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Hmm... I just got to Chapter 4, but this certainly doesn't feel to be the case. I feel nearly helpless with the pistol. The shotgun is good, but ammo is scarce. Not sure how to effectively use the various bolts of the Agony Crossbow yet.

I'm assuming that the game gets a lot easier as you upgrade to allow for more ammo and damage?

Yes, upgrading makes an important and notable difference. And the game is super generous in survivor with the upgrading gel to the point of been silly some times. You pick it up from a downed enemy then a few steps ahead theres more in the floor and round down a corner theres more waiting for you.

People suposedly getting scarce ammo even when using a lot of stealth are you exploring diligently? There's a multitue of breakable barrel, boxes, chests, urns, etc every where you go. So it doesn't matter if an enemy drops two bullets, bit by bit, from here and there you amass quite enough ammunition to go through the game as trigger happy as you like.

Head shots still the way to go for almost everything so far, even for the porcelain masked baddies. The "halt" so you can shoot me enemy behavior from RE 4 is somewhat still present. Which is kind of weird since we always asummed it was a compromise for that game because it had limited movility options while shooting. In this game since shooting while moving and independent aiming is possible it feels a bit tame to acomodate players.

Disclaimer: Survivor difficulty first run to avoid any misunderstandings XD

 

[jett]

burn the bodies, shoot the levers, run from her

What are you talking about? I'm stuck in a room with nothing to burn or shoot. Flames eventually engulf me.

 

[AmethystEnd]

TEW does actually have some fun dialogue, especially from Sebastian.

But yeah, it doesn't touch RE4 in that regard. I blame the localization.

The "fun" dialog was a lot of what made me unable to take RE4 seriously as a "horror" game. Don't get me wrong, though, I loved the dialog.

 

[Gustaf89]

What are you talking about? I'm stuck in a room with nothing to burn or shoot. Flames eventually engulf me.

on the ceiling/roof there is a lever, shoot it

 

[JoeFenix]

What are you talking about? I'm stuck in a room with nothing to burn or shoot. Flames eventually engulf me.

One of the things you quoted applies to that room.

 

[Fancy Clown]

The "fun" dialog was a lot of what made me unable to take RE4 seriously as a "horror" game. Don't get me wrong, though, I loved the dialog.

I loved how RE4 would make me laugh one minute in a cutscene and then make me shit my pants due to the tension of the gameplay in the next

 

[Brandon F]

Sitting here on a Sunday evening trying to decide between this or Alien to purchase for evening thrills up until Bayonetta.

I can't decide and I might end up with neither because of it.

 

[davidbloop]

Ok so ive played this game so far finished chapter 5. As of this point, holy hell I love this game. I know my opinion so far is only on an early portion of the game but if it continues like this it could possibly be my personal #1 game on ps4 so far.

 

[Stone Ocean]

I loved how RE4 would make me laugh one minute in a cutscene and then make me shit my pants due to the tension of the gameplay in the next

I kind of expected TEW to go that way at the start of chapter 2, but seems like it'll never deliver :C

 

[jett]

Okay, found a lever.

And hey, I just got one hit kill'd by this bitch thanks to blowback from a bomb, who by now is as scary as Mickey fucking Mouse to me due to the amount of times I've done this garbage level. Either this game wasn't properly tested or Mikami is surrounded by yes men cocksuckers. This is just fucking annoying and frustrating. Now to repeat this shit again for the millionth time.

oh and due to not finding any levers in that one room I accidentally spoiled myself the identity of this shit boss while trying to find a solution. yay.

 

[TheBlueBomber]

Okay, found a lever.

And hey, I just got one hit kill'd by this bitch thanks to blowback from a bomb, who by now is as scary as Mickey fucking Mouse to me due to the amount of times I've done this garbage level. Either this game wasn't properly tested or Mikami is surrounded by yes men cocksuckers. This is just fucking annoying and frustrating. Now to repeat this shit again for the millionth time.

Jesus, it's not even that hard

 

[darkpaladinmfc]

Chapter 3 - So I

Spoiler

killed the chainsaw guy at the end, and he didn't drop the chainsaw. Reloaded the auto-save and the chainsaw spawned right in front of me

, but I lost the 5,000 goo.

