Frustrating Dead Space Bug Makes The Hunter Even Tougher To Deal With

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The recently released Dead Space remake becomes more horrific than usual due to a bug someone found that sparked a lot of frustration. Even if the game is a remake of the original, it's not too far-fetched to find bugs that were never in the 2008 classic. With so much changed, a frustrating bug that halts progress can still be found, even with a good quality assurance team. Some things just happen to slip by, which is what happened to one player as they faced a famous opponent in the remade Dead Space.

In both the original and the remake of Dead Space, in Chapter 5, Isaac Clarke encounters a tough opponent known as a Hunter. Similar to Mr. X from Resident Evil 2, this being is indestructible aside from certain points in the game.The Hunter can regenerate the limbs that the player shoots off, something that was at that point thought to be a guaranteed way to kill the enemy. Not only that, but it is strong and stalks the area the player encounters it in, drawing more parallels with Mr. X.

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It is this combination of factors that have led to the bug found being especially frustrating for those who come across it, unlike some entertaining glitches that make the camera more like old-school Resident Evil. One Reddit user named Triggernometri143 went to r/Deadspace and posted a picture of the Hunter standing in front of them. They describe a bug where the Hunter is bugged and «completely unresponsive», and that since its able to regenerate its limbs, there's no chance to dismember it and slide past, as they will just grow back and continue to block the path. The user has tried everything to fix it, from reloading both manual and auto saves to dying for an