It's mediocre at best. Dreadful level design (just finished 4-1 and it seems to getting worse if anything) and the gameplay is pretty stale. It's not Silent Hill level bad gameplay but not much better. I suppose I'm not exactly the target audience since I don't see why anyone would prefer third person to first person. I've been playing it in co-op with a friend, but I'll probably just let him finish it alone.slasher_thrasher21 said:
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honestly who cares if this is the "game of the generation" or "shit" or whatever some people might call it
all I know is I have a blast every time I boot it up and that's all I care about.
hoping to get some more ss ranks in mercs today and/or grab the one treasure im missing in 6-3
all I know is I have a blast every time I boot it up and that's all I care about.
hoping to get some more ss ranks in mercs today and/or grab the one treasure im missing in 6-3
I don't play as much as I used to but I suppose on nextgen consoles (or multiplatform, played all but Gears and the XBLA games on PC) Fallout 3, Oblivion, Bioshock, L4D, Braid, BC:rearmed, MM9 and even Gears.dark10x said:
To be fair 4-1 iss not all that badly designed per se, the setting just seems so out of place and it's monotonous and bland. More like a Tomb raider level without all the crazy acrobatics, not that I'm much of a Tomb Raider fan. As for Silent Hill, I'm pretty sure the vast majority of people agree the actual controls are pretty terrible. I still finished SH1-3 and mostly enjoyed them, but they could be so much better with better controls. It seems for most designers survival horror comes with bad controls. I would much rather see them do something like Thief 3 Shalebridge cradle.GuardianE said:
DevelopmentArrested
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durrrrsyllogism said:
syllogism said:
It was more a reply to your comment about third person shooters. There doesn't have to be a preference. They're completely different game types.
There are obvious reasons why people would want to play a third person shooter, and not all of them are gameplay related. In an FPS, you generally play an identity-less grunt in some sort of attempt to grant a false sense of immersion.
It's like me saying, I don't understand why people play fighting games when there're beat em ups.
SlasherJPC
Banned
syllogism said:
Actually if you read the documentation, that location isn't all that far fetched after all.
ToyMachine228
Member
Thinking of picking it up this weekend. I've got the next four days off from work...Hmmm.
Yes, but there's no reason for you to play an identity-less grunt in a FPS (and it's debatable whether RE5 offers much more in that regard). In fact I'm not interested in games like that, unless Deus Ex/System Shock style ones count. I can see why games like God of War or Ninja Gaiden wouldn't work in first person, but I definitely would prefer to see first person survival horror games. Certainly there doesn't have to be a preference and you can enjoy both, but you can still say the same kind of game could be done better in third or first person.GuardianE said:
Unregistered007
Banned
A few pages ago (maybe more than 10) someone mentioned a little cheat to make extra money, can someone write it again or just pm me. I will really appreciate it. Thanks
Played through it today. I won't point out what I liked about the game since that would take way too long. There's some flaws I wanna talk about though:
You might've noticed an option which allows friendly fire. It won't actually take away from your partner's life bar. Instead it'll block off bullets whenever you shoot at Sheva. In theory this sounds like a good thing and it's the reason why I chose to have it on. However it also aplies to the AI and Sheva will shoot at you CONSTANTLY which makes me wonder why they included it in the first place.
I will say I started to like fighting them in act 6. That's because I finally figured out HOW to fight them. You really need to make use of the cover system and advance carefully otherwise you're pretty much fucked. It's an entirely different gameplay mechanic and I was very much overwhelmed the first I came across them.
The absence of an arms dealer. I think every RE4-player will agree: The merchant was great. He's part of what made RE4 so addicting and seeing him gone hurts a lot. Upgrading weapons in between chapters is lame and not nearly as fun as it used to be. Treasure hunting also used to be a lot more rewarding because you could combine certain goodies to more valuable treasures and sell them.
The absence of a suit case. While it makes sense to switch weapons in-game it certainly DOESN'T make sense to mix herbs (speaking of herbs: Where are my yellow herbs?) and manage your inventory in the middle of a frantic situation. It just doesnt. RE5 generally gives you less stuff to carry around so a suitcase as big as Leon's would be pointless. But why not have a smaller one?
And lastly: No more typewriters? Why, Capcom? WHY?
The Ganados with fire arms.
The absence of an arms dealer. I think every RE4-player will agree: The merchant was great. He's part of what made RE4 so addicting and seeing him gone hurts a lot. Upgrading weapons in between chapters is lame and not nearly as fun as it used to be. Treasure hunting also used to be a lot more rewarding because you could combine certain goodies to more valuable treasures and sell them.
The absence of a suit case. While it makes sense to switch weapons in-game it certainly DOESN'T make sense to mix herbs (speaking of herbs: Where are my yellow herbs?) and manage your inventory in the middle of a frantic situation. It just doesnt. RE5 generally gives you less stuff to carry around so a suitcase as big as Leon's would be pointless. But why not have a smaller one?
And lastly: No more typewriters? Why, Capcom? WHY?
