The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 of the Resident Evil Franchise

I could just end it there since it probably sums this game up best but no, this is literally the most underwhelmed I've been in this franchise so far. AT LEAST I heard beforehand that 5 and 6 were terrible and set my expectations low, this game is called on par with the first or surprisingly better. This was everything I was scared of the FIRST one being.

It's only 3 hours longer than the first game (because some impossible bullshit) but holy fuck it DRAGS REALLY HARD, sometimes levels are like 10 minutes while others are almost an hour long or more, the game is so disjointed and not paced right, especially when we spent time playing as a character for a few chapters even though we know they're dead.

The story of this game is absolute piss too, the only interest you could get is if you're interested in Barry and Claire but even then, this takes place between 5 and 6 and this gives 0 information regarding those games, they aren't even in the other sequels as I am typing this so really what's the point??

It has SOME good things, I like some of the puzzles and some cool enemies but jesus even the gameplay is just a worse version of RE5 (babying the AI,them taking items, etc). When you're hit, the damage on screen is incredibly distracting making it impossible to see whats going on, especially in the smoke.

And the next game I have to play is even worse!

After about 3 months when I started this game, I finally completed it

Sorta... I started this back in early october but I was so fucking bad I decided to try out 4 instead (which changed the mechanics already) and got OBSESSED. Seeing as I played 4 more games after that, I figured it was finally time to jump back into this game and... yeah it's great

I still prefer 4 (high bar tbf) but this game is still iconic regardless, the inventory space is challenging but also not up to its full potential (like it is in 4) and sometimes the camera angles are really confusing, hell this is pretty much the best "Where the fuck do I go" game I've played so far which might be a complaint for some games but seeing as this is a horror survival game, it's for sure a compliment and will take time to learn even more if I ever do play it again.

Will be quite awhile till I play the second remake but I couldn't be more excited.

A flawed but fun game... regardless of how you put it: it's still a huge downgrade from 4

I see people say 4 is when they became full action and while yeah they changed a few stuff, I'd argue that it has a great balance of horror AND action meanwhile this has pieces of horror but a fuck ton of action that it felt like I was playing Black Ops more than Resident Evil (which is funny since that came out after this). There's literally segments where you have to take cover and shoot at zombies, I know 4 didn't have zombies but story wise it made since for the enemies to have weapons, meanwhile this is completely absurd

I'm mixed on the co-op stuff, on one hand it's kinda handy and has been helpful but on the other hand it gets really annoying to constantly baby the AI

The graphics are great for the time, the game-play can be pretty fun (even if the game is really short and uppercutting enemies can become hilarious), and the monsters you fight along the way are still badass

I hear 6 is more ridiculous than this and I'm honestly curious to see how, I hope it's just fun to play like this was

Lmao I actually used to like this game a decent bit when I was younger but after playing the other 3 games again and playing the campaign of this for the first time, I have to agree

This is such a letdown, most of the story is just flashbacks (tho the last two missions are pretty great) that have a ton of “Point A to B” bullshit with retro lancers (which makes 0 sense since they dont even get mentioned in 3) and some cool new weapons and actually beautiful visuals

The overrun multiplayer I actually think is the highlight of the game but jesus christ it’s such a drag when placed in campaign mode

And what’s worse is the next two are probably worse.