It melts my cold heart to say it, but they haven't made a Resident Evil as good as 4 since
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Skifi28
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The remastered version of re4 has issues with the deadzones making aiming really crappy. It's the same with all current versions I've tried and the in-game options do little to help I'm afraid.
lostinblue
Banned
They remade Resident Evil 1 in 2002, then lost the assets and upsampled it for 1080p. I can't in good conscience include it with RE2-3 remakes that recently launched.
It's a pitty they didn't do Code Veronica before going for RE4.
It's a pitty they didn't do Code Veronica before going for RE4.
I think Shinji Mikami is a really good project leader/director, but it's unfair to imply that such a great game was all because of one man. I'm sure he was surrounded by very talented guys.
Lucifers Beard
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RE2 Remake is great and I enjoyed it more than 4 tbh. I also really enjoyed RE3 Remake, it was short but that was honestly part of the charm for me, 3 nights and 5h30 the credits were rolling. Great time!
Looking forward to RE4 Remake, I tried playing 4 again the other day and those textures are absolutely grim.
Looking forward to RE4 Remake, I tried playing 4 again the other day and those textures are absolutely grim.
bender
What time is it?
Eh. Every series is going to have a pinnacle even if the talent stays the same. I'd also take Capcom's post-Mikami output over the games with his name attached post-split.
Red Crayon Aristocrat
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RE4 is massively overrated, maybe the most overrated game of all time.
I mean it was impressive when it first came out and there's fun quotable lines and whatnot, not a bad game by any means, but REmake is better in every way, but RE4 is the one everyone goes nuts for?
I like 7, 8 and especially RE2 Remake better than RE4.
I mean it was impressive when it first came out and there's fun quotable lines and whatnot, not a bad game by any means, but REmake is better in every way, but RE4 is the one everyone goes nuts for?
I like 7, 8 and especially RE2 Remake better than RE4.
Werewolf Jones
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Very average take for someone who likes to be controversial. Try harder next time.
Sosokrates
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After all the hype of 4 I was underwhelmed by it, they turned resident evil into more of an action shooter.
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Kiya's Guard
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They've done 2 and 3, 1 and 0 are still on gamecube. God I wish they would give them the proper remake treatment (and code veronica)
Trazyn the Infinite
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James Sawyer Ford
Banned
RE7 and RE8 are REALLY friggin' good though. With quantities that easily put them ahead in certain areas.
But they aren't as long as something like RE4, that's for sure.
But they aren't as long as something like RE4, that's for sure.
Elder Legend
Banned
I really wanna see what they'll do with RE9. I heard rumors it will feature some sort of goatmen type mutants. Sort of like Village had werewolves but this has goat zombies.
How do you remake barf and dry turd ?
Captain Toad
Banned
Does it melt your cold heart Kingfey?
GigaBowser
The bear of bad news
Complicated, matters of the heart are complicated.
I think at its core Resident Evil is equal parts survival horror and unapologetic schlock action filled with cheese. Capcom were the only ones to ever get this formula right among a sea of cppycats.
With 5 and 6 the needle tilted a little too far towards cheese. They were like B tier action movies filtered through an RE lens.
7 was too much of a course correction.
8 felt just about right - horror with a step back towards the schlock nonsense that made the series good.
With 5 and 6 the needle tilted a little too far towards cheese. They were like B tier action movies filtered through an RE lens.
7 was too much of a course correction.
8 felt just about right - horror with a step back towards the schlock nonsense that made the series good.
If you're still running from a stupid something for most of the game then fuck that lazy gimmick and that game too. Too much running and not enough fun in 8, all the running did in the castle was pad out that level, it didn't add any fun, it wasn't scary, it was trash.
TheDarkPhantom
Member
Complete misuse of the phrase "melt my cold heart" but I've grown used to GAF users saying things they don't grasp the meaning/nuance of 
Anyway, yes, there is a reason why RE4 is widely considered one of the best games of all time, played it when it originally released on Gamecube, can't wait for the remake.
