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Shinji Mikami's THE EVIL WITHIN |OT| Where's everyone going? Tango?
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The third chapter took me forever. I had to keep clearing out small sections of the level and then run back to the save point.
Loved every second, though.
Has been what you expected?
Feeling a little disapointed?
Loving it 100%?
Did you posted your Impressions?
-MD-
Member
I thought I was going to have to do that but it seemed to save after every 3 kills in chapter 3 so I never had the need to revisit a mirror twice.
The checkpoints in this game are about as good as they can get.
Sanctuary
Member
Huh? A statement like this makes me wonder if the engine really does do some kind of scaling based off of your hardware. I never found anything to do with textures in the options, but on my 3gb card there's a TON of areas that look like a mix of "decent" (what you would expect from a last gen PC port) textures, but then a whole lot that stand out as super low res. It often looked almost like I was playing a game using the Source engine from 2004 or something. The aesthetics/atmosphere are mostly pretty great so it's not that.
yea, the third chapter blew my mind. such a tiny map but so many to explore and still I'm sure I missed something. Can't wait to jump into chapter 4 once it gets dark outside
I can see that but for me having no checkpoints doesn't stop me having no resources, pressing on regardless and not wanting to die. Maybe the atmosphere and the tension that creates just holds me more than others.
This is what I want Resident Evil to be like instead of consistenly being disappointed every iteration past 4.
SDCowboy
Member
It took me a long time because I couldn't find what I was supposed to do.
Kept missing the chainsaw guy.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Yes they are..... but
in chapter 9, be careful. You'll find yourself kicking your ass if you don't save and end up dying.
took me forever because I kept not being able to figure out what to do with him.
initially I was trying to get him to swing his chainsaw at me and move out of the way and make him hit the chain. I was convinced this is what I needed to do.
After that, I started trying to kill him, which was tough because my save was stuck with no ammo for anything and low health, then I remembered the traps and it took me a few tries to get him lined up with the right timing. I was pretty annoyed with that at the time, but a lot of the annoyance comes from how my checkpoint got stuck with low hp and no ammo and full spawns, which magically were brought back. I had cleared all the regular enemies, freed the chainsaw guy, died to him, and then at my checkpoint all the spawns were back even though chainsaw man was back in the cage. stupid.
After that, I started trying to kill him, which was tough because my save was stuck with no ammo for anything and low health, then I remembered the traps and it took me a few tries to get him lined up with the right timing. I was pretty annoyed with that at the time, but a lot of the annoyance comes from how my checkpoint got stuck with low hp and no ammo and full spawns, which magically were brought back. I had cleared all the regular enemies, freed the chainsaw guy, died to him, and then at my checkpoint all the spawns were back even though chainsaw man was back in the cage. stupid.
Yeah it certainly better Survival Horror than RE6 at least.
SDCowboy
Member
I launched an exploding arrow into him while he was still chained (from up above), and then shot a couple more at him while he was climbing the ladder and tossed a grenade at him once he got up. He was dead before he even got to me. lol
I enjoyed chapter 1 and 2 a bit more than most, I guess. I would agree with most of the common complaints, but they don't affect my enjoyment.
I don't even see the black bars on my 44" television. If that makes me like Cypher from The Matrix, then so be it. I'm sure it sucks on a smaller PC monitor, it is what it is.
I've only finished Chapter 3 and time is short, with a lot of other "stuff" going on in my life I have to take care of, so I'm not rushing through this by any means. Chapter 3 was extremely solid, though. I enjoy the stealth.
In contrast to my rather brief and obsessive posting style, I think I'll do two massive impression dumps, one at the half-way point, and one when I finish it.
grandwizard
Member
Maybe it's because I am playing with M/KB and a smoother framerate than the console versions appear to have, but I am not finding the controls clunky at all. The shooting feels great and responsive, and the zoom in on aiming is useful because of how you need that accuracy for longer shots. It's also useful for some puzzle solving later to get an up close view. RE4 pulled in too but not as much, and what was kind of a precursor to RE4, RE Dead Aim, pulled in all the way to first person.
Death Metalist
Member
Yes they are..... butin chapter 9, be careful. You'll find yourself kicking your ass if you don't save and end up dying.
Actually not only that but saves also permanently leaves the enemy dead if I am not mistaken, as long as you did so before saving. I have not been eased up on checkpoints, I always save because just as I guessed, there are chapters where if you eased up to checkpoints, it'll destroy you for not saving lol.
It looks absolutely fantastic, I agree, but I think they did wrong by failing to focus on good performance. The frame-rate in this game is simply not acceptable on any of the consoles. I'm not sure how Mikami and friends thought it was acceptable to release a game with such a poor frame-rate but it's very disappointing.
RE6 is a great fucking game, though. It's barely "survival horror" but it's a fantastic, misunderstood game with a huge learning curve.
3rdamention
Member
Just made it to Chapter 3 last night.....love this game. It is giving me major Manhunt vibes in all the stealth sections.......I wonder if that game was an inspiration?
