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Resident Evil Community |OT2| Best Fans Ever!
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CrimsonCrescendo
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Charlouie Jonesman
Banned
Today is the international day of RE truths.
if you've beaten the first RE once and still play as Jill you're a big baby. That is my truth for this day.
if you've beaten the first RE once and still play as Jill you're a big baby. That is my truth for this day.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
RE6 would be much better received if it was focused on Leon's campaign only.
Fancy Clown
Member
Resident Evil truths huh?
The train in Resident Evil 0 is overrated as hell. It's essentially an extended, overly linear and overly tedious tutorial that classic RE games have never needed (RE2 does this much more elegantly and quickly with the raccoon city streets). The training facility mansion lite is the best part of the game.
Helena sucks. Like super sucks.
RE5 is the best coop game of. all. time.
The train in Resident Evil 0 is overrated as hell. It's essentially an extended, overly linear and overly tedious tutorial that classic RE games have never needed (RE2 does this much more elegantly and quickly with the raccoon city streets). The training facility mansion lite is the best part of the game.
Helena sucks. Like super sucks.
RE5 is the best coop game of. all. time.
Jawmuncher
Member
RE2 is a pretty overrated title in my eyes. Feel like a big chunk of its popularity is from nostalgia and being a lot of people's first RE.
I don't feel the RPD and later sections are very interesting or laid out very well.
It's also way more action packed than people seem to recall.
Biggest positive is that it set a lot of memorable story elements.
I don't feel the RPD and later sections are very interesting or laid out very well.
It's also way more action packed than people seem to recall.
Biggest positive is that it set a lot of memorable story elements.
Classic RE and action RE >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> RE7
I set up the DS4 to play on PC (been using a DS3 this whole time) and figured I'd try it with RE6 for a couple of min... ended up starting a new Leon playthrough and playing for hours yesterday.
The game just feels too damn good to play.
I set up the DS4 to play on PC (been using a DS3 this whole time) and figured I'd try it with RE6 for a couple of min... ended up starting a new Leon playthrough and playing for hours yesterday.
The game just feels too damn good to play.
Fancy Clown
Member
I don't really care about the story at all (apart from the gloriously insane police chief), so I can't say that's where the strength of RE2 is for me. I'd say its atmosphere and pacing are it's biggest strengths. It's got the best soundtrack of the series imo, and I love the spooky, desolate urban vibe and attention to detail in the station, and it's not quite as intricate as mansion, but it still flows well and moves at a quicker, more arcadey, actiony clip. It also has the best jump scares and stuff. And of course the scenario system is still pretty cool.
Gunslinger
Member
My RE main line review in a post RE7 world:
RE1 - 10/10
RE2 - 10/10
RE3 - 10/10
RE4 - 7.5/10
RE5 - 7.5/10
RE6 - 3.5/10
RE7 - 9/10
REmake - 10/10
RE 0 - 7.5/10
RE 6 being possibly one of the worst game I ever played.
RE1 - 10/10
RE2 - 10/10
RE3 - 10/10
RE4 - 7.5/10
RE5 - 7.5/10
RE6 - 3.5/10
RE7 - 9/10
REmake - 10/10
RE 0 - 7.5/10
RE 6 being possibly one of the worst game I ever played.
Gunslinger
Member
I agree imo RE3 is as good as RE2.
Charlouie Jonesman
Banned
This statement is not a complete truth. The original RE1 still does a couple of things better. it has more diverging story paths, the soundtrack is better, I'd argue that the VA is better as well, (So bad it's good, vs. just bad in a boring way.) and it's faster paced. And of course there's the Director's Cut with it's Arranged Mode.
Jawmuncher
Member
Yeah I can't say I liked any of the aspects. I hated the layout and atmosphere. Really the more action is the biggest positive I give. The scaenario stuff was a big negative for me as well since it just adds unneeded aspects, since only one route is canon.
As for the story, I was more referring that it set in stone a lot of the elements the series would use going forward
RIP action
Charlouie Jonesman
Banned
RE2 has a great style, great pacing, the best Soundtrack in the series, fun unlockables that are fun to unlock, great jump scares, fun characters and the different scenarios add replay value.
Here's the big issue and it's a huge one for me.
The game has no difficulty. Now you can say "The first area before the police station can be hard if it's your first time!" but those few minutes don't count.
Here's the big issue and it's a huge one for me.
The game has no difficulty. Now you can say "The first area before the police station can be hard if it's your first time!" but those few minutes don't count.
