Isaac Clarke is a video game protagonist with a lot of beloved characteristics. One thing he has that is less reflective of his personality, and more reflective of the world ofDead Space, is the drip. The suits the engineer wears have been iconic since 2008, and the remake brings them to the modern world.
Updated Jul 22, 2025 by Quinton O’Connor:We figured it’d be cute to add our own ‘verdicts’ on each suit, so we went ahead and did just that. Hopefully, ‘cuteness’ translates to ‘useful information’.
14Lone Survivor - Deluxe Edition/EA Play Pro
Whoever decorated the suit, presumably Isaac, took the body parts lying around the ship for a creative appearance. For those with a dark sense of fashion, you may find the strung-up fingers and hands for antlers to be cute. Others may avoid you at any parties.
VERDICT:The hands are a bit much…
13Sanctified - Deluxe Edition/EA Play Pro
The dark suit appears normal from afar. When you get a closer look, you see writing on it reminiscent of what you see throughout the game. Like the Infected suit seeing an alternate version of Isaac, we get a look at his appearance if he joined the religion.
VERDICT:Honestly, it doesn’t stand out much in a crowd. Then again, we suppose that might be an M.O. when it comes to the Sanctified.
12Anodized - EA Play Pro
The texture darkens Isaac’s suit, making for a realistic look at how metal is affected when anodized. Except for the yellow straps across parts of the suit, you get a gray coloring. While it won’t hide you in the shadows from the Necromorphs, it does bring some extra ambiance as you dismember aliens.
VERDICT:It’s a bit on the bland side, and as a PC exclusive, we can’t help but shake our heads a bit, but it’s not terrible.
11Bloody - Deluxe Edition/EA Play Pro
The Dead Space remake coats Isaac in blood and guts throughout its many gruesome scenes. Like many effects in games, the blood goes away for a clean suit. If you like things to feel grisly while you try to escape the Ishimura, then the Bloody suit is perfect for you.
VERDICT:Not bad, though sometimes the result feels less like horror fuel and more akin to some fantasy setting’s battered armor. We hope that makes sense…
10Level One - Suit Upgrade
You start the game fairly naked. Although Isaac is not in his birthday suit, the starter RIG at the beginning of Dead Space lacks the armor plating from the other upgrades. It highlights his initial vulnerability.
The first suit holds 12 inventory slots, which lets you get through that opening as you pick up health supplies and ammo forthe Plasma Cutter. Thankfully, you don’t have too long to wait before an upgrade arrives for more inventory slots and upgrade paths when you reach a Bench.
VERDICT:It’s the sort of ‘ho-hum’ design that just works, so we’re not upset or anything. It’s simply outclassed by what’s to come.
9Level Two - Suit Upgrade
Parts of Isaac’s body, like his right arm and chest, receive some protective plating by the end of Chapter One when you receive your first upgrade. Now, with a weapon in hand and some armor, you may feel more secure.
After spending the 10,000 credits, you receive some stat bonuses from the second-level suit. It grants five percent damage resistance and bumps your inventory to 18 slots. Now you’re able to take more of a punch and grab more items to assist you on your adventure.
VERDICT:The stat upgrades can’t be dismissed, though we’re thinking more in terms of design than functionality for many of these rankings. In that regard, it’s a modest step up from the initial suit.
8Venture - Deluxe Edition/EA Play Pro
The Venture suit in Dead Space is perfect when going to battle against Necromorphs. The Deluxe Edition and EA Play Pro exclusive gives an almost Spartan look from Halo to Isaac with a rounder helmet and plating that is fitting for a soldier fighting aliens across the galaxy.
The RIG has a blend of navy blue and white coloring. While it maintains the signature lights across the suit and helmet, it is one of the most distinguished suits that stands out from the rest of the options.
VERDICT:Arguably a bit on the bland side, but more than the sum of its parts. We wish they’d have cooled it with all these Deluxe/EA Play Pro exclusives, but…
7Burnished - Impossible Mode Reward
Of the few suits you can unlock by playing the game, the Burnished is rewarded if you dare to try the game’s Impossible Mode.
It’s named after a process of polishing by rubbing a material, and it adds a dark sheen on Isaac’s suit. While it has nothing to do with the process of burnishing, the lights on the helmet are turned red, giving you a sinister appearance when roaming the dark halls of the mining ship.
VERDICT:We dig the red helmet lighting, and we think is is a pretty decent look. Maybe the first one on our list we’d choose over the default appearance.
6DS-08 - Included For Everyone
The remake tries to be faithful to the 2008 classic, but everything gets a tweak to feel and look modern. If you want that old-school aesthetic, then you have the DS-08 suit to satisfy you, which puts Isaac in the original RIG.
As it’s included for every player, you can look like the 2008 version whether you played it or not. The changes are in the bronze plating, giving it a reddish coloring. The helmet has thicker lights and less texture to its plating compared to the remake’s revamped version of the engineer’s suit.
VERDICT:That bronze is rad, but the whiteish dots across the surface feel a little odd in such higher resolution.
5Level Three - Suit Upgrade
The next suit upgrade takes some time, and searching, to obtain.In Chapter Four, you canfind the schematicon a bench in the EVA Prep room. It will be more expensive than the last upgrade, but it will be worth the money spent for the stat bonuses it grants, like all other upgrades.
After spending 20,000 credits at the store, you will receive more damage resistance and inventory slots. The resistance hit ten percent, and the inventory will hold 22 items. Aesthetically, Isaac will see more bronze plating to cover his body and some additions to his helmet.
VERDICT:Still an incremental aesthetic improvement, but at least we’re on an upward slope here.
