Dead Space Lore: The History and Story of Isaac Clarke
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- Isaac Clarke is the first and most played character with the dead space franchise, in this video we will be looking through his beginnings, how he made it through the ranks, the connections he had made along the way, along with the events of the games.
Even before the events of Dead Space, Isaac Clarke had strong resentment for the Unitologists which was an emotion that originated from the actions of his mother who spent all of the family funds on the religion. Following the events of Dead Space, this feeling would grow from distrust into hatred. Isaac enrolled in the electrical and mechanical engineering course, joined the Merchant Marines and focused on major shipping lines. Isaac tried to find out where his father was, but he was missing for quite some time and his personal files were kept classified by EarthGov. Isaac loved Nicole deeply as it was shown by his determination to find her among the infested USG Ishimura. Isaac was also heavily distraught after finding out that Nicole committed suicide during the initial Necromorph infestation and his visions up to that point were merely hallucinations that are caused by the Markers.
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Dead Space is a 2008 survival horror video game developed by EA Redwood Shores and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. Released in October 2008, the title was the first in the Dead Space franchise and drew inspiration from other works of horror, notably Resident Evil 4 and the Silent Hill series.
Set on a mining spaceship overrun by monsters called Necromorphs, the player player controls engineer Isaac Clarke from the third-person perspective as he navigates the spaceship, fights Necromorphs, and struggles with increasing psychosis. The player explores areas on the station through a chapter-based narrative, solving environmental puzzles while finding ammunition and equipment to survive. Isaac wields engineering equipment as a weapon.
Dead Space was pitched in early 2006 and fit Electronic Arts' priority of creating new intellectual properties. A prototype of the game was developed for the original Xbox console and lasted 18 months. The team aimed for realism and innovation in their design. In the pursuit of these goals, the team removed set spawn points for enemies and omitting the heads-up display in favor of presenting information in the world. Immersive and frightening sound design was a large priority during production, and the score by Jason Graves was noted by critics to successfully evoke tension and unease.
Dead Space debuted weak in sales but eventually sold over a million copies worldwide. The game was met with critical acclaim: reviewers praised its atmosphere, gameplay and sound design. It won and was nominated for multiple industry awards and has been ranked by journalists as one of the greatest video games ever made. It spawned two numbered sequels (released in 2011 and 2013), several spin-off titles, and other related media, including a comic book prequel and an animated film. A remake of Dead Space is currently in development by EA's Motive Studios.
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Isaac Clarke has raw willpower, extreme calmness in intense situations, an uncanny ability to think on his feet extremely quickly and use anything in his surroundings to his advantage, and also doesn’t seem to freak out at all.
He's full of bad ideas.
@@mattstorm360 I got that reference 😂
"Extreme Calmness"
**Screams in curb-stomp**
@@sorapwn1200 screams in rage as a necromorph jumps on him and proceeded to literally and violently bash their head with a plasma cutter several times as the other pack necromorph children look up at him with awe and dead fear as Isaac’s ferocity is unlike any necromorph they seen. But overall stick around this man is practically full of bad ideas and is always in your pilot seat telling you this is where the fun begins.
@@krazy1574 yeah but in the cannon story lore Isaac survives every instance pretty much unscathed physically, with only minor injuries… which means he’s practically a human necro slaying machine
Isaac doesn't get the recognition he deserves. He's in the ranks of the RE heros to me.
Agreed 👍💯
he's better than any RE character.
In my eyes, Isaac isn't a hero but just an ordinary guy struggling to survive in many hellish situations while trying to cope with severe PTSD and dementia while he loses so much throughout all of it, which is why I like him as a character since he's how I imagine someone would react in real life if the Markers and Necromorphs were to exist.
