Dead Space 2 hasn’t even hit store shelves yet, but the developers at Visceral Games are hoping the game will be successful enough to get another sequel. Visceral’s executive producer Steve Papoutsis told Eurogamer that it already knows where it wants to take the series next.
"We've mapped out where we'd like to go with it. Not at a super high level of detail. But, for instance, we've just released our novel, Martyr. We've talked about the inception of the Unitology religion,” he said. "We've thought about it all. But ultimately, just like with Dead Space 2, we have to have the support from the players in order to do it.”
“We're working really hard to make sure this game's better so we get a chance to do Dead Space 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 and 20."
After that bit of hyperbole, Papoutsis also explained that while an open world can benefit a game, Visceral prefers to keep Dead Space as a focused, story-driven experience.
"When we think about Dead Space we think of a very story driven experience. Generally speaking an open world doesn't lend itself to that,” he added. “There have been great open world games – inFamous – there are a bunch of games that have that element. But really what we're good at is that crafted progression you're seeing currently when we demonstrate Dead Space 2 and what you've seen in Dead Space."
Dead Space 2 will be available on Xbox 360, PC, and PlayStation 3 on the January 28, 2011.
