Dead Space game news: more than armor, an iconic symbol that will be sublimated in the remake
Published on 23/12/2022 at 13:28
The remake of Dead Space is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated projects of 2023: if the project looks promising, it is also risky for the team of EA Motive who must ensure the legacy of a game that has branded an entire era with a hot iron. Isaac Clarke’s iconic armor was notably a key point of this redesign, here discussed in a new video.
Isaac Clarke, emblem in spite of himself
Dead Space (2008)
Although mute in the very first episode, Isaac Clarke, hero of Dead Space, quickly established himself in an iconic character of the late 2000s. It must be said that at the time, Visceral Games aimed right by constituting a recognizable armor among a thousand: a helmet with singular shapes, a unique life bar integrated into the backbone, particular brown colors… Inevitably, taking up this symbol in the remake promised to be a small challenge for Motive.
But because the designers are ambitious to respect the original material while improving it, they have tackled the task with particular meticulousness. The firm (to whom we also owe Star Wars Squadrons, released in 2020) has just published an explanatory video of their work on Isaac Clarke, via IGN: a developer diary which you can find below.
Do just as well, better
For the Isaac Clarke redesign, Motive went to Chi-Wai Lao, the character’s original designer who was then working for Visceral Games. It is therefore hand in hand with him that the artistic team has refined the armor by making it much more realistic, more detailed, more authentic, which will also lead to the general graphic tone of the USG Ishimura. There is a question of art, of course, but also of technique with brand new graphics enabled by a brand new engine.
We will therefore find the particular elements that already made the success of the character at the time, but also new finishes related to the gameplay ; for example, the anti-gravity zones where you can now move freely in the environment (a real novelty compared to the basic game) cause thrusters, intelligently integrated into the hero’s boots.
Remember that unlike the original software, Isaac Clarke will finally be given the floor with completed and rewritten dialogues ; likewise, he features a new face and will take off his headset in real time to talk to certain people, where he constantly kept it on before.
Dead Space will be released on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series on January 27, 2023.
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