Resident Evil 2 remake confirmed!

madcabbage · 19-01-2019 1:52pm

It’s no harm to play Resident Evil Zero and Resident Evil HD remake to help understand the whole backstory better. Currently gone back playing Zero at the moment.

Doctor Nick · 19-01-2019 2:11pm

madcabbage wrote: »

It’s no harm to play Resident Evil Zero and Resident Evil HD remake to help understand the whole backstory better. Currently gone back playing Zero at the moment.

I started playing zero a few weeks back and it drove me crazy. Dodgy controls and horrible inventory management system annoyed me. I'm going to start one later today though as loved that game.

Retr0gamer · 19-01-2019 2:53pm

I wouldn't bother with zero. It's a bit meh and adds nothing to the lore.

brianregan09 · 19-01-2019 3:47pm

Went into Smyths to pre order and they said preordering was closed ......dickheads

Doctor Nick · 19-01-2019 4:07pm

brianregan09 wrote: »

Went into Smyths to pre order and they said preordering was closed ......dickheads

I was going to say do it online but it's now disabled.

TitianGerm · 19-01-2019 4:08pm

Doctor Nick wrote: »

I was going to say do it online but it's now disabled.

They always close pre orders the week before release.

Zero-Cool · 19-01-2019 4:10pm

It will be 40 pounds in Argos UK so might be between 45 to 50 over here. I never played Zero and always felt like I should but comments like the above put me off. Never played revelations either.

Somedaythefire · 19-01-2019 4:33pm

Zero-Cool wrote: »

It will be 40 pounds in Argos UK so might be between 45 to 50 over here. I never played Zero and always felt like I should but comments like the above put me off. Never played revelations either.

Zero isn't good. Revelations was a decent "return" to the less actiony gameplay. But not a good game overall. I hated Rev 2.

Id love another Outbreak though.

madcabbage · 19-01-2019 4:53pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I wouldn't bother with zero. It's a bit meh and adds nothing to the lore.

Emm, it kinda does actually. Fills in the backstory on certain individuals.

Retr0gamer · 19-01-2019 7:06pm

madcabbage wrote: »

Emm, it kinda does actually. Fills in the backstory on certain individuals.

Does the lore and story really matter though. It's pure daft.

gimli2112 · 19-01-2019 8:06pm

?
all that matters
is
everything you know is wrong
25 January 2019

moonlighting_1 · 19-01-2019 9:15pm

how many weeks/months to wait so i can pick it up for 30/40 euro. done paying full price for games anymore lol.

TitianGerm · 19-01-2019 9:16pm

moonlighting_1 wrote: »

how many weeks/months to wait so i can pick it up for 30/40 euro. done paying full price for games anymore lol.

It's £32 from ShopTo

tuxy · 19-01-2019 9:23pm

TitianGerm wrote: »

It's £32 from ShopTo

Showing as £37.84 for me. Free shipping to UK but not Ireland.
Is the company based outside the EU? There could be customs charges.

TitianGerm · 19-01-2019 9:30pm

tuxy wrote: »

Showing as £37.84 for me. Free shipping to UK but not Ireland.
Is the company based outside the EU? There could be customs charges.

Sorry I was mixing it up with Anthem. Was looking at both on ShopTo the other day. It's a UK company.

Greyfox · 19-01-2019 10:21pm

Can't wait for this. I've completed Resi 1-4 multiple times so the game I'm playing to get me back in Resi mode is RE code veronica, I was loving it as Resi always had the perfect mix of puzzles and action but I've just made a classic RE error. I was about to use one of my many ink ribbons but decided to clear up loose ends and then save the game.. picked up a couple of green herbs outside and into another room and got cornered.. tried to run and got grabbed twice.. and died.. WTF didn't I just same the game ðŸ˜•

Rob2D · 20-01-2019 2:31pm

Aw, Zero's not so bad.

CastorTroy · 20-01-2019 5:51pm

Just to add to the Chris/Jill comparison, I found when playing through HD with Chris, I was unable to progress near the beginning.

