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Resident Evil Megathread

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    #152
    Carmelo Petite Thunderbolt
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ Carmelo Petite Thunderbolt


    Ol' Donie wrote: »
    Why is the Resi 3 remake so crap?

    It's not. It might be underwhelming but it's enjoyable.

    No where near the worst game.


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    #153
    Azza
    Moderators Posts: 5,554 ✭✭✭Azza


    I've seen suggestions that because many gamers complained that Mr. X was too stressful in the Resident Evil 2 remake, that the developers possibly took that feedback on board and reduced the Nemesis presence to two or three relatively brief free roaming sequences where he's chasing you around the levels and from the mid way point of the game reduced his rule further to solely scripted boss appearances.


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    #154
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 37,153 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    Ol' Donie wrote: »
    Why is the Resi 3 remake so crap?

    It has nothing of what makes Resi Resi. It's a linear series of sequences with no puzzles, no exploration and far too many QTE's. Nemesis was a pale imitation of what he was in the original RE3.

    We sat again for an hour and a half discussing maps and figures and always getting back to that most damnable creation of the perverted ingenuity of man - the County of Tyrone.

    H. H. Asquith



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    #155
    Markitron
    Registered Users Posts: 3,157 ✭✭✭Markitron


    ancapailldorcha wrote: »
    It has nothing of what makes Resi Resi. It's a linear series of sequences with no puzzles, no exploration and far too many QTE's. Nemesis was a pale imitation of what he was in the original RE3.

    You think RE6 does a better job of being a Resi game than RE3 remake? That is certainly an opinion alright


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    #156
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 37,153 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    Markitron wrote: »
    You think RE6 does a better job of being a Resi game than RE3 remake? That is certainly an opinion alright

    That's not what I said. I said that it's a better game than RE3 remake and I stand by that.

    We sat again for an hour and a half discussing maps and figures and always getting back to that most damnable creation of the perverted ingenuity of man - the County of Tyrone.

    H. H. Asquith



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    #157
    Rob2D
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 2,449 Mod ✭✭✭✭Rob2D


    Azza wrote: »
    I've seen suggestions that because many gamers complained that Mr. X was too stressful in the Resident Evil 2 remake

    That's because he shouldn't have been in it. Should have been B only like the original. No wonder people didn't like it if he was one of the first things you run into.


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    #158
    nix
    Registered Users Posts: 4,909 ✭✭✭nix


    Mr X was great in the remake, if you found his addition to the game too "difficult" or in anyway stressful its time to admit computer games are not for you. :rolleyes:

    Not being elitist, just think its important we dont listen to cry babies that want gaming to devolve into mindless button mashing interactive movies.. :)


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    #159
    Penn
    Registered Users Posts: 33,226 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    I do think in a sense that Nemesis is much harder to deal with than Mr.X, all else being equal. However, Nemesis' difficulty is offset by so many things:

    - He's limited to much smaller sections of the game rather than how long you might spend with Mr.X being a persistent threat when figuring out where to go
    - He usually appears in much larger areas so easier to try get around
    - Jill's dodging ability
    - More weaponry & ammunition due to the more action-orientated gameplay
    - RE3 being far more linear than RE2
    - Most times you're only dealing with Nemesis, whereas when trying to escape or avoid Mr.X you're dealing with everything else in the RPD which may even draw his attention to your location

    And so even though Nemesis is the tougher enemy, dealing with Nemesis became more of an annoyance than the feeling of dread you'd get from realising Mr.X was even nearby.


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    #160
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 37,153 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    nix wrote: »
    Mr X was great in the remake, if you found his addition to the game too "difficult" or in anyway stressful its time to admit computer games are not for you. :rolleyes:

    I think that his implementation was largely grand but flawed. The original game had him as a B-scenario only element and I think that that would have been the way to go. It would have made the A and B scenarios less repetitive.
    nix wrote: »
    Not being elitist, just think its important we dont listen to cry babies that want gaming to devolve into mindless button mashing interactive movies.. :)

    Indeed. That's possibly why we got such an abysmal RE3 remake. Sad thing was that I thought they nailed the supporting characters' redesigns. Nemesis looked amazing in the 10 minutes he's there in his original form.

    We sat again for an hour and a half discussing maps and figures and always getting back to that most damnable creation of the perverted ingenuity of man - the County of Tyrone.

    H. H. Asquith



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    #161
    Azza
    Moderators Posts: 5,554 ✭✭✭Azza


    Developers can't appease everyone.

    I've seen complaints that Mr X was too stressful and others complain that it was stupid and immersion breaking that Mr. X couldn't go into safe rooms and other rooms (like the clock tower puzzle and the STARS room) and that he was too easy to avoid.

    Problem with gaming message boards is they going can give a false impression so easily. People who are enjoying a game are too busy playing to post up comments but someone who dislikes the game will intermediately grab his pitch fork before going online.

