What does /v/ think of the Resident Evil series?
I liked the first three a lot, and CV.
4 was great. The ones that came after sucked. Haven't got around to playing the older ones yet.
>>322041096
My first vidya spook.
My firend let me play his Sega Saturn with RE on and basically went out leaving me with that shit right there.
Some time later I got a Playstation with RE 2 but it wasn't the same since it finding myself in the middle of zombie city wasn't as spooky as moving babysteps through a creepy mansion.
It was itchy and tasty.
>>322041096
Got me into horror genre.
Love the original. REmake is the pinnacle of the series. Everything after RE4 has been shit.
Kinda transferred into a SH fan around early 00s. Similar gameplay, more spooky.
My favourite is Code Veronica.
Can we talk about parts of the series that made us shit ourselves in fear?
>the zombie banging on the window in the barracks
>the zombies banging on the windows in the metal detector hallway
I was so young and so fucking scared and the description for the windows didn't help either:
>they're prone to break at any moment
The music fit so perfectly.
>>322041096
It used to be good
Now it's completely bad
>What? Oh, oh no! Sorry, I didn't mean to do that.
RE1: Great
RE2: Masterpiece
RE3: Great
CV: Great
REmake: Masterpiece
RE4: Masterpiece
RE5: Good
RE6: Terrible
>>322041096
RE2, REmake, and RE4 were pretty great.
I haven't played anything else so that's pretty cool
I'm playing 6 right now and what the fuck is everyone's problem with it again?
The gameplay is amazing
The story is hilarious and well paced
The game feels really long and varied
The survival elements are still here, heck I'm dying and running out of ammo more often than in old school REs
????
>>322041950
I dunno if it's more spooky they're kinda different as in RE is more about a "real" threat coming from human created killing machines while SH has a nightmare twist to it where everything is ruined and decadent.
I love them both to be honest. Also if you liked them you should try Alone in the dark the new nightmare, it's pretty similar (if not a downright copypaste gameplay wise) with puzzles and nice atmosphere.
>tfw REmake 2 on the way
>>322043663
I don't really get why people are excited by the idea of modern-day Capcom doing a big-budget remake of 2/3. Half the reason the original REmake worked as well as it did was that it was largely the same team as the original.
>>322043663
>>322043857
It's not so much that it was the same team but that it was made just a few years after the original, before the industry itself become a zombie.
>Resident Evil 1: Remake
>Resident Evil 2
>Resident Evil 4
These are the three absolute must-play games in the series. They're the most important. The rest are non-essential, regardless of how excellent or crappy they may be. RE1's 1996 release is unrecommendable to most but it exists as a fun historical curio.
>>322043527
I'll give it a shot, thanks.
>>322043663
When is it releasing?
>>322044063
That's also very true.
I really do miss '80s - mid '00s Capcom though, who would've thought back then they'd turn into what they are now?
>>322041861
underrated
Best girl.
>>322044282
No news yet. But we'll probably hear more after Zero's re-release. I'm gonna buy it because I want it to sell well so they don't reconsider RE2.
It'll probably sell well anyway though because it was a nintendo exclusive more than a decade ago and a lot of people didn't get to play it. And the remaster is looking pretty damn great.
>>322041615
play REmake
like tonight
I HOPE THIS ISN'T CHRISSE'S BLOOD
>>322044647
>>322044414
Whore.
So I finally got around to playing a bunch of the RE games this year but I still haven't played 2. What's the best way? Emulate the PS1 version of play the PC version?
>>322041096
RE 1 - in my top 10 of the best games (MASTERPIECE)
RE 2 - masterpiece
RE 3 - GREAT
RE 4 - masterpiece
RE 5 - bad game (singleplayer), meh game (co-op)
RE 6 - crap
RE R - Great
RE R2 - I love it. One of the best games of this year.
>>322044129
meant to quote >>322041615
Nemesis, Code: Veronica, and Zero are worth checking out for oldschool RE too, but I wouldn't call them essential.
