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Resident Evil HD Remaster |OT| Rediscover the evil.
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Audioboxer
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Completed my first playthrough yesterday with Jill, 12 hours lol. I took my time and soaked it in though and made a few mistakes requiring a decent amount of backtracking. Never played the REmake only the original. Loved it.
While I'd like to plat it, some of the trophies just seem a PITA. I'll do my Chris run soon and try to aim for a few hours for the rocket launcher unlock.
A modern day remake of 2 and 3 would be glorious, but I doubt it'll happen (require more work than this).
While I'd like to plat it, some of the trophies just seem a PITA. I'll do my Chris run soon and try to aim for a few hours for the rocket launcher unlock.
A modern day remake of 2 and 3 would be glorious, but I doubt it'll happen (require more work than this).
Audioboxer
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If you meet him in the main hall where he gives you the acid rounds that is what stops the trigger for him saving you.
I ended up using most of it on this two-dog ambush a while back. Unfortunately, I saved after that not realizing just how scarce ammo was going to be in this game. I really don't want to have to start completely over, so I'm just gonna try my luck with the knife until I find more ammo.
Oh, and I'm currently in the medical supply room (with the typewriter and item box), and there are like three live zombies all around that area. God help me.
I'm currently on my first play through as well. I had ammo issues fairly early on due to wasting ammo missing shots, killing birds, or shooting things that can't be killed.
Now, about 8 hours in, I have a surplus of ammo. As long as you're more careful going forward, as I'm sure you will be, you'll be fine.
Palette Swap
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Real Survivor turned out to be pretty doable. I didn't even have to reload a save, never died. I honestly feel Real Survivor is the most complete RE experience, with all the planning, creating beelines, etc.
Then I decided I'd try a no-save speedrun with Jill on Normal. After 2 hours, a fucking hunter just killed me in the caves. I'm gutted.
Then I decided I'd try a no-save speedrun with Jill on Normal. After 2 hours, a fucking hunter just killed me in the caves. I'm gutted.
Having played through on PS3 and PS4, Really good. the difference is 1080p/720p and character model res is up'ed on new gen.
Erebus
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I just finished my second playthrough with Chris on normal. Although I improved my play time considerably compared to the 10h mark I had done with Jill on easy, I still missed the 5-hour achievement. 
Guess I'll have to watch some speedruns on Youtube to finish the game under the 3 hours mark.
Guess I'll have to watch some speedruns on Youtube to finish the game under the 3 hours mark.
Dreamer RD
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Modded ps3. Is there any particular files that should be edited? There are more than 8000 files in various directories. PM me if you can at least give a hint.
I wish I could see your face when you see crimson heads for the first time. Yeah, keep stabbing those zombies. That'll work out great.
What did you do with your shotgun ammo? Couldn't have used it on the dogs as they would die from 1-2 hits.
Napalm_Frank
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Yes
Death Metalist
Member
Yes, immediately.
Valkerionseven
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I just finished my second playthrough with Chris on normal. Although I improved my play time considerably compared to the 10h mark I had done with Jill on easy, I still missed the 5-hour achievement.
Guess I'll have to watch some speedruns on Youtube to finish the game under the 3 hours mark.
Just gotta remember which things can be skipped/saved for a later more convenient time, aka doing multiple things in one spot rather than going back and forth a few times. Especially the enemies.
He saves you if you haven't had any other Barry cut scenes yet
TheSadRanger
Banned
I didn't see it in the OP but isn't it a cross buy between PS4 and PS3? I bought the PS4 version and was checking the trophies and noticed it had a PS4/PS3 icon next to it similar to other vita/ps4 cross play games.
I beat the game for the first time ever a few days ago, previously my only experience with RE1 was about an hour on the PS1 original. Took almost exactly 12 hours on Easy with Jill. Although I did get the Every Nook and Cranny trophy for getting 100% in every room.
The only bit I had to look up online to work out what to do was
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Now onto a Chris playthrough on Normal.
The only bit I had to look up online to work out what to do was
pushing the control terminal into the water to electrocute Neptune
Now onto a Chris playthrough on Normal.
LiquidSolid
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I just finished my second playthrough with Chris on normal. Although I improved my play time considerably compared to the 10h mark I had done with Jill on easy, I still missed the 5-hour achievement.
Guess I'll have to watch some speedruns on Youtube to finish the game under the 3 hours mark.