I picked up everything I found and wasn't able to pick up the first key that was needed to get to the first item box. So had to restart

20-01-2019 9:02pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Does the lore and story really matter though. It's pure daft.

I love it

Albert Wesker is a legend, his return in Code Veronica is fairly epic

ShadowHearth · 20-01-2019 9:06pm

moonlighting_1 wrote: »

how many weeks/months to wait so i can pick it up for 30/40 euro. done paying full price for games anymore lol.

The way things go, I would say give it 2 months. I will be picking it up, but not for 60eu.

20-01-2019 9:11pm

It's 50 in Smyths. I'd say Argos will do it cheap enough too

tuxy · 20-01-2019 9:14pm

And €35 is the standard price on PC from the key re-sellers.

ERG89 · 20-01-2019 9:44pm

DYKG video on the remake which features some spoilers & a brief look at a few differences from the original RE2

Rob2D · 21-01-2019 1:07am

Fred The Red wrote: »

I love it

Albert Wesker is a legend, his return in Code Veronica is fairly epic

Best baddie. Can't believe they did him like that at the end of 5:( He deserved way better.

Gunmonkey · 21-01-2019 1:23am

Well 5 days left....think its time to go radio silent to prevent any spoilers (yes I know its a remake but they've changed quite a bit so far in the demo)

Jordan 199 · 21-01-2019 6:02am

I'm getting this on Friday. It will be the first time I will play a Resident Evil game.

gimli2112 · 21-01-2019 9:25am

I need to forget everything modern games have taught me. Run from zombies, conserve ammo and health and understand I'm going to die a lot.

Saw a clip of Mr X chasing Claire, he's freaking fast. Much faster than he should be.

ZiabR · 21-01-2019 9:37am

brianregan09 wrote: »

Went into Smyths to pre order and they said preordering was closed ......dickheads

Just buy digital.

ZiabR · 21-01-2019 9:38am

Jordan 199 wrote: »

I'm getting this on Friday. It will be the first time I will play a Resident Evil game.

You are in for a major treat. This is the best RE game in years. Prepare yourself for plenty of jump scares.

ZiabR · 21-01-2019 9:39am

TitianGerm wrote: »

I watched a walkthrough of RE1 this morning. I wish I was as good as the guy playing :pac:

Who were you watching? Did you ever finish RE1 yourself?

TitianGerm · 21-01-2019 9:57am

ZiabR wrote: »

Who were you watching? Did you ever finish RE1 yourself?

Not sure who it was but I'll check later. Yea I finished it a good few times back on the PS1, I cleared RE2 first though.

billybonkers · 21-01-2019 11:31am

Will shopto guarantee delivery here on Friday I wonder?

Sephiroth_dude · 21-01-2019 11:48am

billybonkers wrote: »

Will shopto guarantee delivery here on Friday I wonder?

Doubtful, probably someday next week.

Skerries · 21-01-2019 2:03pm

found this vid good if you need a refresher in the history of the series

Skerries · 21-01-2019 2:06pm

Somedaythefire wrote: »

Zero isn't good. Revelations was a decent "return" to the less actiony gameplay. But not a good game overall. I hated Rev 2.

Id love another Outbreak though.

I actually really enjoyed them and were far better than 5 and 6 as they are more in the classic style and wouldn't have minded if 7 had continued in a similar mold but was really surprised and happy when playing it with the changes

Retr0gamer · 21-01-2019 4:47pm

Fred The Red wrote: »

First review sores are in;

This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows: Resident Evil 2 (PS4/XBO) – 9/9/10/9

So it got 37/40

That's one higher than Umbrella Corp which scored 36/40.

Famitsu are so reliable and they definitely didn't admit to money hatting review scores.

https://kotaku.com/do-not-trust-this-magazines-review-scores-5520937

ZiabR · 21-01-2019 5:20pm

The general consensus is that this remake is very good. It has a very good balance of horror and darkness but has still managed to keep alot of the features that made RE so popular in the first place. We should see more reviews hitting this week and it is expected to score high.

Retr0gamer · 21-01-2019 5:25pm

Yeah, I'm just reminding people that Famitsu scores have been hot garbage for the last 15 years.

