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[Negotiator101]

It's very good and certainly better than 5 and 6 but I'd say all the others are better IMO and I love DS.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Meh. Dead space 1 runs out of steam about two hours before it ends. The monster in the closet gag gets old and they keep it up through the whole thing. Re4 is entertaining throughout which is super impressive because it's twice the length.

 

[bender]

Oh that's not even a debate - DSR is just a pale imitation of the original.
But yea - original hit the notes of 'survival horror' in ways than most RE games just don't for me - especially not RE4 (which I'll admit - is not my favourite in the franchise either - for a number of reasons, least of all being that original is the rare game to make me violently motion sick due to its camera).


Sort of agree but it's also the point. Boss encounters are the anathema of the genre, and og. DS mostly treats them appropriately (by sidelining them). And the moment EA funding in sequels allowed them to embrace Uncharted 2 inspirations wholly the whole IP went off the rails - badly, so it's really for the better og couldn't afford them for most part. But the environmental story telling more than makes up for it - each part of the Ishimura was rather memorable to me - from the time you first step on the bridge or encounter zero-g, to the cult-infested living quarters etc.
Where it really failed on its nose was the planetfall - that was by far the worst part of the game - mechanically, narratively, and ultimately - the final battle.

I don't have a ton of experience with Dead Space. I loved it when it originally released and I do remember it being very tense, but I only played it once. I replayed it a year or two prior to the remake and thought it aged a bit poorly. The tension was largely gone and the novel aspects could make up for a lot of the shortcomings. I also had something from the Zero Punctuation review stuck in my head regarding the vents in the space station and I can't erase that cheesy monster closet trope from my circuits. I played the remake once and it was fine (different uniforms to the base necromorphs was a good addition, nerfing the Assault Riffle sound was a bummer). The story and characters were never my thing in the original so I'm not sure if the remake screwed those up. It's probably a better action game than it is a horror game, but most of the shortcomings (enemy variety, set pieces, etc.) detract from that action experience.

 

[Mobilemofo]

Agree with the op. Resident evil has never been all that..I prefer deadspace.

 

[MacReady13]

Resident Evil 4 is EASILY better than Dead Space. The OG Resident Evil's 1 and 2 are better than Dead Space. The remakes of Resident Evil 1 and 2 are better than Dead Space. Dead Space is a very good game but it's a highly overrated game.

 

[manfestival]

Dead Space is way better than Resident Evil. The only thing I can think of that RE has over Dead Space is that amazing nostalgia factor that kicks in with RE 1/2/3. Especially for me with RE2. Something about that beginning of the game from back in the day really is fond in my memories.

 

[dragonyeuw]

Resident Evil 4 is EASILY better than Dead Space.

Dead Space is way better than Resident Evil.

 

[darrylgorn]

I would agree for all of them except RE4.

There's no denying that the game is a classic that holds up so well, it's better than its remake.

 

[MagiusNecros]

Alien Resurrection PSX is better then both.

 

[Valt7786]

I'm sorry but why are people shitting on the Dead Space remake? I thought it was pretty phenomenal and I loved the original to bits. Not getting a remake of 2 by that team is a travesty.

 

[brenobnfm]

The remake of the first 2 games and both RE4 are some of the best games ever, as good as Dead Space is, it doesn't come even close.

 

[Arachnid]

I'm sorry but why are people shitting on the Dead Space remake? I thought it was pretty phenomenal and I loved the original to bits. Not getting a remake of 2 by that team is a travesty.

It was fkn amazing and better than the original in every way except for difficulty IMO. The hardest difficulty was a joke first playthrough which was sad, because the original was legit rough.

 

[SkylineRKR]

I'd say no. Dead Space kind of felt repetitive after the halfway point. I struggled to finish the remake. Personally I didn't like chapter 6 and 7.

I like 2 more, despite being linear.

 

[Don Julio]

Resident Evil 4 for its time was a classic but not so much anymore. I honestly never really got into any Res Evil game and 4 was the one I played the most.

I played through Dead Space and thought it was really good at first but it becomes a slog to play imo. I find it to be a very mediocre title all in all. The first 30 mins of Dead Space is the next 10 hours of Dead Space.

