With the recent release of Visceral Game's Dead Space 3, many fans
felt disappointed with the change in direction that the developers took.
What was once a franchise that focused heavily on the horror aspect of
the game, has transformed into a franchise that has shifted into
focusing more on the action aspect.
The
decision to shift towards this style of game was made mainly due to the
financial aspect of business. The game developers decided that if they
made Dead Space 3 have a lot of action in the game, even at the expense
of the horror elements, the game would sell more copies and overall be
more successful than if they had just focused entirely on the survival
horror aspect. What does this mean for the survival horror games as a
whole is up for debate.
Many people need to realize that the
survival horror genre has a relatively small fan base when compared to
other genres of gaming. Developers have realized that if they want to
make a game with survival horror elements they can capture the attention
of this small niche of gamers. At the same time, developers can make a
game with horror elements, but also have the game contain and even focus
more on another more popular genre.
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