Dead Space or Resident Evil 5

I am a huge Resident Evil fan ever since Resident Evil 1 on the Playstation. However imo I feel RE5 while still an okay game, is probably the 2nd worst Resident Evil game ive played (next to RE3). So that being said I feel Dead Space is better because it is way more scary plus it has a better atmosphere and gameplay to it.

RE5 is still an okay game but thats all it will be, an okay game.

Melpoe

resident evil zero was the worst one in my opinion, and it was the shortest of them all with no real reply value.

Finished both Dead Space & Resident Evil 5. For me Dead Space takes the spot light. If you compare, Dead Space is a pure "Survival Horror" and RE5 "Pure Action". I played Dead Space more often than RE5 and eventually ended up getting the plat for Dead Space, it's that good...

Dead Space because the AI partner from RE5 is annoying and capcom tried to make it an extremley epic action adventure, but it failed at it. It is supposed to be scary. And the boss on the ship in RE5 looked extremly similar to the boss at the end of dead space.

Depends what you prefer. Action or "SCARY" I wouldn't say Dead Space is super scary but it does make you feel nervous/tense. The music/sound is pretty incredible and the atmosphere is creepy. I just finished Dead Space and I'd say i enjoyed it more than RE5. IMO, RE5 has more replay value(items, costumes, etc.) but Dead Space is more enjoyable since it has what the RE series has lost. I'd recommend you get both if you could but it all depends on your likes/dislikes.

never played dead space, but resident evil 5 was ok, BUT I played with a friend and I honestly cant imagen playing it alone, would get to boring (lets not forget the terrible AI) so I will say dead space

Sup ??? For me personallly both games are great at what they do....Dead Space gave a new enviroment , futuristic style guns and posable button movements while aiming... For Resident Evil 5 its giving the same action we loved from Resident Evil 4 and placing it in Africa...and besides therre are tons more weapons to collect rather than in Dead Space...Dont get me wrong but Dead Space has a lot of replay value for me and i m simply loving the game but guys think about it...What did the others say Resident Evil 4 before it came out and after....??? Dudes just write your comment below

Clientel

Get Resident Evil 5. It has a higher replay value.

I prefer RE5.

for $20 Dead Space is a must buy. But both games are great.

Dead Space is much more scarier and much more immersive than RE5. RE5 has more re-playabilty than Dead Space.

Those are the 2 biggest differences, I think.

I enjoyed both of games for different reasons. For any one who hasn't played them what are you waiting for???

Dead Space was successful at atmosphere but it definitely failed on variety. RE4 was successful at both. The jury is still out on RE5. But I think RE5 has a very good shot at succeeding at both style and substance.

Solori

Ha, Ha. I get to quote myself from February, before RE5 was released. (I thought there was a rule against bringing dead threads back to life.)

Anyway, looks like my powers of prediction weren't that good. RE5 failed on atmosphere for sure.

Now that I have played both games (and got the platinum for RE5) I can say for sure that Dead Space wins in style, but RE5 wins in substance.

If you want a great creepy atmosphere with stunning visuals then DS is your game.

If you want great action and co-op play, then RE5 is your game.

But really, since both games are fairly cheap now , you should just buy both and enjoy yourself.

[QUOTE="The_Lawyer13"]I love em both. The RE5 demo is sweet. I've seen a guy play and beat Dead Space and I will say, Dead Space is one of the scariest games I've seen. Both have action. Both have creepy nasties you have to shoot with some sweet guns. Both have a solid main character, except Isaac never talked and I personally think that Chris Redfield could take him on any day IMO. This is actaully a really though call for me. I'm gonna have to say RE5 because I've been down with the Resident Evil series for a looooooong time. Dead Space is a great game though and I recommend it to anyway who is a fan of survival horror games.johnryandaplin

yeah right, lets see whats more powerful a 9mm gun or plasma cutter

REVIVE

Resident Evil 5 failed as a Resident Evil game.

Resident Evil 5 for co-op and Dead Space for single player.

R5 is crap, the controls, the aiming and everything abt the game is crap excpet the graphics. Dead Space is better by 100 million light years.

I just bought Dead Space. I will buy Resident Evil 5 when the price gets lower, I beat the game like 3 times though already and didn't like the multiplayer at all.

i liked both. i played the HELL out of Resident Evil 5 & earned the platinum trophy and w/ Dead Space, i completed it 3 times, even on impossible mode (to earn the platinum) & it wasn't hard @ all. Dead Space is a pretty easy game & so is RE 5. many people say that Dead Space is scary, it wasn't for me though, but a great game nonetheless. Resident Evil 5 for replay value & graphics & Dead Space for a top-notch single player. i recommend playing the RE 5 single player w/ an actual person, it's funner (is that a word?) that way. heck, play both!Fantasticus

Personally, I love both, but Dead Space is easily better in my opinion.

Resident Evil 5 failed as a Resident Evil game.

sainraja

Not really

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Resident Evil 5 failed as a Resident Evil game.

M0wen10

Not really

I've been a big resident evil fan ever since the first one released back on the psone, heck resident evil 2 was actually the game that really made me a gamer but to be honest with you I'd have to go with Dead Space over Resident Evil 5. They're both really great games, but there's just something special about Dead Space that makes it better in my book.

I dont know both games have great gameplay,graphics but Resident Evil is more popular so my vote goes to him...

I dont know both games have great gameplay,graphics but Resident Evil is more popular so my vote goes to him...

gamer_96

this isn't a freaking popoularity contests, see its people like you who makes people like hitler survive -_-

Dead Space and RE5 were both average. Dead Space was incredibly tedious, it had a ton of back tracking and very bland art design and some plot elements were just stupid, i mean Stasis? What is it? Why is it there? The controls were more refined that RE5 which is nice, especially the added ability to strafe. RE5 was a fun game, however the coop was badly incorporated and it just wasn't scary. The controls are easy to deal with, people complain that they're too much like RE4 when they're not. Chris and Sheva don't move like a tank on option C because they can strafe just not while aiming. This makes the game so much smoother. However, i can't help but feel i've done this all before, it's more replayable and Mercenaries is ALWAYS fun to play but the story is lackluster and really takes itself too seriously for an RE game. So much that it's laughable. Keir21

stasis is used to kill the hunter, without it theres no way to pass through certain likes fast moving door, or killing brutes would be one hell of a task, although story wise the stasis was used to slow down fast moving asteroids during mining operations.

And terrible art style? what the hell do you mean?, the art style borrows heavily from oriental horror genre, dark corridors with agonizing screams, and going outside the spaceship shows some pretty sweet graphics, and the always dark athmosphere really works for dead space, and dead space isn't a fast paced "shoot shoot shoot reload shoot shoot" game, if your looking for that then i suggest you play call of duty instead, to kill necromorphs you need to dismember them, and i think that works as it totally counters the "shoot them in the head" rule which is prominently featured in alot of games.