Dead Space 3 Limited Edition Content

[Patrizia Leones]

In September 2008, EA released a "Ultra Limited Edition" version of Dead Space. They only made 1,000 of these and quickly sold them out at $149 each.

One of these is now up for auction on ebay and is already selling for almost $200. I haven't seen one of these for sale in a long time so it will be interesting to see how high it goes. It is already the most expensive Xbox 360 game at it's current price.

The "Ultra" in the title confuses me a bit. EA didn't make a regular limited edition for Dead Space. Wouldn't this game just be "Limited Edition" instead of "Ultra Limited Edition"? It sounds like an amp that goes to 11 instead of 10.

Either way, next time EA releases a "Super Duper Limited Edition" version of a game I will be sure to buy it.

UPDATE: On February 16th someone listed a sealed Dead Space Ultra Limited Edition for auction and it was purchased within about three hours with the Buy It Now price of $458. The sealed version of this game would definitely sell for more than $450 in an auction.

It's funny how the auction doesn't even include the software, just the bonus content. Crazy that it's already that expensive.

I rented Dead Space a few months ago and really enjoyed it. Looking forward to the sequel!

Congrats SniperREX on being one of the lucky few to buy it. Do you think you will ever sell it? I ask because Uncharted 2's "Ultra" Limited Edition sells for about $1,000 new and I am curious if Dead Space ULE would sell for about the same amount. If you do list it on ebay, be sure to let me know.

Anonymous - unfortunately you are probably right. EA will make 10,000 of them next time so they can make some more money. I can understand it from their point of view of EA, but it is fun having some really rare games out there.

Sweet. I knew those freebies would pay off :)

On a side, note I will be going to E3 again this year and will be getting more freebies. If you respond fast again this year you might get more of them.

enderfall - Yes, it was only released on the EA Store. It was never sold at other stores or other online sites. I hadn't heard about this game until about a month ago so I don't think EA hyped it up much. Plus it probably sold out so fast that they didn't need to.

If I remember correctly, there were still copies available on the EA Store a few days before release date. It reached $400-500 on eBay on the first week following release.

Hopefully, I might go to the E3 myself this year :)

You would definitely enjoy E3. How would you be going? Do you have a connection that can get you in as an insider?

If you do go, we should definitely meet-up during the show. It's always fun to meet VGPC readers and fellow gamers.

I'd take a plane. Yes, I think. A few friends of mine run a small gaming website.

I'd love to, but I'm still not sure if I'll be able to attend. I don't know if I can get a few days of vacation. I work with my father.

Dead Space 3 is a 2013 survival horror action video game developed by Visceral Games and published by Electronic Arts for PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360. It is the third and final main entry in the Dead Space series. The game's story follows player-character Isaac Clarke and his allies as they explore a frozen planet, Tau Volantis, to discover the origins of the growing threat from their enemies, the Necromorphs. Players control Isaac and explore the environment, solve puzzles, and find resources, while fighting Necromorphs and hostile humans called Unitologists. The game supports online cooperative multiplayer sessions in which a second player takes the role of new character John Carver.

Production of the game began in 2011 after the release of Dead Space 2; the sequel was initially planned as a horror-focused experience but demands from Electronic Arts resulted in the introduction of action elements, the de-emphasis of horror themes, and the introduction of microtransactions. The gameplay was adjusted based on the new setting, and the story was written to close out the series and explain the remaining mysteries of the Necromorphs. Composers Jason Graves and James Hannigan wrote the game's score. A downloadable content (DLC) episode subtitled Awakened was released in March 2013; it was developed with more focus on horror elements.

Dead Space 3 was promoted with additional media, including a graphic novel called Dead Space: Liberation. Critical reception was generally positive. The game received praise for its atmosphere and gameplay, but critics and players questioned its shift towards action. Awakened gained a mixed reception; its plot holes and shortness were criticized. Dead Space 3 peaked high in sales charts but sold fewer copies than the publisher had expected. Plans for a sequel were abandoned, the development team was disbanded, and Visceral Games closed in 2017. The series remained dormant until a remake of the first Dead Space game was released in 2023.

