Current Events > I might play through Resident Evil 1 remaster (spoilers)

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There was a time when I could speed run this game...and just now, I wasted ten bullets on one zombie. Times sure changed! Gonna play as the master of lockpicking.

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Guess I'm gonna have to be Knifey McStabshank for awhile. Only takes 3-4 hits on normal mode.

I mean i cant think of a more popular game to speed run. Way to play an obscure game......

If youve run out of ammo then your playing badly lol.

Master of unlocking*

Great game though, how far have you got? And I think this might be the first remaster of a remake.

I dont know how i feel about 3d movement. Its pretty cheesey but why wouldnt you use it?

LordMarshal posted...

I dont know how i feel about 3d movement. Its pretty cheesey but why wouldnt you use it?

I actually find it hard to go back to tank controls in REmake and 0 now.

spikethedevil posted...

I actually find it hard to go back to tank controls in REmake and 0 now.

Im more talking about how 3d movement lets you do crazy instant direction change to out maneuver zombies in ways impossible for normal controls.

Its lame but its free for anyone so why not?

Yeah, I've forgotten some things. In the window-jumper dog corridor, if you run through to the other side, don't they despawn? I forget. Also forget where Rebecca is...a balcony of some kind, I think. I do remember the shotgun trap, though. And that garden area with...I dunno...snakes.

DAMMIT
That zombie ate about 6-7 stabs. No way is that polo vest that strong.

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Okay, I found the sword key to open some doors. Some of this stuff seems way different than the OG RE1, so maybe that's why I'm thrown off somewhat. Could've sworn Jill could just go east from the foyer into the dog hallway without much problem.

Yeah its very different to the OG, never played REmake on the Gamecube I take it? Say hi to Lisa for us..

I'm kinda annoyed that I can't get into the bar without some new key, when Jill should be able to lockpick her way in.

I don't know about throwing out ALL knowledge. Some things seem familiar, like going onto the dining room balcony and pushing a statue off to get a gemstone, or the shotgun trap room, the room near a stairway that has the stash box, etc. You can even run from the first zombie and have Barry kill it for you. Still, the lockpick feels crappier because of all the new keys I need, so that sucks. I also missed the scene where Barry saves you from the shotgun trap, so I have to go find the fake shotgun somewhere. =(

Shotgunnova posted...

I'm kinda annoyed that I can't get into the bar without some new key, when Jill should be able to lockpick her way in.

Thats why shes called the master of unlocking, she knows which locks can be picked and which it would be fruitless to try on.

Additional surprise? If you mean a zombie "dying" after two shots and getting back up later, I haven't fallen for that trick. Down their asses and stab the living daylights out of 'em.

Shablagoo posted...

Thats why shes called the master of unlocking, she knows which locks can be picked and which it would be fruitless to try on.

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I think 13-year old me pissed his pants when walking down the 2nd floor hallway and the bathtub zombie burst through the door.

Barfing Rookie Jill is about as close to True Jill as you can get.

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Oh, to light enemies on fire, you use the kerosene first, not the lighter. Maybe that's why it didn't work last time.

And I finally found where I'm supposed to go -- a door above the dining room I kept skipping since I could've sworn it was locked by something else. Turns out it was the last Sword Key door I needed.

The hell is this red zombie near the bar? That is NOT okay with Brock's rules!!

Shotgunnova posted...

The hell is this red zombie near the bar? That is NOT okay with Brock's rules!!

Crimson heads. Did you not read the file you got when you picked up the gas container?

Shotgunnova posted...

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It sounds like a joke but Im pretty sure its actually official canon lol

I knocked down this fat-ass zombie and tried to burn it before it could rez three times...but it didn't work. Hate carrying around kerosene. Probably just gonna save it for deadites hanging around heavy traffic areas near stashes and stuff. Well, maybe I'll burn the one near that cobweb door, since I'm pretty sure that leads to the snake boss. I don't want to lug my shotgun and 'nade launcher upstairs, only to get my health halved by some dumb bastard.

Saved Richard, too. I'm sure he looks forward to a long, long life of living.

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If you can "kill" the zombies in groups and have their bodies close enough together you can burn them all at once with 1 stock of kerosene.

Or shotgun their heads off.

Of course, if you attempt to burn the first crimson head laying on the ground he'll jump up and attack.

Killing shamblers in the same spot to burn 'em easier...smart. Found another fat zombie in the "itchy, tasty" room that attacked me from a poor camera angle, and wondered if I should've tried burning him first. Ahh well. Currently doing the piano/bar stuff to get the gold emblem.

Yeah Tank controls are one of those things that just doesn't hold up.

It's really bad game design unless you're controlling... Well a tank

Strider102 posted...

If you can "kill" the zombies in groups and have their bodies close enough together you can burn them all at once with 1 stock of kerosene.

That being said, the game is super strict on what counts as Zombies being on top of each other

I've had piles of Zombies where the game just went "Nononono, only one Zombie here"

I thought about playing 0 and 1 and getting the platinum but man I really don't feel like trying to beat the game with a knife only

Shotgunnova posted...

DAMMIT
That zombie ate about 6-7 stabs. No way is that polo vest that strong.

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Get used to it.

Irony posted...

I thought about playing 0 and 1 and getting the platinum but man I really don't feel like trying to beat the game with a knife only

Honestly it's not that bad

Only rough parts are the Crimson Head you have to fight and Plant 42

Only thing that's bullshit is that the game doesn't tell you that defensive items and stomping aren't allowed

But if you can comfortably beat the game on hard and got the other achievements then you're probably pretty good at avoiding the enemies anyway.

