True lmao, caught me off guard *Meme potential?*

I think that line will stay with us for a while now. 😆

The shade💀

It's so awful

Best part of the video, the juxtaposition with the serious voice over is just too good.

"Whole"... Nice one.

I also got stopped on the train by an attack Don’t remember that happening in the original

Yea but the res also drops insanely low on the tram and elevators. It's really distracting

@@Elsinnombre-ez5dn it definitely didn't happen in the original as the tram there was just a loading screen.

also how the stomp at the start is different from the stomp at the end. Isaac grunts and screams louder and more angry. A great detail in his deteriorating sanity.

I was not entirely sure if it resets the objects, but you are right that is fking impressive and awesome. It's all those tiny that things that really make this thing a masterpiece so far for me. Had to buy it on Series X now too as I don't want to wait for a PS5 patch lol. I'd easily pay twice for that game anyway.

That isn't true...unfortunately. I definitely remember killing some enemies then their bodies disappearing soon after. WHILE I was near them.

Yeah that definitely isn't how it works, bodies disappear in the remake.

@@TheKingUpNorth Bodies and other items seem to disappear in some areas where environmental changes occur, but not all. I'm seeing some bodies/pieces lasting through multiple chapters, whereas others seem to disappear if the area saw some major changes for story reasons before I returned.

Yeah especially that giant tenticle that grabs you from behind a couple of time. In the original it would fade away in a way that looked terrible

Some of the best level design ever indeed! :)

Well put ! The ship is imposing and scary

That first time you get to float around in zero G in the hangar was amazing! I explored every nook n cranny hehe

The clunking sounds that the ship makes are scarier than the actual necromorphs at times!

Hardly unsung but I think it's something DS1 always had over the sequel. It was like Event Horizon in game form.

The "sound tracing" they mention is a part of Sony's hardware Tempest Audio. I wonder if that's what they've heard or it's a software version of it that's also available on PC and Xbox.

This, and lou2 sound amazing

John is the GOAT for this, he discussed it in the Metroid Dread video as well! As a musician I love hearing about sound design, but of course even non-musicians/anyone can gain so much from thinking about the interplay between atmosphere, level design, and sound. Especially in horror games 👌

Alien isolation is another great example of PERFECT sound engineering to create an eery atmosphere. To this day it’s the only game/media to have me actually scared. No movie has even come close

And once again same problem that persist as long as there are 3d sound solutions - same sound from behing becomes much louder that looking directly at the sound source :( last time ive checked my ears are pointed slightly forward, not backward.

Prey is SO underrated. One of my favorite games.

Woven... By the Weaver in the GUTS

Prey is GOATED

@@TheCollectorCave it's such a good fucking game

Yes dead space is set up nicely to be made into a immersive sim.

Sometimes I guessed the wrong side by side

@@Smallgot83 same lmao

Exactly. It still looks fine. This was all a bit unnecessary imo but isn't everything now

It's mostly because it's dark...

@@michalthekind I don't think it's as demanding/badly optimized as The Callisto protocol though, I'm sure it can be run at 4K60 on slightly older cards.

And it’s also 15 years old and still looks amazing. I used to play it on my Xbox 360 late at night with no lights on and the volume turned up and it made me jump more than any other game though alien isolation was nearly on a par with it. I really want the remake but the price at the moment seems a bit excessive.

Lol no dude it looks real bad now

And he decided to showcase the console versions only. The PC, still scales to modern resolutions at 60fps. I played it at a friend's on a 360 back then, then I owned the PS3 version (my 360 had died) for a while, until I got to experience the PC version and kept that instead. 1080p 60fps with full Xbox 360 controller support and rumble, and all of the amazing sound. The difference in clarity was massive.On consoles, it ran at sub 720p and sometimes slightly lower than 30fps.

Yeah I played recently on series x with fps boost and aside from some aliasing issues it holds up so well.

