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DrGonzo1937 03.07.26	Plat-d this thing in 3 days it was that good
twlight 03.07.26	The only bad thing is it ends
DrGonzo1937 03.07.26	Never a truer word spoken, my friend.
DrGonzo1937 03.07.26	SPOILER the fight with Hunk was the dogs bollocks
BAT 03.07.26	it's really good, think some people might be overselling it as like a top3 all time resident evil, buuut it's top10 material for sure. really want to play insanity and wish they had it unlocked from the bat, found the game a little too easy buuut that's how i feel about all the normal difficulty re:engine games//much prefer them on madhouse/pro/etc. i feel like the games going to get the most appreciation from fans of the re2 remake, the loop/progression reminded me a lot of how that game worked wiiith leons combat being kind of an inbetween point from re2r to re4r [4's definitely got the most combat mechanics/strats in the series]. i think the two chars switching off is probably what makes the game work as well as it does buuut also feels like it's something that limited it's potential. it feels like two great 70% complete campaigns back to back instead of one straightforward campaign, both feel like there's room for more. buuuut like i said the limiting scope provides a much more polished/focused campaign, what it does it does very well and wanting more isn't necessarily a bad take away. need to play it another 5 times or so to really settle on where i'd rank it, but i much prefered it over village and think it's in the same league as re7 and re2r. re4r's still my favorite of the re:engine stuff buuut all those games are pretty great. recommended for any fan
JayEnder 03.07.26	Just finished my first playthrough. Wow. 10/10. Hard to find any complaints with it as a hardcore RE fan, even the massive tonal shift in the second half was a nice change of pace. Also, no spoilers but getting the bad ending for the first time literally made my soul leave my body. Bravo Capcom.
DrGonzo1937 03.07.26	The OG 1-4 and CV will always be my favourites, but in terms of modern RE this is easily the best game to come since the original RE4, and I actually think it’s the most perfectly paced RE in the series, next to the OG RE2.
Veldin 03.07.26	I’m in the final act of the game now and I’m loving it.
smaugman 03.07.26	Finished it in 3 days so yeah i loved it
twlight 03.08.26	I felt like it was slightly too short. I absolutely loved it tho it might be my fav re game. I just love the mix of action with Leon and horror with grace. The first 1/4 of the game with grace was expertly crafted
twlight 03.08.26	I’m playing through 7 again now and damn that game is so good too. Very eerie setting and definitely the scariest Re game I’ve played
DrGonzo1937 03.08.26	Never really gelled with 7. It was fine. FPS doesn’t go with RE imo, and the characters were a bit meh. I liked village though.
MO 03.09.26	its better than the other modern RE games. doesn't come close to the originals tho
insomniac15 03.09.26	They've been on a roll since RE7, looking forward to a DLC for this one as well
smaugman 03.09.26	MO millennial opinion sighted
Gameofmetal 03.09.26	Really loved it, pretty immediately in my top 3, which is interchangeably all top 1. The orphanage part is kinda lame I guess. Initially I thought it felt like it was climaxing for like 4 hours straight but on second playthrough I felt way more relaxed with the pacing.
DrGonzo1937 03.09.26	"The orphanage part is kinda lame I guess" yeah, good point. first time it was fine, but on multiple playthroughs it destroys momentum. that section should have just been a cutscene
DrGonzo1937 03.09.26	"They've been on a roll since RE7, looking forward to a DLC for this one as well" [2] "MO millennial opinion sighted" he's not wrong though lol
Gameofmetal 03.09.26	admittedly I only started playing the series with the remakes. played the whole mainline but only the remakes and new ones.
thatdeftkid 03.09.26	Great game. Might be a little overhyped. There's some sections that are just plain weird and almost seem thrown-in just for the sake of it
smaugman 03.09.26	idk gonzo...i've completed RE1 and RE0 (remakes/remaster) and recently attempted to replay RE1 again, and i almost instantly gave up because the gameplay is simply terrible. while the first is a classic in the sense it started the whole thing, the newer games are much more enjoyable imo because of the vastly improved gameplay
twlight 03.09.26	I’ve also mostly only played the remakes. RE2r was my first re game and I fell in love with the franchise. I have played the OG 4 and love it but that’s the only OG I’ve played My current ranking of top 5 would be 1. Re2r 2. Re requiem 3. Re4r 4. Re7 5. Village
ConcubinaryCode 03.10.26	Something I haven't seen talked about is how solid the soundtrack is. The remix of the rpd theme was superb I enjoyed Leon's combat tracks too. I need to add the soundtracks on here sometime
twlight 03.10.26	True bro the music was so good.
