I can't deal with this game anymore. I've tried so many times over the years to like it. Each time I'd pick it up and put it back down, disappointed. The previous two attempts were mainly due to the FOV being so god awful. So this time around, I had Flawless Widescreen to try to make things more palatable. And it did! So it's too bad the game still has it's own issues.
What broke me this time was the burning house segment in Chapter 6; it was one of the most unfun things I've ever played in a videogame. I finished it (after multiple infuriating attempts), but I just do not want to play anymore. Because I already know there's going to be at least one more (if not multiple) section like this later in the game again.
It's in these kinds of sections where the game sucks so hard. It sucked earlier when Kidman was trapped in that tank, it sucked at that part in Chapter 6, and I am comfortably certain in saying the inevitable similar segments later in the game also suck that hard.
Meanwhile, the game excels so much more during the stealth sections; I loved sneaking around & scrounging for resources while avoiding enemies and strategically taking them out. I enjoyed the chase sequences and the boss fights I'd played too.
I hate that I don't like this game; it has such strong art direction and sound design that is 100% my kind of shit. I enjoyed most of the game up to that point in Chapter 6. But despite the obvious similarities, this is NOT Resident Evil 4; those really huge, forced combat section just do not work for this game. And the stamina meter can go to hell, there's NO good reason for it to exist. It's just there, being awful, and costing way too much brain juice to upgrade for such little payoff.
What broke me this time was the burning house segment in Chapter 6; it was one of the most unfun things I've ever played in a videogame. I finished it (after multiple infuriating attempts), but I just do not want to play anymore. Because I already know there's going to be at least one more (if not multiple) section like this later in the game again.
It's in these kinds of sections where the game sucks so hard. It sucked earlier when Kidman was trapped in that tank, it sucked at that part in Chapter 6, and I am comfortably certain in saying the inevitable similar segments later in the game also suck that hard.
Meanwhile, the game excels so much more during the stealth sections; I loved sneaking around & scrounging for resources while avoiding enemies and strategically taking them out. I enjoyed the chase sequences and the boss fights I'd played too.
I hate that I don't like this game; it has such strong art direction and sound design that is 100% my kind of shit. I enjoyed most of the game up to that point in Chapter 6. But despite the obvious similarities, this is NOT Resident Evil 4; those really huge, forced combat section just do not work for this game. And the stamina meter can go to hell, there's NO good reason for it to exist. It's just there, being awful, and costing way too much brain juice to upgrade for such little payoff.