The Game Druid

I’m sure you’ve already head about the latest and apparently greatest upcoming horror game from EA called Dead Space…

Here’s the story so far: Earth’s appetite for natural resources has become a major motivator for deep space exploration. When the communications go dead for the privately-owned mining ships called “planetcrackers” goes dead, Systems engineer Isaac Clarke was sent in to fix the problem. Once boarded, he discovered a malevolent alien presence and was left alone and weaponless to survive this horror ordeal.

Sounds great eh? um..the druid’s here are not too impressed. However…

The key success of survival horror games such as Resident Evil, Silent Hill and Dino Crisis to name a few, is the element of surprise and new generation features that were introduced. Survival horror is about experiencing a terrifying, and deeply personal fiction.

So Quoting EA on this game’s features:

Strategic Dismemberment – The core game mechanic is the strategic and brutal dismemberment of Necromorph appendages. It’s all about seeing bone fragments and arterial spray fly across the room.

Terrifying Setting and atmosphere – An immersive, interactive horror movie experience. State-of-the art graphics and effects built on an EA proprietary engine, an emergent, panic-inducing audio system, and a nuanced, scary pace will wrench you headlong into the terror.

Zero gravity – Survive and destroy the Necromorphs in zero G environments. Manipulate gravity with Havok physics to solve puzzles and destroy the infestation.

Thrilling story – Isaac will discover the Ishimura’s fate by picking up the last logs of the Ishimura’s murdered and hideously transformed crew. The game experience is just a small part of a larger story tapestry that extends through different media and line extensions.

I think the features look super cool from here, it all depends on execution (remember Max Payne??). We’ll have more on this next week, but for now, here’s a screen shot for you to drool over

Oh and also over the next couple of days, we’re getting loads of new Xbox 360 games shipped to us. So expect tons of reviews 

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