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[Boney]

Yeah I know, and it was said that you can skip the cutscene to buy you some seconds and blow that lock away.

And I said, this doesn't work for every cutscene in which you get quickly surrounded by Ganados.

Made my example with a room just after jumping down the waste dumpster, in which there's a round lava hole in the middle, and you have to use a ball and chain to break the wall in order to get through.

Well in this particular case, it's better to watch the cutscene than actually skipping it.

 

[Christine]

what is the best one-liner in the entire game, ever

Ha ha ha - Writhe in my cage of torment, my friend.

 

[Bogus]

Leon: What did you say?!

 

[hey_it's_that_dog]

It's almost disappointing, though, because only having to shoot the chains makes the room really easy and less memorable (imo). Hell of a lot less frustrating though.

Add me to the list of people who had no idea you could shoot the chains. I don't think I'd want to give up the satisfaction of sniping those guys though.

RE4 is the one thing that really makes me miss my BC PS3. Wish they'd remaster it in HD. The existence of RE5 makes that seem a lot less likely though. Just another reason to be angry at RE5. :[

 

[beelzebozo]

transitioned from this to VIEWTIFUL JOE, and it's like a beautiful ex-capcom employee gamecube love-in.

 

[Sir Ilpalazzo]

I really think those two games are among the very best the GCN has to offer. At the very least, they're both top-three material.

But I have to say that I love Viewtiful Joe more than Resident Evil 4. Viewtiful Joe is one of the few games I think doesn't really have anything wrong with it (it's also my favorite game). But come to think of it, RE4 doesn't either, unless you count Separate Ways, and that's not in the GCN version....

 

[beelzebozo]

they're two of my favorite gamecube games too, and two of my favorite games, period.

 

[Davey Cakes]

Go off to the side and snipe him. You have to time it so the fire doesn't catch you.

Exactly. It wasn't even that hard for me, either. I just figured the game wanted to test the player's strategy and timing. I did not know there was an alternate way.

Man, there's always something new to discover.

 

[Davey Cakes]

Honestly, I'm just not hardcore enough in Mercenaries to unlock the handcannon. Once I got all the characters I was all set.

The other day I played some of the iPhone version of RE4. Yeah...what a great piece of garbage that is. :lol

 

[badcrumble]

Man, I want to get the hand cannon. I never unlocked it on my previous playthroughs.

It's a lot of work but it's so worth it. I never thought the Chicago Typewriter was particularly fun to play with (it's TOO powerful) but the Hand Cannon is so satisfyingly loud and powerful. Also, once you get it to the point that it has unlimited ammo, you will start just blowing up every wooden door you come across instead of opening it. <3

 

[Synless]

i also didn't know. jesus.

Neither did I....

 

[Boney]

Getting the handcannon isn't really that hard.. you just have to learn to keep to combo counter on and you're set.

 

[fireside]

Leon and HUNK suck so much in The Mercenaries.

 

[Curufinwe]

A poor Mercenary always blames his HUNK.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41uOee_iKIA

 

[Boney]

Holy moly that's an impressive score.

I've always thought HUNK was the best guy actually. But they're all perfectly capable of achieving over 100k score in every stage easily.

 

[Curufinwe]

You need nerves of steel to play as HUNK on the Village, so I always stuck with Wesker. I only ever managed to kill all 124 ganados once, even though I watched the video someone made of their spawn points using an Action Replay.

 

[scitek]

Leon and HUNK suck so much in The Mercenaries.

NOOOOOO. Hunk is awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov0b0NpEXvY

Break ya fuckin' neck bitch!

 

[badcrumble]

HUNK is amazing, it's Leon and Ada that tend to have trouble (although HUNK can be somewhat challenging to play with against certain enemies).

 

[fireside]

A poor Mercenary always blames his HUNK.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41uOee_iKIA

Yeah, sorry I don’t want to spend a week planning out my route.


Krauser is my favorite. His bow (and the Wii remote) makes everything so easy.

 

[Davey Cakes]

So, inspired by this thread I decided to go play some Resident Evil 4. Start a New Game+ from my completed Pro file.

Then the game tells me that my game save is corrupt and, in fact, ALL of the saves are corrupt on the GC's memory card.

I'm using the Wii for GC games, but is there a way to fix this? If not....NOOOOOOOO!

