Developer(s):Visceral Games
Publisher(s):Electronic Arts
Engine:Visceral Engine
Platform(s):Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Release date(s):February 2013
Genre(s):Third-person shooter, survival horror
Mode(s):Single-player, co-op
Publisher(s):Electronic Arts
Engine:Visceral Engine
Platform(s):Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Release date(s):February 2013
Genre(s):Third-person shooter, survival horror
Mode(s):Single-player, co-op
Plot
Having crash-landed on a planet known as Tau Volantis, Isaac Clarke hopes that this hostile new environment contains the key to ending the Necromorph scourge.
Issac Clarke will return as the protagonist, along with Ellie Langford from Dead Space 2, who is separated from Isaac during the crash;[citation needed] and new character Sgt. John Carver.
Gameplay
Drop-in/drop-out co-op was announced at EA's E3 2012 press conference, stating that this will unlock "additional story details and gameplay mechanics only found when playing as the co-op character, Earthgov Sergeant John Carver."
A Visceral Games developer has confirmed it was "always intended to have co-op in Dead Space" and cites that one of their inspirations and role models, System Shock 2, also had co-op support. He also pointed out that if the player chooses to play alone, John Carver "may appear at some points (as do other NPCs) but for the most part he is not there."
Unlike in its predecessors, in Dead Space 3 player characters Isaac Clarke and John Carver will be able to roll and take cover to avoid attacks. The rolls were described by a Visceral Games developer as essential because it "felt dumb/terrible not to have it" and that they have been "making Isaac more responsive" as they "want the horror to come from the terrible things that happen in the game not from the horror that something is moving slowly towards you and you can't shoot it because the game controls like a piece of crap". The cover system is also described as 'organic' in nature as the player does not need to "walk up to certain tagged things and press the cover button, Isaac or Carver just does the action that is appropriate for the given situation."
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Edited by Soprano - 6/21/12 at 10:57am