@@goofnutgav In DS3 Hes already on the level of Veteran RE Characters. He doesnt faze from necromorphs anymore and pretty much lead the entire squad. At the end, his resolve to stop the Necromorphs is so strong that he doesnt mind dying or losing Elie. He has far outgrew the person who just trying to survive. If DS4 ever happens, you best bet that hes going to lead the charge againts the Moons and kill all them by reverse engineering the machine on Tau Volantis and make them crash on each other.
RE ???
I appreciate the content. Isaac is one of the most traumatized character I ever seen in video game. From horror to saving the Earth he had been through a lot.
Yeah I love his backstory too... Like why he could just make it through the ishimura and stuff
crazy mom shit too
Except he didn't save the Earth.... Talk about trama.
Paid for ellies boob lift/eye and she up and leaves him as well
@@mattstorm360 well he was supposed to but ea said naw then brings it back after almost 10 years
The best protagonist of all time, not overpowered, not rich or experience just a normal engineer who adopted to his environment
adapted* but thats wrong as well. He had to adapt to his enemies, not the environment.
"I knew i should've just been a lawyer!"
@@ineedzemedic5810 Now I just imagine a goofy scene of Isaac fighting the Brethren in a Court Case over DMCA Copyright law over Isaac's Marker and the destruction of other marker properties.
That explains isaacs complete and utter hatred towards anything necromorph or unitology
Isaac hate EarthGov and Scientol-, oops, sorry, I mean Unitology the most.
Can't really blame him, those guys are assholes
@@russian_knight According to the Wiki, EarthGov is a totalitarian government.
@@drakashrakenburgproduction5369 yeah, see they're assholes
@@russian_knight scaf 😎
earthgov 🤢
Danik probably didn't even turn into a cool necromorph, he probably turned into biomass on the walls
Seems fitting
Issac is up there with some of the greats
-Doomguy
-Gordon Freeman
-Kratos
-Duke Nukem
-Bubsy
Freeman?
Caleb? B.J. Blazkowicz?
Cough* cough* master chief
*cough* Samus Aran *cough*
Duke nukem lmao
Glad to have been part of providing footage of this amazing video about Isaac Clarke. Nonetheless, Isaac Clarke is both lucky and damned at the same time to have survived the encounter on Ishimura, the outbreaks of Titan Station and Lunar Colony and also the horrors hidden at the orbit and on Tau Volantis. A regular man that fought to obtain everything he worked for only to lose everything thanks to the Aegis VII Red Marker and literally the acts of the Church of Unitology or so to say the business that the DredgerCorp higher ups created after getting rid of Michael Altman... We'll see what EA Motive will retouch on the lore of Dead Space 1...
I've wondered about this in a lot of horror games. Like how do you continue life as normal knowing theres that shit out there, or Silent Hill is just some town a few hours drive away. That Ghosts, will infact, haunt you. Lol
Resi is almost realistic in that the main characters fight it for the rest of there lives. And imagine living in that world. Phew!
@@hazzar7784 you only have a chance if your a protagonist
@@hazzar7784 Isaac is basically Like the RE characters. As you said, its not easy to live knowing shit like that is out there. Thats why after 2, he pretty much have PTSD and Minor form of dementia and cant cope with living like a normal person anymore. Ellie on the other hand cant sit still knowing it and try to stop it. It is not until 3 that he have the resolve to kill every single one of them and become one of if not the most skilled specialist on dealing with necromorphs. he pretty much take charge the entire game.
@@RhazOfRheos yeah I agree. I kind of assumed he spoke for himself on this board, but your right.
He is likely the most 'realistic' horror game protagonist. Hes either fighting, or quietly isolated going Insane.
I do think he is too lighted hearted/witty when trying to be funny though. It's been like a decade since I've played the games though.
Huh, his younger years remind me of The Binding of Isaac, both characters father disappeared/surely died, and their mother went full zealot mode. And while in Binding of Isaac he was a kid who probably lost his mind as well, Clarke probably have his own mental problems,pre Ishimura, and both this and his intelligence, probably make his brain good enough for his brain to hold the blueprints to build new markers
I guess it's an Isaac thing
Damn I didn't think of it like that, nice catch man. I have had seen comparisons to both before though.
