bubsby on 17 March 2009
Honestly, I am much happier with Dead Space as a rails shooter than the new Resident Evil game. A few thoughts:
- Novel Concept: We've already had 3 or 4 zombie shooters on the Wii. I know Dead Space is essentially Space Zombies, but the space colony setting, the vent traveling, zero gravity and others will be intereseting to see in a rails environment.
- Hardware Limitations: Strategic dismemberment is an integral part of Dead Space, and I'm not sure if the Wii could handle a full 3D application of it. Being on-rails might allow the game to not compromise w/r/t dismemberment.
- Co-op: My girlfriend would hide in the other room when I played Dead Space. Now she can blast Necros with me
- Pushing the Genre: Look at what Dead Space did to the core gameplay of Resident Evil 4. One can hope that DS:E will similarly push the boundraies of the rail shooting genre
Again, the game could be crap. But I think there's definitely enough promise that I'm holding out hope!
