Loved the first 12 hours, begrudgingly enjoyed the following 6.
I didn't have much experience with the original so I was mostly enjoying this one on its own merits same as I had for RE2 and 3.
I really enjoyed the first section of the game. The village was my favorite mix of action, exploration, and adventure.
As the game went on it became more and more actiony and I found myself getting pretty tired of the encounters.
The over the top boss fights were a good time.
Story-wise, very little happened here in the 18 hours my plauthrough took. There is Los Plagas and we are trying to rescue Ashley who is the president's daughter. I was a little surprised by how little depth there was. Not that other Resident Evil games have particularly interesting stories but this one was just smaller and more straightforward than I was anticipating.
The most interesting thing to me playing this was how much modern AAA games have aped this design.
The action set pieces, 3D level design, and sort of forward momentum narrative structure of the game are still basically the blueprint for a modern game. Perhaps having played many games that this influenced dulled some of the effect for me.
Overall I quite enjoyed my experience but I did find the game a bit too long (I feel this for every mainstream big budget game). Curious where Capcom goes from here... Do they do am RE5 remake or just a full reimagining? Either way I liked this enough to stay invested in the modern Resident Evil Revival series.
I didn't have much experience with the original so I was mostly enjoying this one on its own merits same as I had for RE2 and 3.
I really enjoyed the first section of the game. The village was my favorite mix of action, exploration, and adventure.
As the game went on it became more and more actiony and I found myself getting pretty tired of the encounters.
The over the top boss fights were a good time.
Story-wise, very little happened here in the 18 hours my plauthrough took. There is Los Plagas and we are trying to rescue Ashley who is the president's daughter. I was a little surprised by how little depth there was. Not that other Resident Evil games have particularly interesting stories but this one was just smaller and more straightforward than I was anticipating.
The most interesting thing to me playing this was how much modern AAA games have aped this design.
The action set pieces, 3D level design, and sort of forward momentum narrative structure of the game are still basically the blueprint for a modern game. Perhaps having played many games that this influenced dulled some of the effect for me.
Overall I quite enjoyed my experience but I did find the game a bit too long (I feel this for every mainstream big budget game). Curious where Capcom goes from here... Do they do am RE5 remake or just a full reimagining? Either way I liked this enough to stay invested in the modern Resident Evil Revival series.