Board 8 > With RE4Make on the horizon, let's have an All-Purpose Resident Evil Topic

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I was shocked. SHOCKED

No save point between the double chainsaws and the big cheese chase scene, even though there's like 2 minutes of downtime between them.

Rage.

I could have doubled back to an earlier save point but that just seems unintuitive.

As I near the end of the game, I want to echo what someone said earlier in the topic. (I haven't played it since the original)

A more open world RE game has great potential and I hope they go for it. Village is great and has some of those properties but there is so much room for improvement. I'm at the Krauser fight and while I'm really enjoying it I do feel the age on the game by being so linear. It's now just set piece after set piece which, while still awesome, does feel a little dated.

Aecioo posted...

As I near the end of the game, I want to echo what someone said earlier in the topic. (I haven't played it since the original)

A more open world RE game has great potential and I hope they go for it. Village is great and has some of those properties but there is so much room for improvement. I'm at the Krauser fight and while I'm really enjoying it I do feel the age on the game by being so linear. It's now just set piece after set piece which, while still awesome, does feel a little dated.

I am of the exact opposite opinion. Very annoyed at games moving towards more open environments and was so pleased to get such a polished big budget release that's a guided linear experience, a dying breed of game.

I can mainly look at the recent God of War games as the best examples of major recent releases that were incredible other than being held down by big boring exploration areas. Ragnarok in particular added that enormous optional area towards the end of the game that I skipped and will never go back to do.

Yeah open versus linear is a matter of taste.

Generally more linear experiences stick with me more than open world, open world leaves so much more to be forgettable after you play it even if while playing it is fun enough

I've really enjoyed RE4R and FF7R still being just a series of linear hallways and set pieces, it feels like games from another time being done again today.

Bane_Of_Despair posted...

Generally more linear experiences stick with me more than open world, open world leaves so much more to be forgettable after you play it even if while playing it is fun enough

It depends, but in general I'd agree with this barring some exceptions like Elden Ring and BotW.

https://youtu.be/CE8qaFDhNnc

This never stopped.

Just finished the game and I loved it. Final play time was around 15-16 hours which is around the same time as my OG RE4 initial playthrough.

There's so much to talk about so I'll just give my overall thoughts. I'll put it all in one big spoiler tag.

IMO I think the village and castle were vastly improved over the original with the island being roughly the same.

The quality of life improvements were well needed. The auto-sort function of the inventory made me smile from ear to ear - I spent far too much time in the OG organising my case! The fact that enemy drops don't disappear after a time (as well as marking missed drops on the map) was also a welcome addition.

I loved the fact that they expanded the lake area allowing an element of non-linear exploration.

Regenerators were a scary presence as ever - and I loved that some turned into an Iron Maiden upon death - "You cuddly bastard"

The good points of the game appear to be talked to death in this topic so I'll just point out a few minor flaws I found.

Maybe it's me but I found the initial garridor battle underwhelming. I killed it very quickly without any stealth needed. If you shot him in the OG, he knew exactly where you were and after he recovered he charged at you. That didn't seem to happen in this game, he writhed in pain a bit then forgot where I was.

Ada was flat as everyone has mentioned. I don't tend to pick up on these things, but I noticed it immediately which means the VA/direction must be bad.

There's probably another couple of minor flaws I'm forgetting, but aside from that it is a top tier game which at least matches, if not surpasses the originally. However I have yet to put it to the longevity test yet, so this could change.

Onto the platinum which I'm looking forward to.

This just in, if you are wearing sunglasses Leon doesn't put his hands up to protect his eyes when throwing flash grenades.

Has anyone else noticed the John Wick style aiming when shooting a ganado who is close to you

Finished the Castle. All the bits that were remade or reimagined from the original were brilliant bar the water room which was a bit of a disappointment. The only new bit i wasn't a fan of was probably the gigante fight with the cannon. Didn't like the whole section leading up to it either with the sun/moon doors.

FFDragon posted...

This just in, if you are wearing sunglasses Leon doesn't put his hands up to protect his eyes when throwing flash grenades.

Giving such meticulous attention to detail has always been so impressive to me. Suggests that the devs put their hearts in this one (RE2 had similar impressive details, RE3 didn't).

YoBlazer posted...

Giving such meticulous attention to detail has always been so impressive to me. Suggests that the devs put their hearts in this one (RE2 had similar impressive details, RE3 didn't).

I'm pretty sure that the RE3 devs were actually not the RE2 devs.

Wrapped up my first playthrough, a fantastic remake that stands along with the original. Very excited to keep digging in!

Finished my pistol/knife only playthrough this morning and now on professional ng+ with the infinite rocket launcher going for no healing and finishing with at least an A rank

90 minutes in and already on chapter 9 lolz

KamikazePotato posted...

I'm pretty sure that the RE3 devs were actually not the RE2 devs.

Yep, I don't think the team that made RE2 would have allowed RE3 to be sent out the door in the state it was in.

I want Code Veronica next, but I was also thinking that they could make the first one for the third time and have a highly revisioned Zero as DLC

I can't wait for the next super remake which combines elements of RE0, 1, CV, and 5 all into one game.