@@dumdum93 It really doesn't, Dead Space 2008 is still _gorgeous._ Because Art Direction > GPU Power

i would love a DS4 to close out the series.

@@mrbroclobster i mean its over the moons found earth we cant beat them that was the whole point

@@ziegfeld4131 Yep. No point telling the story any further, humanity is just *fucked*

DS1 Remake is my first Dead Space game and the genre holds up, just started my new save plus and will then consider impossible mode. DS2 and DS3 Remakes need to happen!!

A remake of _Dead Space 3_ ? Are you joking? _Dead Space 3_ is what killed the series. It wasn't even markedly the same horror experience as in the first two games. It was atrocious.

@@Chasm9 I didn't have any pet peeves with the remake, but i was scared most of the time lol

It isn't a real horror game.

@@ghostlegit what's a real horror game then?

The original might not have been scary to me, but that's because I played dozens of survival horror titles, the only franchise that truly scares the shit out of me is Fatal Frame. However, Dead Space tells a damn good story and the combat was extremely satisfying. Thus I thoroughly enjoyed the game, mainly because of how Isaac Clark is just an ordinary dude who was forced into a dangerous situation and did what he had to do to survive.

@@ghostlegit it is. Nice try though?

Yes! I noticed this too and found it very interesting! I remember seeing Isaac looking up at these tanks with floating bodies as I was walking around it. Really neat touch.

Also, if an enemy spawns behind you, Isaac will turn his head to the right/left letting you know to turn around.

If you use a controller, the left stick for movement has a dead-zone near the centre where Isaac leans his body left right and forwards slightly without moving yet. This is used as a rly nice buffer for changing directions when transitioning into the different walking animations

I am playing it and I'm bored and Graphics is not was showed, it's aliasing again, flickering again like it's PS2 again. Callisto Protocol was and is better graphicly and it's new content this is already remembered path and where will it go next ? To Dead Space 2 , it's not for me. If you enjoy it that's great 😃👍

The immersion of seeing yourself from a floating external camera? How can that possibly be immersive? Unless you have a drone following you around in real life, and wear a video headset. Which would be weird.

Whatever helps you sleep at night 70$ for repackaged trash bin sale remake

@@SARGENTDOODLE You sound incredibly worked up.

@@SARGENTDOODLE Go back to playing the Copelisto Protocol.

@@SARGENTDOODLE well someone needs a nap

There's no way they should be charging £70 for this, it's good, but not anywhere near worth the price tag!

It goes to show how well the original holds up despite showing its age in some areas. I loved the original and so far I'm being blown away again with this remake. Kudos to motive!

@@AmariMarvelous I actually played the first opening 15 minutes on PC on the highest settings at 4k over the weekend. Was still very good 👍🏻

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

They removed the female monster for some reason. That’s the only thing different about this game.

Stop supporting microtranscations and we'll get more top quality. Gen 7 and prior - pre-microtransactions scams and the Golden Age - game companies HAD to build quality like Dead Space to compete or they died. Customers won, deserving publishers/studios won. So many great titles from those times proves as such due to these remakes/remasters really only receiving graphic updates and some light story/level changes. Sadly microtransactions weaseled in and now we have 90% scams with occasional rare gem.

Yeah they were much better than these shitty mediocre "remake" devs also didnt have to add their political views into the game

@@GMOTP5738 Acting like we wouldn't have gender-neutral bathrooms in 400 fucking years would just be bad worldbuilding lol. Also you can stop being the sort of person who gets upset at dumb shit like that any day you want.

@@GMOTP5738 What political views.

@@skippertheeyechild6621 probably some loser upset that the posters on the ishimura have a black woman on them now

@@skippertheeyechild6621 He's mad about the all gender toilets

They actually took some dedicated dead space fans feedback early in development and you can see the result. I can't recall this ever happening before.

