So the worst thing about Unitology is that Altman wasn't intentionally a prophet. Dead Space had a tie-in novel about Micheal Altman, an archeologist on earth examining the crater in the Yucatan peninsula and finding death and horror. He tried warning people about the Necromorphs, the government covered it up and people misunderstood his dying warnings as a religious prophecy, and people kept the "joke" going after they find out the truth of the matter because it's so profitable and they bought into the lies
Interesting and pretty cool. I doubt I'll read the books as my reading list is already astronomically long but it's interesting to know there was more to him than is portrayed in the games.
Guessing that EarthGov figured a group of religious fanatics would somehow be less of a threat than the truth that Altman was trying to get out there. And yet by the time the events of DS 3 the Unitology was running the planet. The government itself wound up being the 'terrorists'.
As a fan of the original, I will say the remake is just so much better. I really hope they will remake 2 and 3. They can actually fix the issues that went wrong and give us the story we were supposed to have.
There are just two things that I feel Motive missed the point. 1. The main menu. Original main menu was terrifying, the bloody EA logo, that starting machine sound, all the gore images in the back, felt like a snuff film. Here is just a black screen and that's it, no sound at all. 2. Necromorph sounds. Here sounds "diluted" compared to the original.
The menu of the remake is an interesting case. It seems to be designed for practicality above all else. When you boot up the game, the title intro seems to function as a loading screen for the game to fetch all the assets, then once it's finished, you see the menu that is already on top of the pre-rendered game world. So, at that point, you're literally a click away from playing the game. This is in stark contrast to most games, where the loading of the game world happens AFTER you click play, so you have to wait. Dead Space Remake wastes no time in letting you jump back into the game. I honestly find this kinda of a cool feature, which makes me think that the developers really care about the game in their own way. But as you said, the focus on practicality does lose points in style, as the menu of the original game was full of character that did a good job in setting the tone and anticipation of what's about to come. Also, fun fact - did you know that in the original game's menu, the speed in which you navigate between menu options dynamically increases the tension of the menu's ambient music?
@@simonaspalovis1204 absolutely yes! Just a click in continue and you are in. Adding to that, in consoles (I don't know if this happens on pc) is a resume game option. That feature + the menu desing makes the waiting time between launching the game and playing almost nonexistent. That's cool. About the last fact, I did know that, so much detail in just one menu. I remember they even included some ishimura's art in the options.
One thing I want to add, the first letter of every chapter spells out Nicole is Dead And also the secret ending is theorized to be what Isaac is really doing.
Ah, a newcomer to the series! It's refreshing to see a newbie's take on Dead Space. The OG is a classic for many of us fans, and I kind of like the remake. What they did to Isaac, at least he wasn't a motormouth compared to other characters who don't know when to shut up (*cough*Forspoken and Atomic Heart*cough). I think it's time for me to replay the remake for NG+ soon.
This is one of my favorite games of all time. I remember buying the original when it came out and I was mind blown and with the remake, I was right there once again. I guess sales weren’t as good as they would’ve liked but I hope we get a remake of 2. I never played that one but I’ve seen videos about it and it looks just as good as the 1st.
You already had my support by not calling Dead Space a survival horror game! Putting me in this video is just icing on the cake. HA! Fucking awesome so far. I'm listening to this while editing and it's exactly what the doctor ordered.
I'm glad I could help with your work. I probably wouldn't have even got this if it hadn't been for your coverage of the series. I'm genuinely curious about the Callisto Protocol now too.
Loved the review... interesting to hear thoughts from someone who played the remake first. Good luck with your project - I can't wait to hear more about it!
I would like to say, personally, I am not the biggest fan of Isaac and Nicole being, older, and it has nothing to do with any kind of agenda or ageism or anything like that. To me, While you are correct that Nicole looked exactly like a Barbie in the first game (and humanized in later entries) I am not big on deep fake technology, which is pretty much what this wanted to showcase, this is the actress, the couple is older now, etc etc. So it feels alot less like someone is voicing a character and we are a few steps in the wrong direction to just having FMV's. I mean you brought up artistic integrity and just, scanning someones face in is a lack of that, its not a model, its a face scan of a person, not a creation. Also to me, personally, in the original Dead space games, it felt like Issac and Nicole tried to make it work and have an on again off again relationship, which is very human. In the remake it came off as Mom and Dad are divorced and kinda fight while smiling at each other because they don't want the kids to think they hate each other as much as they do. Which, is a very unpleasant thing to sit through. I know Twitter is the cesspit of humanity and I personally stay far, far off of it and want nothing to do with it, but even I didn't like this particular change. Also for me personally the new Dead Space just... kinda gives me really bad vibes. Not from the games atmosphere but why its around. You missed the mark a bit, the RE2 remake didn't inspire Dead Space, The Callisto Protocol being made by the people they turned out from Visceral Studios spurred on the remake because EA wanted to compete and thrash people that they turned out due to their own corporate meddling and to drive sales down and popularity away from Callisto Protocol. Which arguably they succeeded, I mean I know Callisto Protocol had issues and all that, but almost no one talks about it, people talk about the dead space remake even now.
