It won and was nominated for multiple industry awards and has been ranked by journalists as one of the greatest video games ever made.
Critics praised its atmosphere, gameplay and sound design. The sound design was a particular focus during production, with the score by Jason Graves designed to evoke tension and unease.ĭead Space debuted to slow sales but eventually sold over a million copies worldwide. The team pushed for innovation and realism in their design, ranging from procedural enemy placement to removing HUD elements. Creator Glen Schofield wanted to make the most frightening horror game he could imagine, drawing inspiration from the video game Resident Evil 4 and films including Event Horizon and Solaris. Gameplay has Isaac exploring different areas through its narrative, solving environmental puzzles and finding ammunition and equipment to survive.ĭead Space was pitched in early 2006, with an early prototype running on Xbox. Set on a mining spaceship overrun by deadly monsters called Necromorphs following the discovery of an artifact called the Marker, the player controls engineer Isaac Clarke as he navigates the spaceship and fights the Necromorphs while struggling with growing psychosis. It was released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Microsoft Windows as the debut entry in the Dead Space series. Dead Space is a 2008 survival horror game developed by EA Redwood Shores and published by Electronic Arts.
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