

“We weren’t going to add, because clearly you have to think about that way in the beginning, and the environment has to be just so.

This will be something completely new for the franchise, but not to Visceral.

The two characters will work together towards the same end goal and finale, but there will be some variations on the path they take. While he is incapacitated, the enemies may take advantage and attack Carver, who will be left to fight them off on his own. For example, Isaac – who is dealing with an increasing amount of insanity thanks to his encounters with the “Markers,” the objects that created the horrific necromorphs – could face a bout of hallucinations. There will even be certain occurrences specific to each character. The two modes will make the game feel much different, but both modes are complete and gamers will have the choice of how to approach it. When you play solo, the character of Carver makes the odd appearance, but will leave you on your own for the most part, while the co-op will have Isaac and Carver fighting side by side. The single player campaign will once again put you in the shoes of the beleaguered engineer and monster-magnet, Isaac Clarke, but it will also feature drop-in/drop-out co-op, with the second player taking the role of EarthGov Sergeant John Carver. “ Dead Space 1, believe it or not, when we were finishing that game up we messed around with turning on co-op at the very end of the development cycle, just to see if we could do it,” Papoutsis told us in a recent interview.ĭead Space 3 was designed to be played as either a single player campaign or with a friend via co-op. Turns out though, that’s not the case at all. There were fans that kept the faith, but to many it felt like the series was shifting away from its core identity. So when Visceral announced that Dead Space 3 would feature co-op, you could almost see the internet fanbase collectively groan.
