So I guess Resident Evil 6 is Poopy

[williamjones]

Im writing this for my friend Josh, hes not much of a reviewer type but I asked if hed give his two cents here, so Im relaying his thoughts.

His best analogy is that the games are becoming the movies. "generally is p disappointing. it's like 5 and that last one before it Operation Racoon city together." He hates Chapter 4 in Chris' campaign, says theres no survival horror elements anywhere. Hes only had 2 or 3 puzzles in Leon's campaign. Overall its like gears of war with zombies.

Guess its poopy to him. Oh well, its had a better run than Silent Hill.

[Jazzmarazz]

its had a better run than Silent Hill.

HA. I disagree.

[williamjones]

I mean success wise. SIlent Hill ran out at number 4, its been all average to ok stuff since then. And its too hard to find 3 anywhere I look.

[lizard81288]

Does anybody remember or played Resident Evil: Dead Aim? From what it looks like, it looks like it was ahead of it's time. It was 3rd person and aiming was in 1st person. It seems like a grand idea, but I have never heard of the game, until I was seeing who was playable in Namco X Capcom.

[SWEATYGREMLINSCLUB]

I mean success wise. SIlent Hill ran out at number 4, its been all average to ok stuff since then. And its too hard to find 3 anywhere I look.

Kinda agree, Silent Hill 1 & 2 are the only ones with unanimous fan praise; Res Evil is pretty solid up to 4, with decent games like Code Veronica off the main and a great remake of the original on GameCube. You also get some fun off-shoots that use lightguns, oh and Res Evil Revelations on 3DS.

It's a good series, think they just tried to please everyone with Res 6 instead of making something focused. I love Res 4 but they haven't been able to capture what made that game good again, despite it being relatively simple mechanics wise.

[williamjones]

They put too much focus on guns as your weapon, thats the problem to me. Any game that has guns as THE main weapon is going to fall into the problem of wanting to appeal to other shooting game fans out there. So a ton of creativity and scary elements related to survival horror will go away. Thats pessimistic of me, but obviously thats what weve seen here. Its too bad that games like the first Silent Hill games didnt catch on.

[Chie]

I wish they would put a bullet in the head of this franchise, and stop it from coming back. The movies too, retribution (imho) was awful.

[SWEATYGREMLINSCLUB]

Na it's alright if they mess around with series. I mean, what does it matter if there's series you don't like out there? For me it's Assassin's Creed, apart from the first game it's a series of gimmicks and bad design, but it doesn't bother me having the series around since I don't have to play them.

They're gonna learn a bit from Res 6, assuming its received a similar reception over in Japan anyway, and probably modify it or future games. I wonder how well Res 6 did in Japan actually, it felt like a very Western game to me, (in terms of mechanics\pacing\design, not theme).

[innkeeper187]

It's not a bad game... I just wished they brought back the real RE horror.

[Elin]

I wonder how well Res 6 did in Japan actually, it felt like a very Western game to me, (in terms of mechanics\pacing\design, not theme).

Glancing at user feedback online, it basically got about the same reception it did in the west. That is to say a not very good one. Some of the main criticisms are that there are too many QTEs, that it's not survival horror in the slightest, that the camera is dodgy, and that it tries far too hard to emulate Western games and fails.

[Jazzmarazz]

the camera is dodgy

Gotta love RE.

<-die hard SH fanboy.

[Zaladane]

Gotta love RE.

<-die hard SH fanboy.

Jazz likes seeing everything covered in fog

[Jazzmarazz]

Jazz likes seeing everything covered in fog

Or is it ash?

[Zaladane]

Or is it ass?

Edit: oh yeah, spam and stuff.

[MaslowK]

They put too much focus on guns as your weapon, thats the problem to me. Any game that has guns as THE main weapon is going to fall into the problem of wanting to appeal to other shooting game fans out there.

Unless you count the knife, since when have guns not been THE main type of weapon available to you in the RE series?