"Not so much anymore" ? Why all of sudden isn't it considered a classic now? OG still holds up to this day

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

 

[Fafalada]

I replayed it a year or two prior to the remake and thought it aged a bit poorly. The tension was largely gone and the novel aspects could make up for a lot of the shortcomings. I also had something from the Zero Punctuation review stuck in my head regarding the vents in the space station and I can't erase that cheesy monster closet trope from my circuits.

Tbf - yes there's a bit too much of that, but then it's such an established trope in anything resembling horror with combat, and DS is really one of the less offending titles in that sphere. Eg. Doom 3 was doing it so much worse, that by the end of the game I could predict the monster spawn points almost every time way before anything happened. And it's still a trope today - hell a recent highly praised SH2 remake is full of it too (arguably more so).

But the remake just made a lot of mechanics and control changes toward the more action oriented game we got in sequels (from zero-G flying to run&gun etc.) that weren't in the original. Yes Isaac was more clunky but that was the whole point (and why threats felt more like actual threats in the og) - he's a damn engineer in an engineering suit, not an undercover super soldier.
I will say though that the only right way to play the game is without using the waypoint help (which is how I platinumed the original game - because I never realized there was a button for it ). Think of it like playing TLOU without super-hearing-vision, it's a crutch that genuinely changes the way game feels.

The story and characters were never my thing in the original so I'm not sure if the remake screwed those up.

Unfortunately yes - it made everything so much worse. I get that not everyone likes silent protagonists (although that was the pitch perfect choice for the kind of atmosphere DeadSpace had) the new Isaac is somehow more chatty than NuLara + Alloy combined, and that's in addition to getting a bunch of really badly written melodrama backstory that adds nothing to the character or the overall plot (There's some James Sunderland-esque nonsense in there that just doesn't work in context at all, and none of it has any emotional weight or feels earned).
Nicole (which is like - the second most important character in the narrative arc - despite having a lot less lines than new Isaac now) doesn't fare much better. While original kept the whole dynamic something of a mystery, the new game is playing up her evil-turn so much that by the time you finally meet her (what was it... 6 chapters in?) it's actually surprising she doesn't immediately try to necromorph you (hey, they changed other things - so why not).
But somehow they kept that part of the story intact - just that none of the motivations fit anymore.

And that's of course - before the other note-worthy change - while the rest of the cast designs remain largely the same as in original game - Nicole and especially Isaac both look like completely different people. And not in a good way, and again - to no purpose at all.

It's probably a better action game than it is a horror game, but most of the shortcomings (enemy variety, set pieces, etc.) detract from that action experience.

I think that's what sequels were - and the remake, but DS1 was not (though EA certainly wanted it to be...).

 

[EverydayBeast]

USG Ishimura and Racoon city both have their moments, dead space is a juicy horror game and very well may be better than Resident Evil unfortunately you can't say that around these parts where everyone praises resident evil no matter what.

 

[MicTyson]

"Not so much anymore" ? Why all of sudden isn't it considered a classic now? OG still holds up to this day

Maybe so… I am not knocking Res 4 at all.

 

[taizuke]

I'm currently on my 2nd playthrough of the Dead Space Remake, and it looks and feels incredible. I'm loving every second, and i can't wait to get into Impossible mode.

But, better than ANY Resident Evil game? No. The RE games are some of my favorite games of all time. I love Dead Space, but it doesn't get close to that.

 

[Hudo]

You know what, I can't be mad. I respect your placement of 4R, too. That gets far too much undue love. Dead Space 1 was bloody good and although I haven't played the remake I can confidently say it's inherently better than the worst OTS RE games. 3R didn't even make the list, which I find hilarious.

Also a fair statement. I can't be mad at this either. Dead Space 1 was the first game that made me turn around from the ambient sound effects because I thought something was coming for me. The atmosphere in that game surpasses anything RE has done before or since, and RE is my favourite franchise of all time.

Yeah, the sound design in Dead Space 1 is amazing.

 

[dDoc]

I'm still salty EA cancelled DS2 Remake, clown company. Hope their GaaS shit keeps going down in numbers.

 

[Gonzito]

Code Veronica is still ,for me the best horror game made.

I would say mind, I found Project Zero and Blair Witch to the best scariest horror games I ever played