An analysis of the latest entry in the Resident Evil franchise. How do the changes to the formula affect the series? / thegamingbrit / thegamingbritshow
They have made SFV, RE7, pretty sure Monster Hunter on the 3DS, Strider a few years back and MvCI is in development, DMC5 SHOULD be next, that or a new Darkstalkers which I doubt.
Structurally, 7 has a lot in common with 1. Mansion, Outside, Cabin, Underground, Back to the Mansion. To me, this game is like a reimagining for the first game, designed as if it was made in the mid-00s, drawing from horror films of the time like Wrong Turn.
It's really just a dumbed down version of the first game, similar to how the new Thief was a dumbed down version of the old Thief. The Baker house is tiny, very linear with simplistic puzzles and not many enemies to fight, while the Spencer Mansion was huge with a lot of stuff to uncover. You had a bit of choice in how you went about things and you could even get different cutscenes depending on how you played, none of which happens in RE7.
Yup, not much of an Underground or facility. I suppose I'd compare the Tanker/1st half of Chris's campaign to Underground and the 2nd half of Chris's campaign to Facility. Even then that'd be still only 1 campaign (for free at least). The mansion is a lot shorter, especially on the return. Even outside is just a little backyard, unless you count the intro. If you cut out the baker bosses, the game is a lot shorter, a lot less scarier, even smaller, and quite unimpressive. They really are the best thing about it. Once you get a little ammo, mudmen become target practice, only they are the only enemy types in the game. I think the lack of content was to focus on quality over quantity, but like I said, cut the Bakers and the game sort of falls flat. It's really all about them.
If they do the RE2 remake right I swear it's going to blow this game out of the water. RE2 was a classic with a much better story, enemy variety, locations, replay value, extra modes and scenarios, and if they do it right I bet everyone is going to look at this game again and see it for what it really is.
@@TheIrland09 I hope so...in fact they could do better than the standard RE2 and include Extreme Battle, and even do better than that and include Mercernaries AND Raid Mode Revelations 2 style. They could add to the story things like Nemesis vs Birkin (youtube search it), as well as explain Cheif Irons, Ben, Kendo, Marvin more (also on youtube), or even Outbreak characters/stories. Or...they could fuck it all up by going so far as changing the story for the worse and even cut Ada Wong, and making paywalls for everything instead of rewarding players for actually working hard to unlock the modes. I swear...if they change even 1 thing from the original RE2 to paid DLC (including Extreme Battle), I'm going to be...
What I really like about RE overall is that they try new approaches to make their titles unique in it's own way, like you can totally tell the difference between one RE game and another. Unlike other franchises nowadays
Tomm Hulett fucked off to WayForward (Shantae). Well, who could do a good Silent Hill with Konami Executives foul-breathing down their neck? Not even Kojima.
@@jonahphillips8055 Imagine having fun in life, crazy right RE4 wwas already more action than the previous chapters and everybody love it in a maniacal way. RE never took itself seriously and the whole series is based around parodying the American cliché view of the zombie apocalypse, so I think that RE6 iss perfect for following up that state of mind.
Jonah Phillips Imagine having fun in life, crazy right RE4 wwas already more action than the previous chapters and everybody love it in a maniacal way. RE never took itself seriously and the whole series is based around parodying the American cliché view of the zombie apocalypse, so I think that RE6 iss perfect for following up that state of mind. That has to be the most far sighted response I’ve ever heard from a re6 fan, what Jonah was really saying was imagine people only caring for resident evil because it’s action and think the older games re 1,2,3,0 and code Veronica are bad. Re4 was a good game but it kept the balance between horror and action and made it into an enjoyable game. If you want to know why re4 is still more enjoyable than re6 then go watch Nerrel’s video about it. if it was supposed to parody the American cliché then why did they go for a horror route in the first place, the only reason they chose the action route was because they saw the success of other action games and wanted to follow along. I enjoyed re7 because unlike the older games which were more horror oriented re7 truly took the horror more seriously than what the older game couldn’t.
I loved it but my biggest complaint was indeed the very limited selection of enemies. The Bakers were fantastic, but the "spoopy goo man" never did it for me in any of these games, and they still don't, which is made worse by the fact that there's only about 4 kinds of them. Still, I'm willing to blame it on the fact that they had to make a new engine, and I have high hopes for a followup in this style. Survival horror might be making a comeback and I'm so excited.
