EA Cans Dead Space After Low Sales

[kristianity77]

Depends. I'm playing through it now, and I'm about 2-3 hours in and I've had 0 scares through the majority of the game.

Also, a little off topic, I totally just watched Stephen King's "It" like...last night. Lol

Can't think if I've played anything that I'd class as scary recently. Condemned could be a little jumpy in places. Project Zero on the ps2 when that first came out was decent as well for scares. Nothing for me this gen though has really hit the spot. Alan Wake had its moments but was miss more often than hit, but that's all I can think of.

 

[Qtis]

I'll just snag Dead Space 3 once it's below the ~£20 mark. The first game wasn't as stellar as I'd hoped, but I've yet to play Dead Space 2.. Not my favorite franchise, but it does/did have a lot of potential.

Dead Space reminded me of the good old Half Life mod USS Darkstar. Oh the memories..

Can't think if I've played anything that I'd class as scary recently. Condemned could be a little jumpy in places. Project Zero on the ps2 when that first came out was decent as well for scares. Nothing for me this gen though has really hit the spot. Alan Wake had its moments but was miss more often than hit, but that's all I can think of.

Then again, you're quite a bit older too. I think most kids are scared of quite a few things more than adults

 

[kristianity77]

I'll just snag Dead Space 3 once it's below the ~£20 mark. The first game wasn't as stellar as I'd hoped, but I've yet to play Dead Space 2.. Not my favorite franchise, but it does/did have a lot of potential.

Dead Space reminded me of the good old Half Life mod USS Darkstar. Oh the memories..


Then again, you're quite a bit older too. I think most kids are scared of quite a few things more than adults

Actually, I thought Corpse Party was pretty nerve jangling in places. As well as one game on the DS which name escapes me but it was a first person adventure where you get sucked into an old 8bit game every now and again...what the bloody hell was that called?!?!

 

[Foxi4]

Actually, I thought Corpse Party was pretty nerve jangling in places. As well as one game on the DS which name escapes me but it was a first person adventure where you get sucked into an old 8bit game every now and again...what the bloody hell was that called?!?!

I wouldn't say Corpse Party was scary at any point - Corpse Party was making the player feel uneasy, and that's a very different thing altogether. It was unsettling, I'd say it was more "terror" than "horror".

The other game you're refering to Has No Name.

No, seriously. "Nanashi no Game" - "The Nameless Game" (or "The Game with No Name")

 

[kristianity77]

I wouldn't say Corpse Party was scary at any point - Corpse Party was making the player feel uneasy, and that's a very different thing altogether. It was unsettling, I'd say it was more "terror" than "horror".

The other game you're refering to Has No Name.

No, seriously. "Nanashi no Game" - "The Nameless Game" (or "The Game with No Name")

Thats the one! Nameless game. I was impressed with that.

 

[BORTZ]

I mean the mass effect series was great, and if people bitch that much about an ending, you get go fop yourself.

 

[Gahars]

A recent tweet from Gamasutra states, "Rumors about poor Dead Space 3 sales and an unannounced Dead Space 4 being cancelled are "patently false," EA tells us. Spread the word!"

EA might just be covering its own ass, or they could be telling the truth. It might take a little while before we have this all sorted out.

 

[The Catboy]

The only thing scary about those games was the fact that I could play them on my smartphone!

 

[jalaneme]

hmm i wonder why dead space died a horrible death? oh thats right! you were charging people for ammo and all sorts ingame while they already paid full price for the game already! congrats EA! you had this coming and i hope more people wise up and stop buying the rest of your games too, such a corporal greedy pigsty company they have no shame whatsoever.

 

[FAST6191]

hmm i wonder why dead space died a horrible death? oh thats right! you were charging people for ammo and all sorts ingame while they already paid full price for the game already! congrats EA! you had this coming and i hope more people wise up and stop buying the rest of your games too, such a corporal greedy pigsty company they have no shame whatsoever.

As I understand it was optional and not needed to complete the game or "all but required to" complete the game.

Corporal Greedy.... is that a relation to that Corporal Greed you mentioned the other day in http://gbatemp.net/threads/cliffy-b-games-industry-in-state-of-turmoil.343689/#post-4566989 ?

 

[retKHAAAN]

The first Dead Space is still one of my favorite games. They really nailed the claustrophobic, "on-your-own" aspects of survival horror. I still haven't played DS2 (though I want to) but I had no interest in playing DS3 based on advertisments portraying the game as more action and less horror... Same reason I haven't gone anywhere near Resident Evil 6

 

[Gahars]

Corporal Greedy.... is that a relation to that Corporal Greed you mentioned the other day in http://gbatemp.net/threads/cliffy-b-games-industry-in-state-of-turmoil.343689/#post-4566989 ?

I think she has the command structure all mixed up. She seems to be thinking of Corporal Punishment and Major Greed, two Saturday morning cartoon villains that must have existed at one point or another.

It's an easy mistake to make.

 

[Minox]

There's something broken about a business model where you need to sell 5 million copies for it to be worth it.

 

[gusmento01]

EA, bring back the Road Rash franchise.

 

[zanfire]

they had an update that says they aren't trashing it btw.

 

[Rizsparky]

Good, more budget towards Mirror's Edge 2!

 

[jalaneme]

As I understand it was optional and not needed to complete the game or "all but required to" complete the game.

Corporal Greedy.... is that a relation to that Corporal Greed you mentioned the other day in http://gbatemp.net/threads/cliffy-b-games-industry-in-state-of-turmoil.343689/#post-4566989 ?

well the sales for dead space 3 says otherwise.

 

[shinryuken18]

http://kotaku.com/5988639/rumors-of-dead-spaces-demise-are-false-says-studio


those are false claims says the devs.

 

[FAST6191]

well the sales for dead space 3 says otherwise.

Pray tell how does relatively poor sales of a game say whether a game requires DLC/microtransactions to complete or effectively complete?

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

hmm i wonder why dead space died a horrible death? oh thats right! you were charging people for ammo and all sorts ingame while they already paid full price for the game already! congrats EA! you had this coming and i hope more people wise up and stop buying the rest of your games too, such a corporal greedy pigsty company they have no shame whatsoever.

Huh, that's weird, when I was playing it you didn't have to pay for ammo cuz it was on the ground and *GASP* THEY DIDN'T MAKE ME PAY FOR ANYTHING.

If you honestly think EA is the only "corporal greedy pigsty company" then I hate to tell you this, but you are completely wrong. Hell, if you can find any game company out there whose sole purpose isn't to make money, I'll leave the internet forever.