    Look at the steam forum for any game just after its release and you will have a chunk of posters saying this is the buggiest game in the history of mankind.


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    #162
    riffmongous
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,626 Mod ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    madcabbage wrote: »
    RE2 will always eclipse RE2 remake, as much as that was a great game. Storywise i think the original was better.

    Yeah the story of the remake must be a little odd for anyone who didn't play the original, like why do these people who barely know each other act so friendly?


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    #163
    Greyfox
    Registered Users Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭Greyfox


    ancapailldorcha wrote: »
    That's not what I said. I said that it's a better game than RE3 remake and I stand by that.

    RE3 remake is far better than 6, it's short but fun while it lasts. Its a little disappointing compared to the amazing RE2 remake but it does have the same combat and item management making the game very Resident Evil, the reviews for RE3 remake are quite accurate.


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    #164
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 37,153 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    Greyfox wrote: »
    RE3 remake is far better than 6, it's short but fun while it lasts. Its a little disappointing compared to the amazing RE2 remake but it does have the same combat and item management making the game very Resident Evil, the reviews for RE3 remake are quite accurate.

    I'm going to disagree. As deeply flawed as RE6 was, it has tons of content. 3 campaigns, an unlockable fourth campaign and the best incarnation of the mercenaries mode. RE3 remake's campaign is at most half of one of RE6's main campaigns and completely lacks a mercenaries mode. It's not much more than a string of scripted sequences which play out identically for everyone.

    We sat again for an hour and a half discussing maps and figures and always getting back to that most damnable creation of the perverted ingenuity of man - the County of Tyrone.

    H. H. Asquith



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    #165
    Le Bruise
    Registered Users Posts: 1,211 ✭✭✭Le Bruise


    As good as Resident Evil 4 is (and I did really enjoy playing it), it always irked me that it was the game that moved the franchise away from zombies.

    The Ganado of 4 and Majini of 5 just didn't hold a candle to the horror element of the walking dead. I guess it's a nostalgia thing as I can remember the craic of playing 1, 2 & 3 with my flatmates in college, shítting ourselves as we entered a new area with the distinct moan and shuffle of a zombie emanating from somewhere off camera.

    I really enjoyed Leon's chapter's in Resi 6 for this very reason (the rest...not quite as much).

    Thought the RE 2 remake was awesome, and am looking forward to the RE 3 remake (when it drops in price). Have only got around to playing a demo for 7...I say it's because I don't have time, but really it's because the creepy family freak me out!:rolleyes:


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    #166
    Azza
    Moderators Posts: 5,554 ✭✭✭Azza


    Le Bruise wrote: »
    I really enjoyed Leon's chapter's in Resi 6 for this very reason (the rest...not quite as much).

    Thought the RE 2 remake was awesome, and am looking forward to the RE 3 remake (when it drops in price). Have only got around to playing a demo for 7...I say it's because I don't have time, but really it's because the creepy family freak me out!:rolleyes:

    Yeah Leon's campaign was quite decent actually.

    In fairness to RE3 Remake it did come bundled with Resident Evil Resistance which was meant to be pretty decent.

    I know people will say say no one asked for it. But no one asked for mercenary mode either when we first got that either.

    Fair enough if people just aren't interested in multiplayer games though.


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    #167
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 37,153 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    Azza wrote: »
    Yeah Leon's campaign was quite decent actually.

    In fairness to RE3 Remake it did come bundled with Resident Evil Resistance which was meant to be pretty decent.

    I know people will say say no one asked for it. But no one asked for mercenary mode either when we first got that either.

    Fair enough if people just aren't interested in multiplayer games though.

    I liked Leon's campaign as well. It had the most in common with classic Resi. Chris's could have been decent but was plagued by ammo shortages while being action focused. I had to have the AI partner, Piers fight the final boss as I only had a knife.

    I don't think the comparison between Resistance and Mercenaries is fair. One is an extra mode using already created assets as an unlockable extra, the other used up precious dev time and was thrown in to flog microtransactions on the back of a single player game.

    We sat again for an hour and a half discussing maps and figures and always getting back to that most damnable creation of the perverted ingenuity of man - the County of Tyrone.

    H. H. Asquith



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    #168
    Zero-Cool
    Registered Users Posts: 29,480 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    For anyone interested, my friend Paddy is in the middle of a 24 hour twitch stream for charity and is currently playing OG Resi 3.

    http://www.twitch.tv/letssurvivepaddyplays


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    #169
    brady12
    Registered Users Posts: 1,117 ✭✭✭brady12


    Having never played any resi evils I’m struggling through the first one on ps4 . It’s fair hard managing the inventory !


