Visceral Games’ decision to go with more action in the latest addition to the Dead Space franchise was a “necessary evil”.  This is according to the series’ original writer, who said the move had to be done to attract a wider audience.

Antony Johnston wrote the original Dead Space, but he was not involved with the development of the recently released Dead Space 3.  Why?  He offered his reasoning to NowGamer, saying: “I'm personally a big fan of old-school survival horror, and that was one of the main reasons I wanted to work on Dead Space. So the greater emphasis on big action in the sequels means they're not really for me.”

While the move to more action in Dead Space 3 may not be Johnston’s cup of tea, he did say that Visceral Games has done a good job with the transition.  Johnston also said that the move was a logical one by Visceral, since they had to do whatever was necessary to keep the franchise fresh.

“I know the developers always wanted to go bigger, in terms of scope. And I’ve mentioned before that the universe we created was huge, with lots of elements, which simply didn’t make it into the first game," Johnston said. "So to get that story told, to round out the universe, it was inevitable the settings and environments would open out a bit, become a bit more epic in scale…otherwise you’d just have the same game on a different ship each time, and that’s pretty dull.”

Have you played Dead Space 3?  What do you think of the game so far?

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