PS3 To Get Wii Dead Space?
On-rails spin-off coming to HD consoles?Published 09/02/2010 at 10:30 by nofi
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Dead Space fans looking forward to the second in the series might have something in the midterm to tide them over, according to a report over at Kotaku.
Surveys are doing the rounds that point to a HD port of the Wii’s Dead Space: Extraction, an on-rails shooter set in the Dead Space canon that was a commercial “misfire”.
The survey suggests that any port of the game would feature the same on-rails “guided first-person experience” gameplay and is being pitched at $15.
Additionally, a new title known as Planet Cracker is teased. Planet Cracker is a resource strategy game where you manage a mining operation on a planet and defend your ore from Space Pirates.
Planet Cracker is supposedly set within the Dead Space 2 universe.
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DrOf1337 | 09/02/2010 10:34
Tends to spoil major games.
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Yes please on both counts. Thanks very much. Extraction was great.
parker | 09/02/2010 10:34
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A HD Port of Extraction sounds interesting, I just hope it isn’t the same team at Visceral who are porting it, I would prefer them to focus their efforts on Dead Space 2.
Kevling | 09/02/2010 13:47
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Extraction was done by Eurocom here in Derby…
cc_star | 09/02/2010 10:35
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Great, I love the Dead Space story and Universe as a whole. and Extraction will add to that, I know the game isn’t as fantastic as Dead Space is, but if the price is right, like mentioned in the article then so what
shields_t | 09/02/2010 12:18
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I didn’t think it was too bad, it was what it was. It was fairly clear it didn’t have the production values of Dead Space though, with some rather iffy scripting and acting. It was good to see another perspective on everything kicking off on the Ishimura though, and I thought they did a great job of integrating the locations between the two.
I just hope they do another film to accompany Dead Space 2 when that is released.
illogicology | 09/02/2010 10:38
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Wouldn’t this require some kind of light gun accessory? I mean, so far the absolute strongest point of the wii-mote has been its pointing capability, do we know if the arc has the same function?
parker | 09/02/2010 10:40
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I think this is intended for the Arc controller. Arc is more accurate than a Wii-mote, so it should be a better experience.
TSBonyman | 09/02/2010 12:08
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Ah, i was going to dismiss this cause of the on rails aspect but maybe it’d be good with the arc.
illogicology | 09/02/2010 13:06
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Arc is more accurate at motion sensitivity butthe wii-mote’s infra-red pointer is a totally separate function and we don’t know how the arc will compare.
UsernameHere | 11/02/2010 03:11
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Looking at the jpn preview of resident evil 5 alternate edition, It should work well with arc also. Check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfR5ctyw6LU (fast forward to about 2:50)
simplebob | 09/02/2010 10:40
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Thats another franchise moving over to PS3/360 in advance of motion controls. At least Nintendo will get to keep hold of Mario, Zelda and Metroid
Rob92 | 09/02/2010 16:14
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Dead Space was only on PS3/360, so if anything the franchise moved over to them
JamboGT | 09/02/2010 10:41
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Still need to play the first game, just haven’t got round to it. Actually may head to the shop now…
RangeR | 09/02/2010 11:08
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Yup, I picked up Dead Space a month ago and only started playing it last night. I’m hooked and I’m not even past the first chapter
jimmy-google | 09/02/2010 10:50
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By the time this is ready the release would fall nicely inline with the release of Arc.
a inferior race | 09/02/2010 11:10
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Is this worth playing for the story or can it be largely ignored before DS2 comes out.
Tuffcub | 09/02/2010 11:40
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DS2 is a long way away
rht992 | 09/02/2010 13:19
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its worth picking up cheep. no way as good as dead space but the later levels will stick with you. some truly epic moments
Kovacs | 09/02/2010 11:48
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Wasn’t the Ishimura a Planet Cracker?
Hence the connection with the universe.
rht992 | 09/02/2010 12:59
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your f**king kidding me? i just spent 14 squid on the Wii version! now your telling me i could have got it on a good console! for 1 more squid!
shields_t | 09/02/2010 14:35
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I’d demand my calamari back if I were you.
Foxhound_Solid | 09/02/2010 14:17
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defo gonna get this – love Dead Space – best horror game out there……
Rob92 | 09/02/2010 16:16
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Sounds interesting, good to see they’re expanding the universe.
But Dead Space 2 is worrying me. It seems to be going too action focussed, like Resi 5. They should learn from that. There hasn’t been a decent survival horror since, well Dead Space. So they should keep it that way. Scary good, big action fights, bad!
rht992 | 09/02/2010 16:25
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the best bits for me were when nothing was happening! sounds odd but its true. the dread of whats around the next corner, the bangs in the distance, the sound of something crawling along a wall. just amazing. action sequence after action sequence would spolie the immersion for me
Rob92 | 09/02/2010 19:18
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Yup same. Couldn’t have said it better myself!
Jumping Monks | 09/02/2010 20:32
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Sounds promising to me. I loved the first, and anything to keep me occupied until the second would be great
Senel_Coolidge | 10/02/2010 00:28
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Cool, according to reviews and such, it didn’t match the level of the original Dead Space but it’s still a good way to kill some time until the arrival of the second one, plus it provides more story about the universe of Dead Space which is always welcomed lol
skibadee | 10/02/2010 02:40
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why not something to do why we wait for its big brother.