In fact, the Plasma Cutter even features the damage-over-time upgrade from that beloved sequel. If this sounds familiar to you, it may be because you remember weapon upgrades from Dead Space 2. So it was really a job to create those new elements that plug into the original design naturally.” “It was really important to create components that look credible,” he added, “that really fit to the weapons, that are perceivable once you see them in your environment, and that are logical to their function.

“You can find a new section for the weapon that you can plug in it and physically attach to the gun.” “Every weapon has an upgrade part,” explains game director Eric Baptizat. But our goal with that weapon was to be as faithful as possible to the original experience.”Īn element that is more than just a visual update is the new upgrades system, which enhances the lethal abilities of Dead Space’s weapons in various ways.

We're not using any code, any assets, anything from the original. We rebuilt completely how it works because it's a completely new engine. But obviously the model is not the same, the textures are not the same, the sounds are not the same. “But you feel like it's the same, you think it's the same as you remember it. “The plasma cutter is not the same as in the original Dead Space,” Campos-Oriola openly admits. And the closer you look, the more differences you’ll find. It’s with this more detailed approach that the differences between the original Plasma Cutter and its remake successor begin. What is each piece? What are those little elements really doing? Whether or not we're using that afterward in game, we had to really define how that thing would move and behave if it was a real tool.” “With the visual fidelity, both in terms of graphics but also in some of animations that we have today, we had to go much more in detail on how that thing actually works. “We really had to go back to the drawing board,” Campos-Oriola explains. As the rotating muzzle flips from vertical to horizontal format you can see the interlocking components of the mechanism twist in its housing. At first these may seem invisible, but take a close look at the weapon’s refreshed, high-definition model and you’ll see dozens of new little details. But while the form and function of the Plasma Cutter is just how you remember it, EA Motive has made some small changes and improvements.

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