My advice is to write notes on a PC/tablet/phone as you're playing (or watching a speedrun) to figure out the fastest way of doing everything. For Jill, mine went something like this:
Dining Room -> Kenneth Hall -> Dining Room -> Main Hall (run anti-clockwise around back of staircase to quickly trigger cutscene)
Dining Room -> Kenneth Hall -> Crow Stairs -> Arrow Hall -> 2F Dining Room -> Main Hall -> Graveyard (use arrowhead, get Sword Key)
Main Hall -> Statue Room -> Dog Hall -> Shotgun Hall -> Patio (get Pesticide)
Shotgun Hall -> Backdoor Hall -> East Stairs -> U Hall -> Study (get whistle)
U Hall -> Main Hall -> 2F Dining Room -> West Stairs -> Dog Balcony (use whistle, get fake key)
And so on. Doing that will make sure you know the most efficient way of getting through the game and it's not so specific that you can't quickly plan out little detours to get extra items/weapons/ammo (like after the pesticide, you can get a dagger from the bathroom and a shotgun from the shotgun room).
Following my notes, I got my time down to 2:30 on my Real Survivor run and I would've shaved another 10 minutes off that if I hadn't made one annoying screw up. I'd forgotten to pick the battery up, even though I'd gone into that storage room and made space for it (after trying to pick it up and finding out my inventory was full).
AgentOtaku
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ditto... Strider as well
DodgyGeezerFella
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Pimpn Drop Bear
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For what it's worth I did my real survivor Jill play through a day or two ago and there really wasn't that much planning involved.. When I started the game I started listing what I had in each mansion box but quickly stopped bothering. The only things I think I kept track off was where the lighter was early on. I missed saving Richard after running to the serum room, actually forgetting to get the serum and running all the way back so I didn't get the assault shotgun either. You don't need to fight yawn in the first encounter regardless, just run around it and grab the mask.
Oh the only bit of forward planning I did was after using the crank for the first time I went back into the mansion and deposited the crank in there so I had access to it later for the waterfall. I believe I did a separate trip to get the magnum after doing plant 42, as its really not necessary in the guardhouse.
Badlucktroll
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Maybe an update from capcom will have door skip on console?
Erebus
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That's what I'm doing.
I'll print the mansion maps and keep notes for the most efficient way to collect/use the items. The mansion is the most likely place to screw up things.
Palette Swap
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Yeah, I overestimated the amount of necessary planning and it went very smoothly.
As I mentioned in my other post, I tremendously enjoyed Real Survivor as it forces you to play with a lean inventory, which in turn means you have to evaluate more strictly what is really necessary. Turns out, there's not much that is very necessary.
Typically, I only used the handgun after using the dog whistle. I kept it for a bit afterwards but really, I could have dumped it right after that.
The shotgun -> assault shotgun thing is great too as with 6 'free' rounds, I cleaned the U shaped eastern 2F corridor, the stairs near the eastern saveroom and that zombie at the top of the western 2F stairs. Basically, the 4-5 zombies I'll run into the most.
It will sound obvious but my biggest realization was that most of the time, I didn't need weapons, even though that's a bit less true post residence.
Edit: one thing blew my mind: I didn't push the statue to get the blue jewel (I usually do) and when I came back to the mansion, I eventually found it broken, as if I had pushed it myself.
LiquidSolid
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Cool. Here's a couple of other little bits of advice as well:
1) While getting the serum for Richard, you have a decent amount of time, so you can grab the serum, enter the next hall and kill the plant with the pesticide before heading back to Richard.
2) You can skip the first Yawn fight and Black Tiger Spider pretty easily. If you're playing as Jill and saved Richard, grab the mask and just run around the room until Richard's eaten, then you can grab the Assault Shotgun and exit. For the Black Tiger, grab the knife out of the item box beforehand and after entering the room, run straight to the door and cut the web around the door. The Black Tiger method obviously doesn't work on Real Survivor but it's great for all the other difficulties.
3) Kill zombies in the lab and forget about them. I've never had them turn into crimson heads on me.
Yeah, I found the same things true for me, though I did things a little differently. You get the canteen in the East Save Room, so it's fairly convenient at that point and can be ditched in the Medical Room box a little later on. So I cleared the East Stairs and U Hall with my handgun and then used the canteen to burn them. Then I used the 6 shotgun shots to clear the West Stairs and quickly kill the dog with the collar. After that, I really didn't need to carry any guns until I had all four masks together.
When I came back to the mansion, I think I ended up clearing the East Stairs and 2F Dining Room of hunters with the magnum and that was pretty much it. The only other enemies I killed in the game were the necessary ones (bosses, bees, etc.), one chimera in the lab (you know the one) and all the zombies in the Lab (I had so much ammo left over that I decided to have some fun).
