Topic: The Resident Evil Discussion Thread

@BlAcK_SwOrDsMaN Nice! Did you choose to start with Leon or Claire?

@Th3solution Leon.

@BlAcK_SwOrDsMaN So you’re coming along with RE2, and working your way through the police station with Leon. It’s a great game and really can be scary at times.

What do you think so far?

And I know you’re still probably early on, but do you think you might want to do a Claire playthrough also? A lot of it is the same but there are definitely differences so it’s possibly worthwhile, depending how much you enjoy this first one.

And I’ll be curious if this entices you to play RE3 or RE4 right away.

@Th3solution It's a lot more 'cinematic' than the original so far, for sure, plus the movement is a lot easier to handle, handles more smoothly. I will be using a guide from now on, as, after consulting one, realised I had missed a green herb earlier so will go back to get it, and also make sure that I don't miss anything else plus I will need it for the puzzles, and to help me out with Mr. X when he inevitably shows up. Much gorier/scarier than the original as well with the updated graphics.

I have the og soundtrack on that I got with that same DLC pack as well, for the best of both worlds, really appreciate the blending of old and new in that sense. A Claire playthrough may be possible, we'll see. Also, I was gonna play RE4 directly after but decided to ask someone on here for advice as to what to dig out of my backlog next, based on what I told them of my personal preferences and whatnot and they recommended Alan Wake II, so I think I will follow her advice and play that next, if I can complete RE2 REmake first, of course. 😉

How are your games going?

@BlAcK_SwOrDsMaN good way to describe it. I’d say it’s one of the easiest REs by far.
There’s no real need to go back just for a herb.
A guide might not be needed. It’s quite easy to navigate the game on your own without missing too many important stuff. It’s better for immersion and convenience too.
Mr X type characters in the remakes don’t pause a huge threat actually.
Nemesis will be a pushover as well and I play in highest difficulty.

My games are uhhh not going great actually. I hope I’ll find some free time this week and stick with something.

@BlAcK_SwOrDsMaN Yes, definite cinematic along with the updated graphics and movement/controls. There’s a charm to the original and the tank controls, but I prefer the remake.

When you do get to RE3 Remake you’ll find that it plays very similar to RE2 Remake. New characters, new setting, and slightly new wrinkles to the gameplay, but overall it was quite parallel.

After playing the remakes for 1-3, I played the original RE4 (well the PS4 port, actually) and just didn’t like it. The series shifts from survival focused with small combat encounters, to a combat focused with smaller survival focus. There’s hoards of zombie enemies and it becomes a third person shooter much of the time, which was frustrating with the old control schemes. I’ve picked up the RE4 Remake in the last sale and I’m going to see if I like the game in a remade format where it’s easier to play and has updated controls. I’m not sure when I’ll play it but maybe around Halloween time.

I also want to try the Alan Wake series and I have the first game, so maybe I’ll try that first, depending on my mood.

@Th3solution I’d argue yes. REmake4 is much more “modern”, I didn’t mind OGRE4 myself, but I can still see someone who didn’t like it would enjoy REmake4. It’s definitely an excellent game, smooth, great visuals, the whole shebang.

@Yousef- My main gripe wasn’t even the lack of mobility when aiming and shooting, although that was quite annoying in its own right, but it was the lack of quick change of weapons. Since the best tactic was to either shoot an enemy in the knee or head to cripple or stun them, then either do an awkward kick animation or pull out the knife to slash them until they were down permanently, it was a lot of switching weapons and moves and the controls were weird because of going into the menu every time to equip a different one. I don’t know who thought that system made sense, but it wasn’t someone who plays a lot of action games 😅 Especially in a game where ammo is scare, you need to switch back and forth a lot, use a high powered round to stagger and then switch to the pea shooter to finish them off, or switching back and forth between weapons when one of the guys’ grows one of those hydra snake creatures out of their heads. 😅

Anyway, so the Remake apparently fixed all that and also the ability to run and shoot seamlessly without the tank controlling issues. Also the presence of difficulty options will be welcome because there were many times I felt like I was just barely surviving and if I could have only dialed down the difficulty one notch then I probably could have kept going. But as it was, I eventually gave up because I wasn’t having fun.

@Th3solution uhhhhh then I don’t think I’m happy to inform that unfortunately RE4R maintains that particular aspect that doesn’t bote well with you.

In fact, I’d argue it’s even more “simplistic” than the original due to modern sensibilities making things “easier” in a specific way.

