More Dead Space 3 rumors have bubbled to the surface, including one rather big pseudo-spoiler about the state of Isaac Clarke’s mental well-being.
One of the underpinnings of EA’s Dead Space franchise is that Isaac Clarke, the game’s hero, is a little nuts. He butchers Necromorphs with ease and flair, but he also suffers from dementia and occasionally sees dead people. Converses with them now and then, too. But in Dead Space 3, so the rumor goes, his situation will escalate even further.
What follows could be considered a spoiler, at least until EA starts promoting the hell out of it as a Big Interesting Feature, so consider yourself warned, and having been warned, stop reading here if you don’t want to be spoiled. Still reading? Fine. Dead Space 3 begins with Isaac facing a choice: go to Tau Volantis [presumably not the galaxy's most pleasant place] and rescue a woman, or be busted by EarthGov for all his Martian shenanigans. EarthGov must really suck, because he elects to undertake the rescue mission, with one-eyed sexpot flygirl Ellie in tow.
But she’s not the only passenger, and this is the spoiler-ish part. Also along for the ride is “Shadow Isaac,” the snarky manifestation of his now-full-on split personality. Shadow Isaac apparently gets up in Real Isaac’s grill at every opportunity, such as when he calls him an idiot after falling into a tunnel. Shadow Isaac will be visible as an on-screen character and the two Isaacs will banter throughout the game – if the delusional rantings of a severely psychologically traumatized schizophrenic can be described as “banter.”
Again, It’s just a rumor, but if it’s true, I’m interested.
interesting indeed, but i do hope dead space 3 is more like dead space 1. dead space 2 wasn’t as good as 1. 1 was so freaking nerve wrecking, claustrophobic, enthralling, and horrifying (basically scary as s**t) dead space 2 was leaned way towards action instead. i honestly didn’t get scared i might have jumped a couple of times but that was it. if you wanna buy the better dead space get 1
I agree. I believe that 2 was more action packed as well. Which to me isn’t deadspace. I agree with you that they’re were points in which I jumped but nothing as like “Holy s**t, what’s going to happen next” Some features were better in 2 that I really wish were in 1 but that’s why its a sequel!
SWEET!
i always said dead space 2 could of played the insanity card allot more, and this seems to be doing exactly that!
thats one thing i really loved about alan wake, constantly slipping from the fictional world to the real world and you never really know which is which.
Nice write up.