Dead Space Time, huh? It always is... Well anyway, this was another wonderful video, I enjoyed it greatly. I played the original right away when it came out on PC and loved (almost) every second of it - we will not speak of the asteroid field! Thanks for your efforts, stranger! Take care.
As a horror game fan and currently being on another playthrough anyone who is interested and hasn't played most definitely should give it a shot. It really is a fantastic game.
my biggest issues with the remake compared to the original is the sound design,ambiance,and that the necromorphs just aren't nearly as aggressive as in the original which is the reason i personally like the original more but the remake is still really well done
@@Daikuro1 I have go to stop saying stuff like that at the end of my videos. It's very strange getting this show up in my phone when I completely forgot what I put in my script
@@arkham666 This was precisely the response I was hoping for haha. Was thinking "you know he's possibly forgotten this is in the video at all" All jokes aside, I did watch your video to the end and I did enjoy it. Recently discovered you and am enjoying your other vids. Thanks for uploading!
The "hot take" of Isaac being better when he talks isn't exactly controversial because we have dead space 2, where he talks, and yeah he is way better there He stopped being the guy you play as to be his own character with agency I unironically recommend you play DS2 as the remakes sets it up perfectly special with the NG+ finale
I miss gen 6 EA! The Bond games, the NHL games and the LOTR games were just magic! I recall playing a bit of Dead Space originally - and liking it, but I definitely never owned or played it extensively. Like you I looked back to see what came out that year... Other than pub life and a one year old - I was doing a lot of snatching game time on PSP where Wipeout Pulse came along, Wipeout HD got a lot of play time as did Motorstorm Pacific Rift and UT3. Late in the year it would've been all about Reisistance 2. Lingering stuff from the previous year in Warhawk, Time Crisis 4 and (the much maligned, but actually awesome) Lair. May have to revisit Dead Space!
I get so hung up on the ps2 era that I sometimes forget the gems of this one. It wasn't all brown cover based shooters. And yeah I had so much fun playing agent under fire single player and 4 way split screen death match.
@@arkham666 They really are great games. Even when they get a bit Brosnan era-appropriate sci-fi stupid (looking at you, Everything or Nothing), they're just so brilliantly produced.
Fun video. Best of luck with your job things. I haven't played Dead Space, but at this point have watched a lot of videos on it. I don't really like to play horror games, even if they're as action oriented as this one. Heck, I quit Fear early on despite enjoying the gunplay in that one. I enjoyed your commentary on the remake. Can't argue with your points. I know if I did decide to play this game, I'd go for the original on the original console. But that's my general preference. Remakes, remasters, it's rare that I'd prefer those over the original. At least for an initial playthrough. But it's good to see a competently made remaster.
Dude, when you go to bat for Morrowind, I'll gladly lend my aid. That's not just my favorite and first Elder Scrolls, it's my favorite game and has the most memories for me. Unreal good
Haven't read all the comments so forgive me if I'm parroting but, while humanity may have had what they get later coming the planet cracking was kind of a necessity. For one do to alien meddling, humanity is the only intelligent species in the galaxy and two, there's just too many people that need the resources from those planets. It was kind of a "colonize or die" situation and humanity went with the former. Then the Unitologists had to fuck it all up.
@@salvatoredanunciacao7770 yeah it's actually quite the layered and interesting conversation really. I like science fiction that handles these kinds of topics if I'm being honest.
@arkham666 it's also nice that it wasn't human greed that started the expansion, it was pure survival, the greed came later. Wish more si-fi went about it like Dead Space instead of trying to ape Alien.
@@salvatoredanunciacao7770 in do androids dream of robotic sheep the martian colonization and the introduction of replicants came about because earth was almost completely uninhabitable after world war terminus.
If I remember correctly the zero g in the first game is the way it is due to deadlines, and with the remake they Motive was able to back port from Dead Space 2 the zero g free movement
Nice assement sir and i sub to that facts. I had the same impression in the OG game. Its was too "much go here and do that .oh go there and do this" with no input from him🤷🏾♂️
Great video! I've never seen your channel before but clicked because I'm a longtime Dead Space fan and want to hear new fans' reactions. I'd definitely recommend checking out The Callisto Protocol. I don't think I've ever had such a love-hate relationship with a game before. Overall, to me, it's fine. There's aspects I adore and aspects I despise, making the overall game feel like wasted potential. There's tons to analyse there, as well as the insane production history, that I think would be great for you to dig your teeth into. And I appreciate the way you approached the Nicole face model stuff in this video. It drives me nuts that people are mad over a woman in her mid 40s looking like a woman in her mid 40s.
