'Dead Space' Remake Trailer Shows A Twist On The Familiar Gameplay

Motive and EA have finally shared a gameplay trailer for their long-awaited remake of Dead Space. To some extent, the clip shows what you'd expect. It's a familiar retelling of Isaac Clarke's horror-filled mission on the USG Ishimura mining ship, but with much improved visuals and sounds that make better use of modern hardware. You're still severing necromorph limbs and floating through segments of zero gravity, just with weird volumetric lighting and more realistic, contextual sounds.

It's not quite a rehash, thankfully. Isaac is no longer quiet as he was in the 2008 original, and there's a better sense of a story that involves the battle for sanity and the discovery of the fate of Isaac's girlfriend, Nicole. To some degree, the remake is an opportunity to refine Dead Space rather than just bask in a household name.

The Dead Space Resurrected will be released on January 27, 2023 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. While it's not an all-new game as fans might want, this preview suggests that Motive at least delivers what you'd expect from a remake: modernized graphics and gameplay that stays true to the experience that attracted people the first time. around.

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