Dead Space Remake kommer inte bara att vara en total restaurering av originalspelet med helt ny grafik. Det kommer även erbjuda mer spelmässigt innehåll, inklusive ett nytt lager med sidoinnehåll.
I ett långt blogginlägg berättar utvecklaren Motive om vad de planerar att göra, och det förklaras att det kommer finnas sidoinnehåll som fokuserar mer på andra karaktärer, inklusive Nicole:
"Right, we wanted to make it fit better in the overall story and lore of the Dead Space universe that evolved after the first one. As an example, Isaac has a voice here, just like in Dead Space 2 and Dead Space 3. And some characters who were a bit more secondary, who only appeared in audio logs, like Dr. Cross—we gave them some actual screen time. And we wanted to give a bit more background and agency to some of the characters from the cast, like Nicole. So we're creating a whole layer of narrative side-quests that will allow you to see, for example, what happened to Nicole during the outbreak."
Utvecklarna har även lagt in så kallad lore från Dead Space 2, Dead Space 3 och de omgivande serietidningarna, så detta är en mer definitiv och omfattande berättelse:
"The story, for example, hits all the main beats and main events of the original, but we looked at the lore of the whole franchise, which is a lot wider than the original game. There was Dead Space 2, Dead Space 3, the comic books—these all added additional lore that we re-injected into the game."
