Resident Evil 3 REmake

Can't add a whole lot that hasn't already been said but my 2cents for what it's worth.

Finished it there, 8 hours playtime. Overall I enjoyed it, it was pretty much more of the same from RE2 Remake which is fine by me, although I would imagine the critical reception is probably a bit frostier because of that.

Like everyone else it seems, I was a bit disappointed with Nemesis. Some of the chase sequences were like something right out of Uncharted, which is a tired series in itself so this seemed a strange direction to go in. I never felt like Nemesis was stalking me like I did in the original, he's pretty much just there for scripted sequences and that's it.

The one part in the game where he's chasing you all over the place was the demo sequence which is (for me) by far the most enjoyable part of the game.

The lack of puzzles really doesn't make sense to me either. I know RE3 is supposed to be more shooty bang bang than RE2 but the original RE3 still maintained some sections of puzzle solving. Still, I had a good time.

Edit: oh and on the pricing, it's the same price as RE2 remake with about 25% of the content (if we forget Resistance), if you're on the fence about buying it, definitely hold off for a price drop. The RE games are on special offer on the PS store every few months.

I'm still enjoying playing the game. Have started an Assisted mode playthrough just to familiarise myself with layouts and strategies for different enemies (bar shoot them in the face) and gather up collectibles.

It's definitely more flawed than RE2:re. Nemesis only really bothers you in one small section, the rest is just chases and boss fights. Lack of puzzles that encourages backtracking is a key factor in this, even if it was just for weapon upgrades or pouches rather than completing the next objective. It would have meant you could run to the next objective and largely avoid Nemmy if you wanted, or to get the better weapons etc you have to do more backtracking putting you in Nemmy's path more often. And while RE3 was more action-oriented than RE2 and this game follows suit, the survival horror aspect of RE2:re was one of the game's key strengths. The dodge/punch and amount of ammo you're given means a tight room with 3-4 zombies just never feels like an issue.

The bossfights themselves are a mixed bag. I enjoyed them on first playthrough, but between launcher ammo thrown everywhere and the mechanics of each fight, none of them match fighting Birken-1 in that tight maze, or Birkin-2 on that small platform.

I'm enjoying the game and might aim for platinuming in time (a bit more time on my hands these days oddly enough), but won't be in as much of a rush or desire to do so as RE2:re.

Trying to get S rank for Inferno, with 1:42 and 5th save just before final boss.

Driving me up the wall due to how fast its attacks are!

100% completed the game there. Must have completed it at least 7 times, rocket launcher run on inferno done in 1:08. Had to use one of my saves before that massive head rolls down the steps, got caught by that a few times!

Did a quick bit of farming for weapon kills last night and got enough XP for the rocket launcher, hip pouches, defence and recovery coins (and just enough left over for the Jill STARS costume). Going to cheese the harder difficulties with the rocket launcher and probably platinum the game with an Assisted no box/heals run, or maybe I'll do that run first in order to get the Stars manual for the harder difficulties.

I think a lot of the criticisms of the game aren't warranted, but a lot of them are. But I still enjoy playing it. Even on Assisted you can find yourself in a bad spot with a double-lunge from a zombie or a flashbanged Hunter/licker clawing you as you try get past them, and the story/characters are better in many aspects than RE2:re (though like the game, they're more action-based than tense horror).

Rob2D wrote: »

Looked it up. It was the shell holder I missed:(

The one in the warehouse? Yeah, missed that on my first playthrough too. Though hadn't got one of the nemmy upgrades either so wouldn't have mattered.

Did hardcore and nightmare with rocket launcher and coins. Flew through them pretty handy bar final nemmy fight on nightmare. Pretty much a one hit kill from him as even when you survive one hit he pummels you before you can move or dodge again.

Best bit though is Carlos' line about it being f*cked up shooting cops feels a bit insincere when you've blown them up with a rocket launcher

Think it's just inferno S rank and a no box run I've to do for the platinum. Got the one-herb on nightmare (second spider-thing poisoned me on hardcore so had to use another herb).

Azza wrote: »

I basically completed 4 runs of the game, on Hardcore, Nightmare, Assisted and Inferno mode, an unlocked all achievements in 27 hours of game time.

My first playthrough on hardcore mode was the most difficult and time consuming because I didn't know what I was doing. Nightmare and Inferno modes where actually much easier due to item and weapon unlocks, with the exception of the final boss who is extremely difficult on both Nightmare and Inferno modes where he all but 1 hit kills you and you really have to learn his patterns and get the dodge timings down.

I played assisted mode just to hover up achievements, also spent just under an hour grinding kills for record unlocks.

I might do one more run on Inferno with no item/weapon unlocks for a bit of challenge. But done with it after that.

Overall I got my value out of the €46 euro I payed and that's without touching RE Resistance.

I just tried inferno mode. Damn that's tough. Had to retry the first bit a few times because once a normal zombie grabs you, that's it. Cant tap X quick enough. Made it past and got the rocket launcher. Made it to first nemmy fight and died, and when I saw the loading screen remembered theres no auto save in inferno and it threw me back to the start.

I'll give it another go tomorrow. Wanted to save my 4 saves for later in the game, thought Nemmy 1 would be a cinch but he dodged a rocket and charged me.