twlight 03.10.26	I now look back on 9 and totally see as a critic. Although I would give it a 9/10 easy. It’s an incredible game
BAT 03.10.26	yeah requiem has the best soundtrack of the re:engine games, it's either re3r or 7 for second place. generally play re2r/re4r with the old soundtrack/sfx dlcs lol. they aren't bad persay but they're very understated to highlight the excellent sound design
DrGonzo1937 03.10.26	soundtrack is unbelievable, agreed.
DrGonzo1937 03.10.26	"idk gonzo...i've completed RE1 and RE0 (remakes/remaster) and recently attempted to replay RE1 again, and i almost instantly gave up because the gameplay is simply terrible. while the first is a classic in the sense it started the whole thing, the newer games are much more enjoyable imo because of the vastly improved gameplay" it's part of the package. i can overlook the controls and some of the rough gameplay mechanics for its distinct artistic look. currently playing the og re1 and its pretty rough in terms of the above, but the vibe is so good. og re2, outside of its obvious dated areas, is still vastly better than the remake. i honestly don't get the fuss with that and re3 remake, because while they look and play nice, the stories have been eviscerate. re4 remake was the only game that actually expanded and cut stuff from the original in the right way.
smaugman 03.10.26	i dont know about that, but i dont think saying "it's part of the package" or the charm or whatever, makes up for poor gameplay. many older games have awful gameplay, which makes me uninterested in playing them. i played the original half life, but the gameplay is really smooth so it's actually playable
BAT 03.10.26	i wouldn't call og resident evil 'poor gameplay,' it's honestly some of my favorite stuff and i love the indie retro survival horror revival going on past few years[check signalis ya'll.] sounds like it's just not your thing tbh, and that's fine but i wouldn't consider it a design/technical flaw rather than simply having different taste. and yeah all the modern games are much more accessible to post ps2 audiences, really all over the shoulder games take from re4 and that's a much more common gameplay style than the 90s adventure stuff, if i was recommending it to casual players i would give some warnings on the fixed angle games buuuut og re1&2 are my personal favs [followed by 4 and 3].
smaugman 03.10.26	I'm not necessarily critisizing fixed angles, but rather how it's executed. For example, when changing between angles, the control directions change so you have to constantly change fingers. Secondly, aiming is downright terrible, feels like minigolf sim. Call it "clunky"
Gyromania 03.10.26	As someone who thought 8 was actually borderline bad, I was blown away by 9. I will say, though, that the former half of the game >>> the latter. But the whole package is so lovingly made, and there's so much fanfare. Might write a review on it. Also yeah RE1 Remake still represents the peak of RE imo. Calling OG2 "vastly" superior to its remake is a bit hyperbolic. I can see preferring the original, esp because of the zapping system, but the remake was fantastic. Especially the interior redesign of the police station (those double staircases connect everything so well, and there are so many minor quality-of-life improvements like this). 2R (and especially 3R) removed some locations, and I wish they hadn't, but it's not a dealbreaker. Def with you re: 4R tho. They cut what made sense to cut and meaningfully added to the game world in other ways. I gotta play that Ada dlc at some point -- I actually heard that dlc is longer than RE3R lol, which is yet another L for that game.
BAT 03.10.26	"For example, when changing between angles, the control directions change so you have to constantly change fingers." some survival horror games do this, buuut og re does keep your trajectory in-between angles unless you're using alternate controls on remake/zero or played re2 on the N64. but yeah stuff like that is semi jarring but more common in jrpgs of the time, definitely a different era. and yeah de-emphasized combats part of the formula, they actually had auto aim in most of the Japanese releases but stripped it so it'd be more challenging for American players. at the time Japan didn't have game rentals, so they'd up the difficulty on American releases so that people couldn't beat them during a rental period and hopefully they'd go out and buy a copy instead.
