Dead Space is one of those series where the first 2 games set the expectations UNBELIEVABLY high. So high, in fact, that the developers were actually terrified they couldn't live up to the legend, and were terrified they were gonna make a bad game that ruined the series. But they were gonna try their damndest.
And then EA executives came along, and they saw that """all the rage""" those days was in Co-Op action shooters a-la Resident Evil 5/6 and Army Of 2, or Gears of War, and they DEMANDED that Dead Space 3 be """more like that""", or else. So they did it, and were also forced to shove microtransactions into the game with crafting materials.
The end result? Dead Space 3 was an... alright 3rd-person action-horror co-op shooter. Not great, not terrible, but... alright. An above-average shade of mediocre, certainly worth playing on its own merits, both mechanically and plot-wise, but not much more than that. A perfectly OK game.
And an absolutely TERRIBLE Dead Space game. Previous installments sold millions on multiple platforms. DS3... didn't, and it ended up killing the studio.
Worse, they're glorifying the loss of critical thinking and analytical skill that would've been gained from reading. They aren't just becoming perfect con marks, they're loudly, and PROUDLY crippling themselves intellectually in an effort to appear "cool" today.
They're literally wagering their own intellectual future against the hope that what effectively amounts to a drugged-up version of Clippy will, against all common sense, decency, and economic theory, become so mainstream and ubiquitous that Humanity as a whole ends up relying on them for everything.
I never thought they'd manage to make Gavin Newsom of all people look decent, but that's just what happens when you live in the Dumbest Timeline™️ I guess ¯(ツ)_/¯.
"Butbutbutbut Genocide Joe! Crooked Kamala! Biden's too OLD!!! Harris is a WOMAN!!! And Trump sucks too... I guess I just won't vote! That'll DEFINITELY make things better, with no possible negative consequences AT ALL!!!"
All those dipshits voted for this. Never let them forget it. How's that Day 1 Ceasefire working out?
You mean the Genocide that Trump DEFINITELY stopped? The one that DEFINITELY isn't still ongoing? That Genocide? Yeah that's what I thought. How's that boot leather taste?
Then why are you complaining about bike lanes???