>>322041413
What this guy said.
If I was in charge of the series I would do a JJ Abrams like reboot where I would keep the continuity up to 3 but NOT blow up Racoon City and go from there. Also when the heroes finally defeat Umbrella make that in the game and don't just do it off camera in a story scroller.
>>322044889
Dreamcast version.
>>322043481
What I REALLY liked about 6 which I don't think you can experience now is the missions where two different players intersected. I would like to see more of that in games.
>>322044890
Oh damn. Forgot about those two:
Remake - masterpiece
0 - great
Code: Veronica - i haven't played this game.
>>322041096
one of the most interesting worlds in all of videogame
Resident evil has that classic capcom arcadey charm, knowhadimsayin?
>>322044890
>RE1
>masterpiece
Take the nostalgia goggles off. I'm replaying it right now but it's actually aged really badly. I'm having fun but if you're gonna recommend RE games, recommend the Remake way above the original.
>>322044414
Until they ruined her in Rev 2
Fuck that piece of shit
>>322044647
Jill sandwich
It's forest. Oh my guuuuuuuud
Master of the unlocking
It's really powerful. especially against living things
OUCH. Terrible demons. It's a monster.
Is that you, Rebecca ?
Wesker, you are pitiful !
Rev 1 + 2 is shit i dont see how they are good
hate how after 4 and even during 4 they became self aware that they were doing B movie villains and took it too far.
I really want to play Code Veronica X again.
>>322045579
>Oh my guuuuuuuud
My favorite
>>322044890
>RE 4 - masterpiece
>RE 5 - bad game (singleplayer), meh game (co-op)
It does not make any since to like 3 but hate 5
>>322045273
Actually, i played this game 1 year ago. I think this is the best Resident Evil game.
>>322045774
One word:
>sheva
I hate her.
>>322045774
Are you playing the 1996 or the Director's Cut? I think that's the one on PSN. The 1996 copy I'm playing has tons of weird annoyances that aren't in 2.
Surely the Remake is better, what makes you put it higher? Not trying to shit on you, I'm genuinely curious.
>>322041096
Is that Skull Face?
>>322045910
Knew you were a fag
>>322046061
I just like that cheesy stuff. Actually, that is the reason why i like Revelations 2.
>>322045910
Fag
>>322046278
>>322046554
>unironically liking literal from Africa blacks
I like all of them in their own way except for 6.
Also people who say they love old school RE and RE 4 but hate 5 are fucking retarded.4 was the beginning of the end of old school RE. RE 5 just gave us dude-bro Chris and amazing co-op. People say 5 has bad co-op didn't play mercenaries plain and simple. That game has fluid gameplay and awesome co-op mechanics.
>>322046061
The version on the North American PSN store is the Dualshock version of the Director's Cut, that has the new soundtrack with the maymay trumpet song in the basement. The version on the European and Australian PSN store is the original version of the Director's Cut that has the original soundtrack.
>>322046278
Actually, main problem of this game for me is an AI. It's terrible. Especialy, if you are going to play on the highest difficulty.
>She died about 20 times in FIRST CHAPTER
>>322041950
>>322045690
Am I the only one who thought CV was the weakest entry among real REs?
I heard it was supposed to be RE 3 but to me it deserved to be a spin-off. I mean it FELT like a mock of the series concept, the enviroments were dull as fuck, the characters were embarrassing and that cheesy "love story", fuck.
I thought that wasn't a real Resident Evil than it retroactively reverted to real the moment 4 hit the shelves and gave new meaning to series hijacking.
>>322045774
>>322045630
>>322044890
>>322043481
>>322045064
What doesn't make sense is liking Revelations more than 5 or 6. The gameplay is inferior with only the dodge/scan mechanic being anything new, enemies act like uninteresting bullet sponges, game has awful pacing with the constant cuts to new and poorly designed areas and they also ditched tank controls, the absence of which 'supposedly made the newer games shit'.
