EDIT: Finished this in third-person and had a much better time with it, largely because the combat controls felt far more responsive. The last hour of the game is some of the worst story I have ever seen in anything, ever. I genuinely felt like I'd hit my head really hard.
A game that fundamentally misunderstands the action game elements of Resident Evil 4 or just copies them wholesale, which strips them of the drama they had checks release date FOURTEEN years ago.
The shift to first person was a weird move for me. Yes, it is because of reduced developmental costs after Resi 6 spiralled wildly out of control and sure it is because the first person 'hide 'em up' game had become a well established horror style in the years between the 6th and 7th instalments, but personally I find it turns what is supposed to almost be a point and click adventure with some rudimentary combat into something more akin to a walk around a theme park haunted house and it doesn't quite vibe with me.
Resi 7's first half was cracking, because the pace was slower, the enemies few and far between and the Baker's house had a feeling of a return to the classic Resident Evil mansion - solving puzzles to progress further and eventually escape - but so far in Resi 8 it has felt like a crap, sluggish FPS game that feels very fragmented. Here's the bit where you have to find a key and you might get chased. Here's the bit where you'll have to fight some lads as you look for an exit. Here's the part where you need to survive a siege.
It just feels a bit creatively bankrupt and although it might not be a bad game just feels like a first person horror game that isn't doing anything for me, rather than a Resident Evil game.
Also: the antagonist who chases you but can be fooled when you run around a single corner was shite in Resi 2 Remake, Resi 3 Remake and now this, so probably knock that on the head, Capcom?
A game that fundamentally misunderstands the action game elements of Resident Evil 4 or just copies them wholesale, which strips them of the drama they had checks release date FOURTEEN years ago.
The shift to first person was a weird move for me. Yes, it is because of reduced developmental costs after Resi 6 spiralled wildly out of control and sure it is because the first person 'hide 'em up' game had become a well established horror style in the years between the 6th and 7th instalments, but personally I find it turns what is supposed to almost be a point and click adventure with some rudimentary combat into something more akin to a walk around a theme park haunted house and it doesn't quite vibe with me.
Resi 7's first half was cracking, because the pace was slower, the enemies few and far between and the Baker's house had a feeling of a return to the classic Resident Evil mansion - solving puzzles to progress further and eventually escape - but so far in Resi 8 it has felt like a crap, sluggish FPS game that feels very fragmented. Here's the bit where you have to find a key and you might get chased. Here's the bit where you'll have to fight some lads as you look for an exit. Here's the part where you need to survive a siege.
It just feels a bit creatively bankrupt and although it might not be a bad game just feels like a first person horror game that isn't doing anything for me, rather than a Resident Evil game.
Also: the antagonist who chases you but can be fooled when you run around a single corner was shite in Resi 2 Remake, Resi 3 Remake and now this, so probably knock that on the head, Capcom?
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mossfan1
2 years ago
Plus it's one of those games that advertise themselves a "horror game", but it's not even thriller... It's "omg that shelf just feel over omg omg aaAAaaaaAaaa crackhead yelling scaaarrrryyy shelf aaa omg omg omg zombie man guy mister guy sir AAAruNNnnn aAaaaAAAAaa shootie shots gun aaa". That sorta game.