Resident Evil

[Aulayna]

So Resident Evil Revelations comes out next week on PC/PS3/360/WiiU!

Did anyone play this on the 3DS? What did you think of it?

What do you think of the series as a whole? 6 was a massive let down for most people. Do you think the series needs a reboot like Tomb Raider/Devil May Cry or should it be left to rot once and for all?

[Loony BoB]

I only liked RE games when they were genuine survival horror and not FPS.

[DanielCLFFF13]

I'm curious, if this Resident Evil Revelations will use a new gameplay. I mean, previous Resident Evil we can only shoot if we didn't move. So sometimes I was killed by zombie from behind. But if this Resident Evil Revelations use a new gameplay, when we can shoot while moving seems to be great. But this is my opinion.

[Shoeberto]

The last one I played was 4. I played a demo for 5 and thought it seemed alright but never bothered picking it up and the poor reviews of 6 made me totally disinterested. Revelations has had my curiosity for some time but unless it ends up on sale on Steam I doubt I'll end up playing it.

I should say that I was an enormous fan back in the day. My faves were 2 and the GameCube remake. The remake is literally one of the scariest games I've ever played, which is saying something considering I didn't find the others scary at all. The second game was definitely a high point in overall design and story, though. The Birken (Burken?) monster was great.

Nemesis was really good too but I spent less time with it. That's definitely where you could see the series start to become more action oriented. I think the Nemesis was a pretty great gameplay device, but overall the game just wasn't as memorable as 2.

[Slothy]

My take on the modern RE titles is basically that 4 was bad, 5 was awful, and 6 was absolutely abysmal. I don't particularly care if the series gets a reboot or whatever, but it's been pretty much dead to me for a long time now, and I'd kind of like it to go that way for a few years (which will never happen since Capcom doesn't have much else these days).

It's a series that lost touch with what was good about it a very long time ago now, and to say it's a shell of it's former self would be unfair to it's former self.

[Loony BoB]

When Veev and I agree on something, it must be true.

[Slothy]

Probably means I'm wrong actually.

Damn...

[Pike]

Probably means I'm wrong actually.

Damn...

It does because 4 is great.

[Madame Adequate]

My take on the modern RE titles is basically that 4 was bad, 5 was awful, and 6 was absolutely abysmal.

Hahahahahaha

you can never criticize my taste again

you loon

[Slothy]

Except I can actually back up my claim that 4 was bad MILF. Something you've consistently failed to do with your opinion of FFIX and FFT.

[Aulayna]

Probably means I'm wrong actually.

Damn...

It does because 4 is great.

This. 4 worked really well and was a much need change of pace. They really hit the nail on the head with nearly all aspects.

Then with 5 and 6 they just went waaaay too far down the action route and lost sight of the horror. That and the plot itself became even more ridiculously contrived and downright ludicrous than ever.

[Slothy]

The original Dead Space was the game RE4 was trying, and completely failed to be.

[Madame Adequate]

Except I can actually back up my claim that 4 was bad MILF. Something you've consistently failed to do with your opinion of FFIX and FFT.

But I have backed it up, you're just blinded by poor taste and don't accept my points. Conversely RE4 might not be a very good PS1-era Resident Evil, but it's an amazing game in almost every respect.

The original Dead Space was the game RE4 was trying, and completely failed to be.

Well I don't know why they were trying to make a mediocre game but it's a good thing they failed or maybe Resi 4 would be as bad as you say.

[Slothy]

But I have backed it up, you're just blinded by poor taste and don't accept my points.

Not once have I actually seen you try and explain your erroneous beliefs.

Conversely RE4 might not be a very good PS1-era Resident Evil, but it's an amazing game in almost every respect.

Sure, it's absolutely amazing if you like horror games that try to pretend they're action games and fail miserably at being either. It's also got quite a few design decisions that were just mind numbingly stupid and made the game completely unenjoyable to play.

Well I don't know why they were trying to make a mediocre game but it's a good thing they failed or maybe Resi 4 would be as bad as you say.

Dead Space was better than RE4 in pretty much every way I can imagine. In fact, it literally fixed just about everything that RE4 did wrong.

[Madame Adequate]

But I have backed it up, you're just blinded by poor taste and don't accept my points.

Not once have I actually seen you try and explain your erroneous beliefs.

Son, are you high?

Conversely RE4 might not be a very good PS1-era Resident Evil, but it's an amazing game in almost every respect.

Sure, it's absolutely amazing if you like horror games that try to pretend they're action games and fail miserably at being either. It's also got quite a few design decisions that were just mind numbingly stupid and made the game completely unenjoyable to play.

But it's literally one of the best action games of its entire console generation. It's not perfect and it has flaws, but it's still absolutely amazing fun.

Well I don't know why they were trying to make a mediocre game but it's a good thing they failed or maybe Resi 4 would be as bad as you say.

Dead Space was better than RE4 in pretty much every way I can imagine. In fact, it literally fixed just about everything that RE4 did wrong.[/QUOTE]

Things Dead Space did right:

1. It was in space
2. That part where you can kill Isaac by getting him stabbed in the eyeball

Things Dead Space did not do right:

1. Every other metric by which one can judge a videogame