Thanks. I'm very interested in Callisto now so I'll probably pick it up on sale this year. It certainly doesn't look like a bad game, which gets me even more curious. The Nicole thing was mostly just for laughs. Ya know me acting all high and mighty and it turns out I'm just into older women (or women my age as the case would be) but I'm seeing a lot more of this floating around Twitter and it really makes me cringe which is why I kept it in. Thanks for commenting, glad you enjoyed the video.
I still find the original better. "Handsome looking woman"... They made Nicole look like a 50 yo chain smoker that's overworked. The thing is, they used the same actress that played her in DS2, forgetting that a lot of time has passed since DS2, and they made her significantly less attractive. According to DS Downfall (movie prequel to the first game), Nicole's quite young, definitely younger than the main character of the movie, Alissa Vincent, who's likely around 35. In DS Downfall, When Alissa speaks to the "unnamed" female scientist, she asks her if she has a boyfriend. That question would be pointless (would be much more appropriate to ask about a family) , unless it would be used to hint at Isaac, who coincidentally was on his way to attend to the distress call. Then, EA went and said that it's not her in DS Downfall (even though it is clearly her), in the DS Extraction game, and subsequent media. Funny thing is, she looks even younger in the DS Extraction game. One other big issue is the fact that they expanded too much on the Unitology aspect, compared to the original. Unitology was better explored during DS2, as the fist game was just this mysterious infection on a ship, with one or two hints. That's why they had Downfall ro explain what happened on the ship.
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It's a good remake but honestly? If I ever replay the series I'm probably going to stick with the original release version. There's JUST ABOUT enough "adjusted for modern audiences" stink to the 2023 version to make me go "oh yeah, this was made in 2023" every couple of minutes.
Your first elder scrolls is always your best. I think that applies to how most of us fall on love with certain games. I'm looking forward to when I can have a full conversation with some young uns about ff7 remake, when it's all finished and such.
Overall good video, I wouldn't say I like one Nicole over another aesthetically. But remake Nicole makes more sense as a peer in age to Issac and a woman in a senior position in a hard labor job. I didn't play Dead Space until about 2020 so I have no real nostalgia for it, the only things I really prefer from the original are the sounds and behaviors of the Slashers. They would bellow and charge you as soon as the saw you, often lunging. Also remake Kyne was a complete downgrade, he sounded too reliable and nice
It was more of a bit than anything else. Like I'm trying to put forward a reasonable argument for this Nicole over the og but it turns out I just want to bang her more. But I agree with you. I didn't realize how old Isaac was until thesummerofmark pointed it out to me.
I think one important note to make about Schofield is that while he might've helmed Crystal Dynamics, it was Amy Hennig who helmed the story. Dead Space 2008's story was written by a combo of Warren Ellis, Rick Remender and Antony Johnston. Schofield might've been the one to run the companies at the time and get the games off the ground, but there were others that did a lot of the heavy lifting too. Not trying to be combative here. Just think that a lot of praise is given to figures like Schofield when the bulk of the effort oftentimes goes unnoticed. Also, having watched more of the vid, Altman actually wasn't a fanatic, but that only popped up in the Dead Space novels. He actually wanted to expose the truth of the Unitology movement, but others with vested interests had him killed via necromorph while they more or less, danced on his corpse.
I guess after spending all that time talking about Amy Hennig in my Soul Reaver videos I didn't feel the need to bring her up in this video where she isn't relevant to the conversation.
You just had to go and say people "lack the brains to understand art direction" for not enjoying how they turned a 19-year-old looking cute Nicole into a 65-year-old hag. Your business argument is also wrong, first of all, even though the publishers care only about money, the developers are humans and inject what they want into the art they create. And besides, there are companies that absolutely gone insane and don't chase profit anymore but rather a certain agenda. I don't think the case of Nicole fits that this time, because they just used the face of her mocap actress, but in a different circumstance with a similar outcome it absolutely could've been about that! If you'd rather deny reality and call other people names for openly disliking something, suit yourself.
@@vivusbrydyr4039 deny reality? Bro you're the one making absurd claims. But sure just show me proof. Show me the agenda, show me the meeting notes and emails that prove this was some attempt to sabotage their creation. Presumably if you're this upset about it then you have evidence right?
@@arkham666 i said i don't think the Nicole case in particular is part of the agenda. but the sjw and political messaging is prevalent in modern AAA industry, and they do it even as it hurts them financially. EA, Ubisoft, Sony, they all just love to do some virtue signaling by forcing shallow diversity. what proof to you want me to give? if you don't notice examples of it in most major game releases of the last few years, then it's a case of "where's the ocean, daddy?", the anecdote.
