We began 2011 with Dead Space 2. It literally scared players
(and their moms) out of their seats and made us whole (if you don’t get that
joke, you don’t know Dead Space). Of course, Visceral Games has to hit us again
with Dead Space 3, but is it more rumor than fact? It hasn’t officially been
announced, and yet there is information on the web about where the story takes
places and what characters will make an appearance.
If you remember, Issac Clarke survived the horrors aboard
the USS Ishimura. Then, he managed to battle Necromorphs and hallucinations of
his dead girlfriend while trying to decipher the meaning of the codes in his mind. He did this all while navigating the Sprawl, a huge
space station that houses thousands of civilians who become victims to the
spreading infection. He manages to escape with his gal-pal, Ellie, and it cuts
to black as we hear a conversation that pretty much solidifies the makings of a
sequel.
But is EA waiting until E3 to announce Issac’s return?
Rumors state that it will take place on an ice planet and that there will be
co-op. Does co-op mean that two people can play the story together? And will
there be multiplayer? Honestly, multiplayer is so unnecessary in a game like
this that no one would miss it if Visceral decided to take it out. It was too
dark, and if you played as the humans you had an unfair advantage before of
your weapons. It doesn’t work to have one team be the monsters and the other
team be the soldiers. If Visceral does multiplayer for Dead Space 3, they would
be wise to add a type of horde-mode, which would be a lot more fun to fend off
a horde of AI Necromorphs.
In all fairness, Dead Space is a great horror series, and
Visceral would be wise to keep it going as long as they stick to the
conventions that make it great. Again, it looks like we’ll have to watch E3 to
see if there is announcement for Dead Space 3. As for details, we’ll know more
as E3 2012 kicks off with the press conferences on Monday, June 4- we’ll see
you there!