(on ps4) very early on I noticed some framerate problems, but after that I haven't really had any complaints since then. It's not 60, and 60 would be nice, but it's been fine.
yeah, i gotta say, i am a little bummed by the checkpoint system
i wish they would have just straight up ripped the ink ribbon system out of classic RE
SlasherJPC
Banned
I also wanna say, the end of chapter 9 is all sorts of fuckery, that end, combined with all of chapter 10. Well... fuck me is what I thought to myself.
BaraSailey
Member
Intheflorsh
Banned
In chapter 6 is it possible to skip
getting back the glasses? I got them, but it seemed like it might have been optional.
Well one of them I guess,not even sure its the end of the chapter
its the guy with the chainsaw,if I have to kill him I will probably never make it I have 4 shotgun shells,one grenade,one ammo for the crossbow and about 6 bullets for the revolver...or do I have to time so he swings at me near the chain so he breaks it....?
I like this post.
I'm loving the game, I knew I would but this feels great to me. The zoomed-in-over-the-shoulder aim works perfectly for me as when it switches to that fov my first person shooter instinct kicks in. I'm strafing left to right, right to left, banging out out headshots.
I found early on if whe aiming for the head if the reticule is around both the head and neck area you can be successful. Also, its good to pop the haunted in the leg and just light them up with a match.
I'm playing on PC and it's a laptop connected to my 55' tv, solid 30fps.
Just finished Chapter 3, haven't died much (playing on survival). The enemies can't catch me and I need to do a "Let's Play" because the way I play and you didn't know what TEW was, you'd think it was an action game in a horror setting.
I'm vulnerable and careful when I play, but I'm also defensive. I don't allow too many enemies to get up close because some can attack with 2-3 swings on you.
The other thing that keeps you on your toes are traps. Haha, I'm loving this!
BaraSailey
Member
You do need to kill him, but think of another way to do it. Use the environment.
-MD-
Member
I doubt it, he takes the glasses off in a scene right after that.
Do you have any spare parts to make more bolts? Can you scavenge a but more for supplies? If not, use the environment as BaraSailey said.
Yeah I think i kinda know what to do,at one point Sebastien says something and I see something that would do a good job of that but I cant seem to trigger it...no icon appear...I will try a few more times after Gym,otherwise you can throw me how you did it =)
About halfway through chapter 7.
After a rough first couple of chapters, the game started to come into its own. The last few chapters have been fantastic (yes, even the combat heavy chapter 6). Hope it continues to impress.
However, the game isn't any scarier than Resident Evil 4 so far. I'm a bit disappointed by that.
After a rough first couple of chapters, the game started to come into its own. The last few chapters have been fantastic (yes, even the combat heavy chapter 6). Hope it continues to impress.
However, the game isn't any scarier than Resident Evil 4 so far. I'm a bit disappointed by that.
SlasherJPC
Banned
But can you escape it after grabbing the glasses? or do you have to kill it. Cause I killed it and the line of dialog was hilarious.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
For those who have finished it, how's the storyline?
-MD-
Member
I escaped it, shit, I wanna hear the dialogue now. Is it in one of your walkthrough vids?
I'm halfway through and it's trippy, It's good enough to make me want to see what happens next, I dig it.
I like the black bars too, makes the game feel more clean to me or something.
I'm on a 23" monitor.
Sanctuary
Member
I might be the only one who feels this way, but I actually like the black bars for this game, although I am playing on a 42'' TV and can understand all the hate for them while playing on a smaller monitor. After a while I simply don't notice them, just like I don't really notice them while watching a typical blu-ray.
I didn't even understand the point of the glasses scenario, since all you have to do is
I didn't even understand the point of the glasses scenario, since all you have to do is
run to them, grab them, turn around and run to the gate. What was funny for me was that as I was squeezing through the gap, the wolf just casually breathed down my back.
old manatee
Banned
You should restart. You'll use less supplies the second time through and it will be easier in the long run. At least that's what I have to do like 2 hours into every survival horror game I play.
BaraSailey
Member
OnionPowder
Member
I've only played chapter 1 so far but it's nice. Too early to tell as I haven't gotten to combat yet. I can only play when the wife wants to watch so that will limit my playtime on it.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
Digital Foundry analysis:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2014-the-evil-within-performance-analysis
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2014-the-evil-within-performance-analysis
Sanctuary
Member
What do you mean, the direction they start out?
PensivePen
Member
The game doesn't really get into the meat of gameplay until around the tail-end of chapter 3. Once you get there you'll have a better idea of what you're in for.
-MD-
Member
Soon as I passed through the
gate I sprinted to the glasses and as I was sprinting back Joseph was like "hey, dog, over here" and threw a bottle down like right in front of the gate opening. Thanks Joseph.
I still managed to squeeze through in time though,
I still managed to squeeze through in time though,
This always gives me a smile.
MAKE ME SUFFER
SDCowboy
Member
I mean they notice you too easily.
I killed it, too. I thought I would at least get an achievement or something.
Ammo wasted.
1920x768 on PS4
1600x640 on XB1
XB1 does seem to hold its framerate better. With other issues... that could be worse?