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[Riposte]

I would guess that a game this long probably amplifies the negative opinions. Reviewers don't play games under ideal conditions, but at least many of them are short. Now imagine being forced to play something you don't like for 25 hours over a couple of days. You're going to hate it extra hard.

Originally I had thought the game's length would have been in its favor, because of the learning curve of the controls. People were turning their opinions around by playing the demo a lot. I guess that's a matter of temperament and the player having more problems then the controls.

EDIT: Does no one know what I'm talking about with the scenario above?

 

[AlexBasch]

I enjoyed ME3 despite all the negativity and how people burned their copies of ME2 and ME1.

I posted it weeks before. There will be people who will like it and there will be others who will not accept that some people are having fun with such a piece of rancid ass shit garbage.

No middle "eh, didn't like, deleted the demo, move on with my life" reactions. Only extremes.

 

[Dusk Golem]

Originally I had thought the game's length would have been in its favor, because of the learning curve of the controls. People were turning their opinions around by playing the demo a lot. I guess that's a matter of temperament and the player having more problems then the controls.

EDIT: Does no one know what I'm talking about with the scenario above?

I do know what section he's talking about, but I can't comment as I didn't have the same issue that he did. You do slide on the slopes, but this section wasn't particularly long and I didn't think you slid around for that long. But might have just been my experience.

 

[def sim]

Was definitely one of the lowpoints, that jeep can go burn in a fire.

Heh for sure

RE5 had a vehicle section as well, but it had the appearance of being a part of a big budget game. Also, I'm pretty sure there's no way to lose here other than dropping your controller and walking away.

Presentation matters when you put stuff like this in the game and some parts of Capcom clearly hasn't fully grasped that.

 

[Krappadizzle]

With all these negative reviews, I think I'll rent on 360 and play over a weekend, and then pick it up for PC on steam during a sale. I'm not surprised though, it seems the series has started to become a shooter since 4.

 

[Dance Inferno]

The RE6 review thread already has half the number of posts that the RE6 OT does.

Damn.

 

[gconsole]

I would guess that a game this long probably amplifies the negative opinions. Reviewers don't play games under ideal conditions, but at least many of them are short. Now imagine being forced to play something you don't like for 25 hours over a couple of days. You're going to hate it extra hard.

Pretty much ...

Now I want to know what happen inside Capcom. The game will surely sell. But this will greatly affect the guys who are behind this game. Hopefully the directory wont' kill himself. The guys seems incompetent as fuck, but I don't think it will be this bad.

My copy is yet to come (shame on you Sainsbury! I know I can get it faster with other seller). But I have a weird feeling that I will enjoy it somehow LOL. It's RE after all.

 

[dot]

Yes! The game got shipped yesterday from Amazon and will arrive tomorrow (hopefully).

Gonna play this all day.

 

[TaKeRx]

I had the anthology version preordered, but I think I'm gonna cancel it...

 

[ironcreed]

Another good review from CVG. They give it an 8 and I think the guy nails it for the most part in saying that so many are going to miss out on a lot of the underlying subtleties of the gameplay because the game never really explains any of it. He goes on to mention that once these mechanics are understood and you play it this way instead of trying to play it like the past games, that is where you will find it is actually pretty good. Exactly how I feel just from playing the demos over and over again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiOK3c4qgto

 

[Deleted member 30609]

Whoever thought it would be a good idea to have Helena simply watch the second last boss battle from afar should never work on another video game again, by the way.

 

[MiamiWesker]

Another good review from CVG. They give it an 8 and I think the guy nails it for the most part in saying that so many are going to miss out on a lot of the underlying subtleties of the gameplay because the game never really explains any of it. He goes on to mention that once these mechanics are understood and you play it this way instead of trying to play it like the past games, that is where you will find it is actually pretty good. Exactly how I feel just from playing the demos over and over again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiOK3c4qgto

Same here. Also I saw some reviews complain about it being too easy, then dont play on normal. (Yes I know the game should pick the right difficulty blah blah blah, but lately I found more and more games have the first hard mode be what would be normal mode in past years) Maybe when you have to use all these skills to get by the game shines a bit, at least that is what I got out of the demo. Oh whatever I will form my own opinion soon enough.

 

[Bladenic]

Whoever thought it would be a good idea to have Helena simply watch the second last boss battle from afar should never work on another video game again, by the way.

Whoever thought it was okay to post this without spoiler tagging should be banned. Oh wait...

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Heh for sure

RE5 had a vehicle section as well, but it had the appearance of being a part of a big budget game. Also, I'm pretty sure there's no way to lose here other than dropping your controller and walking away.

Presentation matters when you put stuff like this in the game and some parts of Capcom clearly hasn't fully grasped that.

The 2 vehicle sections in Revelations I thought worked really well.

