Resident Evil Megathread

ancapailldorcha · 14-01-2020 7:38pm

What do people make of Resi 7 and Revelations 2? They might keep me busy while I wait for Resi 3 to drop.

Evade · 14-01-2020 7:42pm

7 was good. It is less combat focused than RE2 remake and has jump scares which some people don't like.

Ten of Swords · 14-01-2020 8:47pm

I though Rev 2 was just a cash grab with the amount of DLCs they were releasing for it. but it was pretty good

Doctor Nick · 20-01-2020 7:12am

So been playing RE0 for the last while. I do like the game but some of the changes are really annoying me, mainly the way of dealing with your inventory. What was wrong with save rooms and why do we just dump everything anywhere we feel like it? Leads to lots of needless backtracking. Some of the combat seems jankier than usual. And, dare I say it, they pack a few too many enemies into rooms.

Also seems to be some quite OP enemies. Playing on normal. I had both Billy and Rebecca on caution and the character I wasn't controlling got caught by an enemy which was instant death. No danger phase. I had healing but didn't want to waste due to caution. Lost an hour of progress. Ah well, C'est la vie.

The atmosphere and the tension is excellent though.

Star Lord · 20-01-2020 8:00am

Doctor Nick wrote: »

So been playing RE0 for the last while. I do like the game but some of the changes are really annoying me, mainly the way of dealing with your inventory. What was wrong with save rooms and why do we just dump everything anywhere we feel like it? Leads to lots of needless backtracking. Some of the combat seems jankier than usual. And, dare I say it, they pack a few too many enemies into rooms.

Also seems to be some quite OP enemies. Playing on normal. I had both Billy and Rebecca on caution and the character I wasn't controlling got caught by an enemy which was instant death. No danger phase. I had healing but didn't want to waste due to caution. Lost an hour of progress. Ah well, C'est la vie.

The atmosphere and the tension is excellent though.

The reason for the inventory changes, instead of the 'magic box' in the inventory/save rooms, is that was what people thought they wanted at the time, and had been criticising the boxes that warped your inventory everywhere. At least they criticised it until they played 0, and had to remember where they dropped something and backtrack for it!

Doctor Nick · 20-01-2020 8:09am

Star Lord wrote: »

The reason for the inventory changes, instead of the 'magic box' in the inventory/save rooms, is that was what people thought they wanted at the time, and had been criticising the boxes that warped your inventory everywhere. At least they criticised it until they played 0, and had to remember where they dropped something and backtrack for it!

Interesting, thanks.

Beauty of RE is you can make up an hour of progress in 5 mins once you know where to go and what to do.

Zero-Cool · 28-01-2020 3:44pm

Resi 8 "Leaks", not sure how true so grain of salt and all that.

1st person again, Ethan main character again, zombies are back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wsd44VKpg4

Potential-Monke · 28-01-2020 10:18pm

Looks like all those games really were training, as it seems that the current coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan is being looked into by pharmaceutical company RLSW... Link

Doctor Nick · 29-01-2020 12:29pm

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Resi 8 "Leaks", not sure how true so grain of salt and all that.

1st person again, Ethan main character again, zombies are back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wsd44VKpg4

If they're returning to First Person View hopefully a VR mode will return.

JimBurnley · 04-02-2020 10:15am

Rumours TV series in the works....

https://deadline.com/2019/01/resident-evil-tv-series-in-works-netflix-1202541277/

Zero-Cool · 04-02-2020 11:28am

JimBurnley wrote: »

Rumours TV series in the works....

https://deadline.com/2019/01/resident-evil-tv-series-in-works-netflix-1202541277/

YAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY.....

"Constantin Film, which is behind the Resident Evil movies loosely based on the Capcom video game series, is the studio.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

ancapailldorcha · 04-02-2020 11:40am

Zero-Cool wrote: »

YAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY.....

"Constantin Film, which is behind the Resident Evil movies loosely based on the Capcom video game series, is the studio.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

You were expecting HBO?

Zero-Cool · 04-02-2020 11:54am

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

You were expecting HBO?

Expectations were low but ANYONE but the people behind the films!

ancapailldorcha · 04-02-2020 12:21pm

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Expectations were low but ANYONE but the people behind the films!

Resi lore is great for games and marketing material but that's about it. It's no Game of Thrones.

Mr Crispy · 04-04-2020 3:50pm

I forgot we had this thread.

Posted this in the Gaming News thread earlier - basically rumours about RE8 on DSOG.

Zero-Cool · 04-04-2020 4:58pm

I still haven't played revelations 1 or 2. Weird to hear them say 8 is actually rev 3. Very interested to hear more.