@@arkham666I mean they purposely changed the restrooms using a progressive mindset when the original had male and female separate restrooms. Like it or not most English speakers do not agree with unisex restrooms - especially women - so that does imply some political motivation. The designers clearly were thinking about politics if they changed something so miniscule. They cared enough to change it. Why shouldn't the players care in the opposite direction? Does this prove her design was motivated by said politics? No. People are on high alert because of the obnoxious consultants and these alterations, though. I think people have the right to be bothered by activism in IPs that really shouldn't have it. I wouldn't want Pokémon dripping in conservative politics and I expect the same from the left. One way gaming can become less divisive is not hiring these consultants like was the norm from the 70s up through the 7th console generation. That will calm down all sides. We don't need companies hiring people complaining about men or Japanese culture or beauty standards.
The review was good... until you went head first into politics like ffs why do you guys do that? Review the game and leave outside shiii out of it tf? Almost subscribed at the end because the review was really good but then you had me gag when you brought up the stupid Twitter crap, idgaf what anyone's politics are but please leave it alone literally kills the mood.
@@frankharper3512 I mean it was just bit implying I'm into mature women but maybe we're just not meant to be. Glad you enjoyed the rest of the video though.
I love how Arham666 had to mention "religion is bad" multiple times, then went on to defend the current trending religion of "woke" without being able to understand anything about the ideology. Typical sheeple...
@@Elwood128 the religion of woke. Absolutely adorable. Also I mentioned that the Unitology religion is bad because it operates like a cult. You're so dragged around by your anti woke grifter overlords that you see your imagined enemy everywhere you look. Typical sheeple..
I hated this remake so much just because of the sound design. There is ALWAYS some noise, noise that is purposefully made to make the player believe that there is a monster in the room. As a result, you cannot rely at all on your ears. 10% of my time was spent looking at nothingness, checking if an enemy was there or the sound effects were being annoying. Probably 30% of my health went into enemies I had no idea were in the room with me (because you do get used to the constant noise). It completely ruined the game for me. After a while, each time a sound was playing, I started b!tching. I probably used more insults towards devs than ammo ^-^ Didn't finish it, shipped the game to a friend. I'm the kind of person who literally don't care about sound design, music, dialogs etc. I skip them all, the first thing I do when I start a new game is to completely mute the music in 90% of games, even before knowing how it sounds. I'm here for the gameplay, most other things are unnecessary fluff to me. If someone like me noticed and was annoyed by your sound design, it means you fµcked up badly, honestly. Having fake sounds in a game in such a large amount, it's like playing a FIFA game where some footballers on the field aren't real. Or a FPS not showing you which weapon you're currently holding. Or those racing games that don't sign-post wrong ways enough. Or stealth games with no feedback on enemy perception. The audio design handicapped me severely all throughout my playthrough to the point where I could not enjoy the game at all. Hopefully, this comment won't destroy someone else's enjoyment of the game for their next playthrough. If you didn't notice and it doesn't bother you, try to keep it that way. If you start to notice, this game will become unbearable.
I'm not sure what to say to any of this. I'm sorry I guess. My experience was nothing like that at all. In fact the audio queues were a huge part of how I knew what was going on. Still some things just don't click with some people. The good news is you still have the original and countless other games to play.
I dont think nicole bieng Dead was supposed to be a twist per se. I think it was more intended as a dramatic reveal. The creators intentionally made her very creepy, so you would think whats wrong with her opposed to her actually well being.
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So the worst thing about Unitology is that Altman wasn't intentionally a prophet. Dead Space had a tie-in novel about Micheal Altman, an archeologist on earth examining the crater in the Yucatan peninsula and finding death and horror. He tried warning people about the Necromorphs, the government covered it up and people misunderstood his dying warnings as a religious prophecy, and people kept the "joke" going after they find out the truth of the matter because it's so profitable and they bought into the lies
Interesting and pretty cool. I doubt I'll read the books as my reading list is already astronomically long but it's interesting to know there was more to him than is portrayed in the games.
@@arkham666there’s a audiobook on it on TH-cam, and it was an intriguing listen.
That's pretty clever
The submarine chapter in that books was metal just saying.
Guessing that EarthGov figured a group of religious fanatics would somehow be less of a threat than the truth that Altman was trying to get out there. And yet by the time the events of DS 3 the Unitology was running the planet. The government itself wound up being the 'terrorists'.
Loved your conclusion! Your journey pretty much mirrored my own. Would love to see a retro review of Dead Space 2 some day.
As a fan of the original, I will say the remake is just so much better. I really hope they will remake 2 and 3. They can actually fix the issues that went wrong and give us the story we were supposed to have.
