Dead Space

PLEASE READ BEFORE BUYING!
This game is old, it came out nearly 20 years ago. Yes it has some problems, that's an unfortunate reality with most games this old and definitely older. But, there are really simple fixes, and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to do!
Download this patch to fix the horrible mouse issues --->
Just follow the instructions, you can't really screw this up!
Then, the game glitches HARD when playing at high frame rates. Bodies will be flying, doors might not open, it's a mess. DO NOT TURN ON IN GAME V-SYNC!
Turning v-sync on through game will fix the weird physics issues, but it will also lock you at 30 fps. Instead, use your control panel to force v-sync on and lock it at 60 fps. Now the game works and you won't have a headache looking at it. You COULD try your luck with a higher frame rate, but don't try pushing it to 120 or higher. 60 is the safe spot.
And that's it! the game is now perfectly playable, and any issues you have with the game after this should be purely game play related! Because again, this game is nearly 20 years old. If you don't like a lot of the jank in controls with older games, what are you doing here? They released a remake of this game that's pretty good too, go buy that if you want a MODERN experience.
I just feel sorry for all the people leaving bad reviews of this game giving up before they even really start because I love old games, and the thing about old games is that there is almost always a way to fix them. Some old games just need a one download patch that everyone knows about, some you need to track down sources from a forum made years ago. But if you put in the time with these older games, you might be surprised by how well they hold up.
How good is the game? Don't ask me, now that you can actually play the damn thing, go play it and see for yourself!

Go to work, fix the ship, get traumatised by space zombies and develop schizophrenia. Not exactly what I had in mind when I said i wanted to be an engineer

I will forever hate EA for killing this franchise during its peak for their own greed, Dead space original is still one of the goated games of the horror genre. Isaac doesn't speak in this game which makes it much more darker and relevant to his growing inner grief and dementia. Isaac in first game dont need no dialogues but just his ground shaking stomp and his deadly plasma cutter.

A silent protagonist works best for a game properly designed around visual and environmental storytelling... especially with the haunted spaceship setting.
In space they can't hear you scream but in your room... you sure can.

Awesome game. Much better than the remake. Just don't turn off vsync until you get past the first door, cuz you'll get stuck if it's off at that point

This game was ahead of it's time and it shows. Awesome atmospheric horror game!

Ignore the remake and play this on Deck instead on highest settings.
Camera with right stick is sub par on default (game's vertical cam axis has a higher sensitivity and higher dead zone than horizontal, and I just remembered this being critiqued already when it was released back in the days), but setting right stick to joystick mouse with a 100% sensitivity works much better, since the game treats mouse input linear on both axes. You'll lose right stick push for the objective guide line then (initially), but that functionality is still available by pushing right track pad, which I personally find to be even more comfortable.
Seems to be capped to 60FPS internally even though there's a 90Hz resolution setting, but that's fine.
Deck's (OLED) brightness set to 50% and brightness in game set to lowest recreates the original dark experience.