 

[Boney]

So, inspired by this thread I decided to go play some Resident Evil 4. Start a New Game+ from my completed Pro file.

Then the game tells me that my game save is corrupt and, in fact, ALL of the saves are corrupt on the GC's memory card.

I'm using the Wii for GC games, but is there a way to fix this? If not....NOOOOOOOO!

Is it a 1000 block card from Nintendo?

Then you're fucked..

 

[Captain_Spanky]

that's some gun porn right here.

YES. One of the little things that made RE4 so good (and RE5 didn't get right). The reloading/gun porn aspect was so satisfying.

 

[rvy]

Leon: What did you say?!

Holy shit, amazing!

 

[Davey Cakes]

Is it a 1000 block card from Nintendo?

Then you're fucked..

Yeah, it is.

I guess I'll just buy the Wii version of the game if I ever really feel like playing it again.

 

[Boney]

Yeah, it is.

I guess I'll just buy the Wii version of the game if I ever really feel like playing it again.

Apparently the Wii fries them...

 

[beelzebozo]

i guess you just have to play resident evil 4 all over again, rash.

(

 

[sphinx]

in my case, my Wii corrupted my memory card, I then tried using it in my gamecube and it worked.

Try using the gamecube instead, you may be able to hold on to your savefiles

 

[Davey Cakes]

It's just a bit weird, since I only did my last three runs of the game last year, and it was on the Wii. Suddenly everything is corrupted.

I'm very disappointed, but it's not like the files aren't there. The proof that I beat the game all those times still exists. I just can't blame the files.

It's as good a reason as any to move onto the Wii Edition when I get a hankering to play again.

Try using the gamecube instead, you may be able to hold on to your savefiles

I don't have the GC anymore. The Wii replaced it.

 

[Stabby McSter]

Get the wii edition, Rash! Costs 20 bucks!

or $12.35, if you're on Amazon.

 

[scitek]

or $12.35, if you're on Amazon.

That should literally be a crime. What a fucking deal. I already own it on GCN, PS2 AND the Wii and still feel guilty for not buying it again at that price. :|

 

[Boney]

You can get it even cheaper at some places.

 

[Sir Ilpalazzo]

Leon is the weakest character in Mercenaries by far. His grenades are the only good thing about him - every other character is better than him in every way.

Well, Ada is a little weak too, but she's not much weaker than the big three.

But I haven't played Mercenaries for a while. I just remember disliking Leon in it.

 

[remz]

HUNK is amazing, it's Leon and Ada that tend to have trouble (although HUNK can be somewhat challenging to play with against certain enemies).

Ada was pretty much the worst for me. Hunk is stupidly fun one you start abusing the neckbreaker

 

[Yasae]

I cannot fathom how anybody could rationally argue that RE4 was anything less than a masterpiece.

I can't fathom how they get cream filling in donuts, either, but in reality I don't think it's that difficult.

 

[Yasae]

hi i'm yasae i argue with pretty nothings and red herrings

I don't have to argue. I don't like the game. There, disprove that.

I could use those red herrings to make some lipstick and start blowing this game, if you'd like. Because your opinions are certainly turning out to be law.

 

[Boney]

EatChildren said; rationally disprove it's not a masterpiece.

That's the key word.

 

[The Frankman]

EatChildren said; rationally disprove it's not a masterpiece.

That's the key word.

Using irrationally to rationally disprove something is a great argument I heard.

 

[sphinx]

I don't have the GC anymore. The Wii replaced it.

If I didn't have a Gamecube and had a save file with something like a complete gathering from baten kaitos, something that requires areound a 240 hours investment, I would consider spending the 20 bucks to buy a used one.

there is a load of stuff in many GC games that is a pain in the ass to unlock as well.

 

[fireside]

Beat it.

Beat Assignment Ada too. Forgot how much it sucks shit.

I unlocked the Chicago Typewriter, one of my favorite weapons for doing so, just like last time right? Well I start a new game with my clear file and the merchant doesn't have the Typewriter available for purchase. wtf

You need to beat Seperate Ways to get the Chicago Typewriter on the Wii version.

 

[sphinx]

Beat it.

Beat Assignment Ada too. Forgot how much it sucks shit.