There are just two things that I feel Motive missed the point.
1. The main menu. Original main menu was terrifying, the bloody EA logo, that starting machine sound, all the gore images in the back, felt like a snuff film. Here is just a black screen and that's it, no sound at all.
2. Necromorph sounds. Here sounds "diluted" compared to the original.
Yeah that og intro is dripping with that late 2000s charm.
The menu of the remake is an interesting case. It seems to be designed for practicality above all else. When you boot up the game, the title intro seems to function as a loading screen for the game to fetch all the assets, then once it's finished, you see the menu that is already on top of the pre-rendered game world. So, at that point, you're literally a click away from playing the game.
This is in stark contrast to most games, where the loading of the game world happens AFTER you click play, so you have to wait. Dead Space Remake wastes no time in letting you jump back into the game.
I honestly find this kinda of a cool feature, which makes me think that the developers really care about the game in their own way. But as you said, the focus on practicality does lose points in style, as the menu of the original game was full of character that did a good job in setting the tone and anticipation of what's about to come.
Also, fun fact - did you know that in the original game's menu, the speed in which you navigate between menu options dynamically increases the tension of the menu's ambient music?
@@simonaspalovis1204 absolutely yes! Just a click in continue and you are in. Adding to that, in consoles (I don't know if this happens on pc) is a resume game option. That feature + the menu desing makes the waiting time between launching the game and playing almost nonexistent. That's cool.
About the last fact, I did know that, so much detail in just one menu. I remember they even included some ishimura's art in the options.
One thing I want to add, the first letter of every chapter spells out Nicole is Dead
And also the secret ending is theorized to be what Isaac is really doing.
This is a phenomenal video arkham and i’m wishing you all the best for your channel!! Take it easy :)
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it. Have a great weekend.
Ah, a newcomer to the series! It's refreshing to see a newbie's take on Dead Space. The OG is a classic for many of us fans, and I kind of like the remake. What they did to Isaac, at least he wasn't a motormouth compared to other characters who don't know when to shut up (*cough*Forspoken and Atomic Heart*cough). I think it's time for me to replay the remake for NG+ soon.
Totally agree, they did set that bar reaaaally high indeed.
Excellent video my guy!
It was Dead Space time. Next, Observer time.
Oh fuck now I have to change my script.
This is one of my favorite games of all time. I remember buying the original when it came out and I was mind blown and with the remake, I was right there once again. I guess sales weren’t as good as they would’ve liked but I hope we get a remake of 2. I never played that one but I’ve seen videos about it and it looks just as good as the 1st.
Id recommend the dead space motion comics on youtube it paints the picture of the colony before and during the outbreak
@@sullygaming1137 I'll give it a look some time.
Pretty badass intro and history lesson. It's hard to make that sing. In addition to being personal and interesting, it was really well paced
No you.
Nicole's redesign section = common Arkham W
My hot takes are the best and you know it!
You already had my support by not calling Dead Space a survival horror game! Putting me in this video is just icing on the cake. HA! Fucking awesome so far. I'm listening to this while editing and it's exactly what the doctor ordered.
I'm glad I could help with your work. I probably wouldn't have even got this if it hadn't been for your coverage of the series. I'm genuinely curious about the Callisto Protocol now too.
Loved the review... interesting to hear thoughts from someone who played the remake first. Good luck with your project - I can't wait to hear more about it!
I would like to say, personally, I am not the biggest fan of Isaac and Nicole being, older, and it has nothing to do with any kind of agenda or ageism or anything like that.
To me, While you are correct that Nicole looked exactly like a Barbie in the first game (and humanized in later entries) I am not big on deep fake technology, which is pretty much what this wanted to showcase, this is the actress, the couple is older now, etc etc. So it feels alot less like someone is voicing a character and we are a few steps in the wrong direction to just having FMV's. I mean you brought up artistic integrity and just, scanning someones face in is a lack of that, its not a model, its a face scan of a person, not a creation.
Also to me, personally, in the original Dead space games, it felt like Issac and Nicole tried to make it work and have an on again off again relationship, which is very human. In the remake it came off as Mom and Dad are divorced and kinda fight while smiling at each other because they don't want the kids to think they hate each other as much as they do. Which, is a very unpleasant thing to sit through.
I know Twitter is the cesspit of humanity and I personally stay far, far off of it and want nothing to do with it, but even I didn't like this particular change.
Also for me personally the new Dead Space just... kinda gives me really bad vibes. Not from the games atmosphere but why its around. You missed the mark a bit, the RE2 remake didn't inspire Dead Space, The Callisto Protocol being made by the people they turned out from Visceral Studios spurred on the remake because EA wanted to compete and thrash people that they turned out due to their own corporate meddling and to drive sales down and popularity away from Callisto Protocol. Which arguably they succeeded, I mean I know Callisto Protocol had issues and all that, but almost no one talks about it, people talk about the dead space remake even now.