Probably one of the most intelligent video game protagonists of all time, who also isn't a super soldier. I mean chief was smart but i highly doubt he could repair a slipspace drive or something like that.
Isaac modified and reversed engineered his mining tools throughout his journey to make them even more powerful and dangerous purely with his engineering skills, not only that but his RIG and stasis and kinesis modules aswell
They would make a hell of a team though.
Chiefs ability was mainky to fight and surpress rebel uprisings. He was always a soldier first. Everything else second. Which is his charachter. I love isaac becauses hes a Blue collar guy whos put in situations no one can imagine and survives.
Dead space's story itself is absolutely under appreciated in terms of how brilliant it is in terms of content.
his story is truly amazing but I really hope that EA is testing the waters to continue with remaking the trilogy to continue Isaacs story being the end goal
lol nope
Yeah highly doubt that, EA is known for buying successful franchises, and then running them into the ground, they’re the reason why Dead Space’s developers “Visceral games” were shut down in the first place.
@@CS-ge2fm fuck EA
one of the greatest examples of character development in video games: Isaac Clarke
Gunner Wright did a superb job doing the performance capture/mocap/voice of him. pouring his soul into the bone and flesh of the marker killer. I'll be super happy to hear him again in DS remake.
And he did comeback to voice it back yay
Gunner IS Issac. There are no others.
I can't wait!
isaac is one of my favorite characters, his evolution in ds2 and ds3 was great. hope this isn't the end of his story
Unfortunately we won’t know what happened after DS3 but we are getting a remake so EA is gonna change some stuff for sure.
@@MisterJakeC I am very excited for the future of this franchise, I believe deep down that Motive will deliver on their promise of bringing back dead space.
@@djtrac3r935 Honestly dude, I agree. It sounds like EA doesn't have their noses up EAMotives behinds while they are working on the game. Motive wants to be faithful to the story, and just add things to make it more immersive than what the first game already had. Let us pray cause we won't be hearing about this remake for a good while
@@MisterJakeC Couldn't agree more, only time will tell.
@@MisterJakeC fun fact they are adding things that were cut from the game initialy
If Isaac had it his way, he would obliterate Unitology and not blink once.
Isaac's father disappearing and having his record hidden by the government, sounds like an interesting plot point. I wonder if it was originally meant to lead to a greater revelation in the story?
Just got dead space 3 and it’s the first and only dead space game I’ve played and back when it first came out I had only played the first 5 minutes. I never got to the part where you became Isaac so I came here for info on this dude. It’s crazy how much effort they put into these games they’re amazing!!!
Engineers never die, they're just missing in action.
16:57 and a more sarcastic verison of this would be "Davik, poorly holding Ellie a gun to her head, and with his own head visible to an easy headshot from Carver or Isaac. Carver instead does the galaxy brain move of giving him the codex and fucking the entirety of Dead Space 3 having a decent ending"
Yeah, I was honestly mad at Isaac more at that point since he clearly has a free head shot when Carver threw the codex to distract Danik but never took it. I mean seriously..
@@RhazOfRheos could even throw a stasis if you are worried he would get a shot off before you do.
It is psychological basis, Carver wanted to redeem his mistakes, he noticed that Isaac had second chance and He would do everything to have second chance of saving his family
@@TheMrExemplar sure, if you did all of his missions, otherwise he wouldnt care about Ellie
I really hope we get mentions of Isaac’s backstory in the Dead Space remake. Especially when it comes to unitology.
This man deserves a good rested sleep, with no interactions. Just let him rest for once.
Oh my god, imagine they kill off Isaac in the remake of the first since EA wants to change some things
They probably wouldn’t want to risk it. (Considering all the backlash the other industries are getting for doing it) if they were to do it, it would end up killing the franchise more than they already have.
