Board 8 > Playing the RE2 remake right now... (spoilers I guess)

(+) Yeah! (+)

I hate it. Not because the game is bad, but because I'm constantly cursing myself for any misuse of resources, no matter how slight. I miss two times with a handgun and I want to reset. Feeling like I'm not using resources properly is immensely more terrifying than the zombies.

---

Missing several times isn't a big deal due to the game's adaptive difficulty. From what I understand, if you keep missing and generally screwing up, your chances of a critical headshot rise, and you do more damage in general while taking less. On the flipside, if you're doing really well and nailing every shot it'll get a tad harder because you're doing less damage and taking more.

---

On Normal you can kill pretty much every enemy(except the ones at the street at the start of the game)and still have ammo left if you have good aim.

---

I feel this on a spiritual level.

---

Safer_777 posted...

On Normal you can kill pretty much every enemy(except the ones at the street at the start of the game)and still have ammo left if you have good aim.

I think this is the case on hardcore as well as some guy on Youtube did it.

---

i killed everything on hardcore in my first playthrough. its not hard.

what IS really hard is trying to get S+ ranks on hardcore for the platinum.

Murphiroth posted...

Missing several times isn't a big deal due to the game's adaptive difficulty. From what I understand, if you keep missing and generally screwing up, your chances of a critical headshot rise, and you do more damage in general while taking less. On the flipside, if you're doing really well and nailing every shot it'll get a tad harder because you're doing less damage and taking more.

That's interesting, I didn't know this game had it.

Safer_777 posted...

On Normal you can kill pretty much every enemy(except the ones at the street at the start of the game)and still have ammo left if you have good aim.

This feels wrong to me, but alright!

metaIslug posted...

The game is not hard. It's not Code Veronica the game where you can actually fuck your entire save if you're not careful

Never played CV, but I did play part of RE1R, and I sucked at it pretty badly.

---

Code Veronica is pathetically easy.

---

Shoot everything in the legs. Zombies can't negotiate doors if they ain't got kneecaps to reach the knobs

---

though i will say i dont understand why you can't finish downed zombied with a stomp

that was a feature in the original RE2...dunno what was in their minds when they took it out.

Guess they thought the stomp was too cheap.

---

Fighting zombies in RE games is a wasted effort 90% of the time anyway.

---

metaIslug posted...

No it isn't. Maybe on your 7th run. Don't boast

This.

IMO Code Veronica is the hardest first time playthrough of all mainline RE games

---

Are you guys being serious about CV? The amount of guns and ammo they give you is ridiculous. Plus you can escape damage from zombies just by mashing hard enough. Add to that the knife is really good.

---

I didn't even finish CV my first time through. And I'm as hardcore RE as they come.

---

For me the hardest mainline game is probably RE0. Would've been 7 by a country mile if you had madhouse unlocked from the get go.

---

It's very well accepted that CV is the hardest Resident Evil game by several magnitudes.

---

Lucavi000 posted...

Fighting zombies in RE games is a wasted effort 90% of the time anyway.

This

The sewers is the only problem. Fuck that part

---

FFDragon posted...

It's very well accepted that CV is the hardest Resident Evil game by several magnitudes.

No it's not. Although after digging around it seems to be the game that splits opinions most. You either thought it was easy or hard.

---

It depends. Personally I HATE to wonder around in Resident Evil games and have enemies around since I know that I will be passing the same areas multiple enemies so why leave enemies there if you can take them out?

---

CV is the only game I actually couldn't beat the game because I ran out of stuff.

I also the agree the game isn't hard if you know how to use the right weapons on the right enemies (like most REs). I do hear that game's knife is broken too, but I'm not really a knife user.

---

As someone that marathoned the whole series for the first time, can confirm CV is the hardest mainline RE game

The hardest overall is Gaiden
Not even kidding
Maybe I just suck with my timing or something but I had to rely on save states for the first time

---

You have played Gaiden? You deserve a Zombie Bite for that!

---

Played? I used to speedrun Gaiden.

---

Yeah, I had to get by Gaiden with save states too. It doesn't mess around!

