How Dead Space Remake Retains the Fear Factor

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EA Motive's Dead Space Remake has finally received an official release date, and though fans will have to wait another 8 months or so, the game seems to be shaping up very nicely. EA Motive is choosing to put a constant spotlight on the Dead Space Remake's development process, showing footage at just about every stage of the game's build cycle. Thus far, this has been a pretty great move for the developer, as the hype around the game has continued to build and will continue to do so until the game's January 2023 release.

While EA Motive is changing up the original Dead Space in some pretty significant ways, the developer has been extremely clear about wanting to keep the essence of the original experience completely intact, jump-scares and all. And based on the footage fans have seen so far, it seems as though the Dead Space Remake will certainly be just as terrifying, if not more so, than the original.

The Pros and Cons of Dead Space Remake's Voice Acting

Back in 2008, Dead Space used the Havok Engine to create its intense physics-based horrors. In 2023, the Dead Space Remake will use EA's powerful Frostbite Engine to bring a whole new layer of horror to Isaac Clarke's sci-fi nightmare. From the gameplay demos released so far, the Dead Space Remake seems to be pushing the Frostbite Engine to its max, honing in on the technical elements that really made the original game stand out.

The Dead Space Remake's lighting is the perfect example of this. In the original Dead Space, the dark hallways, only illuminated by dull orange lights, gave the game an extremely unique visual style, and gave the experience an immediately tense atmosphere. Throughout the original game, lighting is used to great effect to scare the player and