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[F0rneus]

My impressions from the streams: Combat looks utterly disappointing and clunky.

What are the options once the enemy is right on top of you? Seems you just spam attacks at each other until stunned and then slowly 'run' away, repeat until one of you is dead or knocked out. Blocking appears to merely lesson the damage you take. Melee attacks and animations appear clunky and difficult to tell what is going to land, for both yourself and the enemy. Inconsistent clipping through objects looks jank and confusing.

I was hoping for a decent melee, parry, and/or dodging system to be in the final game. Oh well. The weird part is up close combat seems what the game forces on you more than not so the subpar execution of it seems all the more puzzling.

Enemy variety sucks so far. Encounters with Bakers are repetitive and seem more annoying than fun. Pretty much my main concerns since the beginning are being realized. Will the final 2/3s of the game alleviate this? Maybe a bit, but I suspect not enough.

Combat looked great to me. Especially how the enemies react to every gunshot. Plus the boss battles were crazy over the top insane, in a good way. Keep in mind that the player was incredibly terrible at the game. He was Polygon Doom levels of bad.

 

[sjay1994]

Oh my god Jack might be the most fun RE villain ever.

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Breaks your car roof open, hijacks it and performs sick drifts in the garage all while saying "I'm going to get you! I'm going to get you"

 

[Self_Destructive]

Ethen isn't special forces... get over it. Combat looks fine. The game looks amazing. Encounters are fucking awesome. It's not taking itself super seriously.. and the atmosphere is fucking incredible.

This is shaping up to be my GOTY already.

 

[F0rneus]

Oh my god Jack might be the most fun RE villain ever.

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Breaks your car roof open, hijacks it and performs sick drifts in the garage all while saying "I'm going to get you! I'm going to get you"

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Motherfucking. Chainsaw. Scissors. I lost my shit at that point.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Ethen isn't special forces... get over it. Combat looks fine. The game looks amazing. Encounters are fucking awesome. It's not taking itself super seriously.. and the atmosphere is fucking incredible.

This is shaping up to be my GOTY already.

Eh, he doesn't have to be special forces for the melee combat to not be a chore. Which it was in the demo agaisn't that molded. As I said though, later weapons should negate that so it's not a big worry. I compare it to using the knife in earlier games. Once you get better stuff, you never need to go back to it again.

 

[Mifec]

Combat looked great to me. Especially how the enemies react to every gunshot. Plus the boss battles were crazy over the top insane, in a good way. Keep in mind that the player was incredibly terrible at the game. He was Polygon Doom levels of bad.

They don't react to every gunshot though. They react to every few headshots and mostly shrug off bodyshots(unless it kills them) even on casual.

It's just like the chainsaw or bigger enemies from 4 onward.

 

[KyleCross]

Ethen isn't special forces... get over it. Combat looks fine. The game looks amazing. Encounters are fucking awesome. It's not taking itself super seriously.. and the atmosphere is fucking incredible.

This is shaping up to be my GOTY already.

The combat is not fine. It's clunky at best, and I don't wanna hear the "that's the point" excuse like what's used on the Silent Hill games.

 

[strafer]

First connection to another RE game.

 

[Emperor_Uriel]

So is there any evidence of significant enemy variety outside of the Bakers and the Molded?

It doesn't look like you need many coins to get everything. I think 17 total covers the 3 cages.

Until you get to NG+ and there's some cool infinite ammo weapon that costs like 100 coins.

 

[F0rneus]

They don't react to every gunshot though. They react to every few headshots and mostly shrug off bodyshots(unless it kills them) even on casual.

It's just like the chainsaw or bigger enemies from 4 onward.

Well, it felt like the classic RE thing, where enemies appear to be impervious to damage during certain animations and the game doesn't tell you that. Like when Jack

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jumps down into the pit in the second boss. Every player unloaded on him there, but I knew already that it was for naught, and yeah he doesn't react at all there.

 

[Mifec]

Well, it felt like the classic RE thing, where enemies appear to be impervious to damage during certain animations and the game doesn't tell you that. Like when Jack

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jumps down into the pit in the second boss. Every player unloaded on him there, but I knew already that it was for naught, and yeah he doesn't react at all there.

Yeah that's what I meant. Like Mia at the start also doesn't react unless you shoot her head a few times. I don't have a problem with it though since it's very much RE, also molded die from 1 headshot with a shotgun.