It may have some good points sure but overall there is no reason to recommend anyone to play RE1 over REmake.
People can check RE1 out due to nostalgia or curiosity but that's about it.
REmake is pretty much the gold standard for how to properly remake a game.
Fancy Clown
Member
I'm glad I played the original RE, and it's different enough to warrant its own playthrough, but I'll probably just revisit REmake for my RE1 fix since I prefer it in pretty much every way.
Yeah that's my biggest beef too. It's fine for your first time through if you're new to the classic style (it was my first), but the lack of harder difficulties is for sure a bummer.
Yeah that's my biggest beef too. It's fine for your first time through if you're new to the classic style (it was my first), but the lack of harder difficulties is for sure a bummer.
On the plus side, RE6 is by far the most played RE on steam. Four of the five most played are action RE.
Action is still the most popular form of the series it seems.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Honestly, RE3 did a much better job in exploring the "city infested with zombies" setting than RE2 did. In RE2 you only get glimpses of Raccoon City in its first 5 minutes, the rest of the game is indoors(RPD,sewers,lab).
I hope this is fixed in REmake 2
I hope this is fixed in REmake 2
Fancy Clown
Member
Eh I liked that RE2 made you feel like you were isolated in the bigger city, with the opening giving context to the broader chaos around you. It also sets it apart from RE3, so I don't think REmake 2 needs to add much more of that if they (hopefully) remake 3 as well.
Jawmuncher
Member
I actually disagree about the difficulty for RE2, mainly in the bosses. They touch you and can kill you quick outside the last boss where you should be easily loaded up.
Charlouie Jonesman
Banned
The final boss of Scenario A can get a bit tricky and even dangerous if he manages to stunlock you. Mr. X's final form in B is very aggressive, but he doesn't do all that much damage and he goes down fast. Also, like you said, you should have tons of healing items at that point.
All the other bosses are a joke. Slow, shambling masses of meat. They can do a lot of damage, but they should never get to you, unless you suddenly forgot how to move your character.
How About No
Member
I don't think I've ever bothered to get a A or S rank in any RE game
Maybe accidentally in RE2 since the game's so easy anyways
Maybe accidentally in RE2 since the game's so easy anyways
I don't think anyone ever prised the train section for its gameplay, it was always more about the visuals (moving train, wind blowing curtains, rain outside) that to this day look very impressive (and they looked awesome back in the GameCube days). The gameplay part was meh, it suffered from forced backtracking, forced characters switching, tight corridors and small rooms, awful boss fight etc.
As for my RE truth: RE0 has the worst story out of all canon RE games; yes, even Survivor is better since at least that game has good and depressing backstory (the whole Umbrella prison camp and the failed escape plan) and interesting idea with an interesting plot twist. RE0 has nothing, characters have no motivation since they know nothing about what's going on and have no connection with the villains, the game fails as a prequel, fails at logic, and it also isn't even good at adding to the Umbrella's history since most (all?) notes lack full dates.
Jawmuncher
Member
As dumb as it would've been. RE0 just being Billy and Rebecca in a prototype mansion would've made for a better story. Just the two unlikely duo being forced in and having to work together to get out. There should've been a better progression of uncertainty between the two before "We're good". Since I do agree that the whole Birkin, Wesker, and other people in the story don't add anything outside enemies to fight or reasons something happen.
How About No
Member
Resident Evil Zero more like Resident Evil Has Zero Going For It
Except the pretty graffix. I even fooled myself into getting the admittedly high quality remaster but still couldn't muster the will to finish it
Those HD backdrops tho, REmake HD deserved that attention more though
I think RE0 is the only game where the main plot happens without involvement of the main heroes. If you exclude every cut-scene where the game switches to Wesker, Birkin and Marcus, you just have Rebecca and Billy wandering aimlessly around the train, mansion, church, and the plant until they finally confront Marcus at the end of the game (and only then they actually learn that he even exists).
Here are my RE Truths, y'all: RE4 might be the best RE (surely, we can all agree on this, yes?), but 5 and 6 are also great action games. People who say they suck either don't like quality action games, or don't know what they're talking about. They ain't perfect, but they're damn good action games, and they have the best co-op in any games ever. Also, Mercs is sooo good!
Fancy Clown
Member
That's probably true, but I hear people say that's all that's worth playing to the game, when I'd say it gets markedly better even if you no longer have the novelty and admittedly cool atmosphere of the train
Gunslinger
Member
It's not a bad game. It's a decent RE game similar to part 4&5. Definitely worse of the old RE games. Just have some really tedious designs.I like RE0.
