The Pulse Rifle, for example, now features a proximity mine launcher as the alternate fire, similar to the grenade launcher from the Dead Space 2 Pulse Rifle. So we made some adjustments or improvements like that.”Ĭampos-Oriola goes on to talk about changes made to other weapons in Dead Space. And so it’s going to burn the flesh and do a bit more damage. It’s the fact that when you shoot with the Plasma Cutter, if you have that upgrade, the limb of the enemy that you shoot at is going to catch fire. So one of those upgrades straight from DS2. “So those upgrade nodes that actually have a broader impact on the weapon. “One thing we’ve been bringing from Dead Space 2 and expanding a little bit on is the concept of special upgrades,” says Campos-Oriola.

Essentially, it brings a system similar to what was seen in Dead Space 2 to the first game. Each of the weapons in the upcoming remake will feature an upgrade part that attaches to the weapon in question as a new physical part. Other changes to the Plasma Cutter revolve around the new upgrades system. 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 said. These new details are small, but noticable if you pay attention to the weapon.

However, the studio has still made some changes to the weapons to make it feel more modern. “I’m joking a bit, but it’s exactly the way we approached that weapon during the development.”Ĭampos-Oriola goes on to talk about how the it is such an iconic weapon that it became linked to the Dead Space franchise in every way possible. “Who wants to change the Plasma Cutter? It’s perfect as it is,” says creative director Roman Campos-Oriola. The studio, speaking with IGN as part of the publication’s month-long coverage of the game, talks about how the Plasma Cutter is “perfect as it is”. Developer EA Motive has revealed details about how it went about recreating the iconic Plasma Cutter from the upcoming Dead Space remake.

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