I've been rebitten by the dead space bug thanks to the extraction release. I haven't beaten it yet because as a perfectionist I'm trying to 5-star all levels before I play the next one, so I'm only up to level 5. I need more dead space when this is done. I've noticed a lot of iPhone games of hot ea properties (mass effect iPhone was awesome), consider a dead space iPhone game. Doom resurrection did rail shooter really well with the controls and the graphics were superb. A port is not needed, extraction is fine on wii, and I love the wii, really.

Just consider if you want to make a minigame of the same style, a small sequel before the inevitable dead space 2, the iPhone is a great dev platform, and I go nowhere without it.

Did you know all those iPhone, casual and facebook games are killing franchises like Dead Space? Apparently EA are already taking down series like C&C and Spore in order to make what you ask, the problem is, Dead Space was awesome bcs it was designed to be a game with high indeep, and also a very serious setting, something you cant achieve in the iPhone, most of the games for mobile phones are simply not serious.

ID software is doing a fantastic job making quality games for the phone, as are Konami and EA. The problem is they have to compete with the 99 cent fart machine, but how was that any different from the early days of gaming, when only about 5 percent of people were actual hardcore gamers.

cem_ea_id.Maniac536 wrote:ID software is doing a fantastic job making quality games for the phone, as are Konami and EA. The problem is they have to compete with the 99 cent fart machine, but how was that any different from the early days of gaming, when only about 5 percent of people were actual hardcore gamers.

No a Game on the Iphone is a pretty bad idea, I hate casual games, they are just not in depth and barley any fun. Extraction on the wii is better than on a phone IMO.

Just because it's on the iPhone doesn't force it to be a casual game. A handheld game sure, but not a casual one, not all games on handhelds are casual.

But seriously, the design of Extraction would port well to a handheld. Lets say I would consider my favorite game of all time for the PSP to be Infected by Planet Moon Studios (Zombies in New York City during Christmas, and it's funny). It's broken into selectable level chapters already, there's a grading system. Unlockable rewards offering more replayability...

I don't see an issue here. Now I'm not saying port the wii version, make a whole new game, sure. Shorter, sure, it doesn't need half hour levels.

Now Mirror's Edge is getting an iPhone game and I can assure you that I will be buying that on day one. That game was awesome.

cem_ea_id.Maniac536 wrote:Just because it's on the iPhone doesn't force it to be a casual game. A handheld game sure, but not a casual one, not all games on handhelds are casual.

But seriously, the design of Extraction would port well to a handheld. Lets say I would consider my favorite game of all time for the PSP to be Infected by Planet Moon Studios (Zombies in New York City during Christmas, and it's funny). It's broken into selectable level chapters already, there's a grading system. Unlockable rewards offering more replayability...

I don't see an issue here. Now I'm not saying port the wii version, make a whole new game, sure. Shorter, sure, it doesn't need half hour levels.

Now Mirror's Edge is getting an iPhone game and I can assure you that I will be buying that on day one. That game was awesome.

Ummm I hate to break it to you but do you have any idea how annoying it would be to play on the Iphone? One the aiming will be hell, two i doubt the iphone can run anything but mini games.

The hardware specs on an iphone 3g are higher than the PSP and DS. The new iPod Touches are about double as powerful as that, and have some impressive internal gpus to boot.

When you have a 320x480 screen you don't need to put that much processing power (the iphone does not support hd, nor does it have to).

Rail Shooters have been done, good ones too. Interfaces vary from tipping the handheld to move the crosshair (al la doom resurrection, which had doom 3 graphics), or moving your finger (but not needed over the crosshair, just moving the finger in any part of the screen to move it 1:1 wherever the crosshair was) a la Metal Gear Solid Touch.

My point is the hardware's there, the install base is there (as this would work on touches as well), and they are fully supporting it already with other EA properties, Dead Space would make a fantastic iPhone game.

cem_ea_id.Maniac536 wrote:The hardware specs on an iphone 3g are higher than the PSP and DS. The new iPod Touches are about double as powerful as that, and have some impressive internal gpus to boot.

When you have a 320x480 screen you don't need to put that much processing power (the iphone does not support hd, nor does it have to).

Rail Shooters have been done, good ones too. Interfaces vary from tipping the handheld to move the crosshair (al la doom resurrection, which had doom 3 graphics), or moving your finger (but not needed over the crosshair, just moving the finger in any part of the screen to move it 1:1 wherever the crosshair was) a la Metal Gear Solid Touch.

My point is the hardware's there, the install base is there (as this would work on touches as well), and they are fully supporting it already with other EA properties, Dead Space would make a fantastic iPhone game.

Even if the iphone can run it, EA wouldn't make a Wii EXCLUSIVE game for the iphone.

Anything that helps to spread the Dead Space franchise is alright with me.....

cem_ea_id.PopNfresh2312 wrote:Anything that helps to spread the Dead Space franchise is alright with me.....

I guess...

Dead Space handheld game is being teased, along with a possible HD version of Extraction for PSN and XBLA.

http://kotaku.com/5467177/dead-space-extraction-planet-*-coming-to-xbla-psn

cnc_web.EduardoMcNash wrote:Did you know all those iPhone, casual and facebook games are killing franchises like Dead Space?

Agreed. It's bad enough Wii did the damage it did and he wants it even worse?

The iPhone is killing nothing. If anything it's bringing gaming to users in a way that nokia hoped for back in 2005 and failed miserably at.

And it's actually opened the platform to fair pricing, since large devs have to compete with private developers, pricing isn't fixed, sales are common, and full games are cheap! My favorite games on the platform are all less than 8 dollars right now, and EA considers themselves to be the number 1 iPhone developer on the network.

Practically every major label EA has is on the iPhone in some way. Sims, Mass Effect, C&C, even some id Properties are being published by them, and they're doing fantastically since it's entirely digital distribution. Mirror's Edge is coming (that got delayed it was supposed to be out last month, no word on new release date) and I'm going crazy waiting for that.

Dead Space is a more than logical next step. Plus the article I linked mentioned that possible in game Dead Space 2 items would be possible from this Handheld game (whatever platform it would be on was not mentioned), but here's the best part, Mass Effect iPhone had this too for ME2 content, so an iPhone version of whatever this handheld Dead Space game is would be VERY likely based on that. (It identified who had what unlocked based upon EA id, if you post here, you have one).

The iphone is killing nothing, except quality.

I gotta love how I can draw out a rational well reasoned argument with good points, and someone thinks that by stringing together a bunch of words into semi rational sentence that can work as a midly amusing sound bite their arguement is valid.

I spent a whole post saying which quality games were avalible on the platform, and which quality devs exist and acknowledge that there's a great set of independant developers who would never get a chance to do a major release, releasing software and forcing fair pricing for consumers. Anyone is free to read reviews for any software they want before they purchase anything (they can even do it on their iphone!) or check demos if they're avalible.

Like with any platform some not so useful programs will be released, but you're not being forced to buy them. Its not like the Atari 2800 days where the market was flooded and there was no review process avalible to the consumer.