Granted, he is part of an extremist group, but because previous games have done a great deal of showing and hinting, not telling, we were always led to wonder many details about the Unitologists' devotion to this malicious object. Not only does he feel like a poor Bond villain, he provides an unwelcome deeper examination into the Unitologists' philosophy. He is most unwelcome part of the entire plot. Now, as I mentioned in my main review, most of this is very much in line with the previous entries except for Danik. Ergo, we'd see Isaac speaking directly to Ellie if this was the case. This makes me think Isaac is still alive and Tau Volantis' broken moon is merely one of many like it, which we will inevitably see in 'Dead Space 4.' A few boards have hypothesized that Isaac is dead and will now haunt Ellie as a spectre, but as the novels have established, the spectres of the Marker are merely psychic manipulations - not actual ghosts.

Fans of 'Dead Space' may remember the chapter names always spell a message, like 'Nicole is dead.' 'Dead Space 3's' chapter names spell 'Brother moons are awake.' At the very end, Isaac can be heard uttering Ellie's name.

Dead space 3 awakened