 

[Deleted member 30609]

Whoever thought it was okay to post this without spoiler tagging should be banned. Oh wait...

There are no spoilers in that post. Like, at all. :|

 

[Dance Inferno]

Whoever thought it was okay to post this without spoiler tagging should be banned. Oh wait...

Seriously. Use your damn spoiler tags man.

Edit: Gameplay spoilers are just as bad as plot spoilers.

 

[Astral]

Seeing as I liked RE5 at first but eventually grew to hate it, I'm probably gonna hate the ever living shit out of this game.

 

[Bladenic]

There are no spoilers in that post. Like, at all. :|

Yeah I was exaggerating. Although it is a spoiler, however mild. But I was joking.

 

[K.Sabot]

The bad reviews have gotten me even more hyped to play this.

Went ahead and pre-ordered it.

What is wrong with me.

 

[def sim]

well enjoy the middling quality game

i kinda am

 

[ironcreed]

The bad reviews have gotten me even more hyped to play this.

Went ahead and pre-ordered it.

What is wrong with me.

Thing is, there are plenty of good reviews as well. What gets me is most act as if any and all of these are rendered completely irrelevant in the face of the bad reviews. So far on Metacritic there are 18 positives, 14 mixed and 3 negatives for an average of 70 (360 version). Hardly the antichrist it's being made out to be.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/resident-evil-6

 

[Lucent]

Thing is, there are plenty of good reviews as well. What gets me is most act as if any and all of these are rendered completely irrelevant in the face of the bad reviews. So far on Metacritic there are 18 positives, 14 mixed and 3 negatives for an average of 70 (360 version). Hardly the antichrist it's being made out to be.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/resident-evil-6

That's the review thread in a nutshell. So many people in there spending their time trying to bash the people that want the game and like it. =/

 

[Riposte]

The bad reviews have gotten me even more hyped to play this.

Went ahead and pre-ordered it.

What is wrong with me.

Poor reviews sometimes get me excited for games, especially if writers come off as frustrated (like Brad from GiantBomb was).

 

[AlexBasch]

The bad reviews have gotten me even more hyped to play this.

Went ahead and pre-ordered it.

What is wrong with me.

Eh, people are overly negative with Duke Nukem Forever. Didn't hesitate to buy it (at a cheap price, but still). Not even a 8 game, but was fun. Whatever.

 

[ironcreed]

That's the review thread in a nutshell. So many people in there spending their time trying to bash the people that want the game and like it. =/

Meh, let them have their blood feast, lol. At the end of the day there are plenty who will play it and have a good time and having a good time is all I care about. I'll play what I want, whether it gets shit on or not. It's all good.

 

[Bladenic]

Well, a 70 average is pretty terrible for a game of this caliber. Again, I care not for reviews, but there is no way Capcom is happy with this.

 

[Lucent]

Meh, let them have their blood feast, lol. At the end of the day there are plenty who will play it and have a good time and having a good time is all I care about. I'll play what I want, whether it gets shit on or not. It's all good.

Yeah. As long as they don't come in here.

 

[Curufinwe]

Well, a 70 average is pretty terrible for a game of this caliber. Again, I care not for reviews, but there is no way Capcom is happy with this.

Yeah, if they had a Metacritic bonus in place I don't think 70% was the target.

 

[News Bot]

So, for those who have beaten it...good story?

It's so-so, like all of Suga's writing for the series. I'd say it's BH4 quality writing, only a lot more of it.

 

[alr1ght]

This ammo situation is a tad ridiculous in Chris' campaign. Here is 4 guys, they each take 4 bullets to kill, we'll give you 10 handgun bullets. Deal with it.

Terrible.

 

[Bladenic]

This ammo situation is a tad ridiculous in Chris' campaign. Here is 4 guys, they each take 4 bullets to kill, we'll give you 10 handgun bullets. Deal with it.

Terrible.

Well, why not go up and punch them to death then?

 

[AlexBasch]

This ammo situation is a tad ridiculous in Chris' campaign. Here is 4 guys, they each take 4 bullets to kill, we'll give you 10 handgun bullets. Deal with it.

Terrible.

Melee them?

 

[News Bot]

This ammo situation is a tad ridiculous in Chris' campaign. Here is 4 guys, they each take 4 bullets to kill, we'll give you 10 handgun bullets. Deal with it.

Terrible.

Then make them count. You do have melee too you know. There's also a skill specifically to increase enemies dropping stuff.

I love all the complaints about over-abundance of ammo in BH4/BH5 and then BH6 dumbs it down to reasonable levels and people get annoyed.

 

[alr1ght]

Of course that's what you have to do. I've had many a fight just running around with a knife or mashing RT because there is no ammo. They tried to make a Gears clone with no ammo.

It's not even about "making them count." There just isn't enough ammo drops/crates.

And I have that item drop skill equipped.