@@Tzero12 for me it was the sound design. they were doing really well aside from a few weird spots early on where sound would wrap around through hallways like the iconic headbanging guy, whereas in real life the reverberations of something like that would travel directly through to the player

The fact that numerous regular paying customers have reported these issues while the "reviewers/company salesmen" just "fail" to mention this isn't surprising. Kids who preorder and show desperation to purchase games on launch day are asking for it. Couple of months and this will get a good discount and qol/performance patches....but delayed gratification is alien for a vast majority of the gaming crowd.

At 24:20 the review gives a shoutout to the Callisto Protocol as having superior lighting. With new games using Unreal Engine 5 and lumen, games are going to look even better than Dead Space remake. The Frostbite engine just cannot compete...

That's some dedication

I’m pretty sure they have advance copies sent to them by the publishers most of the time. It’s the same way that lots of KZfaqrs are able to crank out a full playthrough/movie of the game on launch day. That’s not to take away from DF’s work, of course. Still a ton of work involved to get these videos done.

They get review copies like everyone else and I don't believe they even beat the games.

@@LN.2233 well they're goal technically isn't to review the content of the game solely but the technical aspects so I don't hold that against them. But even with a week in advance, dev interviews they do sometimes for insight, recording footage, recording audio, examining and determining what's being done by the game, examples of that, a bit of history on the games, rendering. It's a lot hell maybe even more stuff I'm not thinking of.

@@LN.2233 Not sure if that's true for this video but they tend to mention when they beat a game or got pretty far in the videos. Since this is a remake of an original game it's very possible john didn't try to beat the entire thing, but if I remember right he did beat forspoken.

anything but subtle lol

@@imeanleafeon i cried when Isaac said "it's forspokin time"

Hopefully they do indeed make a Remake of Dead Space 2! (And if they also do one for Dead Space 3, they should really make some big changes in its story, possibly to set up Dead Space 4)

Remaking a masterpiece is nvr easy but DS1 is as much of a lay up as you can get. DS2 is also a worthy sequel but there is some more room for improvement but i would hope EA keeps this exact team at Motive together, i think they can do DS2 justice. DS3 needs a full rewrite imo, the Breathen Moon concept is peak Cosmic horror, but everything else about that game was awful.

It's should've been a remake of 1 & 2 for the ridiculous price tag!

@@chriscunningham8703 lol sure. And everyone involved should work for the half the paycheck.

@@MrMooMoo088 OK smartarse..... I just meant that £70 is a big ask, they had an established foundation to work from & it's criminally short.....

New patch dropped today, it looks so much better now

I played last night and everything looks great on performance mode. I tried the other mode and it was noticeably slower... slower than even youtube videos are showing (unless they are showing wrong footage).

Just type in DEAD SPACE DEVELOPER or alike, or just go to the official Dead Space KZfaq channel, there are few videos of how they worked on it, the first video was over a year ago. In detail the show how it's been reworked/remastered/remade

or it just goes up after u run for a good bit. I hit a point in some areas where no enemy spawns (mostly) and im just running to clear out rooms tht werent accessible b4 due to security clearance. lol

@@Daigon95 Goldendeye back in the day did something similar when you run for a while , Bond gets tired and the aim becomes more difficult to keep steady, these subtle things that helps to add to the overall presentation of the game, I'm happy Motive studios took the time and effort to implement this

Ran fine for me, finished it yesterday 10900k, 4090 on a 65" oled at native 4k, only slight issue had to change the v-sync from default as it was causing incorrect frame pacing.

I'm pretty sure there is going to be a separate video for PC.

@@TheMaestro116 cutscenes can drop below 60 on my setup too, only slight stutter is when loading new areas which is not very often, been impressed with the port overall though as i expected i a right mess like calisto protocol.

@@evostu7814 Why do you use vsync with vrr? It lowers frame-rate. Use frame-rate cap.