5 and 6 had their problems but the GAMEPLAY outshines anything in Revelations.
>>322046775
>tfw the lickers part
JUST
>>322046798
CV is super fucking cheesy and steve burnside is a hilarious character. That scene where he's shooting his zombie dad and literally just firing a Rambo-level amount of bullets into his corpse is so fucking dumb.
"FATHEERRRRRR BUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDA"
He was like a retarded Proto-Dante wannabe.
>>322041096
RE1 was good.
Re2 is a masterpiece.
RE3 is alright.
RECV is good.
REmake is a masterpiece.
RE0 is alright.
RE4 is a masterpiece action game.
RE5 is an alright action game.
REv1 is okay.
RE6 is a bloated mess but is okay once you get use to it. Not a really good tho.
Rev2 is good.
>>322046775
>It's terrible. Especialy, if you are going to play on the highest difficulty.
Stop putting her on defensive mode then.
Also, on Pro enemies ignore Sheva unless you're too out of the way for them so I assume you're talking about Veteran which is far, faaaar from being the highest difficulty.
>>322047001
Yeah, basically got recommended Revelation, found it okay at best, watched RE6 videos and noticed it's the same thing but better in everyway.
Peoples were just mad at RE6 because the game require you to git gud
>>322047493
The game has a laughably huge window to counter almost every move from every enemy in the game. There's no git gud about it. Revengeance, Devil May Cry 3/4, and even fuckings Souls games have harder parry/counter windows.
>>322044879
Stay mad.
>>322046798
I respect your opinion, friend. I personally think RE4 doesn't deserve the praise it gets. I've played through it so many times now that I find it to be such a dull experience. It was great when it came out but now it's just another action game.
>>322047636
That's just one element out of many. A lot of peoples never even noticed there was a parry system, or even evade or gunkata moves. And it's not like it put you on guard if you fail like in Revengeance.
And lastly, RE6 is a TPS, not a cuhrayzee game.
Uncharted is even more casual and has no interesting gameplay mechanics whatsoever and strangely everyone is fine with that.
>>322047781
>I get burnt out on a game I play a lot
Don't most people?
>>322047493
>Peoples were just mad at RE6 because the game require you to git gud
>people actually believe this
Why is RE2 so perfect?
>>322047975
I'm just laughing at the idea of people not liking the game because they had to "git gud" implying it was hard.
It was just fucking boring and even more hand-holdy than 5. I remember one part where as Leon and Helena, you walk through a dead family's house, get all the way to the back door to find it's locked, and then say "hey we need a key!".
So what happens next? Do you go and try to find it? No, the camera backs up, goes aaaaall the way back down this linear-as-fuck hallway back to the living room, and then zooms in on the exact location of the key which is in a spot you've already checked. Why even bother having the fucking door locked? The game was just full of so much inane shit like that.
The only good part of the game was playing as Jake. Doing kung fu slaps on bug people was just too awesome. In every other aspect, especially co-op -which was a step down from 5's co-op- it failed me and my bro miserably.
>>322048194
Revelation 1 and 2 are slower RE6 with dumbed down everything and it's well loved.
I played REmake HD on PC for the first time ever a few months ago and I have to say that it's the best survival horror game I ever played hands down. I did play the original on the PS1 back in the day, RE2 too and loved them. REmake remains faithful to the original but improves and refines the formula. The "tank" controls don't even feel outdated, they're fluid with the analog stick of a modern controller. Everything about it is an improvement of the original without making any sacrifices to pander to a wider audience, the whole game has an AMAZING and subtle horror atmosphere, the game is even harder than the original, I will never forget the feeling of true pants-shitting horror when I accidentally entered one of those rooms that you don't have to return later on where I earlier shot like 3 zombies and didn't waste kerosene on it. The roar of 3 crimsonheads jumping at me at lightning speed. Holy fuck. 10/10.