Mr Crispy · 07-04-2020 1:58pm

Capcom have launched a small survey for Asian fans (although I think you can answer from anywhere) asking what they'd like to see next, e.g. new title, another remake, existing gen vs next gen etc.

Zero-Cool · 12-04-2020 4:05pm

Never heard of video games chronicle, could be BS but interesting topic. Resi 4 was absolutely class but i played through it recently and it hasn't aged well. It has such a great mix of horror and action, it would be ideal for a remake like 2 and 3.

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1249348828114780160?s=19

daheadonu · 12-04-2020 4:15pm

Code veronica deserves it

Rob2D · 12-04-2020 5:30pm

daheadonu wrote: »

Code veronica deserves it

NEEDS it.

ancapailldorcha · 12-04-2020 6:07pm

Resi 4 is a weird one. The game is very easily still playable and holds up well. I'd rather they either did something new or made a game exploring the fall of Umbrella.

J. Marston · 12-04-2020 6:27pm

It's also much goofier than these remakes have been. How do they handle a cartoon villain like Salazar?

Edit: On second thoughts there is no way they can do a faithful remake. RE4 is a big game and that's without mentioning Separate Ways, Mercenaries and Assignment Ada.

johnny_ultimate · 12-04-2020 6:34pm

J. Marston wrote: »

It's also if much goofier than these remakes have been. How do they handle a cartoon villain like Salazar?

To be fair, Mr X had that amusingly ludicrous hat so they’re OK for those absurd flourishes

But yeah don’t think RE4 needs a remake particularly, but Capcom aren’t exactly being driven by any sort of creative imperative. These games are lucrative so they’re obviously going to keep remaking the games they’ll know will sell.

Zero-Cool · 12-04-2020 7:05pm

4 is almost at Skyrim levels for amount of releases but I'd still buy the **** out of it, great opportunity to bring back mercenaries as well.

Mr Crispy · 12-04-2020 7:41pm

It'll be interesting to see what way they go with it (if it's actually happening). 4 marked a real departure/change of pace for the entire series, so do they try to reflect that with the remake too, or will it just be RE4 done in the same style as the RE2&3 remakes?

Rob2D · 12-04-2020 11:18pm

Mr Crispy wrote: »

It'll be interesting to see what way they go with it (if it's actually happening). 4 marked a real departure/change of pace for the entire series, so do they try to reflect that with the remake too, or will it just be RE4 done in the same style as the RE2&3 remakes?

My thought exactly. They'd have to come up with something like that again to make lightning strike in the same place twice. One could argue REmake did it, but that was more due to having a huge technological leap available to them. Which this would not have.

The fact that there's a Platinum guy at the healm is the only thing that would give them a chance at coming up with something special.

ancapailldorcha · 14-04-2020 9:33am

Penn · 14-04-2020 10:01am

Are they asking to have her removed from the game or just in terms of escort sections?

ancapailldorcha · 14-04-2020 10:10am

Penn wrote: »

Are they asking to have her removed from the game or just in terms of escort sections?

I have no idea. I just saw the meme and got a laugh out of it.

I think remaking this is just a cynical cashgrab like the RE3 remake.

Penn · 14-04-2020 10:28am

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

I have no idea. I just saw the meme and got a laugh out of it.

I think remaking this is just a cynical cashgrab like the RE3 remake.

Yeah I'd much rather a new branch of RE games using the engine and style of RE2remake (and some good elements from RE3). A lot of the criticisms of RE3remake stem from the differences from the original. That's only going to get worse with an RE4 remake considering how beloved that game is, and how it's more updated already from the original RE2 & RE3.

irishguitarlad · 14-04-2020 11:18am

Thy should remake code-veronica and the outbreak games, leave resi 4 off for a while, still a very good game.

Ten of Swords · 14-04-2020 11:23am

Code Veronica was trash. I genuinely think it is the weakest of the series by some margin. I'd even rank RE Survivor above it.

irishguitarlad · 14-04-2020 11:28am

Ten of Swords wrote: »

Code Veronica was trash. I genuinely think it is the weakest of the series by some margin. I'd even rank RE Survivor above it.

And that's why they should remake it, put a more serious tint to it.

K.O.Kiki · 14-04-2020 3:17pm

What if they remade Resi 4 - but it's actually scary this time?

Also just a bit less brown, thanks.

Greyfox · 14-04-2020 5:22pm

Ten of Swords wrote: »

Code Veronica was trash. I genuinely think it is the weakest of the series by some margin. I'd even rank RE Survivor above it.

