Recording summary · January 2023
DO NOT BUY Dead Space Remake 2023
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Overview
Daniel reviews the remake of Dead Space, rating it 4.2 out of 10 and advising against purchasing it for £50 due to a perceived lack of meaningful changes beyond visuals, alongside criticisms of repetitive scares, dull puzzles, grating music, bland environments, and frustrating zero-gravity controls.
The Dead Space remake is compared to Capcom's Resident Evil remakes as an effort by EA to capitalize on an older franchise, with £20 deemed a fairer price than the predatory £50 cost.
Themes
Dead Space remake gameplay mechanics, combat, and zero-gravity controls.
Audiovisual presentation, including grating combat music and excessively dark, gray environments.
Pricing, monetization criticisms, and comparisons to the Resident Evil remakes.
Premise of an engineer investigating a darkened ship with mutated crew members.
Puzzles and navigation involving stasis, magnetic manipulation, circuit boards, and waypoint tracking.
Developments
The original Dead Space was released in 2008.
Daniel played the original Dead Space upon its release.
Daniel turned off the combat music after finding it grating and loud.
Daniel turned off the Dead Space remake out of frustration during a zero-gravity section.