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what the raw biomass has to offer. A major aspect of the team's research for the
Necromorph visual design involved the collection of medical, autopsy, and accident photos, which were kept in an office folder labeled "body trauma". In an effort to study and reimagine how the individual body parts could be rearranged into something horrific, the team realized that the more they made the Necromorphs "look like normal people who went through something terrible, the deeper the emotional impact". The Slashers in particular became more human-looking compared to initial designs in later iterations; recognizing the need for more variety with the Slashers' look, Wanat attempted to come up with new ways to differentiate each design variant and allow them to feel unique. From their research, the designers came up with grotesque features based on actual human anatomy: a signature hook for each individual form may include bat-like wings, large bladed arms, or tentacles that spit spikes, but all of the hideous add-ons are based on actual human anatomy. For coloration, Milham explained that the designers drew from a combination of hues humanity would associate with infection and bodily organs, such as olive green, ochre, purple, and off-white.
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Necromorph forms or weapon types are introduced, as players could respond to changing circumstances by rotating the cutter's barrel on the spot to aim more effectively at the enemy's limbs.
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and propelling itself in open space to grapple with the player. Wanat retained a significant amount of early concept art work for the
Necromorphs, which he continued to catalogue on his ArtStation portfolio following his departure from Electronic Arts. Reflecting on the development process behind the Necromorphs, conceptually otherworldly entities with a fantastical nature but designed to be as "real and grounded and believable as possible", Wanat express a hope that the Necromorphs would stand the test of time as a memorable and unique archetype in horror fiction.
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Necromorphs, Veca took inspiration from sounds made by real life wild animals, which from a scientific perspective conveys subconscious messages to humanity's primal instincts in preparation for imminent danger. He paid particular attention to recordings of animals which make "freaky sounds" when subjected to "unique situations". The final product is created by layering and interweaving pieces of noises made by up to five or six different animals, twisted to sound unrecognizable but yet familiar in a subtle way.
267:-controlled Necromorphs to reroute and regroup without forcing the developers to build additional space in the level to accommodate them, is an important solution that circumnavigates the limitations posed by the environment, and fulfill an additional goal of adding tension to the survival horror driven gameplay by serving as "monster closets": this is because the Necromorphs could jump scare players anytime and anywhere, especially when they pass by ventilation shaft openings.
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Slasher concepts ready within the first two to three months. It was important for Wanat and his team that the Necromorphs' design aesthetics reflected an adequate "glimmer of their former human self" visually; the goal was not to create something that is gross for its own sake, but enough to make players feel a sense of fear and revulsion.
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vicinity, which leads them to engage in strange behavior or violently attack each other. Upon their deaths, their corpses are reconstituted or repurposed by the Marker signal, then broken and twisted into something else in a violent and improvisational manner. In the case of the
Slasher, the most common and recognizable Necromorph form, the body seemingly rips itself open and develop extra limbs that are used to impale and tear apart potential victims.
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Necromorph form composed of multiple human corpses; and the Spitter, which could deliver charged attacks from long distances. A gigantic Necromorph form known as the Hive Mind is portrayed as being capable of telepathically commanding other Necromorphs within its vicinity, and is encountered as the final boss of the first
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opposed to the "excellent array of weaponry" which could be wielded by human characters. On the other hand, Simon Park assessed the multiplayer mode to be a "slight but focused" experience and praised the tactical respawn options for various
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Don Veca, who had the position of audio director at Visceral Games, was responsible for the audio design of the Necromorphs. According to Veca, refining the sound design and foley for each Necromorph form took "weeks of planning and iteration". To create a "truly terrifying" aural experience with the
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franchise could be credited to the "horrifying levels of Necromorphs that Wanat and other artists at Visceral Games designed over the years". and that they have claimed a corner of their own in history, "not just in the realm of video game horror, but all horror". Tom Power concurred that plenty of
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sequels influenced the design for each iteration of the Necromorphs, and provide a different "flavor". For example, a tall monster that uses its tongue to choke the player character and replaces his head with its own was described by Wanat as a "cool, bizarre but uniquely Necromorphy sort of thing
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