RE7 was in development and planned before P.T. was first shown, though. i get peoples constant comparisons to the two demos, but it seems to be coincidental.
What I'm saying is they made the demo completely unrepresentative of the final game to emulate PT. I think that's pretty clearly no coincidence since the final game is completely unlike the demo or PT.
And then those people praise Re 4 as the best thing since sliced bread, showing their hypocrisy. More so that they started series with that game first.
Uh, no. 4 and 6 are pretty different games. The key difference is that 4 knew what changing direction in *moderation* was. 6 had not the faintest grasp of subtlety.
Why would it have any subtlety if it just went with what 4 was about but amping it to 11? And don't start with "4 still had horror elements" please. Playing as Leon who went through "Dante wannabe club", gives zero fucks about anything around him, has a smartass remark for everything, killed any attempts of the game to be spooky. Except regenerators, cause enemies like that were more or less new at the time. The whole action upgrade started with 4 to bring new audience and keep up with gaming trends. Implying 5 and 6 are worse, because they went even further, is wearing quite some rose tinted glassses. Personally, i find 5 to be mediocre beta version of 6, but maybe 6 would not be so mechanically polished without 5 being first step forward on the road RE 4 went on. Moderation you talk about made 4 a Jack of all trades - a few horror elements left that don't work with balls to the wall main protag, improved controls but still tanky enough, etc. This game represents RE quite good in terms of being absolute middleground in the series, which also means it's not strong on any single aspect. So i see why people would say it's a good starting point for newcomers, even if i would advise chronological order. Besides, people somehow already forgot, that while 4 was welcomed as a good game, quite a few people were not pleased with it's overall direction, same way second gen RE fans are not pleased with RE 7 now. Still, i would say basically all Re games have certain value to them, every game had a reason behind it's development process, which some fans choose to ignore. RE 4 fans (not meaning you, just in general) remind me of Armored Core 4 Answer fans, praising the game that went "more action" approach as if it's the best decision for series, while at the same time ignoring reasons behind mechanics of the following games.
Do you realy think resident evil would still be around if they used the same old formula over and over again. In alot of ways 3 has alot more action, thats why they had the Nemesis constantly hunting you because it changed up the gameplay a little making it more thrilling. Capcom new they had to do something new to keep the gameplay from getting stale, did it work, to some degree, yes but most gamers still think 2 is better. So resident evil 4 did alot right to keep the series relevant, there is no way resident evil would still be here with the same mechanics being done over and over, especialy with todays gamers. I can hear it now resident evils controls are to outdated and unresponsive, its the same game rehased over and over. Everything has to evolve to stay relevant wether we like it or not.
Thanks dude. Nice to see somone doing a fair review, not just giving it 100% because its exploiting unquantifiable nostalgia and a "return to horror". Love the channel by the by.
I agree. I thought Resident Evil 6 was a decently fun game. It's not my favorite game in the franchise, but it's one of my favorite action games to come out of 2012.
You're one weird dude, you complain about unskippable cutscenes in Resident Evil 7 but say nothing about that in your Yakuza 0 video even though that game is filled with hours of unskippable cutscenes
Peter E I believe his main complaint about the unskippable cutscenes was in regard to playing on higher difficulties where you don't get to save often, and you die much more easily. If you only got to save once every hour or so, wouldn't you be annoyed having to sit though each cutscene over and over every time you died?
+Peter E Nice weak bait there, mate. You can go into the options menu in Ryu Ga Gotoku 0 and turn on "skip cutscenes by pressing the Start button while watching them". Unskippable cutscenes in any game is fucking stupid anyway you dice it though, lets be honest.
Man I respect your opinion but this feels like a reactionary review. I don't think the sentiment has aged well at all. I've played all the mainline Resident Evil's too. And this is Top 3 for me
COREY FULTZ then you must've not played resident evil 1 - 4. Resident evil has always been about survival horror , resident evil is called "the king of survival horror" for a reason . Re5 and re6 are good action games but they're not survival horror, that's why people criticize those games.
i agree with you resident evil is a horror game but if you think about the old resident evil games wasn't all that scary it did little doing too make you jump and it had some blood and zombies but it wasn't never real terrifying to me but you have your own feel about what makes a resident evil game scary and that is your own opinion and i agree resident evil 4 is a great game too.