Anyway, yes, there is a reason why RE4 is widely considered one of the best games of all time, played it when it originally released on Gamecube, can't wait for the remake.
Vegans can tell you hundreds of dry as sand bean recipes, don't worry they taste EXACTLY like whatever analog they're comparing it to. I swear these people either have no taste buds, have never eaten the food they're trying to emulate or are really bad at tricking themselves and others.
Next Milk though is the closest thing to cow tit milk, it doesn't even fuck up tea.
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CrimsonSquall
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Alright settle down grandpa
MiguelItUp
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I still wish they'd remake the original in the form of 2, 3, and soon to be 4.
Arachnid
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If they were just about following sequence, they would have remade Code Veronica. To this day one of the highest rated games in the series. They also completely skipped 0 despite the fact that it could use some serious rebuilding. They also wouldn't have half-assed RE3make to get it out there if it was got the same care that RE2make and likely 4make are going to get.
We all know they were salivating at the thought of remaking 4 the second they started the string of remakes. They and the fans want it more than anything (at least, they want the mountain-load of money it's going to rake in).
KormaChameleon
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It was a great recovery to the franchise. I also enjoyed 7.
GHG
Member
Chris was not out there fighting in a volcano and punching Boulders for yall to be disrespecting 5
The problem with 5 is the fact that it fell victim to the co-op/multiplayer obsession that was rampant in the industry at the time.
The 360/ps3 era was the lost generation as far as this IP is concerned.
harry mason 1989
Banned
All silent hill games > resident evil 4
RoadHazard
Gold Member
You're right, but REVII was a big step in the right direction. Really liked it. Haven't played VIII yet, waiting for VR.
Shut0wen
Banned
5 ruined the series by adding coop, then we got the shit storm that was 6, revelations was decent but then behold! revelations 2 added coop and again made the game shit, all single player residents are kino while coop just ruins the franchise
lovetalkgames
Banned
There's no functional reason why co-op couldn't make sense. Re5 and 6 are just too linear for it.
Shut0wen
Banned
But it defeats the whole point of the series, coop literally takes away the horror out of resident evil, there is not one scary game out there that is scary in coop, coop and such should be added to spin off titles but not there main series because the games ive mentioned that are coop resident evil are shit, res5 is a decent coop game but as a resident evil game its on par with 6
lovetalkgames
Banned
The games are not that scary but I get what you mean.
Clear
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I love 7. Its just very "together" as an all-round package. I can understand why it doesn't work for everyone as its quite a departure from the rest of the series with the Bakers and the Molded as the primary antagonists, its referencing of more recent horror franchises like Saw and the whole "found footage" genre etc.
That said, I feel that it really knows what its trying to be in a way that I don't think the series has since the original RE 2. Even RE4 is pretty random with sections like the initial Ganado village feeling really different tonally from where it ends up with Krauser and all the cod (no pun intended) militaria and laser traps.
What's more the DLC while overpriced really adds to the overall package both in fleshing out the plot and trying to offer something genuinely different gameplay-wise.
That said, I feel that it really knows what its trying to be in a way that I don't think the series has since the original RE 2. Even RE4 is pretty random with sections like the initial Ganado village feeling really different tonally from where it ends up with Krauser and all the cod (no pun intended) militaria and laser traps.
What's more the DLC while overpriced really adds to the overall package both in fleshing out the plot and trying to offer something genuinely different gameplay-wise.
Guardian's Light
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Disagree
Apart from Village who imo is the best RE since 4, 2-3 remakes both are pretty much masterpieces, and 7 has a fantastic atmosphere, I can't remember a bad main RE since 6 in all honesty
We lived an era where Capcom was extremely disappointing under every aspect, but now Cap is back to its 90's roots and has an incredibly good streak as of now
Apart from Village who imo is the best RE since 4, 2-3 remakes both are pretty much masterpieces, and 7 has a fantastic atmosphere, I can't remember a bad main RE since 6 in all honesty
We lived an era where Capcom was extremely disappointing under every aspect, but now Cap is back to its 90's roots and has an incredibly good streak as of now
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STARSBarry
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Am I like the only person who doesn't like 4? Sorry I should rephrase I like it as its own game, but dislike it as a resident evil title.
