I bet this could start a flamewar if posted in the right forum:

Resident Evil is just Dead Space, but on Earth and with less interesting weapons.

@alyx

But Dead Space came after, right?

So, really, Dead Space is just RE in space.

@Aldo2
That's where the flame war potential lies.

But if you're a newbie, there's a certain time span where you could have grown up with Dead Space, and after that you see all the Resident Evil Remakes.

@alyx

Never really played either series, although I've seen gameplay of them.

My main RE memory is the first film.

Mostly just the shower scene.

But Dead Space also has some cool anime-style shorts.

@Aldo2
Played all of Dead Space. Saw the animated movies (I think there's 2 of them IIRC). Read some of the books and some comics.
Only played a bit of RE5 (didn't have much fun with it).