Gyromania 03.10.26	"True bro the music was so good." Both the title screen and safe room tracks are so good. Great ambience all around throughout the game
Gyromania 03.10.26	Spoilers: Regarding Hunk: he is def not dead, hence that fight feeling anticlimactic. He's also infected, like Leon. I suspect we'll see him in a dlc for this, or maybe he just vanishes and continues to make small appearances in future games or mercs.
Gyromania 03.10.26	"The only bad thing is it ends" And also phase two of the final boss is an absolute joke and I genuinely think the game would be better if it didn't exist.
Gyromania 03.10.26	""The orphanage part is kinda lame I guess" yeah, good point. first time it was fine, but on multiple playthroughs it destroys momentum. that section should have just been a cutscene" This part is indeed lame on repeat playthroughts, BUT, you can skip a decent bit of it. Check out a youtube guide; it's actually super easy to do and I've been doing it on my speedruns. just clocked a run at 2 hours 23 mins
BAT 03.10.26	headsup: director video announced expanded story dlc alongside a bunch of other teases. and yeah hunks an interesting case cause they don't list him in the credits [maybe umber eyes?] so it could be some sort of clone or something[or they collected him for cloning]. main problem with the orphanage iss that bit where you wait, go down the hall, turn around and wait, than go back down the hall again lol.
Gyromania 03.10.26	Did you notice he not-so-subtly revealed multiple upcoming dlc items in those photos? There's gonna be a cat dlc!? Also what looks like a 21 dlc, like the one from 7. I'm excited. I hope this game gets a ton of content like 7 did.
smaugman 03.10.26	i'm not willing to play games that annoy me significantly. like some older games just feel so incredibly bad, like morrowind, never got past an hour in
smaugman 03.10.26	also yeah, the orphanage sequence should've been a cutscene. it's like that dumb part of another RE game where you play a young girl escaping in a similar place
Gyromania 03.10.26	Lol you're literally escaping from the same place in the other game (RE2r), and yeah it's a bit overdone now. It's easy to bypass a good bit of it tho, which is nice. def a lowpoint in speedruns
smaugman 03.10.26	yeah i hate sequences when your character is so fucking slow
DrGonzo1937 03.10.26	"Calling OG2 "vastly" superior to its remake is a bit hyperbolic. I can see preferring the original, esp because of the zapping system, but the remake was fantastic. Especially the interior redesign of the police station (those double staircases connect everything so well, and there are so many minor quality-of-life improvements like this). 2R (and especially 3R) removed some locations, and I wish they hadn't, but it's not a dealbreaker." mate, the scenario b campaign alone for 2R was an absolute joke. not a bad game at all, but pales next to the original. takes more than a slick graphical paint job and an over the shoulder camera to make it anything more than decent. going over treaded ground here, but outside of the cosmetics, 2r and 3r lack the dept the OGs had. interacting with the environment in particular is something i lament with all of the remakes. again, they're not bad, i just don't get all the adulation they garner, outside of the fact they appeal to a wider audience because of their accessibility.
DrGonzo1937 03.10.26	if nothing else, it's just good to see 9 making a proper return. the characters in 7 and 8 sucked tbh, and i liked 8. having said that, i feel like they needed to do 7 and 8 to get where they are with 9
smaugman 03.10.26	gonzo, did you grow up with the originals?
DrGonzo1937 03.10.26	yeah, been a fan since the first one in 96.
smaugman 03.10.26	while i cannot comment to full extent on the differences between the OGs and remakes because i havent played the OGs, im guessing you are pretty biased hahah. it's like people who say ocarina of time is the best game of all time. it's a generational thing
DrGonzo1937 03.10.26	its not entirely bias though. tank controls have always been hit and miss with people, even back in the day, so i get that, and i'm all too aware of what's dated in the originals. you cant compare how a game plays, because it's obviously unfair, but you can compare the content, and looking at it from the story/memos/puzzles etc, both 2r and 3r got the chop badly (3 to a much harsher degree). which is why i praise 4r and say it's as good, sometimes better, than its og counterpart.