What challenges can you not do on NG+?

Snake5555555555 posted...

I can't wait for the next super remake which combines elements of RE0, 1, CV, and 5 all into one game.

you play as Wesker

colliding posted...

you play as Wesker

That's basically Umbrella Chronicles.

colliding posted...

I want Code Veronica next, but I was also thinking that they could make the first one for the third time and have a highly revisioned Zero as DLC

Yeah, the REMake itself is 21 years old at this point, so they're more than justified in revisiting it. Considering the recent successes (with 2 and 4 anyway), I'd love to see what they can do with a reimagined Spencer Mansion, which is essentially hollowed ground to RE fans.

Either that or CV sound so much more enticing to me than a remake of 5... do many fans honestly want that?

God, the magic pixel Sun/Moon Lever skip doesn't save a ton of time but it does save a bunch of annoyance. And you REALLY gotta be patient in this section on Professional once the bombardments start.

Honestly I'd say that's been my only real problem with this difficulty so far: all the setpiece stuff if just more annoying, not more thrilling. And I liked all of these on normal other than the lake fight.

Trying to figure out what kind of run I want to do after finishing on normal. NG+ to mop up the Salazar figures and some achievements? A fresh Hardcore run maybe?

27 hours in and nearing the end. I'm sure a good chunk of that was in the target practice, but told you I play slowly! Krauser fight was incredible. I hope the Saddler fight is good now. Always felt like a weak final boss in a game with so many fantastic bosses.

Awww damn, chapter 16 you can get the Killer 7 for 40% off. Should have waited, but it was fun blasting Krauser with it.

I was just reminded by a video that the original game has a room with lasers that Leon did cool flips through

bummer that it didnt make the cut. I love cool flips.

I feel like much of the cut content fits the game's more serious tone... and that somehow makes this game's more talkative merchant even better.

Also I don't think it's been mentioned yet, and I'm not gonna let us go 500 posts without bringing up this absolute nostalgia bomb banger:

https://youtu.be/ZVqlt1DSpN0

Beat the game a few days ago. Standard difficulty. I only played through the original once, 15+ years ago, so my memory of the original is pretty hazy.

I loved this game, but the nature of remakes and the fact that I'm that much older means that this was never going to hit quite the same as the original. Still, I had a great time throughout, and I think I enjoyed the island more in this game than the original, which is nice.

Difficulty was interesting-- I think the village was harder on standard than the original, but the castle onward felt easier.

Kind of an interesting choice to leave out some iconically cheesy lines but tease us with them in the achievement names.

Did anyone else notice the weird lighting/color correction changes when moving through doors in some areas. Most commonly from transitioning from inside or outside, there would be a sudden color change that was really noticeable. I saw it happening on someone's stream as well, so it seems like it wasn't just me.

Also I had HDR enabled at the beginning and things were just...way too dark. That might be on me though and maybe I need to better configure my monitor.

Yeah I noticed the colour changes too

Ashley called herself a master of unlocking

How are the deluxe weapons?

The pistol is better than the starting pistol, but still no red9

The shotgun isn't very good, buts it's small so it's nice to have if you're short on space

Oh yeah update

Finished professional infinite rocket launcher no healing speedrun in 3:30

Both Krauser fights were a real challenge. I never avoided damage completely and just had to settle for the wins I had where I took 1-2 hits

Now working on a new game Hardcore S+ run

on my current play though Ive had a weird glitch that makes any shalllow water fully transparent instead of murky, sometimes to the point where it looks like Im walking on nothing because theres no visible ground under the water

which rules, because it let me see alll the dang snakes swimming around that fishing village

but still weird issue

Oh yeah I can't believe that no one in this topic mentioned that the first Saddler was Adam Saddler

Phew finished that NG hardcore run in 5:26

4 minutes away from missing the S+ rank

I'm hoping to get this finished today or tomorrow. I'll probably attempt Standard S+ with no heals pistol/knife only. Would throw in no merchant but i dunno if the starter pistol will be good enough to speedrun all the bosses in a fast time.

Just did the minecart section. I would say that it's actually a bit worse than the original. The original had a lot more strategy and clever use of the established gameplay.

I am quitting my Profesional run for now on the minecart section.

It's really a shame how much the setpiece sections ruin this difficulty, because the actual minute to minute Prof gameplay is great. It would be on thing if there was a save point during the midpoint break, but alas.

Beat it. Will probably start a pro run tonight or tomorrow.

I'll still have to play a bunch more, but right now I'm leaning towards preferring the remake. If only because I think the reimagined island section is so much smoother, isn't as much as a drag as the original.

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1644190633027072000?s=19

Bruh

I remember some (admittedly mild) criticism when Capcom allowed RE2 owners to buy all the bonus weapons (including the infinite rocket launcher and mini-gun) for $4.99.

Well at this rate, the fucking Handcannon is gonna be like $15.

that would make the S+ runs so much easier because you can just upgrade the chicago typewriter right away to have infinite ammo instead of having to do all merchant requests in the village to be able to afford one by the time you hit the castle

Great topic guys. Enjoyed the hype at the start and then seeing everyone's reactions to the game. It's been a blast

Play Resident Evil 4