:|

I didn't even know he 'dropped' it. I went back to the shed where he spawned and it was there.

 

[jett]

Jesus, it's not even that hard

It's not hard, it's just shit.

 

[DukeBobby]

Sitting here on a Sunday evening trying to decide between this or Alien to purchase for evening thrills up until Bayonetta.

I can't decide and I might end up with neither because of it.

You can't go wrong with either. Go with Alien if you're looking for a slower paced, nerve-wracking experience. Go with this if you're looking for a tense, action horror game.

Get at least one of them, though. It would be a shame to skip both.

 

[WickedLaharl]

Okay, found a lever.

And hey, I just got one hit kill'd by this bitch thanks to blowback from a bomb, who by now is as scary as Mickey fucking Mouse to me due to the amount of times I've done this garbage level. Either this game wasn't properly tested or Mikami is surrounded by yes men cocksuckers. This is just fucking annoying and frustrating. Now to repeat this shit again for the millionth time.

oh and due to not finding any levers in that one room I accidentally spoiled myself the identity of this shit boss while trying to find a solution. yay.

you're going to love what comes next

 

[TheBlueBomber]

It's not hard, it's just shit.

Not really, it's an awesome part of you know what to do correctly

 

[Gustaf89]

Okay, found a lever.

And hey, I just got one hit kill'd by this bitch thanks to blowback from a bomb, who by now is as scary as Mickey fucking Mouse to me due to the amount of times I've done this garbage level. Either this game wasn't properly tested or Mikami is surrounded by yes men cocksuckers. This is just fucking annoying and frustrating. Now to repeat this shit again for the millionth time.

oh and due to not finding any levers in that one room I accidentally spoiled myself the identity of this shit boss while trying to find a solution. yay.

what? you should know already who is she by that point on the game

 

[Erevador]

Sitting here on a Sunday evening trying to decide between this or Alien to purchase for evening thrills up until Bayonetta.

I can't decide and I might end up with neither because of it.

Alien is great if you want to gaze at a pretty looking horror game.

The Evil Within is great if you want to PLAY one.

 

[Echelon079]

Still have a couple of retail keys left if anyone is thinking of picking it up on PC

 

[Erevador]

Still have a couple of retail keys left if anyone is thinking of picking it up on PC

I very much want a copy of the PC version. I'm loving the PS4 version, but would love to play the game on my PC now that I know it will run well on my rig (I got spooked into buying PS4 version by VRAM worries).

 

[Grisby]

Not really, it's an awesome part of you know what to do correctly

Ehhh, it's still kind of shit. I even got killed by the same

Spoiler

bomb

. I liked the idea of that boss fight better than the execution.

Next time I'm just gonna (end game spoiler)

Spoiler

rocket launc'her'.

 

[SlasherJPC]

Jesus, it's not even that hard

This is what happens when games go soft on people for so long. Notice that the majority of people that say something is shit either a. comes from them dying a bunch or b. Not being able to figure out how to proceed. Also lack of patience is a big factor as well.

 

[Brandon F]

Alien is great if you want to gaze at a pretty looking horror game.

The Evil Within is great if you want to PLAY one.

Guess I'll take the plunge on TEW. Really adore and miss the classic RE games, and GT just posted a nice roundtable discussion on TEW where LOTS of comparisons are made to those games.

Would anyone agree that it shares a lot of those qualities? More focus on scavenging and constant dread of being low on ammo? Same was said of Last of Us, but I always felt armed to the teeth even on hard.

 

[Gustaf89]

This is what happens when games go soft on people for so long. Notice that the majority of people that say something is shit either a. comes from them dying a bunch or b. Not being able to figure out how to proceed.

in this case, both, lol.

 

[TheBlueBomber]

Ehhh, it's still kind of shit. I even got killed by the same

Spoiler

bomb

. I liked the idea of that boss fight better than the execution.

Next time I'm just gonna (end game spoiler)

Spoiler

rocket launc'her'.

You dying from a bomb placed in the environment doesn't make the boss fight shit, I died a few times and still had a good time with it

 

[Facism]

Still have a couple of retail keys left if anyone is thinking of picking it up on PC

What's your price?