ERG89 · 21-01-2019 5:42pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Yeah, I'm just reminding people that Famitsu scores have been hot garbage for the last 15 years.

I expect it to review favourably with 8's & 9's.
Hard to know who to trust these days but many have been caught giving favourable coverage to games for exclusive access or if the developers/publisher are/were well renound based on past reputation....

This was an old favourite of mine although why people would "jizz" on Jeff Gerstmann to agree with him is a mystery :pac::pac::pac:

21-01-2019 5:49pm

TBF I think fans and the general reception and reaction from the demo is everything fans wanted.

I expect big scores because of the level of quality on show.

K.O.Kiki · 21-01-2019 6:01pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Yeah, I'm just reminding people that Famitsu scores have been hot garbage for the last 15 years.

It's kinda like Edge 10/10 scores - some of them are deserved, but IMHO Halo 3, Rock Band 3, Skyward Sword, GTAV & RDR2 aren't worthy of these "perfect" awards.

Retr0gamer · 21-01-2019 6:05pm

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

It's kinda like Edge 10/10 scores - some of them are deserved, but IMHO Halo 3, Rock Band 3, Skyward Sword, GTAV & RDR2 aren't worthy of these "perfect" awards.

Well you could make an argument that it was just reviewers caught up in the hype machines when reviewing those games. They've always been ****e reviewers since giving Gunstar Heroes 6/10 in issue 1 (NEVER FORGET!)

Famitsu on the other hand have basically said, we are an industry magazine paid to promote the industry and that's what we do. So if that involves giving favourable coverage when paid and going so far as to have our editor appear in adverts for a product then we will do it.

To give Famitsu credit they don't hide the fact that they are total shills and admit it.

ancapailldorcha · 21-01-2019 6:39pm

Demo was excellent. Roll on Friday!

J. Marston · 21-01-2019 6:55pm

What outlets are trustworthy then?

Retr0gamer · 21-01-2019 7:27pm

J. Marston wrote: »

What outlets are trustworthy then?

Pretty sure most are. It's more there's a lot of reviewers I think are terrible and don't agree with their opinions. But I'm pretty sure the opinions they give are genuine.

Then there's famitsu who admit they take money for positive coverage.

Zero-Cool · 21-01-2019 7:54pm

Book coming out chronicling the Resi franchise. Writer has released an excerpt about Resi 2 to celebrate the launch.

https://www.polygon.com/2019/1/21/18187446/resident-evil-2-history-capcom-hideki-kamiya

Rob2D · 21-01-2019 8:48pm

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Book coming out chronicling the Resi franchise. Writer has released an excerpt about Resi 2 to celebrate the launch.

That's cvxfreak. Any old RE heads will recognise him. He got his start writing guides on GameFaqs back in the day.

Underground · 21-01-2019 11:34pm

I personally would take the vast majority of review scores by the big media outlets with a pinch of salt. The relationship between game devs and journos seems to be totally incestuous.

IGN are the worst for me. Although to be fair I did see them hand out some scores below 6/10 last year. Before that it seemed that 7 was the lowest score you could get there.

I like Jim Sterling and Yahtzee's (video) reviews, although they both tend to err more on the side of negativity than most others.

That being said, I do have high hopes for the game, the demo was great. I remember playing the demo for resi 6 and wondering what the hell I had just played.

21-01-2019 11:34pm

Rob2D wrote: »

Best baddie. Can't believe they did him like that at the end of 5:( He deserved way better.

I do think that the portrayal of Wesker in RE 5 is also brilliant.

Melodramtic physcopath

He's a brilliant villain and his hate for Chris is unreal

ancapailldorcha · 22-01-2019 12:03am

Fred The Red wrote: »

I do think that the portrayal of Wesker in RE 5 is also brilliant.

Melodramtic physcopath

He's a brilliant villain and his hate for Chris is unreal

I enjoyed D.C. Douglas' take on the character. It's just a bit tragic that they just turned him into yet another mad, tentacle villain.

Resident Evil 2 remake confirmed!

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