Unfortunately I’m yet again unhappy to inform you that higher difficulty modes in REmakes aren’t properly playtested. At least that’s the impression I got from REmake3 which got worse the higher I turned the difficulty and borderline felt buggy at times despite the fact it was TECHNICALLY functioning as intended, just not fun.

But that’s just my two cents, my opinion isn’t word of law or anything xD

@Yousef- Urgh… you’re killin’ me. 😜
Welp, I’ll just have to hope that I can adjust. The good news is that I paid a fairly low price for it. I think it was $20-$25.

So, the didn’t just make a radial wheel or a quick select with the D-pad or something to switch weapons? Strange.

@Th3solution hey… there’s light at the end of the tunnel! I’m confident REmake5 will actually be an improvement. I don’t belong in the mainstream crowd so I actually think all the OGREs from 1 to 4 are fun and the remakes are not really necessary, but 5 does not get that praise from me xD. If you know, you know.

Neither does 6 either but I actually literally have no clue how a remake of that would even look like. What’s there to even remake? The REmakes tried to keep as much content as possible (except RE3R….) but 6 is the only that would shockingly benefit from trimming its length. I’m not sure who at Capcom okayed 20 hours third person shooter campaign. Only GTA can pull that off because of the amount of breaks you’re given but RE6 has no downtime…. But I’m really getting ahead of myself.
Please enjoy your time with the series!

@Th3solution I played the demo for Resident Evil 4 Remake and didn't really like it. I never enjoyed the original either, but did play it a few years after if it first came out.

@Yousef- Despite my playing OG RE2 back on the PS1 and even some of RE1 back in the day, I have really only recently become invested into the series. It started with playing REmake 1 as a part of Game Club a couple years ago and I was hooked. But just like the Souls series and others, I can’t binge too many in a row and I play about 1 entry a year, or so. I did however play the RE5 demo back on the PS3 and thought it was okay, but that was back when there was just an avalanche of zombie games over a few years, every game had zombies or a zombie mode (remember around that time - RDR’s Undead Nightmare, CoD World at War Zombie mode, on top of The Walking Dead, Plants vs Zombies, Dead Island, Dead Rising, Dead Space…?) and so I just didn’t really feel like actually playing it. And when RE6 dropped I was still not interested and I felt like I needed the context of the earlier games and at the time there wasn’t an easy way to play all of them like there is now.

So I’m actually not opposed to trying RE5 and RE6 now, as well as Code Veronica and RE0, but I need to get past RE4 first. It’s the most beloved of the games, and yet it’s become my barrier to continue with the series. I had planned to probably skip 5&6 and go to 7 though, but I’ll have to see how I feel.

@JohnnyShoulder I’m optimistic. I also think part of my issue with RE4 was that I wasn’t mentally prepared for the shift in gameplay focus. I came out of RE2 and RE3 feeling high on the series characters, gameplay, story and setting, and RE4 just turns all that upside down. After each hoard encounter I thought “wow, that was tough but I’m glad that’s over, now I will get to do some exploring and puzzle solving for a couple hours” but it is always just immediately followed by another huge enemy onslaught. At least that’s how I felt. So when I finally realized “Oh, this is the game — It’s not a tactically paced survival horror, it’s a third person action zombie shooter”, then I tapped out. Going in this time I know what to expect.

@Th3solution fair enough friend. I do look forward to what opinions you’ll form based on those games. They’re definitely interesting conversation pieces! …. For better or for worse xD

@Th3Solution Have you come to the Resident Evil 4 remake yet? I have acutually not come to this game yet.

@oliverp No, I just haven’t had time and so I think I’m going to save RE4 to play around Halloween later this year. We’ll see.

@WaveBoy Thanks for that breakdown. Unfortunately I don’t have VR, but I’ve heard consistent great things about the RE games in VR.

It’s good to know RE4 still registers high on your list even in flatscreen. Agree with your assessment of RE2 and RE3 Remakes. I thought RE3 was quite good. Just not on the level of RE2.

@The3Soloution Yeah as Iam busy with a few ohter games atm I think I have to wait with the game as well for a little bit as well. That said I at least have it installed on my system now which I guess is a good thing.

Hm I like also dont feel done with Re2 and Re3 yet.. Even though I have beaten them a few times by now.

@Malaise I never played the original RE3, so that probably helped with my enjoyment of the Remake.