RuinerPrime
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Is it doable to play as chris on very easy, with only a knife and under 3 hours?
Well if it's not doable under those conditions, I don't know how they'd expect you to get that trophy.
RuinerPrime
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Well you can do them separately.. I'm just lazy and want to do it all on one go.
LiquidSolid
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Yep, that's exactly what I did. Like I said to Erebus though, you'll have to make notes and know exactly what you're doing if you want to get under 3 hours.
Here is a pretty good checklist if you're doing a speedrun.
MANSION (First Visit)
- Find Kenneth
- Return to MAIN HALL
- Get ARROW; examine for ARROWHEAD
- Use ARROWHEAD in GRAVEYARD
- Get SWORD KEY
- Get WHISTLE and LIGHTER in LIBRARY
- CHRIS ONLY: Get OLD KEY 1 from SAVE ROOM
- CHRIS ONLY: Get OLD KEY 2 in BATHROOM
- Get CHEMICAL (using OLD KEY 2 if playing as Chris)
- CHRIS ONLY: Get OLD KEY 3 in KITCHEN
- Get BROKEN SHOTGUN (using OLD KEY 3 if playing as Chris)
- Get SHOTGUN in SHOTGUN ROOM using BROKEN SHOTGUN
- Use DOG WHISTLE in TERRACE (using OLD KEY 1 if playing as Chris); get IMITATION KEY
- Get ARMOR KEY using IMITIATION KEY
- Use CHEMICAL in PLANT ROOM; get DEATH MASK 1
Get GRENADE LAUNCHER from TERRACE (ignore HERBS)
- Pass Richard to the DARK ROOM (retrieve SERUM from MEDICAL ROOM to save him if playing as Chris; optional if playing as Jill); get MUSIC NOTES
- Get CREST
- Combine MUSIC and MUSIC NOTES; replace GOLD CREST with CREST
- Get SHIELD KEY using GOLD CREST
- Get DEATH MASK 2 in SNAKE ROOM
- CHRIS ONLY: Get OLD KEY 4 from KEEPER'S BEDROOM
- Get DEATH MASK 3 in ARMORY
- Get DEATH MASK 4 in PICTURE ROOM (unlock gate to GRAVEYARD using OLD KEY 4 if playing as Chris)
- Defeat CRIMSON HEAD ELDER; get STONE AND METAL OBJECT 1
Residence
- Stop the red windvane at WEST and the blue windvane at NORTH
- Get CRANK in CABIN
- Use CRANK to get to GUARD HOUSE
- Get RED BOOK
- Get ROOM 001 KEY
- Get CONTROL ROOM KEY in ROOM 001
- Enter CONTROL ROOM in AQUA RING
- Press the buttons in the following order: DRAINAGE, SAFETY LOCK, SHUTTERS, OIL PRESSURE, SAFETY, SHUTTERS, DRAINAGE
- Defeat MOTHER NEPTUNE; get ASSAULT SHOTGUN and RESIDENCE KEY
- Enter WASP HALL using RESIDENCE KEY; get INSECTICIDE
- Use INSECTICIDE on WASP NEST; get ROOM 003 KEY
- Get WHITE BOOK; solve book spine puzzle
- Defeat PLANT 42 using FLAME ROUNDS as Jill or ASSAULT SHOTGUN as Chris (if Richard was not saved with the SERUM, time will be wasted creating the V-Jolt if playing as Chris); get HELMET KEY
Mansion (Second Visit)
- Get JEWELLERY BOX in ART GALLERY
- Get RED GEM
- Use RED GEM on JEWELLERY BOX for BROACH; examine for EMBLEM KEY
- Defeat YAWN in LIBRARY; examine BLUE BOOK for MEDAL OF EAGLE
- Get METAL OBJECT from SPENCER OFFICE
- CHRIS ONLY (Optional) : Save Rebecca by going to the LIBRARY (room where DOG WHISTLE was found)
- Get RED BOOK in STATUE ROOM; examine for MEDAL OF WOLF
- Follow path to KITCHEN; use elevator
- Get BATTERY
- Use BATTERY on broken elevator in COURTYARD
The Catacombs
- Get HEXAGONAL CRANK from Enrico
- Skip BLACK TIGER fight
- Get CYLINDER
- Combine CYLINDER and SHAFT; use code 4231
- Use ELEVATOR
- Enter LISA CORRIDORS; send off the BOX
- Return to ELEVATOR ROOM and get BROKEN FLAMETHROWER
- Use BROKEN FLAMETHROWER to unlock door
- Get STONE OBJECT from JEWELLERY BOX; combine with METAL OBJECT to get STONE AND METAL OBJECT 2
- Get STONE AND METAL OBJECT 1 from COURTYARD; use both to enter ALTAR
ALTAR and UNDERGROUND LABORATORY
