Barry Burton
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Shinji Mikami's THE EVIL WITHIN |OT| Where's everyone going? Tango?
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SlasherJPC
Banned
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Good man!
Well you should be able to find some ammo and stuff in the area. I'm not sure what your ammo count looks like but I do have to wonder. What happens if you have no ammo going into this battle? Do you have to restart the chapter and do better? or does the game dump more ammo for you?
Air Zombie Meat
Member
Well, yeah. Just wanted to explain why I found the start of the game really underwhelming.
Pretty much. Really didn't help coming from that game into this.
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I've got the same idea. Going to play PT, and hopefully get Alien Isolation and The Evil Within all close to Halloween.
TheBanditKing
Member
Most of what I'm reading isn't instilling confidence, eh I'm going to wait until more people have it and can get a better feel for this and maybe a price drop.
I think I pinned too many hopes on this game and I'm not sure it can measure up. Keep in mind I really don't want a successor to RE4 , I loved its gameplay, hated where it took the series and the lack of horror. Problems its still struggling with now so I blame RE4 for that.
I was really hoping this game would reinvent survival horror kind of like how the original Resident Evil justified an entire genre. imo RE4 had a worthy successor to carry the torch and that was Dead Space 1&2, what I was hoping for was a return to form but doesn't seem like I'm going to get that anytime soon, feel free to enlighten me if you played it and disagree.
Alien Isolation and The Evil Within both have the problem of the opening of the game being nothing like the rest of the game whatsoever.
Air Zombie Meat
Member
Yeah, thats true. Was also underwhelmed by the beginning of alien as well.
Barry Burton
Member
That's pretty much my plan as well. The Evil Within, then Alien, and hopefully have time to give PT a spin on Halloween night.
NoirVisage
Banned
Dude you are gagging on Alien right now, we get it, this is another style of game the intro was meant to get you accustomed to the stealth mechanic's, you can only progress when you "get it", it's not trying to base a whole 10hr experience primarily around it, forgive it for not being as in depth as a game that does.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Death Metalist
Member
So far I only got a few enemies with guns and that is from chapter 3 and then end of chapter 5 then middle to end of chapter 6. Otherwise, I didn't see any more. I'm on chapter 10 now so I don't know. This game is like RE4 and Silent Hill mixed together, except that Sebastian is not the cocky superhero that leon is. He is a fragile and weak human being.
Cinematic.
So 5 chapters in and I'm really getting that survival horror itch scratched pretty good so far.
Bummer that there are some technical issues (I'm playing on PS4) and the black bars I could do without but nothing that personally annoyed me in my current playthrough.
Insanity is cool and all.
Bummer that there are some technical issues (I'm playing on PS4) and the black bars I could do without but nothing that personally annoyed me in my current playthrough.
Insanity is cool and all.
SlasherJPC
Banned
You're
running to far ahead of him and he warps (which if he does, just pull back and turn around immediatly, it can be avoided, but it's a heart stopper). Listen to the high pitched sound. If it get's louder that means he is closer if you barely hear it and keep running away from it, he might warp.
Death Metalist
Member
Keep running away from where ever he comes out. It's good to keep in mind places you could hide in because when he appears I literally change whatever direction I was going in and either going to hide or just run and run and run till he goes away. I find going back to the main area and going up the stairs and down in a circle helps lol as long as you see where he is coming at you from.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Trust me, it's greatly exaggerated.
SDCowboy
Member
I've noticed zero frame rate issues on PS4 but I'm not really sensitive to that.
I used
the spike trap in the house across the way, if you enter through the large barn door.
Death Metalist
Member
What is your equipment so far?
JimmyRustler
Member
Ok, so I started to play this a bit and I very sad to say that it doesn't really click so far.
Now the first bummer right at the start was this shiity default walk/run mode with the left stick. This shit should be forbidden in 3rd person games. Let me press a fucking button to run! Especially in games like this I like to walk slowly instead of running and it drives me nuts to fiddle with the left stick. God damn...
Graphics are very disapointing so far, expecially because the framerate seems to be very inconsistent. AI is extremely stupid so far and no threat at all beucause the enemies are so easy to outrun. Also: No change in music when you are discovered? What the fuck is this? Aside from that I already had a few bugs when enemies could see me through a wall or something.... And I'm not even an hour in yet...
I'm only at the very beginning so these first impressions might change later on. So far I'm not impressed. Nothing like the mindfuck RE4s beginning was for sure. Well, lets hope this one is a slow burner.
Btw: Whats the point in burning the enemies? As far as I can see they do not get up again and also dissapear on their own after some time. So whats the big deal here?
Now the first bummer right at the start was this shiity default walk/run mode with the left stick. This shit should be forbidden in 3rd person games. Let me press a fucking button to run! Especially in games like this I like to walk slowly instead of running and it drives me nuts to fiddle with the left stick. God damn...
Graphics are very disapointing so far, expecially because the framerate seems to be very inconsistent. AI is extremely stupid so far and no threat at all beucause the enemies are so easy to outrun. Also: No change in music when you are discovered? What the fuck is this? Aside from that I already had a few bugs when enemies could see me through a wall or something.... And I'm not even an hour in yet...