COREY FULTZ I said those games were survival horror, not super scary games. Read my comment again. RE has never been about crazy action, that's why 5 & 6 are terrible RE games. I was talking about survival horror vs mindless action. I'm not talking about scary game vs non-scary game.
I thought the game was Awesome. Like playing a big budget Hollywood summer scifi blockbuster. But it seems that RE fans don't want awesome they just wanna be scared & solve puzzles. But although the entire game was not scary they definitely had scary sections. People who say otherwise never played thru it.
Maybe because some of the fans know that there are other games for this ''big budget Hollywood summer sci-fi blockbuster'' of yours. Not sure why Resident Evil franchise had to take such spot. I played the first game only briefly, catched up to the series only from 4th, 5th and 6th game. And I must say, the way that each game is presented is very different, despite how similiar in the whole control scheme they are. Where RE4 was pretty much the breakthrough with new features and style.. RE5 felt like a bigger expansion going for even more action packed campaign. I ran through RE4 a few times, just like through RE5 but I never fully replayed RE6 because the game had some noticeable flaws. Not necessarily calling it a bad game.. but just like Corat McRed in his comment said '' It was okay. '' The problem that I had with the 6th game was the lack of proper identity... Most of the times the game felt like it didn't really know what it wanted to be. The campaigns, while offering quite a hefty amount of playtime, each with different scenarios, characters, enemies and locations.. Had the its problem within that category... The difference between each one of them. Anyone who played the game can confirm that the gameplay was all over the place. It tried a bit too hard with slow, forced walking pacing to be spooky in Leon's campaign, where it quickly kicked off after about 1 chapter into a more action packed meat grinder (which was still fine) But then you had Jake, that was battling mutating J'avos with AKs... on scooters, during a scripted avalanche, some pretty annoying boss that pretty much served as a false figure of danger... just kinda following you throughout the whole campaign. And implementing probably one of the crappiest stealth segments. Chris, his campaign was probably the biggest shift from what you'd expect this franchise to still kinda be about. Your amazing adventure is filled up with non-stop shooting the other shooters. Piloting helicopters and military jets.. forced into uninteresting and poorly done, overly scripted chase sequences. (RE5 already managed to make it unappealing, not sure why they didn't drop that idea there already.) With that out of the way.. Add up the dorky camera that half the times was pretty much trying its best to try locking your view onto something really really interesting, randomly shifting its place into the view to give a nice throwback to the old school Resi's even during a chase. Not to mention that your character occupied more than half the screen this time. The closed up envirovements did not help any better with the whole claustrophobic view of not even being able to see what's around you. The addition of new movement set was nice.. altough it tend to get a bit clunky at times, esp. the cover system and the fact that you could now bump into walls while sprinting and randomly vault over some obstacle in your way that you didn't even touch when you were sprinting somewhere... Not good. Someone in Capcom also thought that RE5's inventory system was probably still too good so now with RE6, they had to make it even worse, by leaving the icons of your equipment in the inventory itself, so if you had 0 grenades and wanted to still use the 1st aid spray, you'd have to scroll through all the icons with a nice zero counter next to them. They also had to drop the whole money system in favor of skills... why? With that.. the ability to sell/store items was also gone.. Upgrading guns, gone as well. Exchanging and sharing items/consumables with your Co-op partner online... also gone. There is still a lot of things that I left out.. but right now it makes my comment seem like some ungrateful rant.. which might not be too far from truth.. Besides, it's long enough already. Hope this shines some light onto the whole subject of some individuals not really digging Resident Evil 6's exchange for flashier style.
The first half of this game was great, but my god the second half was such a boring slog of linear combat. I still don't think that the perfect execution of the Resident Evil formula has happened yet. I'm hoping that with the foundation of this game they can make a Resident Evil that doesn't fall apart near the end and is complex and interconnected throughout it's entirety. Also I had a blast with Resident Evil 6 as well.
I would be extremely excited for this game if "Resident Evil" wasn't in the title. I haven't played RE7 yet, but if the story isn't a silly virus based space opera then it isn't a Resident Evil story and it doesn't belong in the franchise (should be a new IP). Also, I love how triggered people get over any praise of RE6.