-Let Barry die to get BARRY'S MAGNUM
- Use MEDAL OF EAGLE and MEDAL OF WOLF to enter UNDERGROUND LABORATORY
- Go to COMPUTER ROOM to unlock floors; username: JOHN, password: ADA, 2-F password: CELL
- Get LABORATORY KEY in PRESENTATION ROOM
- Get FUEL CAPSULE in POWER ROOM
- Charge FUEL CAPSULE and return it to POWER ROOM
- Enter POWER ROOM 3 and switch on the power
- Use ELEVATOR; kill TYRANT with BARRY'S MAGNUM
- Get MASTER KEY from Wesker
- Return to UNDERGROUND LABORATORY ENTRANCE and use MASTER KEY
- Get FUSE UNIT and use on ELEVATOR
- Get SIGNAL ROCKETS and use them immediately
END
MANSION (First Visit)
- Find Kenneth
- Return to MAIN HALL
- Get ARROW; examine for ARROWHEAD
- Use ARROWHEAD in GRAVEYARD
- Get SWORD KEY
- Get WHISTLE and LIGHTER in LIBRARY
- CHRIS ONLY: Get OLD KEY 1 from SAVE ROOM
- CHRIS ONLY: Get OLD KEY 2 in BATHROOM
- Get CHEMICAL (using OLD KEY 2 if playing as Chris)
- CHRIS ONLY: Get OLD KEY 3 in KITCHEN
- Get BROKEN SHOTGUN (using OLD KEY 3 if playing as Chris)
- Get SHOTGUN in SHOTGUN ROOM using BROKEN SHOTGUN
- Use DOG WHISTLE in TERRACE (using OLD KEY 1 if playing as Chris); get IMITATION KEY
- Get ARMOR KEY using IMITIATION KEY
- Use CHEMICAL in PLANT ROOM; get DEATH MASK 1
Get GRENADE LAUNCHER from TERRACE (ignore HERBS)
- Pass Richard to the DARK ROOM (retrieve SERUM from MEDICAL ROOM to save him if playing as Chris; optional if playing as Jill); get MUSIC NOTES
- Get CREST
- Combine MUSIC and MUSIC NOTES; replace GOLD CREST with CREST
- Get SHIELD KEY using GOLD CREST
- Get DEATH MASK 2 in SNAKE ROOM
- CHRIS ONLY: Get OLD KEY 4 from KEEPER'S BEDROOM
- Get DEATH MASK 3 in ARMORY
- Get DEATH MASK 4 in PICTURE ROOM (unlock gate to GRAVEYARD using OLD KEY 4 if playing as Chris)
- Defeat CRIMSON HEAD ELDER; get STONE AND METAL OBJECT 1
Residence
- Stop the red windvane at WEST and the blue windvane at NORTH
- Get CRANK in CABIN
- Use CRANK to get to GUARD HOUSE
- Get RED BOOK
- Get ROOM 001 KEY
- Get CONTROL ROOM KEY in ROOM 001
- Enter CONTROL ROOM in AQUA RING
- Press the buttons in the following order: DRAINAGE, SAFETY LOCK, SHUTTERS, OIL PRESSURE, SAFETY, SHUTTERS, DRAINAGE
- Defeat MOTHER NEPTUNE; get ASSAULT SHOTGUN and RESIDENCE KEY
- Enter WASP HALL using RESIDENCE KEY; get INSECTICIDE
- Use INSECTICIDE on WASP NEST; get ROOM 003 KEY
- Get WHITE BOOK; solve book spine puzzle
- Defeat PLANT 42 using FLAME ROUNDS as Jill or ASSAULT SHOTGUN as Chris (if Richard was not saved with the SERUM, time will be wasted creating the V-Jolt if playing as Chris); get HELMET KEY
Mansion (Second Visit)
- Get JEWELLERY BOX in ART GALLERY
- Get RED GEM
- Use RED GEM on JEWELLERY BOX for BROACH; examine for EMBLEM KEY
- Defeat YAWN in LIBRARY; examine BLUE BOOK for MEDAL OF EAGLE
- Get METAL OBJECT from SPENCER OFFICE
- CHRIS ONLY (Optional) : Save Rebecca by going to the LIBRARY (room where DOG WHISTLE was found)
- Get RED BOOK in STATUE ROOM; examine for MEDAL OF WOLF
- Follow path to KITCHEN; use elevator
- Get BATTERY
- Use BATTERY on broken elevator in COURTYARD
The Catacombs
- Get HEXAGONAL CRANK from Enrico
- Skip BLACK TIGER fight
- Get CYLINDER
- Combine CYLINDER and SHAFT; use code 4231
- Use ELEVATOR
- Enter LISA CORRIDORS; send off the BOX
- Return to ELEVATOR ROOM and get BROKEN FLAMETHROWER
- Use BROKEN FLAMETHROWER to unlock door
- Get STONE OBJECT from JEWELLERY BOX; combine with METAL OBJECT to get STONE AND METAL OBJECT 2
- Get STONE AND METAL OBJECT 1 from COURTYARD; use both to enter ALTAR
ALTAR and UNDERGROUND LABORATORY
-Let Barry die to get BARRY'S MAGNUM
- Use MEDAL OF EAGLE and MEDAL OF WOLF to enter UNDERGROUND LABORATORY
