In the original ending, Isaac appears to accept Nicole’s death, and escapes the colony Aegis VII in a shuttlecraft. The woman he’s been talking to throughout the game isn’t Nicole, but someone else entirely Isaac has been hallucinating, a condition brought on by The Marker, the alien technology at the heart of the Necromorph infection and the mass hysteria that consumed the Ishimura crew.

Nicole Brennan, was already dead by the time he arrived. The woman that he loves, the person that brought him to the USG Ishimura in the first place, Dr. For those who are curious - or simply don’t want to play, like, 30 hours of the Dead Space remake - here’s what’s different in the alternative ending.Īt the end of the game, hero engineer Isaac Clarke is confronted with a harrowing reality. It also adds to the original Dead Space, including a secret “alternative ending” that provides stronger connective tissue to the original game’s sequel, 2011’s Dead Space 2.ĭead Space players who have peeked at the achievements and trophies for the remake know that there’s a secret ending, but it requires a good amount of work to get there.

Motive Studio’s remake of sci-fi survival horror classic Dead Space is excellent, filling in the gaps and addressing shortcomings of the original 2008 game.

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