I'm only at the very beginning so these first impressions might change later on. So far I'm not impressed. Nothing like the mindfuck RE4s beginning was for sure. Well, lets hope this one is a slow burner.
Btw: Whats the point in burning the enemies? As far as I can see they do not get up again and also dissapear on their own after some time. So whats the big deal here?
The frame rate and aspect ratio caps are pretty unforgivable. Might just wait until it's on sale.
SlasherJPC
Banned
The beauty part about this encounter is that there is a great deal of ways you can tackle it.
You can scrounge the area for all the weapons to include the shot gun and cross bow, and get some explosive arrows. Get him to come out and just pummel him. If your lacking that, you can get him to chase you in the house, around the area and can caught in traps. You can also climb up in the barn and aim down at him and damage him as much as possible before he even breaks out and then finish him off.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
I think it was hard opening everything up. You notice how large the transition is.The game feels completely different once they show you hanging there. Which is good because there's less to focus on before something major happens.
The character models were edged and their meshes weren't the caliber of say Uncharted 3, but I think more focus should be on atmosphere
I have this strange "The Forest" feeling, but this blows that game out of the ballpark.
Keep playing. The beginning is like a test run to what's going on.
You'll get a run button eventually
Burning them keeps them dead, dead.
Byron Bluth
Banned
Any concrete impressions or anything? I haven't yet picked this up because of this. I have both consoles
paperspace
Member
I heard PS4 got a patch that pretty much fixed all the performance issues.
Death Metalist
Member
SDCowboy
Member
I don't know how it runs on PC but on my PS4 it's been butter smooth.
Nice, yeah I've got the crossbow and shotgun but I think I was lacking some shells because I probably was getting close to killing him. I dunno, I miss spin kicking and just being Leon Kennedy in RE4. The game is slightly frustrating me but how many times I'm dying.
harriet the spy
Member
I really want to go in this game blind - so I apologize for asking a question that could probably be answered by reading the thread a bit.
How hard is the game? Assuming there are difficulty levels, medium or hard? I played RE4 on medium (if there are difficulty levels). I thought it was a good challenge.
How hard is the game? Assuming there are difficulty levels, medium or hard? I played RE4 on medium (if there are difficulty levels). I thought it was a good challenge.
Chapter 5 is about the length of chapter 2 and 3 combined.
I just finished chapter 6 after about 6 hours. Chapter 7 looks like another winner!
paperspace
Member
Yes, if you consider sub 30 butter smooth. A lot of people don't.
Lan Dong Mik
And why would I want them?
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This should of been me today when I picked up TEW. I got NBA2K15 instead but I'll be correcting that mistake tomorrow when I go back to gamestop to return it and get Alien instead. Had no idea 2k15 is such a let down this year. So glad I didn't open it lol.
SlasherJPC
Banned
I think most folks don't own both so they won't be able to tell exactly. I had extensive time over the last 4 days with the PS4 version and picked up my xbox one version. I will post in here once I get a chance to see if there is any differences.
Death Metalist
Member
It does because of the 7.5GB update(I assume). I came into a few slowdowns but that is within the course of my 10 chapter run so far which is pretty fucking long like 8 - 9 hours. However, the PS4 version looks sharper(from what I'm seeing/reading). I don't know if the PS4 will get a bigass update and I don't know what the 7.5GB update is exactly. You can probably check gameplay videos or what for DF's analysis which should be soon.
It's exagerated.
Game runs smooth as butter with 0 dips on my end.
Super fast load times.
Who to believe ?
The game itself is great.
SlasherJPC
Banned
I don't mean this offensive at all, but is there a reason your still in the thread? You returned your game, got a refund, and everything you post is about how you dislike the performance or pc port. Again, not trying to be rude, but you obviously don't like the issues the game has, regardless if they are minor or major to people. So why waste time in here?
Fancy Clown
Member
All these impressions are making me aroused; the game sounds exactly like I hoped it would be! Hopefully they patch the PS4's frame rate issues by the time I can get my hands on it though.
Anyone who beat the game (Slasher, I'm looking at you care to give me some spoiler free impressions on pacing and act structure? Does the game ramp up in action while losing some of the more horrific elements like RE4 did? And are they constantly throwing new enemies, level designs, encounters, and bosses like Mikami games are known for? Thanx
Anyone who beat the game (Slasher, I'm looking at you
care to give me some spoiler free impressions on pacing and act structure? Does the game ramp up in action while losing some of the more horrific elements like RE4 did? And are they constantly throwing new enemies, level designs, encounters, and bosses like Mikami games are known for? ThanxDeath Metalist
Member
Harder than RE4 on medium because of the limited supplies and Sebastian being a fragile, weak human being. It's safe to say you'll be dying alot.
WordsintheWater
Member
That's good to know, just picked up the PS4 version, was gonna return it and get the Xbox One version if it was an issue.
SDCowboy
Member
So 30fps would equal an optimized mess to you then? Seriously, I get preferring 60fps but if a solid 30 isn't smooth to you then I don't know what to say.