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[Nirolak]

Update:

More video footage/video interview:

This video shows more clearly what we're doing with co-op during the "psychosis" parts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Wdws6dtF-2A

During Carver's trip he's not in the same physical location as Isaac (he's inside his mind) yet on Isaac's version of the events (not shown) he's standing right next to him grabbing his head.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZaVsmcHurG4

This was posted on facebook.

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I think this is supposed to be the "big" news teased given the same screenshot shows up.

I really like the ideas mentioned.

Spoiler

While playing as Carver we battle through the Necromorph ranks alongside Isaac and come to a long, dark corridor. In the middle stands an eerie toy soldier carved out of wood. It’s about the same height as our heroes and just stands there, not moving, doing nothing.

The doll spooks Carver as a cut-scene triggers, showing him walking towards it. Suddenly he becomes startled and turns to see the face of his dead wife projected onto Isaac as she speaks to him. Isaac shakes Carver until he snaps out of it, and gameplay resumes.

Things only get creepier from here, as the person playing as Carver starts to see more of the eerie dolls lining the hallways, and the person playing as Isaac sees the world as in its natural state.

“Are you seeing this?” Carver asks Isaac, and is met with an order to snap out of it in return. Things get even worse as a set-piece triggers that sees Carver walking around a warped dimension full of motifs from his son’s birthday party, more dolls and creepy apparitions that attack and hurt the soldier.

We’re playing as Carver, so naturally we shoot the phantoms to drive them back, but on Isaac’s screen, it’s looks like we’ve gone nuts, running off, shooting at nothing and rambling like a maniac.

Isaac calls on Carver to come back as Necromorphs in the real world start to swarm him, but we can’t hear his cries behind us as we march on through the hellish birthday party, blasting ghouls that aren’t even there.

In addition to Carver, a longer campaign, a deeper story and co-op, Dead Space 3 also has thousands of crafting combinations. We weren’t able to try crafting for ourselves, but we did gather up a great deal of resources strewn across the environment.

Both Carver and Isaac have scavanger bots that can be deployed in hotspots – areas with strong signal strength – and then let loose to automatically scan for component parts. These elements are then automatically made available to you at the next upgrade workbench.

When in co-op, both players receive any new weapons made, ensuring both parties get a share in the spoils. Papoutsis talked us through the possibilities of crafting, “You’ve got well over a thousand different combinations of weapons you can create. The crafting system is another addition we’re really excited about.”

Papoutsis added, “We’ve taken the idea of upgrading your weapons and now we’ve gone all the way towards letting you make your own. If you want to make a Ripper with a flamethrower as the alt. fire, then you can make that. If you want a Pulse Rifle with a Javelin Gun as the alt. fire, then you can do that too.

Source: http://www.vg247.com/2012/11/08/dead-space-3-co-op-test-march-of-the-toy-soldiers/

"What the hell is going on in these games? None of it makes any sense!" I exclaimed like a madman.

Chuck was calm. "What makes the least sense to you?"

His voice lulled me back into a more human state and I explained my confusion over the Markers, the Necromorphs and everything in-between. His answer made it sound like he's gotten the question before.

"We strive really hard in Dead Space 3 to answer all of that," he said. "The story arc in Dead Space 3 is Isaac finding all of that out. I can't give you answers because it'll spoil it. Spoilers in Dead Space 3 are all those questions. What are the markers doing? Where do they come from? What's their purpose? Where do the Necromorphs come from? What is going on is what we answer here. There are a few big twists to get there, but we answer as much of that as we possibly can, without leaving nothing to the imagination. Huge chunks of lore are explained in Dead Space 3."

Source: http://www.polygon.com/2012/11/8/36...s-dead-space-3-will-answer-all-your-lingering

 

[AdventChild]

Dead Space was cool.

 

[thuway]

Please have local co-op on PC. Thank you Visceral.

 

[Raptor]

That sounds amazing and potentially hilarious while playing in coop.

 

[Dascu]

Nice idea for co-op horror, but I get the feeling it will be an underutilized gimmick and that it would take a game completely designed around the concept to do such an idea justice.

Regardless, good initiative.

 

[Dance Inferno]

That Carver thing is pretty damn cool. Consider my interest in this game rekindled.

 

[Combichristoffersen]

Sounds awesome. After Resident Evil 5 shat in my mouth I hope this will clean out the taste and be a good action horror game.

 

[thuway]

Sounds awesome. After Resident Evil 5 shat in my mouth I hope this will clean out the taste and be a good action horror game.

You mean 6?

 

[Dance Inferno]

You mean 6?

No, he's just been waiting a long, long time for his revenge.

