Glen Schofield, the creator of the original Dead Space has praised EA Motive‘s “faithful” remake, that was released last week.
Schofield created 2008's Dead Space while working at EA before a stint focusing on several Call Of Duty games for Activision. Recently, Schofield oversaw The Callisto Protocol as CEO of Striking Distance Studios.
Taking to Linkedin, Glen Schofield's daughter Nicole [who worked as an environmental artist on The Callisto Protocol] wrote: “It's an unusual, bittersweet moment, I am pleased to see new fans and old share their passion for Dead Space. It will always be a core memory for me.
“The original came out in 2008 and was unfortunately seen as unsuccessful due to sales. Years later it's amassed a following of loyal horror and sci-if fans alike. This is not an unsuccessful game, this was a triumphant win for sci-fi horror genre. Shout to Motive Studio for their amazing remake.”
Replying towards the post, Glen wrote: “To everyone who done the initial, appreciate your contributions to an amazing game. It's withstood the test of your time. And to Motive, appreciate your care in remaking the game faithfully. Congratulations.”
It comes as some of the original team behind GoldenEye 007 have hit out at the recent re-releases for Xbox and Nintendo Switch.
“Sad to think Goldeneye for Switch and Xbox was outsourced to two different devs,” said composer Graeme Norgate. “You could have got the old team back together for just one more gig guys. We wouldn't have let you down. Labour of loves will always be less expensive than cash for mates.”
He went on to guarantee that “the appetite would have been there” for a full remaster.
Following the release of Dead Space, fans think that Motive is looking to remake Dead Space 2 and 3 after translating an “indecipherable” sign in the brand new, New Game+ mode.
However, composer Trevor Gureckis believes it might make “a good deal of sense” for EA Motive to begin looking at a fresh Dead Space 4 game.
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