User blog comment:Legionwrex/How Dead Space is now copying Mass Effect./@comment-4237253-20130212210018/@comment-2250460-20130212224716

Well of course Mass Effect didn't invent the idea, one could say that Lovecraft didn't either and that religion beat him to it. But when you combine a combination of the ideas together, then it becomes unique.

Mass Effect may not have invented the idea of sentient space ships, or mind altering devices, or harvesting, but to my knowledge it was the first one to put them together.

I'm not saying Dead Space as a whole isn't original and is copying Mass Effect, but in the case of primary antagonist at least on of the writers should have been able to think for three seconds and realize "Hey guys, this is extremely similar to the main enemies of Mass Effect, lets tweak a few things".