 

[WiiredShawn]

This all sounds promising, especially the co-op horror idea. Though I'm afraid Dascu will be correct in saying they won't do the idea justice, I'm still interested in playing the game. Bring it, February.

 

[subversus]

it was done in Kane and Lynch 1.

GROUNDBREAKING

 

[Combichristoffersen]

You mean 6?

No, 5. I played it for the first time this week. And after the shitfest that was RE 5 I won't touch 6 with a 10-foot pole.

 

[Draft]

Sounds cool.

I would still prefer to just play by myself.

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

I really can't get excited about this, as much as I'd like to...

 

[Corky]

Eternal Darkness in my Dead Space? Don't mind if I do!

 

[Dance Inferno]

Eternal Darkness in my Dead Space? Don't mind if I do!

Dead Space wishes it was anything like Eternal Darkness. That being said, this does sound pretty cool.

 

[Kenshin001]

Really looking forward to this. Dead Space is one of the best new IPs this gen in my opinion. Co-op sounds great.

 

[razgriz417]

Getting a real Cylon vibe from Carver's helmet heheh, but yea Idk why but I'm way less hyped about this game than previous ones

 

[WrenchNinja]

Okay, seperate appearances for areas during co-op while looking like a psychotic break to one player...that is damn cool. I dont know any game thats done that before, though Im probably wrong.

 

[SlasherJPC]

I'm a huge Dead Space fan. Played both multiple times. I'll admit, this news did indeed make my day! Long as they stay true to it!

 

[plagiarize]

clever clever. i'm still playing single player first though, as that looks like the 'proper' Dead Space experience.

 

[Sinatar]

It's a cool idea but it'll only work if the illusions are indistinguishable from real enemies. If they are in any way visibly different then the whole thing falls apart.

 

[vitaminwateryum]

This may have just sold me on DS3.

 

[Derrick01]

That's probably the only way to make co op interesting in a game like this. The problem is that's a 1 time or couple time scenario. How do you make the game scary for the rest of the time with 2 fully loaded bros blasting away at everything?

 

[Stallion Free]

I'm not really digging some of these suit designs.

 

[plagiarize]

It's a cool idea but it'll only work if the illusions are indistinguishable from real enemies. If they are in any way visibly different then the whole thing falls apart.

not if they can actually hurt the player who can see them. then you HAVE to fight them. that's how it sounded like it worked, anyway.

 

[subversus]

That's probably the only way to make co op interesting in a game like this. The problem is that's a 1 time or couple time scenario. How do you make the game scary for the rest of the time with 2 fully loaded bros blasting away at everything?

well, they could make Carver shoot civilians presenting them as enemies. It was done in Kane and Lynch, they turned into cops there. Or even Isaac.

 

[brandonh83]

Will definitely get this, probably on PC. Sounds like they didn't forget to make it horror, which seems to be a foreign concept to Capcom.

 

[Mikeside]

I'm slowly becoming optimistic at where this is going, but I still want another game like Dead Space 1.
I love that it's all set on a huge dead ship, floating in the middle of nowhere in total isolation,
I love that you're not a soldier and you can play the whole game with just the plasma cutter (which I did on my second playthrough)
I love the sections where you go outside the ship,
I even love backtracking through the area to get to the tram.

Give me another one like this, Visceral. I don't care if you have to jump a million sharks to get Isaac onto another ship just like the Ishamura. I want it.

 

[shinobi602]

Hahaha, that sounds awesome.

Looking forward to this.

 

[codecow]

Okay, seperate appearances for areas during co-op while looking like a psychotic break to one player...that is damn cool. I dont know any game thats done that before, though Im probably wrong.

It is very cool, it was somewhat messy to pull off technically. I'm excited to hear what people think when they're playing in their own houses with and without VoIP.

As we were working on it what kept popping to my mind was the phasing introduced to WoW for WoTLK, it's somewhat related by not really as Isaac sees Carver going batshit in his version of the events.

 

[brandonh83]

It is very cool, it was somewhat messy to pull off technically. I'm excited to hear what people think when they're playing in their own houses with and without VoIP.

As we were working on it what kept popping to my mind was the phasing introduced to WoW for WoTLK, it's somewhat related by not really as Isaac sees Carver going batshit in his version of the events.

How scripted is it? I imagine it was something of a headache to try and figure out how to keep these triggered visions fresh across multiple playthroughs. Any worries about the "shtick" wearing thin? It sounds like such a great idea but I'm concerned that the novelty will wear out after players are used to where these particular events occur.

Don't think I'm being negative-- it sounds awesome, just a genuine curiosity.

 

[Stallion Free]

It is very cool, it was somewhat messy to pull off technically. I'm excited to hear what people think when they're playing in their own houses with and without VoIP.