I played the OG a bunch on console and pc but the remakes better and him talking just fits
Dead Space Time, huh? It always is...
Well anyway, this was another wonderful video, I enjoyed it greatly. I played the original right away when it came out on PC and loved (almost) every second of it - we will not speak of the asteroid field!
Thanks for your efforts, stranger! Take care.
As a horror game fan and currently being on another playthrough anyone who is interested and hasn't played most definitely should give it a shot. It really is a fantastic game.
my biggest issues with the remake compared to the original is the sound design,ambiance,and that the necromorphs just aren't nearly as aggressive as in the original which is the reason i personally like the original more but the remake is still really well done
It's Bread Place time.
@@Daikuro1 I have go to stop saying stuff like that at the end of my videos. It's very strange getting this show up in my phone when I completely forgot what I put in my script
@@arkham666 This was precisely the response I was hoping for haha. Was thinking "you know he's possibly forgotten this is in the video at all"
All jokes aside, I did watch your video to the end and I did enjoy it. Recently discovered you and am enjoying your other vids. Thanks for uploading!
@@Daikuro1 glad you're enjoying my work. The channel has seen quite a bump in numbers recently, though I've no idea why. TH-cam be TH-caming.
The "hot take" of Isaac being better when he talks isn't exactly controversial because we have dead space 2, where he talks, and yeah he is way better there
He stopped being the guy you play as to be his own character with agency
I unironically recommend you play DS2 as the remakes sets it up perfectly special with the NG+ finale
I miss gen 6 EA!
The Bond games, the NHL games and the LOTR games were just magic!
I recall playing a bit of Dead Space originally - and liking it, but I definitely never owned or played it extensively.
Like you I looked back to see what came out that year...
Other than pub life and a one year old - I was doing a lot of snatching game time on PSP where Wipeout Pulse came along, Wipeout HD got a lot of play time as did Motorstorm Pacific Rift and UT3. Late in the year it would've been all about Reisistance 2. Lingering stuff from the previous year in Warhawk, Time Crisis 4 and (the much maligned, but actually awesome) Lair.
May have to revisit Dead Space!
I get so hung up on the ps2 era that I sometimes forget the gems of this one. It wasn't all brown cover based shooters.
And yeah I had so much fun playing agent under fire single player and 4 way split screen death match.
@@arkham666 They really are great games. Even when they get a bit Brosnan era-appropriate sci-fi stupid (looking at you, Everything or Nothing), they're just so brilliantly produced.
Fun video. Best of luck with your job things. I haven't played Dead Space, but at this point have watched a lot of videos on it. I don't really like to play horror games, even if they're as action oriented as this one. Heck, I quit Fear early on despite enjoying the gunplay in that one.
I enjoyed your commentary on the remake. Can't argue with your points. I know if I did decide to play this game, I'd go for the original on the original console. But that's my general preference. Remakes, remasters, it's rare that I'd prefer those over the original. At least for an initial playthrough. But it's good to see a competently made remaster.
I gotta say you really missed out with the force fun, it peels necros down to the bone
Dude, when you go to bat for Morrowind, I'll gladly lend my aid. That's not just my favorite and first Elder Scrolls, it's my favorite game and has the most memories for me. Unreal good
Will do. Sounds like a good time you in-wa!
Haven't read all the comments so forgive me if I'm parroting but, while humanity may have had what they get later coming the planet cracking was kind of a necessity. For one do to alien meddling, humanity is the only intelligent species in the galaxy and two, there's just too many people that need the resources from those planets. It was kind of a "colonize or die" situation and humanity went with the former. Then the Unitologists had to fuck it all up.
@@salvatoredanunciacao7770 yeah it's actually quite the layered and interesting conversation really. I like science fiction that handles these kinds of topics if I'm being honest.
@arkham666 it's also nice that it wasn't human greed that started the expansion, it was pure survival, the greed came later. Wish more si-fi went about it like Dead Space instead of trying to ape Alien.
@@salvatoredanunciacao7770 in do androids dream of robotic sheep the martian colonization and the introduction of replicants came about because earth was almost completely uninhabitable after world war terminus.
@@arkham666 cool, I'll definitely have to look into that then.
It's Dead Space time!
Thank you for the video, excellent critique…
Well thank you for this comment. I'm really glad you enjoyed it.
Play New Game Plus and find all the Marker fragments and place them into the ritual room for a “more interesting ending…” you’re welcome! 💪🏽
You should do a review of Dead Space 2
I'd like to some time.
