Hvorimod Dead Space og Dead Space 2 bredt betragtes som mesterværker, så var modtagelsen på Dead Space 3 langt mere lunken, og det skyldes blandt andet mikrotransaktioner, forceret co-op og et exit fra de mørke, dunkle rumskibe til mere åbne områder udendørs.
Nu vil Motive muligvis gå igang med et Dead Space 2 Remake indenfor de næste år, så det efterlader os med spørgsmålet; "hvad så med Dead Space 3?" Hvis du spørger tidligere Visceral Games producer Chuck Beaver, så ville han lave spillet om helt fra bunden af. I et interview med Youtube-bruger CaptainBribo siger han dette:
"I would just start from complete scratch and I would make this [...] about the end of Dead Space 2. He's broken, and now this is the adventure of Isaac in Dead Space 3 - broken Isaac. he tried to do the thing, tried to do the truth, it broke him, and now we're in the consequences of him being broken. And I would make it like a Tyler Durden thing, an unreliable narrator where you're like 'what happened?' and the player maybe doesn't even know, Isaac certainly doesn't know."
Han fortæller os at de i løbet af Dead Space 3-produktionen havde svært ved at fastslå hvad de egentlig havde gang i:
"We weren't allowed to make a horror game from the beginning so [creative director] Ben [Wanat] and I were like, well, what are we making? If you look at it, it's a beautiful Drake's Uncharted game, an adventure with puzzles and set pieces."