@@CS-ge2fm True, but then again they cancelled DS4 by getting rid of Visceral studio so it’s not like the story is going anywhere
I am really curious as to what those changes mean. If they're small or big changes.
@@Animedumptruck Making Ellie as the main character on wards kinda change for starters. You know, to please a certain laud minority.. (it was kinda planned for DS4 anyway before Visceral got butchered but still)
Oh God... I hope they don't pull out a He-Man reboot
The fact isaac was 44 at the first game. Damn. Boy is old. I thought he was like 34
Im more surprised that he can run and fight like a super soldier in that age
Those RIGs gotta have some special abilities
@@RexWort i think its assumed humans might have gotten used to hunking around those heavy ass rigs also the gravity as well. Also i guess that short military training help old isaac stay in shape
@@ZeroOmega-vg8nq
But breaking bones tho?
Isaac can easily snap bones by a single swing or stomp
@@RexWort he is technically in a super suit
@@RexWort like iron man
Ellie is for the streets.
Yeah, she turned into a grade A PoS in the third game.
“Oh you want to live a normal life after the hell you went through for the past 5 years? That’s a major turnoff. Let me just dump you after all we’ve been through and start banging this unitologist soyboy who singlehandedly leads to the death of humanity by leading his unitologist friends to the brethren moon.”
@@D1rt3nthu51ast If Ellie was real some simps would still defend her.
@@D1rt3nthu51ast To be fair, she was traumatized just like Issac, and instead of wanting to turn over a new leaf and hide away from the trauma, she proceeded to try and venture out and find out how to stop the marker threat. Only reason she failed in her mission was because Norton was being manipulated by the moon/marker signals to call the Unitologists to resume convergence. Also, technically it isn't her fault, it was Carver's fault for not seeing the bigger picture, instead catering to Issac's love interest.
@@djtrac3r935 No dude, its just bad writing
@@Safarichromosomeslol it’s not bad writing, only bad writing is the love triangle and when carver gives the codex, even though he knew what was at stake.
Dear god, in a different life - imagine if Isaac would have become a Uni 😬 Missing Dad, Uni Mom, jeez this would have a been a very different “what if…” scenario
Its because of his Uni mother that he willl NEVER become a uni. Kinda Ironic, if his mother wasnt a Uni, he will become a more successful engineer and more likely to become a Uni since more higher ups are one and he never has the hatred towards them in the first place.
I had no clue of the story of younger Isaac, great video man, been loving your Dead Space content!
Best game series ever made to me, personally. I pre-ordered Dead Space 2, 3 and stood in line for these game's only in my life so far. I pray for Dead Space 4.
Isaac Clarke.
MIA, and not forgotten. o7
Nice script and editing.
Thanks so much for this video TBR!!
I can't wait to see him again in the Dead Space Remake!
the only thing missing is heavy metal playing in the background while Isaac take down necromorphs.
Rest in peace buckell... one of the few people who died peacefully and not by being torn limb from limb / converted into a monster and feeling everything as it re arranges itself to his new shape.. maybe not a peaceful death persay.. but God damn it.. anything is better than the other option.
Isaac is the most underrated hero’s in all the history of video games.
Amazing camera work for this video dude
Thx but Helios_Max made those for me as he can use the debug software for the games recommend checking him out links in the description.
Indeed
Thank you for the video, I appreciate the lore! MORE PLEASE :)
Love the content. Keep making more story/lore videos! Your voice is very soothing and have honestly helped me sleep and cured my insomnia :)
So I'm the anti marker.
@@TheBritishRunner 😂 ya I guess so
Curious if you had any new lore videos on your agenda? Maybe another video game franchise too 🤔
I am really loving your videos man.