I'm honestly amazed that people are STILL salty over your RE6 video and the game itself, yet they're probable the first to call RE4 their favorite game of all time. In my opinion, RE was never about the scares,nit was about the feeling, the horror, the tributes and callbacks to B movies. RE6 was the natural progression of the series, for fucks sake the ev company is called umbrella and the villain was a sunglasses wearing blonde, how the fuck do you take that seriously? People like to deny it, but RE6 had terrifix gameplay, it was incredibly flexible. I don't see how this is one of the "worst games ever" candidates. RE6 alzó had the decency to at least give me a good chunk of content before offering me extra DLC, and the DLC itself has the decency to be optional Multiplayer stuff. And I can almost gaurantee that people saying RE6 is a bad game have clearly NEVER played and objectively bad game in their life.
Negameleon I thought it made sense that the characters who are always in these situations are no longer really "afraid" and are now so casual about it. Really the series was going this way regardless.
My only major issue with this game is the beginning, until you meet the Baker family for dinner. It is too stretched out, get out of your car and slowly walk around the building until you get to the house, walk around the house until you get a tape, go find your girlfriend and in-between cutscenes run around and fight her. It will make replaying it a pain.
This is my biggest problem with RE7 I don't mind lack of zombies but RE team obsession with tar monsters/uroboros is just not fun. It's not a good monster design in my opinion. I just want something as original as Nemesis or Tyrant
Resident Evil 6 is legitimately one of the worst games that I have ever played, you unironically saying it was better than 7 is possibly the surprise of the year.
While i appreciate that a lot of fans have wanted a more horror centric res and they deserved there time in the light, you have to admit that 7 is still an equally flawed entry as to 6 all be it not as overt. It feels like its lost part of what makes Res focusing on the horror to the detriment of its other facets, the content you get isn’t worth £40-£60, and the game is only initially scary until the 4-5 same enemies show up for the 10th time.
Where the hell he said 6 is better than 7? Learn to listen, he meant 6 vanila is compelling to be instantly replayed while 7 has limited replay value on release. We will have to see if 7 complete package with all DLC makes up for it.
We may as well pray REmake 2 ends up being good to amazing. Everything will be just fine....................I swear to God, if alternative costumes that you can obtain with Brad's key end up under Capcom's paywall or an unlimited bazooka ends up as a DLC or a pre-order bonus, I will murder someone's fucking face off.
I think what Gaming Brit fails to realize is that, though mechanically RE4 is quite good, it wasn't scary. RE4 isn't scary at all, it's just an action game with horror themes. I don't like that, give me a horror game if that's what your making. You can give it some action, but that needs to be limited enough that enemies don't feel easy to beat. I also fail to see the problem with smoothly transitioning from gameplay to cutscene? It's less jarring, and doesn't take me out of the experience. How is that bad?
That fucking re6 bias though. i get that you're into hype shit, but i think there's enough of that in the series. You're comparing this "house of horrors spooky mansion" far too much to "biohazard world run modern warfare". I personally don't want resident evil to be 'just like my japanese anime' - with a touch of call of duty. we're done with that, time to move on.
Omg Resident Evil is nothing like Call of Duty. Everyone thinks just because Call of Duty is a fast paced shooter than any game that's a shooter is trying to be like it. It's not!
Don't worry, mr. "Bestgameplayer10". i'm just talking about the warfare TONE that starts sneaking in since re5 and seeps into the series super hard at 6. I know they're different, don't twist my words.
Uchi CoD isn't the only game with a warfare tone. I just hate when people take a jab at CoD for no real reason is all. If that's not what you were doing then alright.
because it's the easiest, most comparable thing when talking about a videogame that takes place in a warfare environment. you gotta deal with that, water is wet, call of duty is famous, or rather infamous. people are going to make the link because everybody knows about it. i'm not saying call of duty is bad mind you. that's just the bagage that you carry in your own mind from hearing so many people bashing it. i just made an easy comparison that even a baby could understand. so that everybody can understand what i mean. hope that's cool with ya.
