Christopher
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TheExodu5 said:
The who do you trust I just kept giving Sheva my healing items all the time
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The who do you trust I just kept giving Sheva my healing items all the time
BeautifulMemory
Member
Just beat it on veteran solo. Below are my purely personal feelings and thoughts:
Suplex remains the best move ever.
Loved:
- How polished the game was, from a technical, environmental, and even narrative standpoint.
- The Irving fight. Talking about using surround sound to the max.
- The Wesker and Jill fight. I thought Capcom did a good job to have an "infected" Jill without having her looking like she was violated/tortured. I also liked the QTE to snatch that thing off Jill
- Wesker never turned into an unrecognizable monster. That would've been lame. The terminator reference was nice.
- The chase sequence was done really well, better than the one in MGS4.
- Tribal warriors...annoying and fun to go up against at the same time.
- Chainsaw guys' new dance after they are back from the "dead"!
- Variation on dog-type enemies
Hated:
- Enemies can hit me just as I get off the ladder.
- Lickers...but partially it was to do with the fact that Sheva AI always waited for my health to go down before helping me.
- Reapers...just not a fan of one hit kill.
- The infection where the Majini's head turned into this big mouth that would try to devour you
- Sheva AI needs to stop taking my herb and use it when I have a red herb with me to mix.
- Sheva AI needs to stop using stunning rod exclusively when she has two other gun weapons in her inventory
- Lack of space in inventory. I just didn't appreciate it.
- Big dudes with machine guns. Never was a fan in RE4, still not now.
- No yellow herbs.
- Never got the feeling, as in RE4, of the excitement of gathering different weapons and upgrading them at the same time. Probably intentional.
- How polished the game was, from a technical, environmental, and even narrative standpoint.
- The Irving fight. Talking about using surround sound to the max.
- The Wesker and Jill fight. I thought Capcom did a good job to have an "infected" Jill without having her looking like she was violated/tortured. I also liked the QTE to snatch that thing off Jill
- Wesker never turned into an unrecognizable monster. That would've been lame. The terminator reference was nice.
- The chase sequence was done really well, better than the one in MGS4.
- Tribal warriors...annoying and fun to go up against at the same time.
- Chainsaw guys' new dance after they are back from the "dead"!
- Variation on dog-type enemies
Hated:
- Enemies can hit me just as I get off the ladder.
- Lickers...but partially it was to do with the fact that Sheva AI always waited for my health to go down before helping me.
- Reapers...just not a fan of one hit kill.
- The infection where the Majini's head turned into this big mouth that would try to devour you
- Sheva AI needs to stop taking my herb and use it when I have a red herb with me to mix.
- Sheva AI needs to stop using stunning rod exclusively when she has two other gun weapons in her inventory
- Lack of space in inventory. I just didn't appreciate it.
- Big dudes with machine guns. Never was a fan in RE4, still not now.
- No yellow herbs.
- Never got the feeling, as in RE4, of the excitement of gathering different weapons and upgrading them at the same time. Probably intentional.
Suplex remains the best move ever.
BeautifulMemory
Member
Erdrick said:
1. Shoot the white things on their bodies
or
2. I used
gernade launcher with explosives
Duck Amuck said:
Few pointers:
1) You only need a sub 5-hour run for Infinite Rockets, not S rank on all (I believe this unlocks the final figurine).
2) Hope you're using a YouTube guide for the emblems, some of them are incredibly well hidden.
3) You should get unlimited ammo on the Magnum or L.Hawk instead of the hand cannon. The handcannon has roughly the same dps, but it shoots far slower, making it less effective since many of the shots end up being overkill. I'm going to go with the L.Hawk...does a tiny bit less damage than the Magnum, but has double piercing to make up for it.
itsinmyveins
Gets to pilot the crappy patrol labors
How much of the things you've got carry over when you finish the game, and can you buy everything from the start?
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Ditto on the L.Hawk. It shoots a bit faster than the revolver, and the pierce really helps.
Hmm, gotta finish up Veteran to go Professional...ugh, I still have to farm the Lead Aspirin achievement, but then I'm about done.
Everything you've got, and you can buy/upgrade everything you've unlocked.
Hmm, gotta finish up Veteran to go Professional...ugh, I still have to farm the Lead Aspirin achievement, but then I'm about done.