- Go to COMPUTER ROOM to unlock floors; username: JOHN, password: ADA, 2-F password: CELL
- Get LABORATORY KEY in PRESENTATION ROOM
- Get FUEL CAPSULE in POWER ROOM
- Charge FUEL CAPSULE and return it to POWER ROOM
- Enter POWER ROOM 3 and switch on the power
- Use ELEVATOR; kill TYRANT with BARRY'S MAGNUM
- Get MASTER KEY from Wesker
- Return to UNDERGROUND LABORATORY ENTRANCE and use MASTER KEY
- Get FUSE UNIT and use on ELEVATOR
- Get SIGNAL ROCKETS and use them immediately
END
Grinchy
Banned
IMO it has great replay value as long as you don't use a guide. If you take your time on your first playthrough, you'll end up mostly memorizing the layouts. So then you'll want to play again since each character's path is slightly different. And then you may want to play more to get the cool unlocks. Your first run could take 12+ hours if you play it legit. Then it'll get quicker and quicker after that.
It's a really fun game, but if you go in and just use a guide, I don't think you'll get much out of it. You'll just be following a script. I guess I would feel that way of any game, but this one especially is all about figuring the craziness out on your own.
Sounds pretty good to me. I like having a decent amount of things to unlock. And I'm not going to use a guide unless I absolutely can't find a way to progress.
Jessie.Bristol
Member
Yeah, Resident Evil 1 is really good. I just went through the Remaster as Jill (her playthrough is a bit harder then Chris, she has less health). Still just as good as ever and can be pretty difficult (on Normal difficulty, hardest one available as Jill). For people new to Resident Evil, especially the first, the puzzles can become a bit of a head scratcher (especially later in the game).
Always check every room thoroughly, ammo and herbs are essential... ammo especially as it scarce.
Grinchy
Banned
^And always examine items.
There were a couple times when I got stuck simply because I didn't search one side of the room, or because being 1mm away from an item while mashing the X button wasn't enough to activate whatever was supposed to happen. And of course there were a few times when I didn't examine an item.
But if you just try everything, you'll be fine.
There were a couple times when I got stuck simply because I didn't search one side of the room, or because being 1mm away from an item while mashing the X button wasn't enough to activate whatever was supposed to happen. And of course there were a few times when I didn't examine an item.
But if you just try everything, you'll be fine.
RuinerPrime
Member
It's easily one of my favorite games ever. Played it over and over back on the GameCube. So happy to see it again. Worth $20 for sure.
Jessie.Bristol
Member
Yup, forgot about mentioning that. Plenty of puzzle items require you to examine them.
You can't do it via file modding (not as I know anyway), you have to do it via memory editing.
Well i played the imported version on PS3 last year, and on PS4 when it launched. When i got it for PS4 launch day, it came with PS3/PS4 copies... but i thought i read it was crossbuy only if preordered, but idk, i didnt preorder and got both.
I need a hint, kinda stuck.
I just defeated the coffin zombie, headed into the woods and got the crank from the cabin and ran away, lol. I used the crank, but need a battery for the elevator I guess. Do I needto head back into the mansion? I have no keys to unlock doors, so I'm not sure where I should be headed.
You should make a left at the waterfall to go to the Residence. The battery part comes later after your return to the mansion.