As we were working on it what kept popping to my mind was the phasing introduced to WoW for WoTLK, it's somewhat related by not really as Isaac sees Carver going batshit in his version of the events.

Quick question: have you guys had the same art director for all 3 games?

 

[Sinatar]

As mentioned it was done before in Kane & Lynch.

 

[codecow]

I'm slowly becoming optimistic at where this is going, but I still want another game like Dead Space 1.
I love that it's all set on a huge dead ship, floating in the middle of nowhere in total isolation,
I love that you're not a soldier and you can play the whole game with just the plasma cutter (which I did on my second playthrough)
I love the sections where you go outside the ship,
I even love backtracking through the area to get to the tram.

Give me another one like this, Visceral. I don't care if you have to jump a million sharks to get Isaac onto another ship just like the Ishamura. I want it.

There are large parts of DS3 which feel very similar to DS1 in my opinion except for all of the game control improvements. Even though I'm stepping into the, "This is the best record our band has ever written!" cliche territory I feel that some of the mission design far exceeds anything we have done in the past.

 

[codecow]

As mentioned it was done before in Kane & Lynch.

Haven't played it so I can't say whether it's the same or not.

 

[jello44]

I was already anticipating this game, now I want it even more.

 

[Trigger]

Nice idea for co-op horror, but I get the feeling it will be an underutilized gimmick and that it would take a game completely designed around the concept to do such an idea justice.

Regardless, good initiative.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

I read the OP.

My reaction?

Sounds awesome. Finally we get some explanation for the Marker AND rampant insanity? I'm in.

As mentioned it was done before in Kane & Lynch.

Kane & Lynch had the idea but it was pretty underutilized. I only remember one scene where it came into play, during the bank robbery.

 

[codecow]

How scripted is it? I imagine it was something of a headache to try and figure out how to keep these triggered visions fresh across multiple playthroughs. Any worries about the "shtick" wearing thin? It sounds like such a great idea but I'm concerned that the novelty will wear out after players are used to where these particular events occur.

Don't think I'm being negative-- it sounds awesome, just a genuine curiosity.

If we didn't screw up there is plenty of reason to play the game several times. As our leader says in that 24/7 write up the game is long, way longer than previous DS games. I think there's plenty of value there, hopefully folks will agree!

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

I dig the new RIG. Not as cool as the Advanced Suit, but for some reason it kinda reminds me of a Splinter Cell villain in the future, hahaha.

 

[Lucent]

I'm a huge Dead Space fan. Played both multiple times. I'll admit, this news did indeed make my day! Long as they stay true to it!

This for me, too. I love them both and I can't see this one disappointing me.

 

[Jarmel]

That stuff in the OP sounds like something I would want out of an Eternal Darkness co-op game.

 

[Mikeside]

There are large parts of DS3 which feel very similar to DS1 in my opinion except for all of the game control improvements. Even though I'm stepping into the, "This is the best record our band has ever written!" cliche territory I feel that some of the mission design far exceeds anything we have done in the past.

I'm going to hold you to that!
I really enjoyed the first and second games, so I'll buy this regardless of my concerns and hopefully you're right and I'll have an absolute blast with it!

 

[luxarific]

This is going to be so much fun. I need some friends on Origin though.

 

[Mikeside]

This is going to be so much fun. I need some friends on Origin though.

Add me, my name is the same as my GAF name

 

[luxarific]

Add me, my name is the same as my GAF name

Awesome, will do when I get home. Mine is K omboloi (without a space between the "K" and the "omboloi" - GAF bans "K o m b o" (sans spaces) for some reason).

 

[.la1n]

Sounds decent, at least there is some effort to illicit scares in co op, something Resident Evil could take notes on if they insist on using it.

 

[Jrpgfanatic]

codecow, can you comment on how big a part Ellie will play in Dead Space 3? Obviously don't have to get into specifics, but I was just wondering if she'll still be a major character in the next installment or take more of a backseat.

Also, did you guys consider Ellie for Isaac's partner instead of Carver at any point? When I first heard about the coop aspect to DS3 I honestly expected her to be the partner.

 

[Dascu]

codecow, can you comment on how big a part Ellie will play in Dead Space 3? Obviously don't have to get into specifics, but I was just wondering if she'll still be a major character in the next installment or take more of a backseat.

Also, did you guys consider Ellie for Isaac's partner instead of Carver at any point? When I first heard about the coop aspect to DS3 I honestly expected her to be the partner.

Yeah, kind of disappointed this wasn't the case.

Said it before and I'll say it again: I really would not mind some kind of side-story/downloadable standalone/DLC expansion that has you playing as Ellie, with its implication on gameplay being more survival than action-horror.