 

[BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!]

Not really, it's an awesome part of you know what to do correctly

what? you should know already who is she by that point on the game

You sound like a bunch of cocksucking yes men to me.

 

[TheBlueBomber]

You sound like a bunch of cocksucking yes men to me.

Hah! Sorry I enjoyed the game

 

[Gustaf89]

You sound like a bunch of cocksucking yes men to me.

yes, yes we are

 

[ak1276]

You sound like a bunch of cocksucking yes men to me.

That response does not seem proportionate.

 

[Grisby]

You dying from a bomb placed in the environment doesn't make the boss fight shit, I died a few times and still had a good time with it

The placement of it is kind of bullshit but that's not really what I'm referring to as shit. It's the fact that the black bars and the ratio aspect cut my ability to see

Spoiler

Laura crawling around on the floor. Therefore it was difficult to judge when she was under the fire. I felt that part of the game was sloppy and contributed to my overall disappointment with that fight.

I think it's the worst boss fight in the whole game, even if it really isn't a boss fight

 

[Gustaf89]

The placement of it is kind of bullshit but that's not really what I'm referring to as shit. It's the fact that the black bars and the ratio aspect cut my ability to see

Spoiler

Laura crawling around on the floor. Therefore it was difficult to judge when she was under the fire. I felt that part of the game was sloppy and contributed to my overall disappointment with that fight.

I think it's the worst boss fight in the whole game, even if it really isn't a boss fight

don't worry, im playing without the bars and still you don't see shit when

Spoiler

Laura

is crawling

 

[antitrop]

The placement of it is kind of bullshit but that's not really what I'm referring to as shit. It's the fact that the black bars and the ratio aspect cut my ability to see

Spoiler

Laura crawling around on the floor. Therefore it was difficult to judge when she was under the fire. I felt that part of the game was sloppy and contributed to my overall disappointment with that fight.

I think it's the worst boss fight in the whole game, even if it really isn't a boss fight

Oh come on,

Spoiler

it was easy to tell when she was close enough to you to shoot the flame switch by the audio alone.

I thought that fight was great and it was fun figuring out what to do, even if I died a shitload.

 

[SlasherJPC]

don't worry, im playing without the bars and still you don't see shit when

Spoiler

Laura

is crawling

Well then. LOL

 

[DukeBobby]

Guess I'll take the plunge on TEW. Really adore and miss the classic RE games, and GT just posted a nice roundtable discussion on TEW where LOTS of comparisons are made to those games.

Would anyone agree that it shares a lot of those qualities? More focus on scavenging and constant dread of being low on ammo? Same was said of Last of Us, but I always felt armed to the teeth even on hard.

I don't think it shares much in common with the old Resident Evil titles, aside from the atmosphere and locales in some chapters (chapter 9 springs to mind). It is more action horror, a la Resident Evil 4. The ammo is more scarce than it is in 4, but I always had enough on hand, and I never had to run past enemies because I didn't have enough.

I'm sure it's more scarce on the harder difficulties, but for some stupid reason you can only start on easy and normal.

 

[Grisby]

don't worry, im playing without the bars and still you don't see shit when

Spoiler

Laura

is crawling

Sure, but it was really the only time I had a problem with the aiming in the game. The camera can be annoyingly close and wonky at time but that instance was the big offender for me. Well, besides another time later in the game where the camera can go

Spoiler

through Sebastian at points.

Oh come on,

Spoiler

it was easy to tell when she was close enough to you to shoot the flame switch by the audio alone.

I thought that fight was great and it was fun figuring out what to do, even if I died a shitload.

I'm not saying it was the most difficult deal of all time, but it didn't sit well with me

 

[Sayad]

Okay, found a lever.

And hey, I just got one hit kill'd by this bitch thanks to blowback from a bomb, who by now is as scary as Mickey fucking Mouse to me due to the amount of times I've done this garbage level. Either this game wasn't properly tested or Mikami is surrounded by yes men cocksuckers. This is just fucking annoying and frustrating. Now to repeat this shit again for the millionth time.

oh and due to not finding any levers in that one room I accidentally spoiled myself the identity of this shit boss while trying to find a solution. yay.

