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I have not played either game yet but going by people's comments here Dead Space is in front of Resident Evil 5.
1. Metacritic average review scores: Dead Space 89% versus Resiident Evil 85%. Dead Space has the edge by around 4% over RE5.
2. Dead Space has sold 200k more on XBox 360 than Dead Space on PS3. Resident Evil 5 has sold around 150k more on PS3 than Resisdent Evil 5 on XBox 360.
3. Dead Space is single player only and has good horror scenes in it. Resident Evil 5 is co-op and mainly online. I heard RE5 single player mode is weak and RE5 is a huge step down from RE4 in terms of quality and the horror is non-existent in RE5.

Having said that I will check out Dead Space and I will not bother with Resident Evil 5. All three points above show Dead Space is better than Resident Evil 5.