I’m on a 3080 12900k and 32 of DDR5. And that’s a Fact. We’ll have to wait for Alex’s review. Hopefully he’ll stimulate some movement

Because EA cuts you a generous check to say flattering things about them

How about this, it's best in class....on console. 😅😁

It feels closer to Alien Isolation.

I returned it because the stuttering is so bad. What framerate did you lock the game at?

@@noperoni08 In many games where stuttering is a serious problem, it can be very helpful to use the Nvidia graphics card in the Control Panel and 3D Settings -> Program Settings for the selected game, use Adaptiv half V-sync, especially if you have a 120/144 Hz display, then the frame rate will be locked on 60/72fps without any stuttering issue. But Adaptiv half V-sync is not available if you have g-sync enabled!

@@noperoni08 I didnt lock the frame rate. Luckily my g sync display was the only reason why it was smooth. It usually around 70-80 fps with dips into the semi occasional 40s with a rtx 2080. It wouldn't probably be the same without the display.

@@mikoajcylwik734 it's the game. Look at the Steam forums. All the tinkering in the world won't fix it. It needs to be patched

Yeah I only really noticed it when I was in an elevator. Hopefully it’s fixed soon.

@@ryanblanchard2508 New patch dropped, it looks a lot better

Now its Better but when there are too many dead enemies in the area, It dips to 45-50 fps and It lasts until u reload. It happens too when an enemy spawns for a split second

Maybe it runs perfectly ,but it looks abysmal atm. Hope the patch is coming out sooner than later. Btw, the game doesn't look great on SX, too.

I didn't know the PS5 version was borked glad I got it on the Xbox Series X. I mostly buy all my 3rd-party games on Xbox Series X unless they have multiplayer then I get it on PS5 to play with my friends but with Discord chat coming to PS5 and already on Xbox Series X any game that has cross-play I'll probably buy on Xbox Series X anyway seeing as how I'll still be able to play and chat with my friends regardless.

Well they already patched it

Characters look quite a bit better, but in every other aspect the two are pretty even I'd say. Especially when the games get more hectic and intense, DS gains a lot of ground due to how interactive all the physics driven clutter in the environments is. CP's environments are entirely static. They also never ever open up. DS on the other hand has many moments of grand scale. I think DS loses out quite a bit due to the way its iq is achieved right now. It's a very clean but also quite soft looking game. It never really looks as sharp as its pixel metrics would suggest, and I feel this really undersells the quality of the character models in particular.

Not at all. Dead space looks way better. And is a way better game. Callisto Protocol is trash.

I own both and I just couldn't get into Calistro. It is gorgeous looking game by far, however it plays boring as shit and that is unfortunate considering it's pricetag. Basically playing a cinematic movie, which isn't a bad thing in itself as final fantasy does well in that department. If the gameplay wasn't so bland and the combat wasn't so awful it would actually be a good game!

@@JustFun-ho6qy OK, i didn't know most of the environment on CP is static. A physics driven environment is costly on cpus so i can see how that can affect image quality and their over reliance on VRS. In my persona opinion VRS is only good for VR games. Ps5 hardware does not support it natively which is why its software based and it seems like its not performing as well. I will eventually play both games once they are on sale or hopefully on game pass

The overenunciation is comical. I’m guessing that John has never known anyone with this name IRL.

yes it was godfather engine. the godfather pc and console game diffrent mybe 2nd god father remaked inself. its not clear this game uses that or not. its look nothing like it even godfather uses realitc faces this game weakest point was faces.

As much as I love DS2, this remake really just makes me want an all new story, perhaps even a different protagonist.

@@mdihero an RTS where you play as the Brethren moons 🤔

@@mdihero couldn’t disagree more, I want the TRUE dead space 2 experience now lol but dead space 3 hopefully we can just retry that one instead of remake it

I too would like to see a remake of dark souls 2

I want a remake of Dead Space mobile, 2,3 and a sequel to dead space 3 then Dante’s inferno remake or sequel then iron man game

He’s an engineer not special forces

I came here looking for the comments about this too lol

@@playnicegames me too

CPU or GPU? I've been running it with an almighty GPU overclock with 0 issues.

