Which explains why Dead Space 3 is just a bland shadow of first two games. While I've played first two with real enthusiasm, I'm still at beginning of DS3 with no real lust to play it further...
People talk a lot of nonsense about the Dead Space series. Sledgehammer was formed in 2009, two whole YEARS before what is regarded by many to be the best installment in the Dead Space franchise, Dead Space 2. It also has the best user rating overall.
While Dead Space 1 was innovative for it's time, it certainly had it's flaws. It's many jump scares played like cutscenes on subsequent playthroughs, it was FAR too easy to beat with just the Plasma Cutter, it had horrible mouse support, and it's graphics were fairly mediocre.
That said, I feel ALL Dead Space titles are definitely worth playing, and the direction the franchise went was endorsed, even praised, by the writer of the first installment. The rumors of the series being cancelled due to less than expected sales of DS3 couldn't be farther from the truth.
EA admitted they were unrealistic expecting 5 mill in sales with DS3, and also said after several months, sales were better than they'd first thought. DS has ALWAYS been pretty much action vs survival horror though. Hell, DS1 even has a boss fight that resembles an over the top one from RE4.
Many would argue Dead Space had it's best content AFTER the original team left. As evidenced by the above quote, a lot of people apparently don't even know the Dead Space 2 they loved had nothing to do with the original team. I call survival horror addict hypocrisy on this.
Back on topic though. To be honest, I was skeptical from the moment they said the next BF was going to be about cops. I can't think of any cop games I'd consider worth playing. It's not surprising they put in a lot of militaristic filler to try and pull in a bigger audience. They should have known it wouldn't come off well though. Even the horrible Call of Juarez: The Cartel has a better, more realistic premise than this game.
The only shooter games I can think of relating to cops I liked were the Max Payne series and Dead to Rights 1, but those play more like rogue detective games than typical uniform cop games.