You should have figured it out by chapter 10, wouldn't call that a spoiler.

Loved the game, but yea, it could have used few more months under development. That bitch grabbed me through a wall once! I'm of the opinion that if you can't be bothered to polish your game enough, then keep away from one hit kills, people really hate it when they die from bugs.

 

[antitrop]

I don't think it shares much in common with the old Resident Evil titles, aside from the atmosphere and locales in some chapters (chapter 9 springs to mind). It is more action horror, a la Resident Evil 4. The ammo is more scarce than it is in 4, but I always had enough on hand, and I never had to run past enemies because I didn't have enough.

I'm sure it's more scarce on the harder difficulties, but for some stupid reason you can only start on easy and normal.

The Evil Within is an outstanding game, one of the better I've played in years, but it's RE4-2.

There's always Resident Evil HD Remaster next year, though. I think I've played half of RE1 like 4 different times on different versions (PS1, GC, DS, PC emulator) but I've never finished it. I'll correct that next year.

 

[SargerusBR]

The "fun" dialog was a lot of what made me unable to take RE4 seriously as a "horror" game. Don't get me wrong, though, I loved the dialog.

Dead

 

[SlasherJPC]

The Evil Within is an outstanding game, one of the better I've played in years, but it's RE4-2.

There's always Resident Evil HD Remaster next year, though.

Sad that the game that will bring back survival horror proper is a 10 year old game, redone, based off the original that's even older.

 

[Baloonatic]

My death count at the start of chapter 6 on AKUMU mode is going to end up as higher than my entire first play through of the game. It's nuts.

 

[Andrew.]

Jett sucks at videogames. Been a long time coming to fruition especially since most of his opinions suck ass anyway.

 

[The Xtortionist]

I mean, what is survival horror really.

TEW definitely emphasizes survival with limited supplies, and most of the enemies and locals in the game are what I would consider to generally be "scary". What more does the game need to do?

 

[ViewtifulJC]

I mean, what is survival horror really.

No two people seem to have the same answer. They only agree that its totally RE1 and maybe some of the early Silent Hills.

I think the whole genre talk is too narrow for the way video gaems are made today. They're aren't made in a vacuum. They take elements from JRPGs and Metroid and Final Fight and Far Cry and Donkey Kong Country and all that shit, then you try to put them in a little box that says "RPG". What is an RPG? Is it XP? Turn based combat? Dice rolls? Or is it just "RPG elements"?

Its just not a fruitful discussion, these kind of classifications. You either liked the game or didn't, it damn sure wasn't because of some made-up fuckin' label nobody can agree on what it means.

 

[DukeBobby]

The Evil Within is an outstanding game, one of the better I've played in years, but it's RE4-2.

There's always Resident Evil HD Remaster next year, though. I think I've played half of RE1 like 4 different times on different versions (PS1, GC, DS, PC emulator) but I've never finished it. I'll correct that next year.

I've finished Resident Evil 1 several times, but I've never finished REmake. My 12 year old self just couldn't handle it at the time.

 

[Jharp]

Do medkits carry over to NG+? I'm on chapter 14 and have two medkits. Wondering if I should blow them for the minor hp increase now or just save them till I need them, which might not be till NG+.

 

[SargerusBR]

I mean, what is survival horror really.

TEW definitely emphasizes survival with limited supplies, and most of the enemies and locals in the game are what I would consider to generally be "scary". What more does the game need to do?

Obviously it needs to dedicate more gameplay time hiding in closets to be considered a "real survivor horror"

 

[tesqui]

My death count at the start of chapter 6 on AKUMU mode is going to end up as higher than my entire first play through of the game. It's nuts.

Dude I think I've already hit the 100's. I've been stuck on ch.6 for like 3 hours. I'm ready to give up and restart on a more sane difficulty like nightmare. (Given you still unlock the

Spoiler

Brass knuckles

on nightmare)

 

[The Xtortionist]

What is an RPG?

Well, it's not quite an action game, but it's not quite an adventure game either. It's really the kind of game you have to play for yourself.

 

[TheFLYINGManga_Ka]

Wonder what I should play once I beat this game. Survival/horror withdrawal!

Maybe Resident Evil 6? Still haven't finished it!