mjs822
2020
A chill, well-written experience that stretches the limits of what can be called a “game”- you are a barista at an overnight coffee shop and have long chats with your regular customers, who happen to be vampires, succubi, and space aliens. You brew them their drinks and can choose the ingredients but otherwise this is a strictly linear affair of reading text. I don’t know, not enough meat on them bones for me to like this much.
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Playing this as my second Resident Evil, shortly after RE4, I was confused and disappointed. Even though this was a remake of the original game, the controls still felt like a mess. Where was the action? Over time I've come to appreciate the older games in the series for what they are now, so this one feels ripe for a replay and reassessment soon.
2016
2020
A decent update of a game that never quite left a mark of its own in the first place. Much more linear and action-heavy than the (excellent) more recent games, with the titular Nemesis reduced to a few scripted sequences and boss fights rather than the constant lurking threat of the original. Still, this could have turned out a lot worse.
I didn't really get a chance to "play" Ocarina of Time when I was a kid because I didn't have a N64, so I watched one of my neighbors play through most of this while manning the strategy guide. It didn't matter, I knew I was seeing one of the greatest games of all time. 15 years later I finally played its remake in 3D, and it lived up to that monumental hype. I know it's cool to make some contrarian picks for the best Zelda game, but for me nothing beats Ocarina of Time.