>>322048423
So you think the point of the game is finding keys. Gotcha
You're wrong.
>>322047781
I think the amazingness of RE4 came as a product of the time.
Don't forget many TPSs took a lot of inspiration from RE4, such as Gears of War and Dead Space.
>>322042772
This is spot on
I did like RE5 but it didn't compare to the others. To remain relevant, 4 notably
>>322048423
The game is so hand-holdy million of peoples missed half of the game's gameplay!
Like those retards who manually revved Nero's sword in DMC4.
>>322043663
>RE2 without Hideki Kamiya or Shinji Mikami
worry.jpg
>>322048714
I agree with you there, pal. I guess I've just grown to dislike the game now because it's a rehashed mechanic. I plan to play it again once more, funnily enough.
>>322041096
Extremely overrated virtual equivalent of a haunted house at an amusement park.
Was RE 1.5 ever completed? I lost track of the project.
These Resident Evil threads always turn out to be so on topic and sensible, with people giving actual constructive criticism and listing their favourite aspects of each game.
If someone disagrees with someone's opinion (unless it's completely dumbfounded/ a clear troll) they articulate their argument in an intelligent manner.
It says a lot about the age of most users on /v/, you wouldn't have a sensible discussion like you get in these threads in literally any other. Bravo /v/.
>>322049183
RE1 remains my favorite for pure nostalgia reasons. It was the Dual Shock Version music as well but I love this RE the most and the best no matter what. My first horror and PS1 game
RE2 was amazing especially when I played through it the first time, both scenarios were phenomenal and took me an entire week to play through every scenario when I was younger and made that summer very memorable. It's the kind of game you wish you could forget all memories of just so you can play it again fresh.
RE3 fixed control issues, and added glorious 180 degree quickturns. My love for it almost matches the first RE game with my biggest gripe with it being that it was incredibly short in my opinion, I wish that it had more than one scenario, such as being able to play as Carlos when he first gets dropped into Raccoon city or something to that nature.
RE Survivor: Interesting for the first 5-10 minutes then just becomes incredibly boring and awful. If it had been a full length RE game in first person with better puzzle solving and same control mechanics it might have been a better game, the story was interesting and I liked that the main character was actually the villain when you find out in the end but everything just fell flat.
RE:CV was an incredibly tough game when I first played it, but after multiple play throughs you become accustomed to the low amount of ammunition and tough enemies it throws at you. This is also the only game where the knife is actually incredibly useful up until you reach that facility where Claire and Steve crash into by plane. Tough as balls but another excellent entry to the RE franchise.
RE: Outbreak 1&2, had it had better AI or an option to play through by yourself and it being manageable without relying on other people or AI it would be on par with Code Veronica. I loved everything about it and being able to go back to old areas from RE2. Harder than Code Veronica depending on the difficulty and just needed smarter AI to have been better games.
>>322048615
Haha you're just a cute little shit ain't ya? I can't wait for school to be back in session.
>>322048925
With regards to exploration? Yes it was extremely hand-holdy. Also, counters pretty much ruined any difficulty curve the game could have had.
Sorry but it wasn't a difficult game. I know you think sticking hands in microwaves and sliding around while shooting is cool and all but if the game isn't difficulty enough to warrant use of those attacks then they're just sprinkles on a turd.
>>322049204
>>322049307
SCREENSHOT
>>322041096
I FUCKING HATE THIS CREEPY SCREEN WHY'D YOU POST IS THAT STARE I ALWAYS SKIP IT WHEN PLAYING RE1 AND YEAH I KNOW IT SHOWS IN THE BEGINNING OF RE2 TOO FUCK THAT
>>322048935
I think the same guy(s) responsible for getting the Remasters out is responsible for pitching the RE2 remake. He probably needed the remasters to be successful to act as a proof of concept of sorts. People have been Capcom have been very aware that people wanted an RE2 remake, especially after the outrage that RE2 on Gamecube was just a port.