Jawmuncher
Member
Truth
I like RE0.
I like RE0 as well. I like the Faux Coop thing it has going on. But it's story is not it's strong suit. Thankfully Billy and Rebecca as characters help it through.
Still say CVX is the worst one just because it has aged the worst and has more awkward mechanics and moments tied to it. Though CVX definitely aces past in the story.
Even with weak characters like Steve
I like RE0.
I keep putting off playing it because of the negativity around it :/
Fancy Clown
Member
It's one of the weakest RE games for sure, but I still like it. It's definitely worth playing at the very least for its atmosphere, especially if you pick it up on sale.
Stallion Dan
Member
Resident Evil Deadly Silence is better than REmake.
RE2 is overall the weakest game in series, tied with CV.
Outbreak games sucked in pretty much every way and if not for the RE name would be long forgotten.
RE0 has best difficulty differences in the series.
RE2 is overall the weakest game in series, tied with CV.
Outbreak games sucked in pretty much every way and if not for the RE name would be long forgotten.
RE0 has best difficulty differences in the series.
Fancy Clown
Member
Those are some hot takes. I'd like to play Deadly Silence though, Dusk Golem had good things to say about it too I think.
No thanks, playing with two less inventory slots and no Barry Burton isn't an inviting prospect. Also Chris doesn't have a cool beret.
Charlouie Jonesman
Banned
Sounds to me like you haven't even tried, you truly are the babiest of babies. And Barry is just a personification of the game going "Here, let me skip this part for you, my sweet child.".
Valkerionseven
Member
RE2 is perfect. PERFECT I SAY.
Resident Evil Outbreak is kinda a garbage game. Great idea, terrible game that people excuse a chore ridden side objectives/items as interesting game play.
Resident Evil 4 is more nonsense than 5, and has markedly worse enemy design.
Leon isn't cool. Get over it.
H.U.N.K. needs his own, non edge lord title.
Those are my RE truths lol.
Resident Evil Outbreak is kinda a garbage game. Great idea, terrible game that people excuse a chore ridden side objectives/items as interesting game play.
Resident Evil 4 is more nonsense than 5, and has markedly worse enemy design.
Leon isn't cool. Get over it.
H.U.N.K. needs his own, non edge lord title.
Those are my RE truths lol.
I played through RE0 recently and I quite enjoyed it, more so then back when it came out. It helps that its the one classic style RE that I don't know like the back of my hand so I didn't remember exactly where to go next. On release it was the latest in a very consistent line of similar games I'd played to death and felt bad by comparison, now its more refreshing.
It also helps I'm now completely over caring about the overall plot of the series and so all the stuff that makes no sense in Zero doesn't bother me anymore.
It also helps I'm now completely over caring about the overall plot of the series and so all the stuff that makes no sense in Zero doesn't bother me anymore.
Fancy Clown
Member
Explain urself
Jawmuncher
Member
I will say it's bullshit chris gets shit over punching a boulder, but everyone hand waves Leon running from a fucking robot
Fancy Clown
Member
Running from a robot is relatable, Jaw. What is life but running from a giant robot?
CrimsonCrescendo
Banned
Eh, it's all lovable nonsense. RE 4 starts out just as "horror" as RE 5 does until the Castle where it promptly loses its shit and all veneer of serious horror. RE 5 is pretty "grounded" all things considered (if you can call an RE game "grounded) until Wesker comes on the scene and then it too loses its shit:
In fact, it's more of a jarring tone shift in RE 5 than in RE 4. But it's Wesker, so it's easily forgiven.
And of course Leon isn't cool. He's just such a dork it's endearing as hell.
Luis: "Got a smoke?"
Leon: "Got gum..."
Salazar: "I've sent my right hand to dispose of you"
Leon: "Your right hand comes off?"
*Zombies jumping on car*
Leon: "At least the wipers work..."
*Over a clearly dying man*
Leon: "I guess scarecrows aren't exactly known for their rousing conversation"
Exentryk
Member
I am thinking of buying Resident Evil 7 on Steam. It currently is up for 40% off for the base version. There are also deluxe versions and season pass. What's in that? Should I just get the base version or is getting the season pass/deluxe version a better deal? Never played Res Evil games, so completely blind here. I did try the Kitchen demo and liked it. I love PT.