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Final Resident Evil Requiem previews are dropping in

Every modern Resident Evil game is dumbed down slop for the masses. Notice how these previews never say anything about level design, that's because the 1996 original game blows it out of the water.

Resident Evil Village is one of the worst games I've ever played, and this new one won't be different.
 
Final reviews a month before release? seems a bit too early, doesn't it?
Anyway, it seems to be another great game in the series!
 
Plenty of gore, good, but it's a shame that chainsaw isn't cutting motherfuckers in half. I mean, come on.

I do really like how enemies react when you shoot them in the knees, I think Mafia ToC has this too,we need more of that in games.
 
Looking forward to RE9, but I dont care about previews anymore. They're more like PR. Almost always glowing and positive, no matter the game.

What makes me a bit cautious are the mentions about 'new stalkerS'. Im so over stalker enemies, I wish RE would move on from them tbh.
 
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These previews now do a much better job of selling me the game than the Porsche ad.
 
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Nowa said:
Every modern Resident Evil game is dumbed down slop for the masses. Notice how these previews never say anything about level design, that's because the 1996 original game blows it out of the water.

Resident Evil Village is one of the worst games I've ever played, and this new one won't be different.
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Nowa said:
None taken, I don't care about you sloppost either.
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I like the cut of your jib.
 
GrayChild said:
Yup. Max has always been a huge Capcom shill in general.

As much as I'm excited about the game, I wouldn't take anything he says seriously.
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When I start seeing you in official company promotions, whether justly or not, that little line of demarcation between "one of us," and "one of the media," completely evaporates. That TGA ad with Max, Bawka and the Sphere Hunter really rubbed me the wrong way in so far as building a trusting relationship with the consumer.

If Asmon, Legendary Drops, Kastaclysm think it's a good title, I'll usually hear them out.

People like the Sphere Hunter and Max, though? They've turned themselves into Capcom mascots, essentially. Suzi threw a fit about the Silent Hill 2 Remake and how he wasn't going to review "unoriginal, uninspired," works. Then to immediately give a reach around to the REmakes.

There is nothing there that implies to me that you have a legitimate, non-astro-turfed opinion - even if you do.

Edit: This is coming from someone who adores Resident Evil.
 
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Somehow I feel like the dual nature of each story is going to do more harm than good once players get their hands on the game. I hope I am completely wrong, it's just a feeling I have.
 
I hope you can skip the rose parts in replays. I'm afraid the Rose parts will be first person with invincible stalking enemy (RE7 or Mr X) and the Leon parts will be an actually good video game.
 
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Somehow I feel like the dual nature of each story is going to do more harm than good once players get their hands on the game. I hope I am completely wrong, it's just a feeling I have.
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What I've seen and heard is that you play through each level as Grace first and then play a altered version of the same level as Leon. At least that's the impression given in this 3 hour demo that all these media outlets got to play.

Which in that case I see many wishing that you could select a Grace or Leon campaign on their own instead of playing through the same level twice. Especially on repeated playthroughs.

I think Grace is you explore and learn layouts and then as Leon you know the layouts and can just clean up shop.

BUT if the atmospheric sound is Silent Hill 3 level then it could be special...but that's a big ask.

Memati187 Memati187 It really depends on how they handle Crimsonheads in this game and if you purposely let them mutate that they get stronger and more terrifying to persay add a different layer of difficulty. Let's say the Stalker enemy is just what one of the Zombies could turn into if you don't take the necessary precautions.

Furthermore Max let slip that there are character upgrades(particularly for Grace) utilizing Blood so that could be a pseudo form of character progression.

I just hope the game isn't just "another mansion complex" and you get a variety of locales.
 
I don't know what it is about this game, it just doesn't look good to me. Like i guess watching Leon just massacre a bunch of slow moving zombies is meh after dealing with RE4's ganado.
 
ToneyJ said:
I don't know what it is about this game, it just doesn't look good to me. Like i guess watching Leon just massacre a bunch of slow moving zombies is meh after dealing with RE4's ganado.
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You can't never make everyone happy no matter how hard you try….that's just nature for any game.

To me this game is looking phenomenal.
 
I feel pretty good about resident evil best horror out there, they turned lose on VR, classic elements and they're taking the high road with another journey to racoon city
 
I briefly watched and cut off the video. Going on a media blackout. With what I seen I wonder if there will be tension between grace and Leon when she realizes who the stalker is and that Leon killed her.

I kind of take issue with what they showed us. Why spoil all this. What tension is there now with this stalker when we know how it ends now.
 