Well I subbed so once you do ill be sure to watch it 👍
If I remember correctly the zero g in the first game is the way it is due to deadlines, and with the remake they Motive was able to back port from Dead Space 2 the zero g free movement
Thanks for sharing this. The more you know.
Nice assement sir and i sub to that facts. I had the same impression in the OG game. Its was too "much go here and do that .oh go there and do this" with no input from him🤷🏾♂️
Great video! I've never seen your channel before but clicked because I'm a longtime Dead Space fan and want to hear new fans' reactions.
I'd definitely recommend checking out The Callisto Protocol. I don't think I've ever had such a love-hate relationship with a game before. Overall, to me, it's fine. There's aspects I adore and aspects I despise, making the overall game feel like wasted potential. There's tons to analyse there, as well as the insane production history, that I think would be great for you to dig your teeth into.
And I appreciate the way you approached the Nicole face model stuff in this video. It drives me nuts that people are mad over a woman in her mid 40s looking like a woman in her mid 40s.
Thanks. I'm very interested in Callisto now so I'll probably pick it up on sale this year. It certainly doesn't look like a bad game, which gets me even more curious.
The Nicole thing was mostly just for laughs. Ya know me acting all high and mighty and it turns out I'm just into older women (or women my age as the case would be) but I'm seeing a lot more of this floating around Twitter and it really makes me cringe which is why I kept it in. Thanks for commenting, glad you enjoyed the video.
I still find the original better.
"Handsome looking woman"... They made Nicole look like a 50 yo chain smoker that's overworked. The thing is, they used the same actress that played her in DS2, forgetting that a lot of time has passed since DS2, and they made her significantly less attractive. According to DS Downfall (movie prequel to the first game), Nicole's quite young, definitely younger than the main character of the movie, Alissa Vincent, who's likely around 35.
In DS Downfall, When Alissa speaks to the "unnamed" female scientist, she asks her if she has a boyfriend. That question would be pointless (would be much more appropriate to ask about a family) , unless it would be used to hint at Isaac, who coincidentally was on his way to attend to the distress call.
Then, EA went and said that it's not her in DS Downfall (even though it is clearly her), in the DS Extraction game, and subsequent media. Funny thing is, she looks even younger in the DS Extraction game.
One other big issue is the fact that they expanded too much on the Unitology aspect, compared to the original. Unitology was better explored during DS2, as the fist game was just this mysterious infection on a ship, with one or two hints. That's why they had Downfall ro explain what happened on the ship.
It's a good remake but honestly? If I ever replay the series I'm probably going to stick with the original release version. There's JUST ABOUT enough "adjusted for modern audiences" stink to the 2023 version to make me go "oh yeah, this was made in 2023" every couple of minutes.
Your first elder scrolls is always your best. I think that applies to how most of us fall on love with certain games. I'm looking forward to when I can have a full conversation with some young uns about ff7 remake, when it's all finished and such.
@@arkham666For me it wasn't. I played Skyrim as my first elder scrolls but I didn't particularly like it. I much prefer Morrowind and Oblivion.
@@ironindustries9258 that just means you have impeccable taste.
Radicooool!
That give me serious TMNT vibes.
@@arkham666 Cowabun...ga? Look idk man I'm not hip with the kids
Overall good video, I wouldn't say I like one Nicole over another aesthetically. But remake Nicole makes more sense as a peer in age to Issac and a woman in a senior position in a hard labor job. I didn't play Dead Space until about 2020 so I have no real nostalgia for it, the only things I really prefer from the original are the sounds and behaviors of the Slashers. They would bellow and charge you as soon as the saw you, often lunging. Also remake Kyne was a complete downgrade, he sounded too reliable and nice
It was more of a bit than anything else. Like I'm trying to put forward a reasonable argument for this Nicole over the og but it turns out I just want to bang her more. But I agree with you. I didn't realize how old Isaac was until thesummerofmark pointed it out to me.
I think one important note to make about Schofield is that while he might've helmed Crystal Dynamics, it was Amy Hennig who helmed the story. Dead Space 2008's story was written by a combo of Warren Ellis, Rick Remender and Antony Johnston. Schofield might've been the one to run the companies at the time and get the games off the ground, but there were others that did a lot of the heavy lifting too.
Not trying to be combative here. Just think that a lot of praise is given to figures like Schofield when the bulk of the effort oftentimes goes unnoticed.
Also, having watched more of the vid, Altman actually wasn't a fanatic, but that only popped up in the Dead Space novels. He actually wanted to expose the truth of the Unitology movement, but others with vested interests had him killed via necromorph while they more or less, danced on his corpse.
I guess after spending all that time talking about Amy Hennig in my Soul Reaver videos I didn't feel the need to bring her up in this video where she isn't relevant to the conversation.
@@arkham666 all good. Hennig was only tangential to the point. It’s why I brought up the writers of the original dead space too.
