The upcoming Useless Area remake desires to revitalise and convey the traditional horror sport to the fashionable period of gaming, however what if we took it again into the 90s as a substitute? That is precisely what sport designer Fraser Brumley is doing, as they’re remaking Useless Area in their very own manner, by channelling the likes of the early Silent Hill and Resident Evil video games.
This Useless Area demake undertaking from Brumley is serving as a demo for their very own survival/horror motion sport that takes inspiration from the likes of Useless Area and Resident Evil, and if this undertaking is something to go by, they might have one thing really unbelievable on their fingers.
“To make this sport I’m gonna need to develop numerous issues like video games methods, mechanics and the workflows for making oldschool graphics,” explains Brumley on Patreon. “So I figured whereas growing this bigger undertaking I’d begin with a a lot smaller undertaking, one that might assist get some eyes on my work early and let me take a look at issues out.
Useless Area demake is wanting manner nicer with @MarcisPSXFX‘s improved dithering (so long as it survives twitter compression)
Gonna attempt to see if I can end up this demake earlier than the remake comes out.#lowpoly #deadspace #deadspacedemake #PSX@HauntedPs1 pic.twitter.com/NaTiOfJ9Da
— Fraser Brumley (@brumley53) October 14, 2022
The “Useless Area Demake goes to be a free demo size fan homage to the unique Useless Area however remade within the type of PS1 horror video games like Resident Evil and Silent Hill,” provides Brumley, who as soon as once more proves that sturdy artwork route and concepts could be translated right into a extra ‘primitive’ type of sport design, similar to with Bloodborne PSX.
So, the Useless Area remake would possibly simply have some competitors, as Brumley is aiming to get it out earlier than or across the Useless Area remake launch date of January subsequent yr. It’ll additionally simply be the “first degree or so” of Useless Area and, whereas it’s modelled after the PS1 visible type, it received’t be popping out on that {hardware} as that might be “loopy exhausting” to do.
As talked about, this Useless Area demake isn’t for the Useless Area remake, however for Brumley’s personal upcoming spooky PS1-inspired horror sport, with the demo right here performing as a form of proof of idea and good bit of promoting. Brumley ought to be updating their progress alongside EA Motive’s updates on the Useless Area remake on their Twitter account, or you’ll be able to check out their Patreon to be taught extra and help their work.
If the look of this Useless Area demake has you excited for the Useless Area remake, remember to test our breakdown of the Useless Area system necessities forward of launch, or how a Useless Area film from John Carpenter remains to be one thing the acclaimed movie director desires to make.