DrGonzo1937 03.10.26	if you're going to do a remake, the idea is to expand on stuff, not water down. re1 remake is a prime example of taking the og and turning it into a goddamn masterpiece. i dont see that with 2r and 3r, because they dont do that.
smaugman 03.10.26	im guessing the OGs are pretty tricky? no chance i finished the remake without help from the internet. personally, i remember finding it really frustrating to have to backtrack so much. like a room in the beginning of the game could only be accessed at a much later stage. maybe thats why some of the content was cut idk
Gyromania 03.10.26	I think 7 is a much better game than 8. 8 just seemed cartoonishly dumb and went in too many different directions, and the endless shooting galleries were just bad in first person. 7 understood how awkward it felt as a fps and worked around it; 8 just forces it at every corner. I'm not even hating on it being more action-oriented; I just think it controls like dogshit, even with the sensitivity maxed out. That said, maybe the 3rd person camera addresses this? Someone tell me if that improves the feel of combat; I haven't played it since it launched. "mate, the scenario b campaign alone for 2R was an absolute joke. not a bad game at all, but pales next to the original. takes more than a slick graphical paint job and an over the shoulder camera to make it anything more than decent." This is fair, and I mentioned this specifically when I acknowledged their shortcomings. I think it's wayyyyy more pronounced in 3. I am slow af at going through horror games on my first playthrough (I like to find as much as I can in that initial run) and even I finished the game in like 5 hours. Plus they absolutely ruined Nemesis in that game. I think 2R is a lot more than just some pretty graphics and a third person camera though. The art design is fantastic, the atmosphere is incredible, and some of the levels have been expanded/connected in meaningful ways. But yeah, not allowing you to effect major changes like the original did with regard to killing off characters etc was unfortunate. Far from game ruining though. Also loved how much additional content was in that game. Did any of that exist in the original? I didn't rly engage with any of the optional content until mercs in 5.
ConcubinaryCode 03.10.26	"if you're going to do a remake, the idea is to expand on stuff, not water down. re1 remake is a prime example of taking the og and turning it into a goddamn masterpiece. i dont see that with 2r and 3r, because they dont do that." Yes, remake1 is so good because it plays on the expectations you have of the original. It helps the game only came out like 6 years after the original. They haven't done anything like the crimson heads until this game and even then the blister heads are more annoying than them and you cant as easily circumvent their revival outside a lucky crit shot to the head. Its kinda why re2r isnt absolutely perfect either because they basically merged the a/b scenarios and re3r is infamously maligned for its omissions even though it plays fine. Re4r just feels so sluggish compared to the original as well. A lot of that games ideas that were expanded on feel good but its because they already had a stellar example to flesh out those designs anyway. Its not as fun to replay as the original imo either.
Gyromania 03.10.26	Sluggish compared to the original??? That is a wild take. OG 4 is notoriously stiff by modern standards. The original RE4 literally locks you in place when aiming and Leon turns like a tank. RE4R lets you move while shooting, crouch, parry, and generally control space way more fluidly. I can see someone preferring the original due to nostalgia or aesthetic reasons, but it objectively controls like trash compared to the remake
artiswar 03.10.26	My favourite part of Requiem so far is when Grace calls Leon and he says "sorry, I was tied up". Because it has a double meaning, because he was literally tied to a chair. It's clever writing, it works on two levels. I think this is referred to as dramatic irony. The game is full of gems like that
Mongi123 03.11.26	Played through this twice already and I had an absolute blast both times. I believe it’s my favorite of the modern era(RE7-9) now. THANK GOD Grace is a genuine neurodivergent coded character with actually flaws and traits because Ethan was the fucking worst lol
ConcubinaryCode 03.11.26	Sluggish as in movement, it feels like Leon is moving through molasses compared to how zippy he is in the og even disregarding something like the ditman glitch. He moves like a tank because its tank controls. I never really cared about moving while shooting because guns are more accurate and have more stopping power in the original. The chainsaw zombie tanks shotgun shells in the remake where theyll fly back in the og. the gunplay is still pretty balanced in both games regardless. In the remake you dont want to move to get the gun spread to narrow anyway and get the stronger shot regardless so its kind of a wash anyway to me. Plus the laser sight is just such a fun way to do aiming, theres a reason Dead Space took it almost full sale. You can actually parry it projectiles in the og too its just a bit more scuffed and you have to time it with a knife or bullet instead of pressing a button. Crouching is just there so you can do those Last of Us style takedowns which isnt as inspired and really cuts down on the flow of the game. The original just plays way faster over the original. Look up Leon shooting a zombie in the face in both games, in the og he can aim,shoot, and move to do a kick more quickly than the remake because the remake focuses more on realistic animation over a more game-y animation.