It's not even the genre shift as I like the remakes of 2 (and less 3) but more to do with the fact that Resident evil 1-3 feels like "The Thing" and 4 feels like "Attack of the Killer Clowns" in terms of tone.
It's not even the genre shift as I like the remakes of 2 (and less 3) but more to do with the fact that Resident evil 1-3 feels like "The Thing" and 4 feels like "Attack of the Killer Clowns" in terms of tone.
sankt-Antonio
Banned
Never got around playing RE4 (for more than 10 minutes at a friends house back in the day), hope the remake isn't to dated in terms of controls etc. Would be my first time with the game.
Red Crayon Aristocrat
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5 is fucking awful, so many generic environments that have nothing to do with what RE is supposed to be all about.Chris was not out there fighting in a volcano and punching Boulders for yall to be disrespecting 5
lame gag1990
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Killer8
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Perhaps they haven't made one as good as RE4 since - but that is a very high bar considering it's one of the greatest games ever made.
The series did see a dip in quality during the seventh gen too. As much as I enjoyed RE5 for its co-op and vibe, I am still letdown to this day that they didn't stick with the more horrific and isolated vision presented in the first trailers. RE6 afterwards was a total shitshow. Its recent re-evaluations by Youtubers proclaiming that "ackshually it was really good!" is just a meme. Revelations was solid, but mainly in the context of it being the first truly decent RE game made for a handheld (before that we just had ports and lackluster spin-offs like Gaiden). I didn't care enough about it to play Revelations 2.
What Capcom did to turn the series around during the eighth gen was pretty remarkable. Their ability to reinvent the series again with first-person was daring but ultimately paid off. It's hard to keep a 25 year old series fresh, but they dodged accusations of just piggybacking off P.T. and Outlast's success and made the new perspective feel like their own. In many ways RE7 felt much more like the first games again, albeit in first person, which is supposedly how Capcom always envisioned the series. A lot of the staff of the original game worked on it too, so in a lot of ways the series came full circle with RE7.
In recent years I feel Capcom have managed to balance just about everything that the fans want better than maybe any other company. They've delivered new games with the new perspective, HD remasters of the older games, as well as very good full blown remakes which fans had been requesting for years. They deserve a lot more recognition than they get.
The series did see a dip in quality during the seventh gen too. As much as I enjoyed RE5 for its co-op and vibe, I am still letdown to this day that they didn't stick with the more horrific and isolated vision presented in the first trailers. RE6 afterwards was a total shitshow. Its recent re-evaluations by Youtubers proclaiming that "ackshually it was really good!" is just a meme. Revelations was solid, but mainly in the context of it being the first truly decent RE game made for a handheld (before that we just had ports and lackluster spin-offs like Gaiden). I didn't care enough about it to play Revelations 2.
What Capcom did to turn the series around during the eighth gen was pretty remarkable. Their ability to reinvent the series again with first-person was daring but ultimately paid off. It's hard to keep a 25 year old series fresh, but they dodged accusations of just piggybacking off P.T. and Outlast's success and made the new perspective feel like their own. In many ways RE7 felt much more like the first games again, albeit in first person, which is supposedly how Capcom always envisioned the series. A lot of the staff of the original game worked on it too, so in a lot of ways the series came full circle with RE7.
In recent years I feel Capcom have managed to balance just about everything that the fans want better than maybe any other company. They've delivered new games with the new perspective, HD remasters of the older games, as well as very good full blown remakes which fans had been requesting for years. They deserve a lot more recognition than they get.
Syphon Filter
Member
I think RE 5 was better story wise. The original 3 and code veronica are far better than RE 4 though.
Zekra Dezivad
Member
There's still the chance to remake the first one as a third person game or a first person VR game. Would buy again anyway.
GigaBowser
The bear of bad news
They spent a long time developing it and had crazy talent back then.
The scrapped the original re4 which already looked amazing.
Come on man I don't like 4 but even I can recognise that it shits all over 5.
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