Yeah, its same on series x!

Yeah because Oliver had to redo the entire video due to the patch. The Xbox patch did not arrive until late last week so he’s been working the weekend to finish it. It should be up early this week.

that was gold

PS5 player here, yeah it's a night and day difference.

John said it would release the very next day 5 days ago!

@@macmacsk there was an issue where series s was left to run between 30 and 60 FPS. So very unstable. Which I believe is now fixed and locked to 30 on series s. Just curious as IGN did a console comparison.

You haven't noticed them because they don't exist in other versions. Series X has hardware accelerated VRS. PS5 relies on software variant of VRS.

@@UltraCasualPenguin They do exist, they are simply less pronounced.

@@TruTrae Link?

@Janne Laitinen you can't link on KZfaq. Other tech channels have shown it affecting the Series consoles and PC. You can also find users on reddit posting photos of the problem on the Series consoles and PC as well. It is less pronounced, but it is present on all versions of the game. Hopefully, they drop the feature and rely more on drs. FSR won't have a hard time with reconstruction due to the high contrast nature of the environments.

@@mikew1080 agreed

I imagine this game would look unbelievable on an OLED considering my QNED is handling it EXTREMELY well!! Usually horror games and blacks in general take a lot of work on my end to get looking right without crazy dimming/clouding but with this game.... Oh boy you should've seen my face when I loaded it up for the first time. If it's THAT good on my budget tv...

Also while Callisto was definitely disappointing in some regards, it's still definitely worth checking out! If you go into it with no expectations and a general love for sci-fi survival horror you'll have a good time. A lot of the bad reviews were focused on the performance at launch but these issues have been ironed out. I've just wrapped up my 3rd playthrough of Callisto so I have some thoughts on the game you might find useful to determine whether or not to give it a try: Cons: - WAY too many vents, crawl spaces and ladders - Not enough enemy variety - Very oddly paced and simple narrative that had the potential for some Spec Ops: The line shenanigans but blew it - Very conventional weaponry and not much of it - Not very scary but I think this is just the reality of being a fan of survival horror. There are some great jump scares mind you! - GRP is severely overpowered and there are far too many 'spike walls' placed everywhere for no logical reason Pros: - The gameplay despite taking a bit to get used to is very tight and punchy. Tying the dodge/block inputs to directions on the left stick was something i hated at first but grew to love with time as it restricts you when fighting in an almost Resident Evil 1 kinda way - The voice acting and motion capture is incredible. Josh nailed the 'tough pilot guy thrust into chaos' shtick surprisingly well and Elias/Dani are also very 'real' in their presentation and performance - The animations are insane. From bopping heads to anxiously looking around you all the way down to the wrinkles of your shirt. I'm always seeing new little details I hadn't noticed before! - The graphics, lighting, atmosphere, ray tracing etc.. Gorgeous. Don't even bother with performance mode it makes the game look like an early xbox one release (bit harsh but not far off lol). Completely guts the vibe of the game. Besides its a slow paced game and I find with these newer games that look almost real like this, TLOU2, RDR2 work much better in 30fps with motion blur on as the games themselves are trying to emulate a more filmic look, and film is around 24-27 fps i believe. - The controller vibrations.. My god such a simple thing. I'm on Series X so I would imagine PS5 is the way to go with this game but even on Xbox the vibrations just feel so good. And they're used for everything. Navigating the main menu? Bzz. Taking a step? Bzz. Picking up loot? Bzz. You might think it's over the top but it's implemented so well and subtly that it just gives everything you do so much more weight which is something I see many games these days lacking.. A sense of weight and heaviness to your actions. While i'm having a blast with dead space I must say it doesn't feel like i'm in a heavy RIG like it did in the original but that's more to do with animations and sound design I think. - The world itself is really cool. It has some similar aesthetics to dead space but for the most part it's another cool take on a sci-fi landscape that is largely unique to itself. Sorry for the essay haha these games have just gotten me so pumped for the genre and it's potential and i'm very passionate about survival horror! There are tonnes more pros and cons to the game but I think i've written enough for now. If you have any specific questions about the game or about dead space remake i'd be happy to help out!