You're right, Bayonetta 2 is fantastic. I do agree on RE6, while it's definitely a different tone and feel than previous games, it's so fun. Gameplay took what worked from 4/5 and made it smoother, the amount of content the game had with all the campaigns was really interesting and I liked the different feel they tried to push with each campaign. Leons harkening back to 4. Chris's being a better 5 imo. And Jake's being something a bit different but enjoyably over the top. RE7 does have its interesting factors but to me it just feels like a lot of other first person horror games and falls into some of those steps. One of the biggest noticable things for me was when the main man Baker was chasing the MC, when he catches you, he forces you to turn around so he can do his hit animation on you and it was clearly done to not only show off that animation, but to also make the hit seem fair. Otherwise you'd be getting hit from behind with no clear view as to how close he was to you and it looks hokey and awkward because of it.
RE4 ruined the franchise. Not because of its gameplay mechanics or innovation. No, but because of its greatness. Its so amazing. So seminal. The series will never, ever, be able to attain that peak again. Same thing happened with HALO, and Fallout and Mass Effect. Halo 3 is to much of a precipice for the rest if the games in the series. Fallout will never be as awesome as it was in New Vegas. Mass Effect will never be as spectacular as it was in ME2. Sometimes you make a singular game so good, so fucking good, in a series that the series cannot attain that level again. It happened with resi. RE4 did it.
I expected RE7 to be a cheap cash-in on indie horror tropes. What I got was...a resident evil game. And a damn good one at that. It's more horror-focused than action-focused this time around and the perspective is different, but all the elements are still there. The puzzles that involve backtracking down familiar paths hiding new surprises, the slow, deliberate movement that makes combat a tense game of distancing yourself from enemies and getting a few shots off and keeping the enemy walking after you in mind while you turn your back to them, and even the campy, morbid humor. It's great stuff and the story is even genuinely well-written, with a very likable protagonist that works both as a player surrogate and as a defined character. The one thing it's sorely missing is the ability to press X after a headshot to roundhouse kick a motherfucker. also RE6 is still bad and you should feel bad
Exactly my experience, I was going into 7 expecting some meh game and was pleasantly surprised, whereas I expected re6 to be at least halfway decent and... you know the rest.
+Dylan Goodboy I disagree. Sure, while the game can be fun at times, I felt like the controls didn't really fit for what they were going for and the A.I. makes it a pain to play alone. But, that's just my opinion on that game.
Playing all those campaigns in Resi 6 co op with my friend were some of the best memories I have,so fun,so much content,for me that game was epic,made me go OHHH SHIITTT SOONNN
Just beacuse RE7 is a sequel to RE6 its not fair to compare both the titles. Both are very different games. Game design changes with the time, if you compare RE1 to RE6 also, you can see how different they are.
Why is this the most "honest" review? Do you actually think other reviewers were lying for some reason or is this "honest" because it's more in line with your thoughts?
Thank you for the sensible review. I really liked 7. It brought back the feeling of 1-3 while breaking new ground. I hope they further flesh out this new style in RE8.
Playing through RE 7 on repeated playthroughs makes me feel like the game isn't completed. I noticed that some dialogue doesn't quite mesh together and I'm not sure if it's just a lapse in the writing for certain moments or if RE 7 was originally supposed to be twice as long as it currently is. The games pacing just hits lightspeed once you beat the boss just before the tanker sequence and it's really jarring and noticeable on repeat playthroughs.
The game just isn't very good. Nothing that great about it and it's overrated just because it went back to being horror. Completely forgot about it after I finished it. Nothing about it makes me want to replay it unlike all the previous games. Capcom needs to get their shit together for Remake 2.
I do hope they make, more games like Resi 4 and maybe some like Resi 6 as spin offs to the main series. Resi 4 is still my favorite and Resi 6 is fun but really shouldn't be a main line Resi game but a spin off. I miss the 3rd person camera and do feel this was only made in 1st person for VR.
Extra content and density is absolutely worth the the money value. People actually think that all of that stuff isn't worthy of praise? That. Is. Crazy.
it feels like that these days people prefer games that lack content, have restrictive controls due to heavily scripted moments tend to get more praised due to the "IMMERSHUN AND REALISM" they come with rather than a game thats packed with so much gameplay, content, and replay value. Like seriously, people seem to prefer it when their games are more like movies and less like games, god i miss the older days. this not to say that re 6 is better than re 7 but rather whats out there now in general right now.