---

shane15 posted...

Are you guys being serious about CV? The amount of guns and ammo they give you is ridiculous. Plus you can escape damage from zombies just by mashing hard enough. Add to that the knife is really good.

I haven't played CV in years, but I don't remember it being easy. In fact, the airplane fight is probably the toughest I've dealt with in an RE game, precisely because I was low on ammo by that point.

---

I am willing to bet real money that the T-078 is the single greatest run ender in the Resident Evil series.

---

And I feel ya, anagram. Resource management is important in any game that tries to capture the spirit of old RE, but you can still make several mistakes in this one. I second aiming for the legs, as grounded zombies are way easier to avoid or finish off.

---

FFDragon posted...

I am willing to bet real money that the T-078 is the single greatest run ender in the Resident Evil series.

That honour probably goes to getting the Magnum in the STARS locker on RE3. Joking aside i'll give you that one. That fight can be a pain in the arse if you don't have the BOW rounds.

---

Are zombies you kill in the police department dead or wounded forever? Like I haven't actually killed any yet because I stopped playing after a bit, but if I wound one in the legs, is he like that forever?

---

I'm not 100% sure if stuff changes up when you progress the story but if you're still messing about finding items they should stay how you leave them.

---

Yeah their health should be depleted just the same and stuff.

---

Dismemberment is permanent, so if you kneecap everything in RPD you're generally good to go.

---

It's all permanent. I fucking love the zombies in RE2Make - the appearance of each one is "explained" in some way. If you see a new zombie that wasn't in that area before, it either broke through a window or walked in from another room. None of them simply appear out of thin air in the later game.

This helps you further plan strategies/routes when you're got the level layouts down, which is paramount for S+.

---

@FFDragon My friend bought Resident Evil Code Veronica for Halloween and yeah he had to restart at that boss battle because he hadn't anything.

And I have to agree it is the harder of the main RE games. If you count it as a main game at least.

---

Plane Tyrant is one of the best boss fights ever but yes it can absolutely screw you if you're unprepared

Or even if you're prepared

He's a fiend

---

Beating CV for the Rocket Launcher is tough though: No ink ribbons, No first aid sprays, No continues, beat the game under 4:30 hours, I believe you even must finish the lighter side quest involving Roderigo with both Claire and Chris. The only thing you get, is the save in the middle when switching from disc 1 to disc 2 [or, in the case of later versions, the game's mid point, since those versions are not two discs], because the 00 save doesn't count against you.

---

Wait, resident evil: gaiden is a real game?

I've always assumed it was a board 8 prank

---

CV doesn't have difficulty settings though iirc. So that probably limits how hard it can get too.

---

pjbasis posted...

CV doesn't have difficulty settings though iirc. So that probably limits how hard it can get too.

You're right. From memory it's the only mainline RE that doesn't. (Excluding the original - and even then you could say that Jill is normal and Chris is hard?)

Looking back I think the original RE3 difficulty choice was extreme. It was either insanely Easy (where you start the game as a walking arsenal) or insanely Hard (good luck with the first 2 Nemesis fights). Although after you started building you ammo supply up it wasnt too bad.

---

The Japanese version of CV had an easy mode.

---

metaIslug posted...

From what I've heard it's actually a decent game

I like the setting
When I played it for the first time I thought "wow, I wish we had a real Resident Evil game taking place on a cruise ship, it would be fucking cool"
And then I played Revelations and it...wasn't.

But then again Revelations is not a real RE game anyway!
I still think a real RE game taking place on a cruise ship would be fucking cool

---

Big ships are like the second favorite setting for Resident Evil.

---

Lucavi000 posted...

Fighting zombies in RE games is a wasted effort 90% of the time anyway.

Yep. You can treat it like dark souls and run by everything, without having to worry about leveling!

---

It's funny, but because of the DA system the optimal way to play RE2/3Rs is to ignore everything and unload all of your ammo into the wall.

---

What makes Revelations different?

---

It's an awkward middle ground between old and new RE and has a very overwritten plot for a game with very few lasting implications on the series.

Fun to play though.

---