So i'm more than half-way through this game 5-2 and it is awesome.  
  
I intentionally skipped this game last year because of Dead Space. I played most of Dead Space and got really bored of it every level felt the same all the enemies looked alike the gameplay just got stale after a while. So after a break from the genre for a while i decided to pick up Resi 5 and man this game is so much better than Dead Space. The action is way more intense the setting is awesome and the graphics..oh man are they good. I haven't played Uncharted 2 for a while but the cutscenes in Resident Evil 5 are the best i've seen. 
 
So the question. Most the guys on this forum love Dead Space, and i'm wondering if i'm missing something. Yeah the game controls better, but didn't you get bored after a while? I mean Resident Evil 5 has varied location and enemies while Dead Space didn't. If you do you like Dead Space more than Resident Evil 5, why? 

I don't have ADD so constant change isn't needed and atmosphere is superior. 

I thought it was pretty ridiculous.

Maybe this is just the most clever troll ever. Thank you OP, you made my night.
 
Edit: Aw, damn.

This post is ridiculous.
 
/dadjoke

Its edited thanks for waiting *sigh*

I disagree completely, thought dead space was masterful and had great tension throughout and RE5 was completely ludicrous and silly.

I thought it was fun trying to unlock all the upgrades for every gun. I also really love Wesker. He's such a great villian.

I had fun with both games. 
 
They feel very different to me and there are things i like about both.  
 
I enjoyed the ridiculousness of the story in RE5 and felt the story in Dead Space wasn't great but i wasn't there for that. 
 
Dead Space feels like a better game to me which is probably why i have played through it 3 times and gotten the full 1000 Gamerscore. 
 
RE5 was fun but not as revolutionary as RE4 for the Survival Horror genre which is why it doesn't get as much acclaim.

"I thought it was fun trying to unlock all the upgrades for every gun. I also really love Wesker. He's such a great villian. "

" I thought it was fun trying to unlock all the upgrades for every gun. I also really love Wesker. He's such a great villian. "

" @InfiniteGeass said:

"I thought it was fun trying to unlock all the upgrades for every gun. I also really love Wesker. He's such a great villian. "

He was a great villian. For me, RE5 totally ruined him. He became more like a James Bond villian. "

" @InfiniteGeass: True, but even Capcom confirmed that he's not coming back :(  "

" I don't have ADD so constant change isn't needed and atmosphere is superior.  "

" @InfiniteGeass said:

" I thought it was fun trying to unlock all the upgrades for every gun. I also really love Wesker. He's such a great villian. "

yes. what really pissed me off though, was  
 

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how he died at the end. and also how they said how Wesker would never return. what a shitty way for a great villain to die. 

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I'm a huge fan of RE5. But, Dead Space is much better than RE5 in every aspect. 

Wesker put his DNA into a ring, which Ada will clone.

Dead Space was too scary for me, I barely got through the demo. I liked a RE5 a lot though.

" @SoylentGreen: I mean, after how important Wesker was to the RE story, how much he has done in the RE series, see him going like that is incredibly underwhelming. It disappointed me as a huge RE fan.  "

" @AjayRaz said:

" @SoylentGreen: I mean, after how important Wesker was to the RE story, how much he has done in the RE series, see him going like that is incredibly underwhelming. It disappointed me as a huge RE fan.  "

He will probably come back like he always does. "

" @TheMustacheHero said:

" @AjayRaz said:

" @SoylentGreen: I mean, after how important Wesker was to the RE story, how much he has done in the RE series, see him going like that is incredibly underwhelming. It disappointed me as a huge RE fan.  "

He will probably come back like he always does. "

I hope so, even though it would be really fucking stupid to have someone come back after being shot by two rockets in the face while drowning in lava in a volcano.  "

" I'm a huge fan of RE5. But, Dead Space is much better than RE5 in every aspect.  "

I love Resident Evil 5 but if you prefer RE 5 over Dead Space, then you don't like survival horror games.

" I love Resident Evil 5 but if you prefer RE 5 over Dead Space, then you don't like survival horror games. "

" @Dynamo22 said:

" I'm a huge fan of RE5. But, Dead Space is much better than RE5 in every aspect.  "

Seeing you liked it so much, i'm gonna ask you.   I stopped playing Dead Space after the first boss, the plant monster. Does the game get any better after that or is it just more of the same, because it feels like i've been doing the something in the same location for the entire game. Also is the story any good so far it's been pretty boring. "

" I love Resident Evil 5 but if you prefer RE 5 over Dead Space, then you don't like survival horror games. "

Liked both games. I think you have to take Resident Evil at face value as an action franchise with horror elements now, otherwise the discussion quickly becomes one that slights it for its inability to keep any reasonable amount of tension.  
 
Dead Space was the more mature title. More exactly executed to the specifications of its hype or its targeted result. That is to say, Dead Space is a more precise, intelligent horror game. Resident Evil is kind of a bombastic action flick anymore. And that's what people are comparing. 

This game and Dead Space are absolutely not comparable. It's apples and oranges.

" @InfiniteGeass said:

" I thought it was fun trying to unlock all the upgrades for every gun. I also really love Wesker. He's such a great villian. "

yes. what really pissed me off though, was  
 

SPOILER WARNING: Click here to reveal hidden content.

how he died at the end. and also how they said how Wesker would never return. what a shitty way for a great villain to die. 

"

  If you do you like Dead Space more than Resident Evil 5, why?

" I don't have ADD so constant change isn't needed and atmosphere is superior.  "

I have to say I didn't really care for Dead Space. I don't exactly enjoy putting myself completely on edge for 40 minutes at a time, and the last third or so of the game just became one immense gauntlet of monsters which is the one thing I seriously despise about Survival Horror games. They spend the majority of the game making you converse every bit of ammo, making every shot count as best as possible, and then they dump an army on you in the last leg.

The only thing I didn't like about RE5 was that last boss fight with Wesker. What a dumb way to end it.

"

  If you do you like Dead Space more than Resident Evil 5, why?

Because I value good writing and interactive storytelling about four billion times higher than hurr hurr durr explosions , graphics, and scantily clad women? "

" So i'm more than half-way through this game 5-2 and it is awesome.    I intentionally skipped this game last year because of Dead Space. I played most of Dead Space and got really bored of it every level felt the same all the enemies looked alike the gameplay just got stale after a while. So after a break from the genre for a while i decided to pick up Resi 5 and man this game is so much better than Dead Space. The action is way more intense the setting is awesome and the graphics..oh man are they good. I haven't played Uncharted 2 for a while but the cutscenes in Resident Evil 5 are the best i've seen.  So the question. Most the guys on this forum love Dead Space, and i'm wondering if i'm missing something. Yeah the game controls better, but didn't you get bored after a while? I mean Resident Evil 5 has varied location and enemies while Dead Space didn't. If you do you like Dead Space more than Resident Evil 5, why?  "