(Jul 25th, 2021, 06:00 AM)ShiraNoMai Wrote:

I'm really excited and happy about this as I've never played the OGs and this is my chance! I get first dibs at the game, Moony

(Sep 1st, 2021, 04:06 AM)ShiraNoMai Wrote:

Did you wind up watching the stream? I missed it myself (had a doc appointment) but if you did see it, what stand out moments were there?

• Various pre-alpha build screenshots from the stream.
  
• Concept art shown during the stream. (Corridor leading to The Bridge / the Morgue / Zero G therapy room)
  
• Isaac will speak this time (originally he was mute in the first game and only started speaking in Dead Space 2), however to avoid messing with the feel of the original game Isaac will only speak when spoken to, or in situations where it would feel weird if he remained silent. 
  
• Gunner Wright is reprising his voice role for Isaac.
  
• Isaac is actually going to make an active effort to search for Nicole in the remake, as the reason he even comes with the team to the Ishimura in the first place is to visit her.
  
• Enemies have a new damage system; you can remove the flesh from the bone of enemies (which serves as a health indicator to a particular body part) and hitting areas that are exposed bone will result in a dismemberment. The original game allowed you to strike anywhere on a limb or body part multiple times to remove it, whereas this new system requires much higher precision.
  
• Some weapons are better at flesh removal, some are better at dismemberment. Weapons will also react differently to enemies, and enemies will also react differently to different weapons.
  
• The remake is taking the base layout of the original game environments and adding enhanced levels of detail on top to keep the game as close to the original layouts where possible.
  
• Some areas will be expanded, most notably in Zero G sections.
  
• Zero G has been completely overhauled. In the original game, Isaac could only walk on surfaces and jump between them in Zero G; in the remake, it is more like Dead Space 2 and Dead Space 3, allowing Isaac to fly freely within Zero G spaces.
  
• There are no more pauses between chapters or loading screens, with the intention to make the entire Ishimura a seamless experience where you can visit the entire ship. A door shown during gameplay footage featured a new lock that required a keycard to open, implying that areas you reach later in the game will now be blocked off by access cards. In the original, such locations would simply be locked and then be unlocked when that level is revisited later in the game. Access cards may also encourage backtracking to areas of the ship you normally wouldn't go back to in the original game, because otherwise the doors could all just remain locked and then magically unlock themselves when the time is right.
  

• Part 1 - The A.L.I.V.E. System
  
• Part 2 - Audio Occlusion
  
• Part 3 - Weapon Sound Effects Comparison
  
• Part 4 - Atmospheric Walkthrough
  

• Creating Immersive Environments | Art Deep-Dive Part 1
  
• Amplifying Visual Effects | Art Deep-Dive Part 2
  
• Elevating Character Models | Art Deep-Dive Part 3
  
• Refining Lighting Effects | Art Deep-Dive Part 4
  
• Engine Room Atmospheric Walkthrough | Art Deep-Dive Part 5
  

Senior Producer Philippe Ducharme Wrote:

The story, for example, hits all the main beats and main events of the original, but we looked at the lore of the whole franchise, which is a lot wider than the original game. There was Dead Space™ 2, Dead Space™ 3, the comic books—these all added additional lore that we re-injected into the game.

Creative Director Roman Campos-Oriola Wrote:

Some characters who were a bit more secondary, who only appeared in audio logs, like Dr. Cross—we gave them some actual screen time. And we wanted to give a bit more background and agency to some of the characters from the cast, like Nicole. So we’re creating a whole layer of narrative side-quests that will allow you to see, for example, what happened to Nicole during the outbreak.

Senior Producer Philippe Ducharme Wrote:

We’re also actually creating the entire game as one sequential shot. From the moment you start the game to the moment you end the game, there are no camera cuts or load screens—unless you die. The Ishimura is now fully interconnected, so you can walk from Point A to Point Z, visit the entire ship, and revisit locations you’ve already completed to pick up things you might have missed—that’s all new. It’s now a completely unbroken experience.