thesaunderschild
Banned
I have, unfortunately.
I just don't think it has that special kind of a meaning anymore. I honestly don't care much for remakes at all either. These remakes are not canonical anyway. Part of me believes Capcom does it just to milk it more and more. They could have made the last remake relevant like the first remake from 2002 is, and what's annoying, is that I have another guy debating that with me on another forum, and it's pointless to respond. He says stuff like, 'It can be canonical' and I don't see how. Even Capcom admitted that it's not canonical, and the DLC, despite being free, is BS as well. They kind of did an okay job with the RE2 remake itself, I guess, and if you really think so and want to see more titles come out like this, then that's fine. But it could have been way better.
In my opinion, RE4 sucks, but only as a sequel to a major franchise, and it does not fail as an action game. As an action game, it's one of the best there is, and you can play it for hours and enjoy shooting the crap out of everything. But all the RE stuff I loved from back in the day on the original PlayStation console, was so de-emphasized in that game. They've made all of the recent sequels seem less and less like the very title it yields, and then other franchises went the same way eventually.
Alone in the Dark was tarnished, which in my eyes is a bit ironic, as they tried to copy RE, which in turn previously had successfully copied Infogrames' game. But when they tried to make the 2008 game like RE4, it absolutely stunk. And I guess Silent Hill was ruined too, because the post Team Silent games are only average at best. I think RE4 influenced too many companies to stop making their games how they were, because they knew that in the current state of gaming back then, and also even today, horror games just have to adapt to the more popular action genre, besides maybe indie games that don't really sell that well. It's kind of like they sold out, essentially.
I'm honestly worried about Capcom out-sourcing their games, if that's actually true. But I honestly think the series is nothing like it was in the nineties. I mean that in a general sense that the story and whatnot is bizarre now, and Capcom should perhaps end it for good after a few more original entries. 1996 to 2004 was the best era for horror games, even if the PS2 graphics in certain games kind of look lame now. They were at least scary, and had good replay value. Let's be honest, here. What RE game last "scared" anybody? Not counting the latest one. I've honestly had way more enjoyment with The Evil Within, despite the fact that that game is arguably similar to many of the RE games after 2005.
I just don't think it has that special kind of a meaning anymore. I honestly don't care much for remakes at all either. These remakes are not canonical anyway. Part of me believes Capcom does it just to milk it more and more. They could have made the last remake relevant like the first remake from 2002 is, and what's annoying, is that I have another guy debating that with me on another forum, and it's pointless to respond. He says stuff like, 'It can be canonical' and I don't see how. Even Capcom admitted that it's not canonical, and the DLC, despite being free, is BS as well. They kind of did an okay job with the RE2 remake itself, I guess, and if you really think so and want to see more titles come out like this, then that's fine. But it could have been way better.
In my opinion, RE4 sucks, but only as a sequel to a major franchise, and it does not fail as an action game. As an action game, it's one of the best there is, and you can play it for hours and enjoy shooting the crap out of everything. But all the RE stuff I loved from back in the day on the original PlayStation console, was so de-emphasized in that game. They've made all of the recent sequels seem less and less like the very title it yields, and then other franchises went the same way eventually.
Alone in the Dark was tarnished, which in my eyes is a bit ironic, as they tried to copy RE, which in turn previously had successfully copied Infogrames' game. But when they tried to make the 2008 game like RE4, it absolutely stunk. And I guess Silent Hill was ruined too, because the post Team Silent games are only average at best. I think RE4 influenced too many companies to stop making their games how they were, because they knew that in the current state of gaming back then, and also even today, horror games just have to adapt to the more popular action genre, besides maybe indie games that don't really sell that well. It's kind of like they sold out, essentially.
I'm honestly worried about Capcom out-sourcing their games, if that's actually true. But I honestly think the series is nothing like it was in the nineties. I mean that in a general sense that the story and whatnot is bizarre now, and Capcom should perhaps end it for good after a few more original entries. 1996 to 2004 was the best era for horror games, even if the PS2 graphics in certain games kind of look lame now. They were at least scary, and had good replay value. Let's be honest, here. What RE game last "scared" anybody? Not counting the latest one. I've honestly had way more enjoyment with The Evil Within, despite the fact that that game is arguably similar to many of the RE games after 2005.