While Hideki Kamiya and Shinji Mikami are not going to be present, there's hope that there's a core of people within Capcom that know what it is they're aiming for and that they understand what it is they're dealing with, and the remasters prove that old-school RE has a very real audience.
Going for a full-blown remake at a full price tag is too risky, and RE1 and potentionally RE0 prove that the risk isn't that big after all.
I never played Zero, is it a good game? I really enjoyed the HD Remaster of REmake and Zero is having the same treatment. I heard some people complain about how having to manage 2 characters is annoying, is it true? Can Zero be a hidden gem in the series because it was a gamecube exclusive?
So anyone play that new PS1 engine tech demo for the 1.5 hack and the Survivor remake?
It's amazingly accurate.
>>322049307
>>322049204
well fuck
>>322045273
I played it first time this year along with most of the mainline titles and I think it's still the best one
>>322049623
Apparently Capcom was suprised at how well REmake HD sold. They actually made a good profit for what it was.
>>322049307
You walk through corridors and wait for spooks occasionally doing puzzles and managing your inventory.
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwn
Reposting my idea for an RE prequel.
>Game stars a young HUNK in his first few weeks as a member of Umbrella's private security, he's not an elite U.S.S. member yet
>Game takes place in a remote region of Europe, in one of Umbrella's huge underground facilities
>Outbreak occurs, most of your teammates are killed right from the get-go and the base's communications are knocked out, HUNK has to find his way out on his own
>HUNK is completely silent aside from the occasional grunt, most of the story is told through files you find, cutscenes are used sparingly
>Limited QTEs, only used to dodge one-hit kills from enemies
>T-virus research was mainly conducted on animals/plants before humans were according to RE lore, so HUNK runs into more plant/animal-type B.O.W.s than human zombies
>You encounter stuff like zombified plants, rats, lions, centipedes, bears, mosquitoes, moles, salamanders (basically enemies you don't usually see in RE games) along with the usual stuff like dogs, spiders, and reptiles
>Facility's giant aquarium area contains zombie lobsters, octopus, angler fish, and jellyfish, boss for the area is a giant mutated mantis shrimp
>Primitive versions of Hunters, Lickers, Crimson Heads, etc. also appear in the game
>Classic RE gameplay: item/ammo management, exploration and puzzles are all important again, fixed-camera angles, typewriters and ink ribbons also make a return, however Mercenaries mode is in the modern RE format, has TPS gameplay and controls
>Certain enemies drop ammo, but certain enemies can also respawn if you leave and return to the area
>Ammo is genuinely scarce and if you're careless you can run out of ammo, exploring areas to find ammo and setting up melee attacks is encouraged to help the player conserve ammo for bosses
>Final boss is a precursor to the Nemesis T-Type, however it's just a prototype and it still has problems with power source, so it's attached to a bunch of cables in the room you have to fight it in
What do you think /v/?
>>322049420
>>322050082
I'd just like a prequel to be honest, but yeah looks like a good starting point, why HUNK though?
>>322046798
You're not alone, I think Code Veronica is a terrible game. There is way too much backtracking, the graphics are terrible (I didn't even like them when they came out, they always felt really weird to me), it's one of the easiest REs ever (way too much ammo and weapons absolutely everywhere), it's too fucking long (length is bad when the game is totally boring), etc.
It sucks
>>322049689
It's a good game, if you like old-school RE it's a good game by default, even if its not as good as some of the others.
There's no magic box system, and you instead have to put items down on the ground and pick them up again. Some people prefer that (I don't).
Managing two characters never bothered me, you get the hang of it. It makes puzzles more interesting as well, as characters don't have to be in the same room as each other.
>>322049854
They exceeded a million copies, which is the same as the GameCube release, and that's a pretty huge profit when all they're doing is a remaster. RE0 is probably going to get a lot of new players, as it remained a Nintendo exclusive since 2002 IIRC. The upcoming cross-platform release, for a remaster no less, is going to get great results.