 

[Revolutionary]

This ammo situation is a tad ridiculous in Chris' campaign. Here is 4 guys, they each take 4 bullets to kill, we'll give you 10 handgun bullets. Deal with it.

Terrible.

If the demo was any indication, you don't even need bullets. Just run up to them and fuck them up with Chris' fists

 

[AlexBasch]

Then make them count. You do have melee too you know. There's also a skill specifically to increase enemies dropping stuff.

I love all the complaints about over-abundance of ammo in BH4/BH5 and then BH6 dumbs it down to reasonable levels and people get annoyed.

Didn't people get angry when the "checkpoint issue" came up? Like, gathering a shitload of ammo, dying, restarting and having the same ammo?

 

[kunonabi]

It's so-so, like all of Suga's writing for the series. I'd say it's BH4 quality writing, only a lot more of it.

Probably the most damning thing I've heard about the game so far.

 

[alr1ght]

If the demo was any indication, you don't even need bullets. Just run up to them and fuck them up with Chris' fists

And it's sad that that's necessary.

 

[Grisby]

It's so-so, like all of Suga's writing for the series. I'd say it's BH4 quality writing, only a lot more of it.

Oh god.

 

[News Bot]

Probably the most damning thing I've heard about the game so far.

It does provide genuine explanations and backstory for things so it trumps BH4 in that regard, where everything "just was" and in order to find out what was really going on you had to buy a couple of Japanese guidebooks. As said before, character interaction is also a lot better.

 

[haikira]

Just back from midnight launch =D

Installing at the minute.

 

[Gbraga]

This ammo situation is a tad ridiculous in Chris' campaign. Here is 4 guys, they each take 4 bullets to kill, we'll give you 10 handgun bullets. Deal with it.

Terrible.

The game is designed around melee, it plays a VERY important role. You don't even need 10 bullets to kill 4 enemies, you should use 1 or 2 for each enemy.

This is NOT a cover-based shooter, and it's not RE4/5 on steroids, the gameplay is very different, it's quite unique.

And it's sad that that's necessary.

What's sad about a game designed around the melee and movement options requiring you to use them?

 

[AlexBasch]

I'm gonna head out and see if I can convince them of giving me my bloody copy right now.

It's only a couple of hours away now, c'mon.

The character interactions are really the only part of the game I'm interested in. I just wish they had more interesting partners for Leon and Chris.

Oh my god, can you stop being so negative towards the damn game? You've got freaking Cristiano Ronaldo siding with Chris. How is that not aw-

What do you mean he's called Piers Nivans?

 

[kunonabi]

It does provide genuine explanations and backstory for things so it trumps BH4 in that regard, where everything "just was" and in order to find out what was really going on you had to buy a couple of Japanese guidebooks. As said before, character interaction is also a lot better.

The character interactions are really the only part of the game I'm interested in. I just wish they had more interesting partners for Leon and Chris.

 

[Beth Cyra]

It's so-so, like all of Suga's writing for the series. I'd say it's BH4 quality writing, only a lot more of it.

I haven't played BH4, only the English Translation and if you meant that then this went from must play to I think I will wait to get my Chris fix with Project X Zone.

 

[Lucent]

Oh god.

lol it fits so well XD

 

[BoSox06DH]

I'll never understand why Capcom went with that as the box art for NA. It's just the number for God's sake. At least the JPN box art has people on it (Leon my bro right there in the front). That's not really a box art that really sells what the game is about.

 

[Beth Cyra]

I'll never understand why Capcom went with that as the box art for NA. It's just the number for God's sake. At least the JPN box art has people on it (Leon my bro right there in the front). That's not really a box art that really sells what the game is about.

This is why I'm kinda happy that the BA is the way it is.

I'm not as big a fan of Leon as many here and so I would prefer not to have his mug all over the front of the box. Plus this way it matches up with the RE5 CE very nicely so it will look good on the shelf.

 

[AlexBasch]

I'll never understand why Capcom went with that as the box art for NA. It's just the number for God's sake. At least the JPN box art has people on it (Leon my bro right there in the front). That's not really a box art that really sells what the game is about.

Yeah, I'm looking to print the J cover instead. RE5's wasn't that creative but this one looks really bland. Giraffe blowjob aside.

 

[News Bot]

I haven't played BH4, only the English Translation and if you meant that then this went from must play to I think I will wait to get my Chris fix with Project X Zone.

I use BH/RE interchangeably, not referring to either specific language version. The dialogue is a lot better than 4, Japanese or English scripts. It's just the story as a whole that feels rather... lackluster. What they did with four separate intersecting campaigns was fantastic though, but there were a lot of things I thought could have been done better and characters or plot aspects that could have used more attention... and things that just should never have been added. It's tough to give a definite rating on the plot because there are things I like about it and things I hate.

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I still don't know how the C-Virus was created which annoys me greatly.