Well no you walk because it's a story plot point the corruption
You just had to go and say people "lack the brains to understand art direction" for not enjoying how they turned a 19-year-old looking cute Nicole into a 65-year-old hag. Your business argument is also wrong, first of all, even though the publishers care only about money, the developers are humans and inject what they want into the art they create. And besides, there are companies that absolutely gone insane and don't chase profit anymore but rather a certain agenda. I don't think the case of Nicole fits that this time, because they just used the face of her mocap actress, but in a different circumstance with a similar outcome it absolutely could've been about that! If you'd rather deny reality and call other people names for openly disliking something, suit yourself.
@@vivusbrydyr4039 deny reality? Bro you're the one making absurd claims. But sure just show me proof. Show me the agenda, show me the meeting notes and emails that prove this was some attempt to sabotage their creation. Presumably if you're this upset about it then you have evidence right?
@@arkham666 i said i don't think the Nicole case in particular is part of the agenda. but the sjw and political messaging is prevalent in modern AAA industry, and they do it even as it hurts them financially. EA, Ubisoft, Sony, they all just love to do some virtue signaling by forcing shallow diversity. what proof to you want me to give? if you don't notice examples of it in most major game releases of the last few years, then it's a case of "where's the ocean, daddy?", the anecdote.
@@arkham666I mean they purposely changed the restrooms using a progressive mindset when the original had male and female separate restrooms. Like it or not most English speakers do not agree with unisex restrooms - especially women - so that does imply some political motivation. The designers clearly were thinking about politics if they changed something so miniscule. They cared enough to change it. Why shouldn't the players care in the opposite direction?
Does this prove her design was motivated by said politics? No. People are on high alert because of the obnoxious consultants and these alterations, though.
I think people have the right to be bothered by activism in IPs that really shouldn't have it. I wouldn't want Pokémon dripping in conservative politics and I expect the same from the left.
One way gaming can become less divisive is not hiring these consultants like was the norm from the 70s up through the 7th console generation. That will calm down all sides. We don't need companies hiring people complaining about men or Japanese culture or beauty standards.
The review was good... until you went head first into politics like ffs why do you guys do that? Review the game and leave outside shiii out of it tf? Almost subscribed at the end because the review was really good but then you had me gag when you brought up the stupid Twitter crap, idgaf what anyone's politics are but please leave it alone literally kills the mood.
@@frankharper3512 I mean it was just bit implying I'm into mature women but maybe we're just not meant to be. Glad you enjoyed the rest of the video though.
I love how Arham666 had to mention "religion is bad" multiple times, then went on to defend the current trending religion of "woke" without being able to understand anything about the ideology. Typical sheeple...
@@Elwood128 the religion of woke. Absolutely adorable. Also I mentioned that the Unitology religion is bad because it operates like a cult. You're so dragged around by your anti woke grifter overlords that you see your imagined enemy everywhere you look. Typical sheeple..
I hated this remake so much just because of the sound design. There is ALWAYS some noise, noise that is purposefully made to make the player believe that there is a monster in the room.
As a result, you cannot rely at all on your ears. 10% of my time was spent looking at nothingness, checking if an enemy was there or the sound effects were being annoying. Probably 30% of my health went into enemies I had no idea were in the room with me (because you do get used to the constant noise). It completely ruined the game for me. After a while, each time a sound was playing, I started b!tching. I probably used more insults towards devs than ammo ^-^ Didn't finish it, shipped the game to a friend.
I'm the kind of person who literally don't care about sound design, music, dialogs etc. I skip them all, the first thing I do when I start a new game is to completely mute the music in 90% of games, even before knowing how it sounds. I'm here for the gameplay, most other things are unnecessary fluff to me.
If someone like me noticed and was annoyed by your sound design, it means you fµcked up badly, honestly.
Having fake sounds in a game in such a large amount, it's like playing a FIFA game where some footballers on the field aren't real. Or a FPS not showing you which weapon you're currently holding. Or those racing games that don't sign-post wrong ways enough. Or stealth games with no feedback on enemy perception. The audio design handicapped me severely all throughout my playthrough to the point where I could not enjoy the game at all.
Hopefully, this comment won't destroy someone else's enjoyment of the game for their next playthrough. If you didn't notice and it doesn't bother you, try to keep it that way. If you start to notice, this game will become unbearable.
I'm not sure what to say to any of this. I'm sorry I guess. My experience was nothing like that at all. In fact the audio queues were a huge part of how I knew what was going on.
Still some things just don't click with some people. The good news is you still have the original and countless other games to play.
I dont think nicole bieng Dead was supposed to be a twist per se. I think it was more intended as a dramatic reveal. The creators intentionally made her very creepy, so you would think whats wrong with her opposed to her actually well being.