>>322050000
You walk through the land collecting junk, weapons and running errands
yaaaaawwwwn
who here is going to replay old resi games while being alone for new years eve and drinking like his life depended on it?
>>322050460
I've got a PS2 hooked up to a big ass trinitron CRT and Dead Aim just showed up in the mail
>>322050349
Thanks man, I've been hungry for more oldschool resident evil gameplay since I was a kid. I'll give Zero a shot.
>>322050367
>>322049326
Resident Evil: Dead Aim, Felt the same as survivor except maybe a bit more touched up. But all in all felt the same to me, same concept, worse story line in the whole series (Yes worse than Survivor and Gaiden) very boring and forgettable protagonists and to me felt like they made no progress at all trying to improve the first person game play, even with the light gun mechanic.
ReMake: Same amount of love as RE1 for the PS1 except this time with greater emphasis on the horror aspect and conserving of ammunition. Played through this on the Gamecube hundreds of times on every difficulty and even obtaining Shinji Mikami's secret message for beating invisible zombie mode in under 5 hours, this game is everything resident evil should have been from then on after it was released. I'm blinded by nostalgia for RE1 but this game is a very close second.
>>322050274
I'd gesture because he's brought across as this ultimate badass but we have so very little of him in game universe. I'd be down with that
>>322041861
>>322044394
samefag
>>322050082
>>322050642
HUNK is like Boba Fett but with RE.
>>322050574
Enjoy dead aim, it's actually a pretty solid game (has actual exploration etc). Final boss is ungodly difficult because controls arent fluid enough for that kind of action. Atmosphere is fairly good too.
Just friendly heads up - there is only one save point roughly half into the game iirc. Checkpoints exist tho
reminder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7gk569uaYE
>>322041096
SUCH A LUST FOR RESIDENT EVIL
>>322050842
Very very true, so why not probe into his backstory?
>>322051023
I want RE7,or at least Rev3 to be like this.
>>322051156
Capcom probably knows there's not as much porn of HUNK as every other character so they think they're giving fans what they want
What's the best way to emulate 2?
>>322042772
The most correct post on this thread. Anyone who claims 6 is anything better than trash is an idiot.
tofu run tedious as shit though
Like the first 3 the most
like 4 as an action game
5 is meh
never played 6
and re revelations is somewhere between shit and meh
didn't play the second one
>>322051156
But they did:^)
>>322050082
>>322050274
>>322050842
Is there enough of HUNK to justify playing ORC?
>>322051336
ehh just epsxe for ps1 version.
alternatively look up torrent of Biohazard 2 Sourcenext, PC version. Its a jap only rerelease from 2006, comes with super high quality FMVs. There is a small translation patch for it.
>>322051580
All of them die except HUNK right?
0,1,3 Are good games. Remake and 2 are fucking fantastic.
Haven't played CV.
4 is okay as an action game but not RE in any real way.
5 was shit.
What are the essential RE games to play?
>>322049326
>RE:CV
>low amount of ammunition
What?
The game loads you with guns and ammo. It was my main gripe while playing it.
Though I'm one of those picky survival horror fags who even thought the same thing about RE2. Too many bullets and action.
>>322041096
4 is perfection.
post-4 are decent but flawed.
pre-4 have mostly aged poorly and just seem boring now.
Silent Hill and the SNES Clock Tower did horror better. The action focus of 4 was the best thing that ever happened to the series.
It's a shit series but gave birth to my bara fetish so I love it, Chris Redfield truly is a man
>>322051941
>4 IS PURFECT
>aged poorly
>BOOORING
Why you gotta ruin things everywhere you go
>>322052340
Oh didn't see the namedrop sorry, ur cool
>>322051619
Yes. The German, French, and Asian women are a huge plus, too.
>>322051882
Play the HD Remaster of REmake, it's on new gen consoles and PC. DO IT FAGGOT.
