@Th3solution I’m glad I started it but there’s some pretty messed up stuff in this game. I’ve always wondered what sort of person can work on something like this and sleep soundly at night?!? Horror aside though there is some clever design going on here with the environments and the action sequences as well as what seems to be a pretty good story to pull it all together. Well worth your time if you can put yourself through it 😉
@Kidfried I tried to really push on tonight and did quite a bit. Polished off another boss fight and made it to another new area. This game is bigger than I thought. Be good to know how you find it once you’ve had chance to play some more.
@render My plan is to play RE4 at some point this year. It’ll probably be a while, since Demon’s Souls is ‘lite’ horror and so I’ll probably need something a little more cheery after this. Although I might concurrently play something less intense; almost started up Dirt 5 earlier to take a Souls break.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Th3solution That’s exactly what I’ve been doing to chill after some RE, working my way through Dirt 5’s career mode. Quite liking it so far although I was spoiled by the vehicle damage in Wreckfest.
@render Those are the two driving games I’m considering playing. I might want to do one of them before GT7, but it’s coming out in less than 2 months, so probably will end up waiting until then for my driving fix. If I do want to play either Dirt 5 or Wreckfest, do you recommend Wreckfest then?
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Kidfried On a scale of scariness, how does it rate?
As for scariness — For me RE 1 was a 7/10, the campy dialogue bringing the fear factor down a notch. RE2 was probably 8/10, and RE 3 was about 6.5/10. Bloodborne was maybe 6/10. Hellblade was 7/10 (audio properly freaked me out). Until Dawn as I recall was maybe 6/10. The Last of Us 5/10. Death Stranding maybe 4.5/10.
Those are the scariest games I’ve played, that I can recall. I’m expecting maybe a light 5-6/10 from RE4, given its more focused on action.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Kidfried Interesting that Bloodborne and Hellblade sacred me much more, but I think part of it may be due to the audio since I play almost exclusively with headphones. Outside of those it looks like we’re in the same ballpark, so I can expect RE4 to be relatively tame compared to RE7. It’ll be good prep work go play it first, in addition to getting all the back story.
Incidentally, scariest games… I’ve heard Alien Isolation is up there. Also Soma. Looks like Amnesia is in the mix too.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Th3solution SOMA is one of the scariest games I've ever experienced, even scarier than Outlast. It's one of those games where you can't fight back and you can't look at the monster, otherwise it will kill you. Still remember vividly one part where you had to search for a way to fix an elevator and at the same time, the monster is patrolling the area so you had to avoid it while looking around. Then when I finally fixed it, I got to the elevator, had to wait for it to come and the monster was right behind me. Because I couldn't look at it, I just stared in front of me and hoping to god that the elevator would arrive soon. And it did, just as the monster was about to touch me, lol. That was definitely the most I've been scared while playing a horror game.
Still haven't played Amnesia yet. That needs to change soon! Also looking forward to Alien Isolation now that I've watched the first four movies.
@Th3solution@Kidfried@LtSarge Really interesting hearing others takes on how scary RE games are compared to others. I played RE1 way back when it was released and remember that being one hell of an experience. TLoU I didn’t find too bad so you have confirmed my feelings on that. Erica I didn’t think was too bad, just a little creepy. SOMA sounds proper nightmareish though. I know I’ve got that as it was a PS+ game but think I’m less likely to play it now 🤣
I’ve just finished RE7. Thoroughly enjoyed the game and the ending though, great to see some things explained and I’m looking forward to see how this feeds into Village.
There’s the option to play some free DLC now as well as the few paid for ones so I might do some research on that. I’m definitely not going to be platinuming this one after looking at the trophy list. I’m only 39% on the main game and some of the trophies look 😬
@Kidfried I remember when we played Bloodborne concurrently and honestly that helped me not be as scared of it while I played. I mentioned before too that the asynchronous online component of the game likewise helps quell the fright, as there is something comforting about knowing other people are “together” with you in the experience, even if they aren’t in the same room (or even the same country or playing it at exactly the same time).
But take that away and I would have been quite terrified of Bloodborne. Imagine the reassurance if Resident Evil had messages scattered throughout that said “Watch for a trap” or “Congratulations!” after a boss fight. Or even when I see a message that says “I am lost” or “I want to go home”, I think to myself “You and me both, virtual Buddy. You and me both.”
I’ve also thought about putting on Soma a couple times before, but I think I’ll skip it for now too 😅 @render@LtSarge
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Kidfried That totally happened to me. It might have been after the birthday tape but I had about 4 of those mold things after me that I just had to run past. As far as I know they are still there waiting for me to go back 😆
Up until a certain point things really are in limited supply. I’d say it was worse than TLoU as at least you could stealth kill things in that but when you have no ammo in RE you struggle. The knife was pretty useless against those mold things and only really useful for the old house where you could dispatch the flying things.
That’s why I don’t fancy playing it on madhouse difficulty as that must constrain things even more.
@render@Kidfried I hated the mold. I thought they are one of the most lamest designed enemies I've come across. The Baker fam are hella cool though, in a nightmarish kinda way.
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@JohnnyShoulder@kyleforrester87 The Baker family we’re a bunch of nut jobs but there was something cool about them. The mold though, they were just plain annoying. For something that moves so bloody slow they seemed to have this uncanny ability to move their heads just as I pulled the trigger.
After over 10 years of having it in my backlog, I've finally started up the legendary Resident Evil 4. And it wasn't easy! I have two copies of the game, the Wii version and the PS4 one. I've gone back and forth for a long time now trying to decide which version to play through since both have their advantages and disadvantages. In the end though, I decided to go with the PS4 version just because I prefer playing with a regular controller plus I can utilise the system's rest mode so I can play the game in bursts.
So I've played the game for an hour now and it's so much fun and really intense. There are so many enemies but you do get a lot of ammo so that's good. It's just crazy what a huge leap this game is from RE3 considering it's a third-person shooter now. But it still feels like classic Resident Evil, which is nice. I can already tell this is going to become my favourite game in the series, it's just so much fun thus far. Can't wait to play more of it.
@LtSarge Those are great early impressions. I’ve come close to booting up RE4 a time or two this year. I needed to put some distance between it and TLoU2 so as to not get over-saturation of zombie games too close together. I’m back in the mood but decided to play BioShock 2 instead for now with the GameClub. I’m still looking forward to RE4 and your enjoyment of it makes me hopeful that I’ll like it as much as I have the first 3 games. Keep me posted on how it goes.
@Th3solution Will do! Also, out of curiosity, have you played the remakes of the first three games? The reason why I ask is because playing RE4 might feel like a step back when compared to RE2 and RE3 remakes. RE4 still retains tank controls from the PS1 games since you can't move while aiming and you need to stand still if you want to turn your character, but it's an over-the-shoulder view so it makes the controls easier to handle. But I still think it might be hard to get used to that after playing the remakes. That's why I don't think RE4 will amaze you as much as it did me since I most recently played the PS1 versions of RE 1-3 and so RE4 feels like a huge step forward compared to those games. That's not to say that you shouldn't give it a go since it's still a great game and the controls are more manageable than the original trilogy's on PS1. But it helps to know what you're getting into when transitioning from modern RE to classic RE.
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