Also given his father's whereabouts have been documented as "Top Secret" from CEC, what are the odds that Poul Clarke ended up encountering a necromorph infestation and probably died or worse captured by the CEC to study him since he might have been affected by a Marker a fate that would follow his son years later
I hope that with the remake they keep any changes to the graphics, optimization, and small quality of life changes. The story is fine in 1 and 2, and with a bit of reflection I think with minor changes 3 would be more then acceptable to the fandom so they could look to making a final installment in the main story. Isaac deserves a good send off, not the mess we were left.
Dang Isaac was a lot older than I thought during the events of DS1. I thought he was in his mid-thirties, but he was 43.
What if they found a marker and Isaacs dad went to the ship that was carrying the marker and went through the experience and destroyed the marker yet died at the hands of the government
Awesome vid, bet there’s a deeper connection to necromorphs & Issac’s father’s disappearance. (Would be interesting if he had stopped an outbreak, leaving his son a chance to live.
My belief is that the moons are in reach of Earth but that last moment with Issac was him hallucinating. He/carver link up with other survivors like Ellie and try to find a way to change the signal/code of markers, to abruptly stop it from happening again.
Been loving the dead space videos great work!
Y’all forgetting the fact he beat Zeus in PlayStation all stars this man is a menace
It's always seems like the Issacs father was meant to have a bigger impact in the dead space universe I hope that a novel/spin off about issacs father gets made to know what kind of man he was.
Man i love these DS videos, thanks mate
Isaac was my inspiration to study engineering, haven't faced head on genocidal necromorphs... for now
If you haven’t done one already, maybe doing a video on Unitology’s prophet and martyr Michael Altman.
Yeah because in reality he's not what you are lead to believe.
@@subdragon007 what do you mean?
@@Fiery_Latina_Goatchan_GF_681 as in what the Games tell you, and what actually happened.
@@Fiery_Latina_Goatchan_GF_681 read Dead Space "Martyr"
@@diegopeart very tragic book.
Imagine Isaac trying to take on xenomorphs.
*Isaac gets ready to stomp a xenomorph*
Ripley: "I wouldn't do that if I were you."
Isaac: "Why?"
Ripley: "Acid for blood."
Isaac: "Well... Shit."
Great video. I enjoy these lore videos of yours. Thanks bro!
Issac hates unitology but here we are ready to be made whole in this new remaster
Poor issac never catches a break
Will there be other deep dives into other characters
43 year old?!?!
Jesus!!
Isaac swing and stomp necro like he was teenager drugged with military experimental drugs 😳
Spartan 2 should fear this Engineer 😅
Didn't think Issac was that old just before Dead Space 1.
It’s crazy that he was 43
RIP Poul Clarke, a minor plot point that could have been used XD
Yea lets just say that this man went through more shit that anyone would ever have the chance to survive is an understatement. Hes traumatized beyond the point of recovery yet by his sheer will and perseverance would sacrifice his life to save others. Sucks that ea probably will never continue this series although coming from a money milking company id rather stay that way than destroy this franchise completely. They are tho remaking the first game so lets see where that goes.
another great vid
Yessss and we are back in business!!!
“One, two, and FREE”
the audio mixing in dead space is unmatched
I remember being terrified by dead space when I was younger because I’m also Isaac… love the game series now though lol
Nice.
Great video. Subscribed!
Incredible and well put together
*Can you do Lexy, Elizabeth, ellie, Nicole, stross, gabe, sam, and the dude who is working with Isaac in DS3?*
"well, god? do your worste. 'cause I sure as hell just did mine..."
This is an amazing character breakdown. Side note nicole was cuter in dead space 1 but they switched her likeness in dead space 2 my literal only gripe with the game.
Probably couldn't get the same actress back.
That turned me off for about .2 seconds. Because the new Nicole is 10 times more creepy than the first.
Also great video thank you for all the hard work
Can you imagine bringing the marker to Pandora
I mean if EA wasn't so greedy we would probably be at dead space 5 by now. I am happy with the games we have and ending the story here sucks because the first game felt like a total package but games 2 and 3 felt like a journey that didn't get a real ending. I mean hell, dead space 3 was supposed to get 3 expansions to the story but we only got one because it was already being developed alongside the game so it got finished before EA decided to cut off the developmemt work for ds3.
