>>719204791
>most Dead Space fans prefer the pre-DS2 lore
True. Played the second Dead Space game first, then the third, then went back and played the first game + watched the anime. The first game and the anime are in a league of their own.
Dead Space is a great horror game. Up there with Silent Hill or Resident Evil. Dead Space 2 kind of sucked, the gore is great, but they turned Isaac into RDJ Tony Stark from Iron Man and turned the engineering suit into the Iron Man suit because the Iron Man movie was so popular at the time. Isaac is now a snarky quippy badass and the suit is just a knock off of Iron Man, right down to the propulsion system. It changed the mood of the series quite a bit, where the first game is more atmospheric. The second game and third games have their moments, but they're far more inconsistent. The second game is action setpiece: the video game. The third game is just a straight up co-op shooter.
Not that the second and third games are bad, but it definitely went hard into super hero shenanigans. I'm surprised at no point during the second game did Isaac yell "BOOYAH!" while reloading, that's the vibe.