@@albertornsteinandsmough Thanks for taking the time to let me know your impressions with Callisto, you might just convinced me to give it a try, I will play it for sure, but to tell the truth I will wait for the price to drop.

@@Aristowi No worries dude. That's a fair call. The deluxe edition content is slowly coming out over the next 6 months so you'd be better off waiting for mid year sales and to see if the extra content is worth it to you. Either way now you'll go into it knowing about the main issues I mentioned and as a result you might have a better time with the game than everyone else did at launch with crazy expectations!

Same. Played through a decent chunk of the remake on my PS5 the day before launch and thought it looked amazing! I didn't notice the VRS issues until John pointed it out, which speaks volumes about these types on analysis. Nice to know the devs are working on improving the issues though. Kudos to them and DF for being so proactive.

Absolutely not. Main tech to save performance is reconstruction. Also software vrs in last Call of Duty games works very good.

It did

Rift Apart, Miles Morales, SpiderMan Are three Great examples all have 4k type image quality with their amazing TAA implementation all while running 85 to 90 fps average with Vrr enabled while running Ray Tracing Performance Mode and so based on what Insomniac devs have achieved We know these Machines Are highly capable systems which simply need devs to put forth maximum effort at optimization and We’d have a broad spectrum of amazing looking game’s!

@@technologylord4017 Yeah I think God Of War Ragnarok is the best I've ever seen on console, other than Uncharted 4 and Legacy. Microsoft, hmm, maybe AC Origins, or Odyssey, not much really. Sony definitely have the best Exclusives (graphically too), ever made. :)

@@technologylord4017 But all those games are made only for 1 console, so it's easier to optimize and also from Sony Studios, so they have every engineer for their games... Not a fair comparison. Even Callisto had Sony Studios MoCap and some engineers to help with the tech.

@@phlookode Yep very true, now if we can get everyone on board (on the same page) with these 3rd party titles we'll be good to go. I'm sure the developers for the Series S (with it's memory restraints) really hate making these titles, I still don't know that we NEED it. If Microsoft come out with anything "exclusive" its sure to be Gears, or Forza, which they may make look spectacular, but pale in comparison to Sony's titles. Unfortunately. Should be interesting to see what the future holds.

Also in retrospect I remember when 360 came out with Gears in 2006 pushing the console to it's limits. They had an article that said we've pushed (utilized) about 98% of what this console is capable of. And wow it showed. I wish they would do that now, maybe they will now Post-COVID and things get back to semi-normal.

It runs well for me. It's pretty demanding too. Though a good amount of people are complaining about stuttering and shader cache issues causing freezing or fps drop when loading a new area.

PC is having some now known stuttering issues.

It's happened already I guarantee but as you claim, you didn't notice. I noticed it first when I was in a section and all of a sudden a fan ramps up in speed and then explodes. That is the intensity director trying to shake you up! It can be something as subtle as lights flickering just saying.

Goldeneye deserved better, I hope the decomp project picks up steam very soon.

Oh damn I'm waiting for that one... While playing it. I'm a terrible person

I have not replayed that one yet. Why is it bad?

Implying there was an effort at all is being way too generous.

I couldn't play it for 5 mins smh. Caught motion sickness

Ooo u sed the f word lol (finished) 😆 😂

Funny you say that when the ps5 version in particular needs a patch

@@MMoer I think certain individuals don't wanna see it and just plain out deny what's going on? Or could be they just can't see what's shown in this video my opinion. If a game has problems I'll be the first to point out if it's not running or looking like it should.🙂