Dead Space Remake, The Callisto Protocol Set the Tone for Future Horror Games
Independent horror titles continue to surprise fans with their quality and reverence for inspirational games that preceded them. Likewise, AAA horror continues to draw inspiration from that which came before it, and will likely continue to influence how horror is managed in the future. Seminal horror will always leave its mark on gaming, with such franchises to consider including Silent Hill, Resident Evil, and Dead Space.
Visceral Games and EA’s Dead Space is an over-the-shoulder survival-horror game that puts a Plasma Cutter in the hands of the player. Lowly engineer Isaac Clarke must survive necrotic terrors within the USG Ishimura, which establishes the science-fiction setting for one of horror’s most inspired games. Fifteen years later, Dead Space will now be receiving an overhauled remake. Meanwhile, Dead Space co-creator Glen Schofield is developing a new IP, The Callisto Protocol, that bears significant resemblance to Dead Space and may also set a precedent for current-gen horror.
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Most remakes come with an attached footnote of remastered graphics with not much else of a worthwhile change from their original games. Remakes are also lambasted when they concern games that fans believe are not already outdated or inferior, therefore making the idea of them being remade redundant or superfluous. The Dead Space remake, however, is making a laundry list of technologically advanced changes that seem to be overhauling the entire experience and modernizing it for next-gen platforms.
Besides detailed flesh degradation on necromorph limbs, the Dead Space remake is also monitoring adaptive limbic responses with the ALIVE system to create more authentic expressions
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