User blog comment:Legionwrex/How Dead Space is now copying Mass Effect./@comment-4121017-20130208190653

Are you serious? You haven't played the previous two games. I have. The gameplay mechanics and the storytelling are massively different. To start, one is a survival horror series and the other an action RPG series.

In case you didn't know, the Black Marker was found on Earth at the Gulf of Mexico. EarthGov reversed engineered it, creating Red Markers, which led to necromorph outbreaks throughout the galaxy. Because of that, they ended the project. The Necromorphs are nothing like the Reapers. The former relied on instinct, like animals, while the latter relied on logic, abet flawed. There isn't any mention of cycles in Dead Space.