It was a lie that dead space 3 sold poorly, the truth is EA wanted to switch to a completely "games as service" based system which meant no more single player campaign focused story based games, just online only multiplayer loot box infested trash. So they set impossibly high sales requirements for dead space 3 to make sure it could never meet them to give them an excuse to say it underperformed expectations and kill the franchise. This is what actually happened and it's pathetic they couldn't grow some balls and just admit the truth and announce they wanted to make the switch to games as service so they were killing dead space 3 before the promised 2 more expansions were even started. He'll they could have just waited til the expansion content was all done then switched and everyone would have praised them for it but no they had to be super greedy pricks
Is there any info regarding the other 2 DLCs? Like the stories, playable characters, etc.
Another great video. thank you.
In dead space 1 remake they should get gunner Wright to add some kind of new commentary for instance like him talking to himself or reacting to the horrors for the first time
It's been confirmed that Isaac will do that.
Issacs father definitely played a bigger role in the series !!!
My thoughts exactly. I wonder what happened to him. 🤔
If isaac is dead, the next dead space would probably be about leading your own armies of necromorphs to fight the other necromorphs and destroy every remaining marker
It could also be carrion but 3d
Isaac has had it the worst of any character in video games. Worse than the Doom Slayer, worse than Master Chief. The brethren moons are worse than the dark lord and gravemind combined, because they make deals, while the moons only spread their malicious infection.
The unis are deep rooted in this world
Isaac....carver....what happened to you both....where did you go...?
Man, my boy deserved so much better than what EA did to him. After all he went through, and we may never know what happened to him. Absolutely fucking criminal.
I've been using the name Isaac Clarke on Steam for some time because I like engineering and could be described as having a "prickly" personality. Didn't realize how much I actually have in common with the character xp
I'm genuinely fascinated about the fact that everything that Isaac had been through was useless at the end. The presence of a "god" is in fact the ultimate sacrifice of hope. As the events of the eclipse in the Berserk manga, there will always be a point where your merely mortal flesh can do absolutely nothing against it.
Tragically going to the tau system ended up being humanities undoing since it led the unis to what they wanted
He's my favorite Engineer ever.
He's just built different
Issac is in his 40s? I thought he was in his 30s at most.
People can look younger than they seem. Yeah I thought that too lol. Almost 50 and a Marker Killer. GG, Isaac.
My name is isaac
leave it to british runner to give us more on our fav zombie alien game
Idk but it would be cool to see Isaac go back, and grab a planet cracker and use it to take out a brethren moon, just saying
Who knows maybe we will see more of Isaac in the remakes. Or continuations of the franchise
Isaac was 43 daamn
Bless me father for I have sinned against Dead Space Remake
Wow I had no idea that Isaac had been captured for 3 years
Complete history of John Carver or Gabe Weller next? Or Karrie?
I will try but most dead space arent that fleshed out I mean isaac is the protagonist and his backstory is rather lackluster
Isaac is this universes Chris Redfield.
So issac was a marine, a warrior? I like that a lot
No he's an engineer
Best characters ever
Masterchief
Doomguy
Isaac clarke
Ellie
Lara Croft
Left 4 dead 1 and 2 characters
Sgt.Johnson
Arbiter
Dom gow
Marcus gow
Leon
Joel last of us
Bj blazcowickz
Nathan Drake
Time to learn more about mah boi Isaac :)
No way he dies to the moon at the end I think he and carver sacrificed themselves for the greater good idk how but that’s how I think they would have ended jr
14:16, This was intentional
DLC endings dont count as the original ending so no the awakening in my opinion doesn't count
Name of outro song?
I want a dead space 4 geez
Hey do one about outer characters carver
Where is all of this info coming from???