Ah here.. RE CV was almost on a par with the original RE3 and just behind 1, 2 and 4. It's actually a very similar game to the PlayStation 1 games with very little wrong with It imo. I'd put CV above 0, 5, 6, 7, Revelations 1&2 and all the spinoffs.

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

What if they remade Resi 4 - but it's actually scary this time?

I'd say they'd have to considering it's the survival horror aspects of the 2&3 remake that's most popular. RE4 is still a great game but its due a remake.

Ten of Swords · 14-04-2020 5:30pm

Agree to disagree, there are so many things I found unnecessarily irritating about that game but if they were to remake it then there would be an opportunity to address some of them. (On that note, the Golden Luger puzzle, when Steve refuses to hand them over to you because 'he found them first' but he will 'trade them for an automatic weapon' it should be permissible to beat him to a bloody pulp!)

Personally I'd like to see zero redone next

El Gato De Negocios · 14-04-2020 5:52pm

Brozy · 14-04-2020 6:51pm

Statutory Ape wrote: »

I would love to see Dino Crisis. Got that, MGS and Syphon Filter with my PS1 back in the day.

Think they renewed the trademark or something on it recently enough, maybe end of last year.

El Gato De Negocios · 14-04-2020 8:23pm

Brozy wrote: »

I would love to see Dino Crisis. Got that, MGS and Syphon Filter with my PS1 back in the day.

Think they renewed the trademark or something on it recently enough, maybe end of last year.

DC was one of my most played games when it came out, loved it and would love to see it get a new lick of paint.

Sandor Clegane · 16-04-2020 1:48am

As far as remakes go id personally like to see the original resident evil done in the same vein as 2 and 3, it was the creepiest one of all IMO, id also be interested in a code veronica remake, that has the potential for a substantial game, I always remember it being the longest with a lot of content.

Resident evil 4 never did it for me.

Jordan 199 · 17-04-2020 9:19am

I finished playing Resident Evil 7 a short while ago and I loved it.

Riddle101 · 22-04-2020 8:34pm

A bit excessive maybe but I've played Resident Evil 3 remake 4 times now this week and am planning on doing a final play through. I've enjoyed the game for the most part but I feel it could have been longer. I would rather have the option of playing two different playthroughs, one for Jill and one for Carlos. I think Carlos needed his own playthrough as he was a very likable character who didn't get enough playtime.

Rob2D · 22-04-2020 8:37pm

Riddle101 wrote: »

I think Carlos needed his own playthrough as he was a very likable character who didn't get enough playtime.

But it's meant to be Jill's game. They expanded his role too much if you ask me. They should just give him his own Revelations or something.

Ten of Swords · 22-04-2020 8:46pm

It would be nice if they would use the remakes to bring back one or two of the minor or supporting characters from the RE back catalogue. There were a couple of interesting ones that we never saw again. Ark Thompson, Fong Ling, Billy Coen etc.

Riddle101 · 23-04-2020 5:33pm

Rob2D wrote: »

But it's meant to be Jill's game. They expanded his role too much if you ask me. They should just give him his own Revelations or something.

Fair enough, but I still think it could have been longer. Res 2 was fine for me because you could get about 4 playthroughs out of it as Leon and Claire. With only Jill it means they are only building to one specific playthrough which can be repetitive.

Penn · 23-04-2020 5:43pm

Riddle101 wrote: »

Fair enough, but I still think it could have been longer. Res 2 was fine for me because you could get about 4 playthroughs out of it as Leon and Claire. With only Jill it means they are only building to one specific playthrough which can be repetitive.

I think they tried compensate for that with the nightmare and inferno difficulties, but it's not the same. Even though the differences between Leon and Claire were fairly minor, at least the different weapons helped made it feel somewhat different.

Rob2D · 24-04-2020 9:16am

Penn wrote: »

Even though the differences between Leon and Claire were fairly minor

Those awful B scenarios still annoy me SO MUCH. They did so much right only to fall at the last hurdle.

24-04-2020 10:33pm

I'm playing on hardcore with no perks or anything. Just from scratch basically.

I can't beat phase 2 nemesis as I keep running out of ammo.

Am I goosed?

Azza · 28-04-2020 8:19pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm playing on hardcore with no perks or anything. Just from scratch basically.

I can't beat phase 2 nemesis as I keep running out of ammo.

Am I goosed?

That's defeatist talk!, you beat corona virus Tom, you can beat Nemesis stage 2!

ancapailldorcha · 28-04-2020 9:00pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm playing on hardcore with no perks or anything. Just from scratch basically.

I can't beat phase 2 nemesis as I keep running out of ammo.

Am I goosed?

Which one is phase 2?

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