Butterknifing enemies in this game sucks, even when they're vulnerable, so I can't imagine going through an entire game like that. Maybe if you had a kick move to knock enemies down or something. Could've sworn one of the RE games let you do that. Or perhaps that's Dying Light.

UnfairRepresent posted...

Yeah Tank controls are one of those things that just doesn't hold up.
It's really bad game design unless you're controlling... Well a tank

I don't mind tank controls, really -- it hasn't hampered my enjoyment of any RE game, Grim Fandango, etc. I'm playing through on the upgraded control scheme, though, for a change. It's not too bad.

Smiffwilm posted...

Get used to it.

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Shotgunnova posted...

Butterknifing enemies in this game sucks, even when they're vulnerable, so I can't imagine going through an entire game like that. Maybe if you had a kick move to knock enemies down or something. Could've sworn one of the RE games let you do that. Or perhaps that's Dying Light.

I don't mind tank controls, really -- it hasn't hampered my enjoyment of any RE game, Grim Fandango, etc. I'm playing through on the upgraded control scheme, though, for a change. It's not too bad.

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Um... ok? I don't know what you mean by that response.

Shotgunnova posted...

Butterknifing enemies in this game sucks, even when they're vulnerable, so I can't imagine going through an entire game like that. Maybe if you had a kick move to knock enemies down or something. Could've sworn one of the RE games let you do that. Or perhaps that's Dying Light.

There's sort of a rythm to all the enemies in the game.

Once you've played it a couple of times, you can pretty much just bait them and walk around them. You don't really have to kill very often

And in the few places where you do, you can pretty much just walk in circles around them and stabby stabb stab

Although the dog on the balcony is annoying since they are harder to predict.

Mandatory Crimson Head and Plant 42 are tricky just cause you have no choice but to fight. You can't just walk off.

Hell if you go so far as to unlock Zombie Forest, it actually removes some of the generic zombies for you

Yeah, I was trying to avoid fighting pointless enemies if I could, a la Dino Crisis, but the knife range is so pitiful and it's so slow, it wasn't doing very well. Dogs...well...that's what shotguns are for. Annoying as hell, but one blast + a dagger seems to do the trick fairly easily. I'd prefer not to waste daggers on early fodder, though.

Currently got my fourth death mask and I'm gonna go see what's in the coffin. Going in with only shotguns, but I can get grenades, too, if needed.

Smiffwilm posted...

Um... ok? I don't know what you mean by that response.

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Shotgunnova posted...

Yeah, I was trying to avoid fighting pointless enemies if I could, a la Dino Crisis, but the knife range is so pitiful and it's so slow, it wasn't doing very well. Dogs...well...that's what shotguns are for. Annoying as hell, but one blast + a dagger seems to do the trick fairly easily. I'd prefer not to waste daggers on early fodder, though.

Currently got my fourth death mask and I'm gonna go see what's in the coffin. Going in with only shotguns, but I can get grenades, too, if needed.

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I'm being serious. I really don't get what you mean.

Shotgunnova posted...

but the knife range is so pitiful and it's so slow

Shotgunnova posted...

but the knife range is so pitiful and it's so slow

I believe it's faster if you play as Chris

I might be wrong tho. He definately has more health so he's the one to play on a knife run. Not like you need to carry guns or ammo

Yeah but he doesn't have a lockpick so his playthrough is more of a pain in the ass

Killed the red coffin zombie on the first try. Well...second. When I realized I reloaded ammo into the shotgun I wanted to get rid of, I restarted. Only took five shotty blasts. Last one was in its back, like a coward.

Smiffwilm posted...

I'm being serious. I really don't get what you mean.

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Ah the Crimson Head Elder.

Irony posted...

Yeah but he doesn't have a lockpick so his playthrough is more of a pain in the ass

Yeah
No lockpick
Less Space
No early shotgun

That's why he's considered hard and Jill is considered easy

But in a knife only run, more health is better and since you don't carry weapons or ammo, space doesn't matter

Ehhhhhhh, I'm gonna reload to before the coffin zombie, since I wasted a ton of shotgun ammo on this half-melted zombie that coldcocked me in a forest hut (before I saved, WRYYYYYYY).

A knife-only run does sound kinda fun...but since I haven't played through as Chris, I dunno how much fun it'd be on the first time through. Probably not very.

Shotgunnova posted...

Ehhhhhhh, I'm gonna reload to before the coffin zombie, since I wasted a ton of shotgun ammo on this half-melted zombie that coldcocked me in a forest hut (before I saved, WRYYYYYYY).

A knife-only run does sound kinda fun...but since I haven't played through as Chris, I dunno how much fun it'd be on the first time through. Probably not very.

But it would be at it's scariest/tense.

If he can stab quicker than Jill, perhaps it would be tolerable. No lockpick, though? Unacceptable.

I had a good time on my first playthrough with Jill but I found Chris's run too difficult for my baby gamer brain.

What weapon does Chris start with? Maybe if he finds more shotgun ammo or something, it'd be okay. All I know is, if I did a knife run, I'd try to use up all those friggin' keys as soon as possible, since they waste so much space.

Shotgunnova posted...

What weapon does Chris start with? Maybe if he finds more shotgun ammo or something, it'd be okay. All I know is, if I did a knife run, I'd try to use up all those friggin' keys as soon as possible, since they waste so much space.

Well funny you ask that while talking about a knife run because.... he starts with a knife lol.