Everything you've got, and you can buy/upgrade everything you've unlocked.
Ice Monkey
Member
MiamiWesker said:Still playing Mercs like a mad man, am now #26 in Missile Area.(Solo)
I have found that at some point enemies stop spawning, what the hell. I swear once I had a minute left and no enemies showed up until like 15 seconds left. I could have blown my score to pieces if that last minute had enemies.
I hate it when that happens, although its interesting I just did a missile area run and thats one of the only times i remember there being NO enemies for about 30 seconds, but otherwise I have a feeling after you hit a 20 combo or so they stop throwing enemies at you or just spawn them all the way across the map from where you are.
Read a whole lot of mercs strategies from RE4, and I'm assuming it works relatively the same in RE5.
#1 thing they mention is that you slowly pick off enemies after the combo counter starts blinking, you kill one, then wait for it to blink again which slowly builds up the combo count.
Also, there's a much larger bonus for killing the minibosses later on in a combo, something like 5000 extra points killing one after a 9 enemy combo compared with killing a miniboss at the start of a combo. It makes a lot of sense because it usually takes extremely concentrated fire to kill a miniboss. its taken me something like 7 tribal sheva arrows to take down chainsaw dude in his first non-crazy form.
Of note is that the combo bonus grows as you get a higher combo, but tops off and gives you something like 700 extra points for every additional kill after about a 9 kill combo. This means a couple things:
1. a 200 kill combo gives almost the same points as two 100 point combos, or exactly the same if the first 9 kills of both combos started with the 1000 point combo bonus.
2. a bonus time box is best saved for starting a combo, because it makes all extra kills get 1000 points, whereas if used after the 9 first kills it will only raise the 700 point bonus up to a 1000 point bonus, making it give only 300 extra points for each kill done within the bonus time.
3. even trying to kill a miniboss during bonus time is a waste of energy because there is no bonus whatsoever unless the miniboss is killed near the start of a combo, which I already mentioned was worth less points anyway. So instead, you should kill as many majini as possible during bonus time, then kill the boss after bonus time is over.
Finally the chicken counts as an enemy, gives 2000 points when killed, adds to your combo, drops a golden egg when killed, and lets another enemy spawn in after it dies.
My apologies if you already knew all this.
demigod
Member
Damn, I think this game took me 20 freakin hours to beat on Veteran. I have the strategy guide but I haven't even opened it yet.
Kinda lame that there's no yellow herb, did they take it out because of co-op? I do miss the combining of treasures and the bigass case. The vests taking up space is bs.
Kinda lame that there's no yellow herb, did they take it out because of co-op? I do miss the combining of treasures and the bigass case. The vests taking up space is bs.
zombieshavebrains
I have not used cocaine
Captain N said:
Damn. No wonder i was only getting like 4 kills on 6-2 i think it was. Need to give Sheva a pea shooter so i can get my S rank.
zombieshavebrains
I have not used cocaine
Duck Amuck said:
If you go for a maxed out S&W you're losing about 2k damage which still amounts to 1 hit kills on just about everything. But its 5k cheaper i think? Maybe more.
Majmun
Member
What also bothers me in the game is the cold relationship between Chris and Sheva. I didn't felt any connection at all. They were just there...killing stuff.
I didn't expect them to have sex or a kiss scene together. It's just that they escape death so many times together but they never ask each other if they're ok.
I'd be talking with my parter untill my mouth would fall off.
Such a shame. Capcom should've made the characters a bit deeper.
I didn't expect them to have sex or a kiss scene together. It's just that they escape death so many times together but they never ask each other if they're ok.
I'd be talking with my parter untill my mouth would fall off.
Such a shame. Capcom should've made the characters a bit deeper.
Christopher
Member
Second said:
The gears of war crew demand no emotion.
plus you can make your own emotion in co-op. You can be Sheva first
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Final boss questions...
I'm at ultra suped up Wesker, the final boss I'm guessing. I think I'm at the final part of it, maybe. He keeps exposing the orb of orange on his stomach and then on his back. Do I just keep shooting it? I'm really low on ammo and it doesn't help that they made a checkpoint right when he jumps on the center platform. I don't have very much ammo and its really hard to hit his back. How many times must I hit the orb or is there something more?
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Fantastical said:
For that segment.....
you have to grab him from behind after he does the tentacle tornado, and then Sheva will have to knife him if she's not AI controlled, which she otherwise does automatically.