While exploring, Isaac can break crates using his melee attack or a stomp action. The Kinesis ability can move or pull objects and the Stasis ability slows a target's movement for a limited time.[4] As with previous Dead Space games, almost all gameplay displays show in-game as diegetic holographic projections; the exception is the interface for a crafting bench.[5] Isaac's health and energy meters are shown on the back of his RIG suit, ammunition counts are shown on the weapons, and opening the inventory screen does not pause the game.[6]

Isaac must fight several types of Necromorphs that emerge from the environment; he also encounters human enemies, and occasional three-way battles between Isaac, Necromorphs, and human soldiers occur.[3] Isaac can use two weapons to combat the Necromorphs, which can only be killed by severing their limbs, a method called strategic dismemberment.[7][8] In addition to standard movement-based combat, Isaac can move into cover behind some objects such as box piles.[9] All weapons draw from a pool of universal ammunition.[10] Some items such as health, weapons, and ammunition can be found in the environment, and additional items and customized weapons are created using crafting benches that are found during the campaign.[4] Weapons are crafted using blueprints and can be customized with multiple firing types, melee counter enhancements, and buffs to enhance damage.[7][11] Crafting resources are found in the environment; these are retrieved using a scavenger robot and are collected with ammunition from defeated enemies. Resources can also be purchased with real money in microtransactions using the bench interface.[3][4]

Alongside the single-player mode, a second player can take on the role of secondary protagonist John Carver in online cooperative (co-op) multiplayer mode. The co-op game is opened from the main menu, from which the host player can invite a friend or create an open invitation for any player to drop into a session.[12] While leaving the story mostly unchanged, co-op mode adjusts the game's puzzles, and unlocks co-op-exclusive side missions and cutscenes related to Carver.[1][13] A central part of the co-op campaign is "asymmetrical dementia", in which players experience different hallucinations.[14] The Xbox 360 version incorporates the Kinect peripheral, with which players can use voice commands to communicate and activate abilities such as stasis.[13] Beating the game unlocks New Game Plus, allowing players to carry over weapons and armor, and additional gameplay modes. "Classic" mode removes crafting and plays similarly to earlier games. "Pure Survival" has enemies but no resources, enforcing health-and-ammunition management and focusing on crafting. "Hardcore" introduces permadeath, in which Isaac has only one life; his death forces the player to restart the game from the beginning of the campaign.[12][15]

Dead Space 3 is set in the 26th century. In the backstory, resource-starved humanity experimented with an alien artifact called the Black Marker, which triggered dementia and mental illness, and changed corpses into monsters called Necromorphs. During the initial outbreak, a new religion called the Church of Unitology, which worshipped the Marker as a divine force that would lead humanity to a unified state dubbed "Convergence", arose. Later experiments with copies known as Red Markers led to the same result, prompting the Earth Government (EarthGov) to hide the Red Markers. The Marker incidents are revived when the mining ship USG Ishimura discovers one on the planet Aegis VII. In the present, the Markers are attacking humanity; while EarthGov tries to contain the crisis and exploit the Markers for their energy, the Church of Unitology works to spread the Markers' influence.[16][17]

The main protagonist of Dead Space 3 is Isaac Clarke, an engineer who survived the Ishimura incident, resultant torture by EarthGov for the Marker blueprints in his mind, a subsequent outbreak on the Titan-based space-station Sprawl, and mental illness triggered by the Markers.[16] The secondary protagonist is John Carver, an EarthGov soldier who survived a Necromorph outbreak that killed his family.[18] Other characters include Ellie Langford, a pilot and Isaac's ex-girlfriend; Robert Norton, an EarthGov officer and Ellie's new boyfriend; Jacob Danik, terrorist leader of a militant Unitologist group called the Circle;[19][20][21] and Marker researchers Jennifer Santos and Austin Buckell.[21]

Two centuries ago, a military team on the frozen planet Tau Volantis retrieves an artifact called the Codex; the team's commander kills his remaining subordinate, erases data on the Codex, and commits suicide. In the present, Isaac is hiding in a colony on Earth's moon when Carver and Norton forcibly recruit him to help them find Ellie, escaping a Necromorph outbreak triggered by Danik and the Circle. Ellie's location is traced to Tau Volantis, which is assumed to be the Marker home world. Isaac, Carver, Norton, Santos, and Buckell travel to Tau Volantis's moon; they rescue Ellie and investigate the orbiting derelict ship Terra Nova, discovering evidence of past research on the Necromorphs and the recurring phrase "Turn it off". They crash-land on Tau Volantis, and Isaac and Carver separate from the rest of the crew. Isaac and Carver find Buckell shortly before he dies from his wounds and hypothermia. After reuniting, the survivors set off in search of a key called "Rosetta"; they are pursued by Danik and the Circle, who followed them to Tau Volantis. Norton betrays the group to the Circle, hoping to safely return to Earth with Ellie; Danik betrays Norton, whom Isaac kills in self-defense. Santos later dies during another Necromorph attack.

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