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Leon once again will carry this game.
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This is the reason why RE 7 was the last one I've truly enjoyed. Felt fresh (well, Chris appeared at the end, but that was brief)

RE 8 used Chris too much, now 9 with Leon. Seems like Capcom doesn't have the balls to rely only in new characters.

Sad, 'cause Ethan was more than enough in RE 7
 
They showed way too much. The stalker section basically won't have any tension now since you know what happens at the end. How stupid was this.
 
Hugare said:
This is the reason why RE 7 was the last one I've truly enjoyed. Felt fresh (well, Chris appeared at the end, but that was brief)

RE 8 used Chris too much, now 9 with Leon. Seems like Capcom doesn't have the balls to rely only in new characters.

Sad, 'cause Ethan was more than enough in RE 7
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I agree. I was completely fine with a game starring Grace. But instead Capcom feels the game needs over the top action. Eventually Capcom will need new characters as the new breed of Resident Evil.
 
One of the few games I'm looking forward to this year. Gonna double dip for Pro and Switch 2 most likely. Capcom rarely misses with their big releases (besides MHW which was good but not World good).
 
Not watching, but any idea how well the gore is? RE2Remake levels? RE3Remake? RE4? I'd give the crown to RE2Remake on that front. RE4's was great too. RE3 was a failure in that regard.
 
drotahorror said:
Not watching, but any idea how well the gore is? RE2Remake levels? RE3Remake? RE4? I'd give the crown to RE2Remake on that front. RE4's was great too. RE3 was a failure in that regard.
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Kind of a mixed bag imo but I haven't watched this either. All I'm seeing with this game is blood spatter. I was completely turned off with seeing a zombie explode from a syringe with just blood spatter. No guts, bones or anything just blood lol. You do notice fragments of the head when Leon goes behind its head and blows its head off.
 
Jesb said:
I was completely turned off with seeing a zombie explode from a syringe with just blood spatter. No guts, bones or anything just blood lol. You do notice fragments of the head when Leon goes behind its head and blows its head off.
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Yeah, very bizarre decision IMO.
 
Jesb said:
Kind of a mixed bag imo but I haven't watched this either. All I'm seeing with this game is blood spatter. I was completely turned off with seeing a zombie explode from a syringe with just blood spatter. No guts, bones or anything just blood lol. You do notice fragments of the head when Leon goes behind its head and blows its head off.
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Damn really? Not even entry wound decals? Man, hopefully that's not the case.

*Not as bad as I was thinking

 
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drotahorror said:
Not watching, but any idea how well the gore is? RE2Remake levels? RE3Remake? RE4? I'd give the crown to RE2Remake on that front. RE4's was great too. RE3 was a failure in that regard.
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It's very gory, lots of gibs and blood splatters on walls/ceilings. Definitely a step up from the previous games.
 
Danjin44 said:
In horror games is less you know the better. I personally would stay away from previews.
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Yeah I agree. I personally think they fkd up by showing too much of the stalker enemy and how it ends. They basically took all the fear away from that encounter now that you see how it plays out to the end.
 
LavitzSlambert said:
Somehow I feel like the dual nature of each story is going to do more harm than good once players get their hands on the game. I hope I am completely wrong, it's just a feeling I have.
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For people who like both it's going to be good gameplay variety but for me I only like actiony parts really
 
Jesb said:
Yeah I agree. I personally think they fkd up by showing too much of the stalker enemy and how it ends. They basically took all the fear away from that encounter now that you see how it plays out to the end.
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Then I suggest you don't watch any footage or preview of the game.

I personally don't need to see anything from the game since I'm already sold.
 
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Danjin44 said:
Then I suggest you don't any footage or preview of the game.

I personally don't need to see anything from the game since I'm already sold.
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I'm not. I didn't watch these previews today. Accidentally seen some of it browsing YouTube and backed out of it. Media blackout for me now. I should probably avoid podcasts too that I folllow on RE.
 
Anybody else notice that this game looks a lot like every other PS4-forward game?
Those 'Chunk' monsters are the same things we hid from in Village and it's starting to feel like these guys might have run out of good ideas.
 
Please give me an entire game slaughtering zombies as Resi 9 Leon. He looks phenomenal.

No thanks to the Grace segments.
 
awwr999999 said:
Anybody else notice that this game looks a lot like every other PS4-forward game?
Those 'Chunk' monsters are the same things we hid from in Village and it's starting to feel like these guys might have run out of good ideas.
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