Ahead of the launch of last year's excellent Dead Space remake, many fans who still had access to a copy of the original game took a preparatory stroll down memory lane. For those that played through the original 2008 version of Dead Space prior to 2023's remake, perhaps most remarkable was how well the original held up under scrutiny even when placed side-by-side with modern survival horror games. The Dead Space remake's faithful reimagining of one of the genre's all-time greats is precisely what makes it succeed, smoothing out the original's rough edges but not fixing what isn't broken. It also happens to serve as a proof-of-concept for giving EA Motive its own shot at crafting Dead Space 4.