BravoSuperStar
Member
so1337 said:
This is one mechanic I am not sad to see go. At least the part of having to have a ribbon to save.
ThirstyFly
Member
Are there any Mercs videos with default Chris & Sheva getting s-ranks? All I can find are the more powerful characters.
Son of Godzilla
Banned
Save your profile after acquiring something of worth at the start of a level and reload that level.Unregistered007 said:
Can be some ammo in a crate, or golden eggs your partner gives you. If latter, don't have partner save.
It's pretty lame, either way.
At first I was sad that there were no typewriters, and then I realized they didn't fucking do anything in RE4.SuperEnemyCrab said:
Splash Wave
Member
Jimmy Stav said:
Anyone?
BravoSuperStar
Member
so1337 said:
Yeah I loved the safe rooms in RE4, especially the music. Not to mention ease of multiple saves, that was definitely one good thing about the typewriters.
zombieshavebrains
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ThirstyFly said:
I would like to see these too.
Mr. Enigma
Member
Am I the only one that doesn't
miss the random merchant? Seeing him always kind of took me out of what I was doing. I'd always end up thinking, "How did this guy get here before me?"
Although I still do pay tribute to him by yelling "WHAT ARE YA BUYIN?" when I get to the Organize/Buy/Ready screen.
Although I still do pay tribute to him by yelling "WHAT ARE YA BUYIN?" when I get to the Organize/Buy/Ready screen.
ThirstyFly
Member
dagZ said:
2 hours?!
How the fuck?
syllogism said:
The first person has been outplayed to the point of nauseum. You mentioned two excellent examples of FPS done well. Those are both also very old. A lot has been lost in the FPS genre, but that's a debate for another day.
Third person shooters have their place, just as first person shooters do. I made a generalization of a genre just as you did. If you want a first person horror game, go play FEAR. FEAR could not have been done in the third person. Resident Evil 5 could not have been done in the first person.
Based on that, I couldn't take your comment seriously. Then there's the fact that you likened the gameplay to that of Silent Hill, which is a gross exaggeration. Silent Hill has always had clunky gameplay because it's an afterthought.
It's abundantly clear that so much thought went into the gameplay for RE5. Moreso than most first person shooters. The first person shooter gameplay mechanic hasn't changed in a decade. Capcom had to implement better controls without alienating people who recognized how RE played in the past... they were going to piss people off either way. Whether they made the right decision or not is debatable, but it's not a broken system by any stretch. It's enjoyable to most who take the time to understand it and not be dismissive.
I'm playing the X360 version and I noticed a slight blueish tint in the blacks. You can see it very clearly sometimes. When you press pause it's gone. I noticed the same for Gears of War 2 in the cave level, there it was quite bad. Is this a 360-thing? Does anyone know why it is this way? Using component @720p on a Sony W4000.
brandonh83
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Thrakier said:
nope I see a blue-tint thing going on on the PS3 version as well.
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I need to go take a shower. Urgh.syllogism said:
ggs last night mattso.
Mercenaries co-op is amazingly fun. it was great to get my first 100+ combo. more more more!
ill be around this weekend for more co-op fun (not tonight though).
nice time.
but some of you mofos better start pointing out some of these amazing time saving tips on the longer levels instead of just taunting us with your fast clear times, or... something something something.
Mercenaries co-op is amazingly fun. it was great to get my first 100+ combo. more more more!
ill be around this weekend for more co-op fun (not tonight though).
dagZ said:
nice time.
but some of you mofos better start pointing out some of these amazing time saving tips on the longer levels instead of just taunting us with your fast clear times, or... something something something.
brandonh83
Banned
Thrakier said:Urgs.It's ugly. Don't know where this is coming from, but it kinda breaks the visuals in dark areas.
Sometimes it's a cool effect, sometimes not. I kept messing with the contrast because I thought it was either the game or my TV but apparently it's just the game.
The blacks are not black in the slightest, and it's clearly intentional. It's like the blacks crush everything else, and I'm playing it on a Sony CRT.Thrakier said:
It's definitely a design choice, and one that I honestly don't understand. But hey, what do I know. Between this and the audio that appears to have been taken inside of a fish tank, I thought my game was messed up at first. Feels so cheap.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Magnus said:
I think the flamethrower only works when they aren't orange spots on the body, so you must blow up those spots with normal weapons (or incendiary granades) and the use the flamethrower, you can use too the explosive tanks, wait until the creature swallow the tank and then made it explode
OG_Original Gamer
Member
IMO, RE4 has better direction than RE5. When you took on bosses it was just more exciting. The use of sounds from the villagers,lighting, the monks laughing when you turn your backs to them. I'm enjoying it, it's just that there are things missing that should be there.
Relaxed Muscle said:
Definitely employed the tank-swallow technique, still didn't seem to make the soft spot emerge.
Also, I think I'm having trouble differentiating between three things -- orange spots, the orange/pink soft targets on the arms, and the actual orange orb targets that appear after certain fire attacks. It's the first type of orange spots I'm not clear on really.
Fuck :lol