

However, one of the game's designers, Ben Wanat confirmed that at one point the team did want to make a sequel to System Shockuntil Resident Evil 4 was released. Michael Condrey disavowed this rumor, saying that System Shock and its sequel were definitely a big influence, but the title was never officially attached.

However, there has long been a rumor that Dead Space was originally a third System Shock.

It's well known that Dead Space drew inspiration from titles such as Resident Evil and Silent Hill. RELATED: The Most Successful Video Game Spiritual Successors Dead Space and System Shock Considering the upcoming live-action Resident Evil film, a recently announced live-action System Shock TV show, Dead Space, and System Shock remakes in the works, the closely linked history is more evident now than ever. For context, System Shock was released in 1994, the first Resident Evil came out in 1998, and Dead Space was released in 2008. That being said, the three have developed a reciprocal influence over each other. System Shock is noted for having many spiritual successors, including BioShock, Deus Ex, and Prey, though it is definitely usually less associated with Resident Evil and Dead Space. Not only did these three series influence each other, but they also had direct ramifications on each other's development.

However, there is a surprisingly entwined history between the Resident Evil, Dead Space, and System Shock franchises. The Resident Evilseries has since had an influence on a number of games and continued to dominate the horror genre (although it deviated somewhat with more action-packed gameplay in RE5/RE6). While the term was first used for this series, the first game drew inspiration from many games before it, including Sweet Home. The Resident Evil franchise is usually associated with inventing the survival horror genre.