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    #170
    Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
    Registered Users Posts: 3,236 ✭✭✭Dr. Kenneth Noisewater


    Only about 24 years behind the rest of ye, but I had a PS1 classic lying around that I haven't been bothering much with apart from the little one having the odd go at Spyro. Had forgotten how addictive Resident Evil was and decided to give it a go.

    Downloading the rest of the series to throw on there. I'm pretty sure I completed the game back in the day, but I have absolutely no memory of the game or where anything is, so it's like playing it all over for the first time. Class.


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    #171
    recyclops
    Registered Users Posts: 2,370 ✭✭✭recyclops


    Finished 2 and 3 remakes over the Bank hol weekend.

    3 was as bad as I first remembered it, I think the hype killed it for me at first.

    I was expecting RE2 again, some great sections in it


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    #172
    Markitron
    Registered Users Posts: 3,157 ✭✭✭Markitron


    brady12 wrote: »
    Having never played any resi evils I’m struggling through the first one on ps4 . It’s fair hard managing the inventory !

    FWIW the first couple of hours is by far the hardest part of that game, push through and things get a bit easier. The inventory management becomes a bit easier when you start unlocking more shortcuts and safe rooms. Try your best to stay on top of the Crimson Heads though, that is gonna be really important.


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    #173
    ronano
    Registered Users Posts: 3,131 ✭✭✭ronano


    ancapailldorcha wrote: »
    I'm going to disagree. As deeply flawed as RE6 was, it has tons of content. 3 campaigns, an unlockable fourth campaign and the best incarnation of the mercenaries mode. RE3 remake's campaign is at most half of one of RE6's main campaigns and completely lacks a mercenaries mode. It's not much more than a string of scripted sequences which play out identically for everyone.

    Entirely agree with the above, the games true failure is that resident evil 2 remake gave them a ****ty version of nemesis. If they even just put that in, it would have been far superior to the boring as ****, tedious cut scene button press of nemesis encounters. The game would have been acceptable as a re2 remake dlc as a stand alone it has very few redeeming qualities.

    The price of the thing at release for a 5 hour 30 min campaign is shocking


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    #174
    Jordan 199
    Registered Users Posts: 11,639 ✭✭✭✭Jordan 199


    Resident Evil 7 was added to the Xbox Game Pass yesterday.


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    #175
    JimBurnley
    Registered Users Posts: 1,580 ✭✭✭JimBurnley


    Jordan 199 wrote: »
    Resident Evil 7 was added to the Xbox Game Pass yesterday.

    Added to PSnow this week too


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    #176
    Mr Crispy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,651 ✭✭✭Mr Crispy


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56_gTT-O7Nw


    So this is a series rather than a movie, and is coming to Netflix in 2021. There aren't many more details other than it will focus on Leon and Claire, and will be produced and supervised by Capcom’s Hiroyuki Kobayashi.


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    #177
    Jordan 199
    Registered Users Posts: 11,639 ✭✭✭✭Jordan 199


    Can someone recommend me another Resident Evil game? I played 2, 3 and 7. Will be playing 7 in VR soon.


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    #178
    ERG89
    Registered Users Posts: 11,611 ✭✭✭✭ERG89


    Jordan 199 wrote: »
    Can someone recommend me another Resident Evil game? I played 2, 3 and 7. Will be playing 7 in VR soon.

    Play the first and the 4th as they are the best 2 games in the series, imo.


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    #179
    Markitron
    Registered Users Posts: 3,157 ✭✭✭Markitron


    Jordan 199 wrote: »
    Can someone recommend me another Resident Evil game? I played 2, 3 and 7. Will be playing 7 in VR soon.

    Well RE4 is the not only the best game of all time, it’s probably mankind’s greatest ever achievement, so that.


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    #180
    Homelander
    Registered Users Posts: 4,345 ✭✭✭Homelander


    Jordan 199 wrote: »
    Can someone recommend me another Resident Evil game? I played 2, 3 and 7. Will be playing 7 in VR soon.

    To be honest all the main titled games are worth playing. Especially when there are remakes of the first 3 games.

    Resident Evil 5 is amazing fun, mostly if you have someone for co-op, but still a decent game.

    It gets a ton of hate but Resident Evil 6 is also fun to play though it is basically a brainless action game.

    If you're feeling more the vibe of the first game, Revelations is good too.


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    #181
    greensausage
    Registered Users Posts: 219 ✭✭greensausage


    Markitron wrote: »
    Well RE4 is the not only the best game of all time, it’s probably mankind’s greatest ever achievement, so that.

    I think I must be the only resident evil fan who doesn't like re4, don't get me wrong the game play is decent, it just doesn't feel like an re game to me, I think its just the settinging it looks like Leon has time traveled back to the 17th century and he's not battling zombies instead it a cult. I think if it had been a completely separate ip I would have loved it but just can't take to it.
    It was also the first step to a more action orientated game rather than survival horror.


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