Larkinhill 03.11.26	Haven’t played yet but my girlfriend (literally just a friend who is a girl) said she beat the shit in 10 hrs. She praised it as straight, to the point, not drawn. But she’s the type who almost doesn’t even want to play open world games anymore. Where is I’m still like, the only games that get me really excited are open world games, and the bigger the better. There’s no way this is better than Biohazard. By far the best RE.
Larkinhill 03.11.26	Has anyone played avowed? I’ve seen some mixed reviews, but what I read about it sounds like something I’d like. And I think it’s 50, rather than 70. So I think I’m probably gonna get it, while waiting for Crimson Desert to come out.
Mongi123 03.11.26	Oh dude it’s waaay better than RE7
ConcubinaryCode 03.11.26	Avowed is pretty fun, people shit on it for not being elder scrolls but it wasn't supposed to be anywhere near as ambitious as that. Combat is actually super fun and they just put out a decent update to it. The only downsides are the quests are kinda bog standard and the loot is pretty underwhelming outside the a few bespoke rings and what not. Its also a little easy but its actually a pretty chunky size game regardless. Has like 4 mid sized biomes, 4 companions with their own personal quests. Theres a lot to explore there just isnt a need to explore which kinda sucks. Still like a solid 3.5/5 game.
Gyromania 03.11.26	Idk about way better. I might actually prefer 7 if only for its commitment to a singular vision, despite 9 being arguably the best synthesis of action and survival horror to date. 7 also has a ton of silly but addictive dlc content (hoping this game gets similar treatment). Plus 7 doesn't have anything close to as dumb as the motorcycle sequence from 9. That was totally immersion-shattering and RE6-levels of stupidity. Victor is fs a far superior antagonist to Evelyn though, I can't deny that for a second. Conc: those are all fair. I still love og RE4, but I found it quite stiff by comparison. Honestly, once I got the movement and tech down for remake, it felt fluid and fun as hell. The laser sight is legit just a skill issue though!
Gyromania 03.11.26	"Has anyone played avowed? I’ve seen some mixed reviews, but what I read about it sounds like something I’d like. And I think it’s 50, rather than 70. So I think I’m probably gonna get it, while waiting for Crimson Desert to come out." It's kind of boring and not worth playing, imo. Wayyyyyy too many great games out there to waste your time on something like that. That said, I only played it for like 7 or so hours... but a game shouldn't be taking nearly that long to hook players.
Mongi123 03.11.26	I adore 7 but anyone with Ethan as its main character already lows its grade for me as funny as he is. “A dead body?! Wait, there’s more!” Bro you fuckin high???? lol
Mongi123 03.11.26	I know 7 gets very deserving fanboys though so I get it. I love RE9 way more.
Larkinhill 03.11.26	dude it’s waaay better than RE7 I like scary atmospheric shit, love horror movies etc. I’m actually a horror screenwriter. So 7 scratched an itch for me. But goddamn, I do want to play it. I’ll prob buy next week on payday. Just bought Avowed.
Gyromania 03.11.26	Yeah I won't lie, Ethan is a rly vanilla protagonist.
Gyromania 03.11.26	You'll prob like Avowed, Larkin. I'm def the wrong demo to be giving advice on it, in hindsight, since many reinforce what Conc said ("people shit on it for not being elder scrolls but it wasn't supposed to be anywhere near as ambitious as that"), and I think ES games are as mediocre as rpgs get.
Mongi123 03.11.26	I also don’t think they relied on fan service here too and the fan service that was there was either worth it, funny or genuinely haunting. Something I can’t say about Star Wars.
Larkinhill 03.11.26	Well, I bought Avowed anyway. If I don’t like it, this certainly won’t be the first time I bought a game full price, played for 5-10 hours, then never touched again.