I didn't get much replay value out of RE7. Barely made it a couple hours into my second playthrough because it's so linear and scripted. Past RE games had the action and stupid set pieces that got the adrenaline pumping, plenty of variety to the gameplay. RE7 feels more like I'm being herded down a path than carving my own one
i see a lot of comments about him liking RE6 more than 7 well, perhaps this person who ISN'T you has a different opinion and might not like the things YOU like, it's almost as if we are all individuals or something
I agree with you a bit on the content argument, but personally, I value quality over quantity. Resident Evil 6 gives you a plethora of content, sure, it just isn't very fun (at least to me). Sure, while it offers players a whole lot to do, it's ultimately fruitless if the majority of people don't want to play ANY of it. So why should that make it a better game for simply the amount of content alone? I haven't played Resident Evil 7 yet, and it sucks there is so little in it as of now, but I can't see how a critic is wrong in their review whenever they judge a game on how fun the content itself was instead just how much content there is.
Joseph Boyle The nice thing about modes is that the core game doesn't have to be dragged out but you can just spice the game up with certain simple challenges. It barely takes effort and it gives the game a ton more longevity.
PauLtus B there is a Horde mode called "Nightmare" and the Ethan Must Die mode. Though they're in the Banned Tapes DLC, which is I think $9.99 (Idk why it wasn't in the game in the first place though, but it isn't to expensive).
Not saying mine is the only opinion but one mode is based round the games weakest aspect: its combat. Its like a poor version of mercenaries. The other mode isn’t particularly entertaining either, just kill one of the 4 bosses in the game with random weapons after going back through the same part of the house you've been through 10 times already in the main game. I'd say its worth $3 at most.
It's one of the most underwhelming games I've ever played, it had its scary moments. But, I thought the Bakers were shit, Jack would just show up, talk to himself, and move like someone sped up his footage, just so he could get hits off on you. Marguerite was just there, then she died. I finished it 4 times to get all the achievements, there's not one moment I could look back on and be like "holy shit, that was awesome"
RE7 was pretty good. Its definitely the direction the series needs to go. I still want them to wipe continuity from everything from RE4 through 7 because I want to go back to the semi-grounded story of RE 0-3+Code:Veronica, but thats never ever going to happen. Also RE7's monsters were very generic looking, which is a shame in a series with awesome looking creatures in pretty much every other game. Also the Hunters were far more creepy as far as all RE enemies. The regenerators only seem more popular because its a more recent game and the internet was still pretty new when the original was out. The sequel needs more puzzles, bigger environments that stay interconnected throughout the game. Also lets not have ship levels. I've always thought that was incredibly boring.
Please stop talking about how "X game was better value because it had more hours". My time is a lot more valuable than extra fluff hours these companies feel compelled to fit into their game. If I had a choice to play a mediocre full-priced game that had hundreds of hours, or 1 good full-priced game that was 3 hours long, I would choose the latter.
I don't like FP view, RE3 is my absolute Favorite of all times, but I like RE6a lot and fun to re-play. Mercenaries is so addictive and awesome to play in co-op as well
I don't really like RE6 but to its defense, at least it got more than enough content to justify the full retail price and there were no DLC so I'll give it credit where credit's due. RE7 doesn't even have side games, honestly, and I don't like Capcom's business practice of handling with DLC content. It just shows that Capcom hasn't changed that much after the years have passed by. Luckily for them, DLC practice is a norm in video games nowadays whether we like it or not, but if they pulled that stunt 5 years ago they would have been crucified. RE7 may be good but it's not a 60$ game by any means. Even REvelations 2 which was launched with a 40$ price tag on a physical disc had more content than RE7.
I've got to agree with pretty much everything in this review. That's something pretty much nobody talks about while reviewing RE games, but I've always love the "RPG"/"character progression" part of thoses games and oddly enough, RE7 nails it. In every single (good) RE games you start off pretty weak (inventory space, handgun, low ammo) but will eventually get more power in the form of ressources. RE4-5 had the (stupid but easy to use) buy/sell/upgrade options, RE2 and 3 had a lot of cool ideas especially with Leon's OPTIONNAL weapon upgrades and Jill's "secret" weapon and ammo types in RE3. In RE7, you got it all : a "shop" that requires you to get hard to find collectibles, optionnal hidden weapons, ammo types and now even steroids to boost your max HP. I was especially pleased when I found out they kept this same structure for the Chris DLC "Not a Hero" which let you feel like a total badass (well... you're playing as Chris so...) while still keeping that "Metroid (prime?)-vania feeling". That's pretty much why I'm so hyped for REmake 2 since dispite the RE4 type gameplay, you feel there's a lot of RE7 in there.
