies of the trilogy. Also have the wii game extraction.
Love this franchise but I don't support woke, ever, unless a deep sale.
Shadowstar39
Member
Maybe if they didn't include woke shit in the game, and re-writing characters I would of paid full price. I was so hyped and then all that came out about it so I waited. Blame resetera types for forcing their ideology into existing games.
Shadowstar39
Member
This, but also, its a remake, it shouldn't of cost that much to make, compared to a new game. Unless EA, like ubisoft, thinks all games need to make them multi-millons to be warranted. Shit games back in the 80s and 90s used to be good with 100k unit sales. I miss days of gaming being niche and mass marketed gaas wasn't a thing, and the people pushing it were just babes with a binkie.
Kings Field
Member
I double dipped on it. Shame as I enjoyed the whole franchise.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Lol
Probably a blessing in disguise, I'd rather DS2 not go through butchering for 'Modern Audiences'
Plague Doctor
Member
Honestly, it's a cost issue more than a format/genre issue.
On the production/cost side, shit's gotten too bloated and the investor class expects too much. Top it off with some projects in which creatives outgoingly antagonizing portions of their potential customer base. If you are investing this much into a project, you need to minimize who you put off for bonehead reasons. To bring it over to the film industry, it's all about putting asses in seats while keeping the budget manageable.
AA and Indies can play their cards right with cost, still experiment, and make modest (compared to AAAs) success stories.
AAA is a rocky path right now and honestly, I think many companies are just making it worse for themselves.
On the production/cost side, shit's gotten too bloated and the investor class expects too much. Top it off with some projects in which creatives outgoingly antagonizing portions of their potential customer base. If you are investing this much into a project, you need to minimize who you put off for bonehead reasons. To bring it over to the film industry, it's all about putting asses in seats while keeping the budget manageable.
AA and Indies can play their cards right with cost, still experiment, and make modest (compared to AAAs) success stories.
AAA is a rocky path right now and honestly, I think many companies are just making it worse for themselves.
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PaddyOCanager
Member
Fuck 'em.
I paid full price day 1 on PC and unless I change my BIOS I can't even launch the game. After that it's still a stutter fest.
I paid full price day 1 on PC and unless I change my BIOS I can't even launch the game. After that it's still a stutter fest.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
GreenAlien
Member
The game has 33 000 reviews on steam.. Clearly, it sold well enough. Jedi Survivors has only 44 000, and that's with the Star Wars IP..
What did they expect? Helldivers 2 or Hogwarts Legacy numbers?
What did they expect? Helldivers 2 or Hogwarts Legacy numbers?
MikeM
Member
Whats woke in DSR? Serious- I didn’t notice anything.
