The book provides amazingly detailed conceptual renderings of key characters, creatures, environments, and props while explaining the thought process that allowed the artists to arrive at the final product. With art spanning all three major releases and insight into the development process, the art book is more than a simple book full of pretty pictures.
This year, along side the recent release of Dead Space 3, Titan has released a wonderful, hard-cover art book that celebrates the hard work that went into developing the Dead Space franchise. Titan Books, a division of the Titan Publishing Group, is based in the UK and has become known in the gaming community for publishing detailed art books for games like Halo and Assassins Creed. Until now, horror and fun gameplay mechanics rarely went hand-in-hand. The unique approach to combat (using engineering tools to dismember aliens) and the breathtaking romps through zero-gravity made the game a force to be reckoned with in the gameplay department as well. The series came on the scene in 2008 and quickly set itself apart from other horror experiences by combining elements of Aliens, Event Horizon, and other famous sci-fi horror franchises.
Many might argue that the series quickly lost sight of it's roots and evolved into an action game but the elements that make the experience unsettling are still present even now. DISCLAIMER: ( Titan Books was kind enough to send me a copy of their recently released book - "The Art of Dead Space" and while we don't normally review books, I figured I would leave some thoughts here and give any art book connoisseurs a chance to snag this one.)ĭead Space is one of the few games that helped keep the horror genre alive and in the mainstream eye this generation.
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