I unlocked the Chicago Typewriter, one of my favorite weapons for doing so, just like last time right? Well I start a new game with my clear file and the merchant doesn't have the Typewriter available for purchase. wtf

special weapons (everything that must be unlocked to obtain) appear only in round 2 and beyond, not on clear files or first playthroughs.

 

[Marvie_3]

NOOOOOO. Hunk is awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov0b0NpEXvY

Break ya fuckin' neck bitch!

Ok, this is fuckin awesome. :lol

 

[fireside]

Really? Because it said I unlocked it after beating Assignment Ada.

Or something. Since I've done this all before I was mostly just skipping shit.

You unlock the Typewriter in Separate Ways by beating Assignment Ada.

 

[sphinx]

This is incorrect. You load up a clear file and then you can buy shit from the merchant. For example, I can buy the infinite rocket launcher and the matilda for beating the game. But for some reason, despite saving the data, I can't buy the Typewriter.

just a couple of weeks ago I was having a hard time trying to beat the (Wii) game on Pro so I went und unlocked the handcannon by completing the mercenaries game.

I did so and happily went to the merchant to receive my brand new handcannon, right?

Fuck, the merchant doesn't have it, what's wrong? I went to FAQs and guides and yep, unlocked stuff, at least the good stuff like hand cannon, laser cannon and Chicago typewriter will appear only in subsequent playthroughs, not in 1st rounds.

in this sense, we will have to agree to disagree.

Forgot how much Assignment Ada sucks BALLS. But from here on out, it's new content for me. I'm going to start Separate Ways tomorrow. Never played it because I never played the ps2 version. Hopefully it's not as bad as Assignment Ada.

prepare yourself, this is damn hard. There is a new level that is insane with turrets and multiple ganados shooting you from everywhere.

 

[fireside]

Oh hell yeah baby, the Handcannon is mine.

 

[UrbanRats]

Eh, not impressed. I'm happy we got the glorious Gamecube version, one of the best action games of all time.

And the existence of Dead Space invalidates every "tank controls are awesome!" people anyways.

You have my axe.
Not wanting tank controls, doesn't mean you want Bayonetta.. just, decent, fluid, intuitive controls.
Which means: the pace can be slow, regardless.

 

[remz]

Ohhhhh. Thanks!

Anyways...

Wii version is definitely the ultimate version. The controls are superb, though they have a learning curve. You could argue they make the game so much easier though. I got all the caps without any effort, and the Red-9 has been upgraded tremendously.

I pretty much pwned mercanaries on the wii version because of how easy to wii rmote makes aiming, pew pew pew neckbreakers

 

[Mael]

I pretty much pwned mercanaries on the wii version because of how easy to wii rmote makes aiming, pew pew pew neckbreakers

It's even worse than that, I can't actually play anything but re4WE (which means I'll probably never finish re5) since it feels like you're playing with your hands tied behind your back while playing with the usual setup

 

[Windom Earle]

I've started playing the Wii version today. That dithering is pure eye cancer xD
PS2 version not so bad after all imo.

 

[Creamium]

I've started playing the Wii version today. That dithering is pure eye cancer xD
PS2 version not so bad after all imo.

yeah I started a replay of it yesterday and I just don't think you can make RE4 look good on an lcd display. Mine's only a 26" and I've got it hooked up through component, but the game really shows its age. Game makes me wish I still had an sd set.

i've also tried the pc version with all the mods btw. while it definitely looks sharper, it also looks ugly all the same. it's kinda hard to explain. when i finally had implemented everything, i thought i'd found the definite version, but as you play more you start to notice it's just not the same.

i've been playing RE5 on my pc with everything to max and framerate unlocked and it looks unbelievable. we really need RE4 redone with this engine.

 

[Yasae]

yeah I started a replay of it yesterday and I just don't think you can make RE4 look good on an lcd display. Mine's only a 26" and I've got it hooked up through component, but the game really shows its age. Game makes me wish I still had an sd set.

i've also tried the pc version with all the mods btw. while it definitely looks sharper, it also looks ugly all the same. it's kinda hard to explain. when i finally had implemented everything, i thought i'd found the definite version, but as you play more you start to notice it's just not the same.

i've been playing RE5 on my pc with everything to max and framerate unlocked and it looks unbelievable. we really need RE4 redone with this engine.