 

[Jawmuncher]

First connection to another RE game.

So far I think there has been two connections to Revelations and one to Outbreak.

 

[Self_Destructive]

The combat is not fine. It's clunky at best, and I don't wanna hear the "that's the point" excuse like what's used on the Silent Hill games.

That's the point...

 

[Jake2by4]

Someone on 4 chan posted pics

 

[Ydelnae]

This better not be Chris.

 

[Scotia]

Someone on 4 chan posted pics

That looks sick!

Is...Is this meant to be Chris?

If this is Chris then people are going to be

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even more

pissed

 

[JayEH]

Those screens look hype.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Someone on 4 chan posted pics

Who the fuck is this?
Is this supposed to be our cameo?

 

[Mifec]

Well now we know why the final boss theme is Daidara-bocchi.

I don't even wanna know what they did to Leon if that's supposed to be Chris.

 

[F0rneus]

WTF at Chris?

 

[strafer]

who the hell is that

 

[SargerusBR]

My bad, Clancy isn't dead. Listed as L though, whatever that means.

Lives? Lost?

Someone on 4 chan posted pics

Hey, Parker lost weight

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Seriously, who the hell is that?

 

[JayEH]

who the hell is that

Christopher Bluefield.

 

[Via Purifico]

lol that can't be Chris can it?.

 

[Mifec]

who the hell is that

Chris off his roids.

 

[TreIII]

No way...that can't be Chris.

I mean, I never really like this game's artstyle to begin with, but it would be quite something else if that's supposed to be Mr. Redfield.

 

[Jake2by4]

Chris had major face surgery since 6.

 

[Vamphuntr]

This better not be Chris.

You guys are starting to get paranoid with the Chris stuff. Seriously. Even if he looks as in the most recent CG movie it still looks like him. This guy doesn't.

 

[Jawmuncher]

They'd have been better off saying that was jake.

 

[Scotia]

Looks like the B.S.S.A popped Chris for steroids.

 

[Self_Destructive]

Hmm.

 

[strafer]

i dont believe for a second capcom would be stupid enough to have that be chris

lets wait and see

 

[F0rneus]

They went so far into REmake, that they brought that game's Chris with it.

 

[Scotia]

Hmm.

I can see it...

 

[Aggelos]

part 3 of the walkthrough (as long as it lasts before Capcom takes down the channel)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvYhd-Y98f0

 

[RSB]

I would agree the campaign encounters themselves were for the most part poor. But the enemies themselves were made well for the combat. Especially where counters and such are concerned. Mercenaries shows that pretty well.

As for RE7 I will personally blame it on being in 1st person. I can't think of any 1st person games that had really good melee combat. At best it's usually just manageable.

Plenty of games have great 1st person gunplay though, and RE7 is pretty awful in that regard too.

Not like I wasn't expecting it, but yeah, going from the amazing combat in RE4-6 to this is a gigantic downgrade. The game could make up for it by being excellent in other areas of course, but those first 4-5 hours do not exactly fill me with much hope. I guess the last two thirds of the game could be completely different and super amazing, but so far, everything I've seen is in line with what I've been expecting since I first played the Beginning Hour demo, unfortunately.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Hmm.

They went so far into REmake, that they brought that game's Chris with it.

That's a fucking stretch even with the comparison.

 

[Self_Destructive]

I can see it...

 

[Alucrid]

that intro CG is almost medal of honor warfighter level

 

[strafer]

reddit are saying that is chris

 

[Jake2by4]

That's a fucking stretch even with the comparison.

"IF" that is Chris he would be in the running for worst character model change since Jill Revelation.

 

[Via Purifico]

reddit are saying that is chris

Lmao oh boy.

 

[Zaverious]

So the Grandma is the final boss from what is being said on 4chan

 

[Jawmuncher]

The flaw of RE engine scanning actors in it seems.

 

[F0rneus]

That's a fucking stretch even with the comparison.

If only I was joking.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Im sorry for all the hate you got CG movie company!

Yours was actually better!

 

[strafer]

from reddit

Chris and the final boss, second form

 

[Mifec]

reddit are saying that is chris

Yeah the OP who posted the thread is saying it's Chris.

 

[SargerusBR]

More screens

 

[Scotia]

reddit are saying that is chris

Meh, I'm fine with it ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

More screens

Jesus. Fuck I can't wait