I'd say it still doesn't feel like Resident Evil. I guess it's just me associating Resident Evil with cheesy horror. Kinda hard not to think that. Jill Sandwich. Midget napoleon. COMPLETE GLOBAL SATURATION. Also ayy my man. It's 2AM. Go to sleep my boy.
Speaking of Capcom, everyone should go play the Sengoku Basara games. Fucking do it now before I jump off this short roof. Also don't pretend Resi 6 didn't have walkytalky bullshit and awkward controls that didn't work well with the level design they were going for. The only enjoyable bits were Leon's Campaign and Mercenaries, especially on second playthroughs.
Instead of praising games for more play hours and collorating that to money value i think we should value on the good stuff per second. The density of god stuff and how that enhances and improves the experience should be what is praised. Not just the sheer amount of hours. I think a shorter experience works more for re7 and a longer experience works for 6
Fuck the critics. When something is good it is good and you should appreciate it for what it is. Needless "innovation" is needless, especially when this "innovation" is something that is basically being done by every single body in the business these days. Now, gimme me my The Evil Within 2 !
To me RE7 is at most a side event thats only there because "we need to make a horror game". Srsly we can fit any title name to replace RE7 and everything still seems fit. Apart from the graphics theres nothing much more than a well done indie made horror game. recent years theres this trend of remaking shlt, where the then fans grew up and as long as the product is barely passable, it will sell like hot cake because of hype. Take a step back and face it, 3A developer spend 3A budget and made this suppose to be 3A game at 3A price, end result is just that? Still a good game but def not 10/10 as many suggested.
God dammit you’re right about the dlc thing , which is why I didn’t buy it . I completed re7 never wanted to come back. I did come back to 1 , 4 5 6 . You earned yo self a sub sir
sounds like they borrowed a lot of ideas from other horror games as well. It loses its identity in the process though. You have the main character going from normal guy to walking abomination killer like Issac from dead space also missing wife troupe. You have texas chainsaw massacre vibes from the baker family. Fear level story writing and borrowed aspects. Typical amnesia and outlast horror style mechanics mixed with old School Res E puzzle style. The main character is kinda of a drag and silent protagonist wasn't the correct choice for this game. Its a 8/10 horror game nice scares, some nice meaty gameplay, but its nothing ground breaking or we havent seen before.
You know, I often wonder why people keep using the term "Metroidvania". Let's check the facts here: Metroid - A series where you need to explore a huge world with no real idea of where to go. You explore a huge map discovering new things in order to progress. Castlevania - A series about platforming and killing enemies, and getting from point A to point B, until Symphony of the Night came along and introduced RPG elements, and exploratory design akin to Metroid. So then, why is it called Metroidvania, and not simply Metroid-like? It especially bugs me when people talk about a honest to god Metroid game and refer to it as Metroidvania...
XBladenoJutsu it’s become the go-to term for open-ended level design where you progress based on the items you unlock as you play the game and discover new interconnected areas. It’s not accurate, but if someone mentions it I get a feel for what they’re talking about.
Yeah, I understand, but the reason I mentioned it here is because I was kind of binge watching several of GamingBrit's videos, and he used that term a fair amount, even once or twice in a Metroid game proper, which just made no sense.
I liked Resident Evil 7. I think it's one of the best Resident Evil games out there (especially when compared to nonsense garbage like Umbrella Corps and Operation Raccoon City, but let's forget those games even existed) and the best games of 2017 so far. However, the one gripe I have is that it doesn't focus on the characters from the other games. Say what you will about Resident Evil 6, but at least they has memorable and likable characters (except for Simmons, of course), Ethan wasn't that interesting to me. Even if I empathized with what he's going through. Which is why I like the Revelations titles a whole lot more. Something atmospheric while having a fair bit of action and puzzles, and has characters I actually cared about. I'm also not a big fan of how most of the extra content that _should_ have been in the game in the first place, being advertised for DLC. I still like the game, however.
I actually disagree about the immortal enemies. Perhaps they grow more annoying on repeated play throughs, but shooting Jack that first tike and realizing the fucker doesn’t even flinch made my heart sink.
