With DeadSpaceMouseFix, this remains the better version compared to 2023's remake. Playing the remake made me install this, and I've officially put more hours into this version now than the remake.

It's the little thing that add up:

1. This game's mood soaks in. It fills me with dread. The remake relies too much on jump scares. Example of the vibe of this game: there's a lady at the start of Chapter 2, Intensive Care, with a blindfold talking about the convergence and cradling a rotting corpse. She's completely missing in the remake and replaced with boxes.

2. Isaac talks too much in the remake. I realize he talks in the sequels, but he's essentially a blank slate here, and that's how I like it.

3. This game has a more claustrophobic vibe, but can still see everything. The remake is just dark, and not spooky dark, more like "do I need to go back to the gamma slider?" dark.

4. Zero G controls are better in this game. You don't need to reorient yourself a dozen times and play a floaty platformer like in the remake.

5. The guns, and more specifically the secondary fire, are still better here than the remake's. Example: The Pulse Rifle's secondary is great here, handy for clearing a room when you're beset on all sides. In the remake, the rifle's secondary is a grenade launcher. Cue fart sound.

6. This game's RIG, Store, and workbench navigation are snappy and satisfying. You can navigate in and out of menus in a jiffy. The HUD in the remake is laggy, and they added confirmation boxes that slow down the speed to a crawl.

Pound-for-pound this game is overall a better than the remake and I'm willing to die on that hill.

This Game Made Me ♥♥♥♥ My Pants 10/10

hell no, too scary for me