Gyromania 03.11.26	Well, my issue with the fan service is much of it seems kind of underdeveloped/obligatory. Like, Plant 43 is super cool... but there's also no buildup to it other than you seeing all the vines and shit as you descend. You know a big encounter is coming, but it's missing the worldbuilding that Plant 42 had in 1 remake. The boss fights are just piss-easy too. Every one of them is like a watered down version of them from other games. The Mr. X variant dies very fast and is not even slightly threatening; Plant 43 is maybe a 25 second fight and it has 1, maybe 2 moves? Hunk was over too fast but I suspect he'll be back for dlc so that's fine. Victor phase 1 was awesome, but then we get a reskin of the 3make's Nemesis fight, except it has less moves and is much easier to kill. I loved the spider though, even though I killed it in 11 seconds in my recent playthrough. Mechanically though, it's fun, if you're not spammig it with shotgun + Requiem.
Mongi123 03.11.26	I had lots of requiem ammo for the tyrant. as far as the plant 43 stuff i have no idea what you're talking about. I was also enjoying the game too much to notice the reusing of boss move sets and the no build up to them added to how haunting they were. Leon confronting his trauma head on and the player(meeeee) coming back to a place familiar but destroyed i love that shit. Idk man 9.5/10 for me man i fucking loved it.
ConcubinaryCode 03.11.26	It also helps that 7 followed 6 where fans clamoring for a return to formula after like 15 years of an absence of that type of slower methodical gameplay. Also PT was a big inspiration to the horror scene where it was kind of stagnating up to that point. Dead space 3 was solid but the coop focus really hurt it. Silent hill was a dying series, the HD collection was lambasted and downpour killed the studio. Fear 3 also focused on coop and shooting over scares. Dead Rising was floundering with worse entries succeeding the next. Amnesia was the last game that really shook up the genre and that was 7 years old by the point re7 came out. Horror was mostly delegated to niche indie titles. Re7 really revitalized not just the series but the genre as a whole almost similar to the way re4 did for 3rd person shooting.
Mongi123 03.11.26	Yes bless 7.
Gyromania 03.11.26	You have no idea what I'm talking about because you're unfamiliar with the other games/haven't played them in a while? It's prob because I've been going through a lot of RE games the last few years that I notice these things more. The final boss one is particularly egregious, though. Requiem is still an incredible game. I'm feeling like a 9 on it. I'm only critical of it because I think it had potential to be the best RE game ever made. There def is great fan service too. Leon opening that lock to the RPD—the same one he himself locked decades earlier—and the silly af appearance of Tofu, and the line someone else mentioned itt about him being "tied up," a reference to a moment from RE4. A good bit of fan service did land for me, just some I felt was slightly underbaked/could've used a bit more of a buildup. The former half of the game is noticeably better than the latter half. Gotta wait and reevaluate the whole package once all the dlc is out. I'm getting close to my plat trophy and then I might try to plat the others. Anyone else tackle RE plats? Are they fun? Are they cancer? The one for 9 seems fairly easy.
ConcubinaryCode 03.11.26	Also hope you like avowed Larkin! The spells are really cool so dont sleep on them.
Mongi123 03.11.26	Yeah that was it Gyro. I'm a Re4 Original-RE9 era guy. Never played any of the original ones.
ConcubinaryCode 03.11.26	9's plat is super easy compared to others. Like 5/10 difficulty and no crazy trophies to get like re8 Mercenaries all stages SS rank or the no box run from 7. Infinite ammo is pretty easy to get if you speed run the game and you heal after a while on casual. You dont even need the blood collector because its easy to circumvent a lot of the enemies. Insane has a few annoying parts but not bad. My least favorite part of the run was the basement with grace because it takes like 3-4 shots to Marie to get her to fuck off and she's much, much faster. The game definitely shows some cut content on the latter half, theres no reason Leon's bike ride should've been on rails. The lab sections also feel so mundane and straightforward. It was supposed to be an open world coop game funnily enough and I think some of that bleeds through in the later sections. I actually wouldn't have minded it to be maybe an extra hour longer but that's just me. Plant 43 was definitely the weakest call back, I think theres a file that basically says it was just a whoopsie basically?