I still think that they should split the series in two. A slow paced horror focused title like Rasi 7 and a more action packed game with big explosions and crazy finishing moves like 6. Maybe a spin off or something.
It would be nice. Maybe they could please both audiences, and the community wouldn't be so volatile. The volatile community makes me want to abandon the series in it's entirety.
joesinister I wish the same thing. That way the series could have both. The main entries can be all horror with less trained protagonists. Then the spin off series can bring the older more trained characters with more action.
yeah this fanbase is now close to be in the Sonic fandom levels of bitching with the classic nostalfags,the action fanboys (who likes RE4,5 and 6) and the new ones
@@eliasnicolasmiranda4940 Been noticing that to. Suddenly, everyone felt entitled to preach on what is a resident evil game, otherwise you're not a fan
I... don't really get how so many people thought this was scary. I found it to be thoroughly predictable for the most part. It had some tense moments, yeah, but scary? The problem is, I don't know if that's just me being hard to spook, or others being easily spooked. At the same time, I found Metroid Prime 3's G.F.S. Valhalla more frightening than the Bakers' Mansion, and Valhalla was the first time since Silent Hill II that I was afraid to move on. Mechanically, though, I agree with you. The combat is okay, nothing revolutionary, but it's mostly working as intended. Except when trying to avoid stuff outright, that ain't happening.
yeah, when I first played re7 I absolutely loved it. so much that I played it five times in a row and a few more over the next few months. Then I took the summer to reflect and I noticed that there was a lot that I didn't like, so much that I have a hard time returning to it now. just the name a few: the monster variety, the monster AI, most of the dlc (uncle Joe was awesome). Then, in October I played both Evil Within titles and felt they were far more satisfying horror titles (sufficiently spooky atmosphere, decent game play controls, a nice monster variety, challenging bosses and an interesting story)
I liked RE7 but I have to admit it doesn't feel complete without the dlc. Yeah...it sucks that games have come to that. 90% of the time when I look into getting a game, when I see dlc day 1 I will pass on the game all together. RE7 fell into that other 10%. I'm pretty happy with the complete package and it didn't go over $100 in the long run so I feel it was worth it.
I actually kind of prefer RE: Outbreak when it comes to playing as a civilian(s) who's scared out their wits and just trying to get out alive. Outbreak has more than its share of clunky mechanics and sections but it still feels like an RE game. I liked RE 7 well enough but if someone had handed me a disc with the title scrubbed off, it would have taken me a while to realize I was playing Resident Evil instead of a well polished but still pretty standard indie horror game. I'm glad the series is getting its act together again but I hope RE 8 and beyond are more in the vein of 4 or even Outbreak than 7. 7 was the kick in the britches the series needed and that's fine, I just hope Capcom doesn't think this is the only way to make an RE game from now on. Also, I agree with Charlie that scripted sections need to die in a fire.
So you admit that you are pleb who enjoys a bad game like RE6 over a great game like RE7? Noted. EDIT: I'm kidding when I say you are a pleb, TGBS. Good video, and keep up the good work :D
lolno it isn't. It is essentially a shitty Michael Bay directed hollywood blockbuster with an awful story. There's a reason why it is considered the black sheep of the series by the gaming populi. TGBS is a huge contrarian.
RavegousHermage But... it's a fun action game with great controls. The story is actually pretty decent. It's suppose to have a bunch of over the top scenes in it... However, I do dislike TGBS critiquing of games at times. Like how can he like RE6 but not like MGSV? ( You Can Ignore What I've Typed Below ) The story of MGSV isn't up to par with as much depth and political references and why the government is so bad n' such, but the story it does withhold along with if you actually give it some thought is wonderful. Not to mention the outstanding gameplay.
RavegousHermage The story wasn't that bad... c'mon now. But it has to be the best unfinished game by far though. You and I both know why it's unfinished that's why I excuse the game for being basically blank throughout most Chapter 2. Still upsetting though, would love to see the game fully realized.
You have a real, serious point on games having extra features and modes being a plus. It's Replay Value, and it's the bane of all professional reviewers who only play a game once, or maybe not even to the end. I think it being released as DLC not only is a cashgrab, but also a way to force reviewers to come back to review a game "again" to keep interest up in the title and make sales longer.
