Papoutsis also stated that the company learned quite a bit from Dead Space 2’s multiplayer mode. This, Papoutsis said, will give players an extra incentive to go through the game again with a friend. The co-op campaign has special missions, and John Carver’s character comes to life a bit more. Use her if you need her, but get rid of her if you don’t.

Some might feel that this is the route that Resident Evil 5 should have taken with Sheva. Yes, it will be just like the Dead Space we’ve all come to know and love.

If you choose the single player campaign, you will have no partner AI. Carver is in the single player campaign, however he is not your partner AI should you not choose to play co-op. Should you choose to play the co-op campaign, the second player will take on the role of John Carver. To assuage your fears, Steve Papoutis of Visceral Games revealed in an interview with IGN that, first and foremost, co-op is completely, 100% optional. How does will Visceral ever make this work? Traditionally, the horror experience is best left a single-player affair. You might be a little disappointed that Dead Space 3 has co-op.

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