PuppetMaster
Member
LaneDS said:
40 deaths dude! I died 40x during the
Jill
The next hardest part during Pro was
ndesu.
The final
wesker fight
Just started playing the game yet again. Spent all my money and removed everything from my inventory so I could get a fresh start (although that still isn't a flawless solution considering you can buy and upgrade anything, I'll just be mindful of what I allow myself to buy). I've only played the game coop so this will be my first singleplayer only playthrough.
So far it's going quite well, just completed chapter 2-3. The AI was a bit of a problem in the first chapter, I gave her most of the weapons but she quite simply wasn't aggressive enough and almost got us killed a few times. But starting with 2-1 she started to become a lot more reliable (I sold her pistol after giving her the MP5, perhaps that changed how her AI behaved). Keeping her in attack stance most of the time is definitely the way to go. It lets you do battles in a much more dynamic way and she'll do pretty much anything you can do. She uses rifle against enemies far away, shotgun against people nearby, uses grenades when enemies are together, uses flash grenades whenever las plagas enemies appear.
I like that she almost always goes for melee attacks when possible in attack stance. I had one amusing battle where she was in the middle of 5-6 enemies, and I kept setting up melee attacks on each enemy and she ran around kicking them all. That cave level (in 2-1 or 2-2 I think) has to be one of my favourite levels in the game. The lighting looks amazing and I like the dynamic gameplay you get (which worked surprisingly well with the AI, she can carry the lantern and light up the way (even points it exactly where you aim) , or you can carry it while she kills the enemies). Too bad it's such a short level. I'd love to have more areas like that.
Chapter 2-3 became a joke with the AI. Her accuracy is flawless. I wouldn't be surprised if I didn't fire at all she would still have completed the chapter. Anyone playing pro difficulty in coop and having probelms with 2-3 should consider skipping it and doing it with the AI instead, it'll become MUCH easier.
So far it's going quite well, just completed chapter 2-3. The AI was a bit of a problem in the first chapter, I gave her most of the weapons but she quite simply wasn't aggressive enough and almost got us killed a few times. But starting with 2-1 she started to become a lot more reliable (I sold her pistol after giving her the MP5, perhaps that changed how her AI behaved). Keeping her in attack stance most of the time is definitely the way to go. It lets you do battles in a much more dynamic way and she'll do pretty much anything you can do. She uses rifle against enemies far away, shotgun against people nearby, uses grenades when enemies are together, uses flash grenades whenever las plagas enemies appear.
I like that she almost always goes for melee attacks when possible in attack stance. I had one amusing battle where she was in the middle of 5-6 enemies, and I kept setting up melee attacks on each enemy and she ran around kicking them all. That cave level (in 2-1 or 2-2 I think) has to be one of my favourite levels in the game. The lighting looks amazing and I like the dynamic gameplay you get (which worked surprisingly well with the AI, she can carry the lantern and light up the way (even points it exactly where you aim) , or you can carry it while she kills the enemies). Too bad it's such a short level. I'd love to have more areas like that.
Chapter 2-3 became a joke with the AI. Her accuracy is flawless. I wouldn't be surprised if I didn't fire at all she would still have completed the chapter. Anyone playing pro difficulty in coop and having probelms with 2-3 should consider skipping it and doing it with the AI instead, it'll become MUCH easier.
There's a difference between the partner relationship in this game and some of the other games with a "partner" though. In other games the partners you're given already have quite a history together.
In Gears Dom
breaks you out of prison, and you immediately get the impression that the two of them knew each other for quite some time now as they catch up on some old times.
In Killzone 2
immediately you get the impression that Sev, Garza, Natko and Rico had been a squad for some time now
In RE5 however, Chris had
lost Jill from an earlier mission
"didn't know what he was fighting for"
When Sheva comes into the scene, she's literally introduced as his new Partner - someone who he didn't really know a whole lot of. The quick cut to
Jill's tombstone
There are some moments towards the end of the game that builds upon Chris's acceptance of Sheva as his partner.
Chris's partnership with Sheva sort of starts to change once Chris saw the look on Sheva's face as she realized she might have lost Josh. Which intentionally parallels how Chris lost Jill.
Towards the end of the game
Sheva flat out asks Chris what's the deal between him and Wesker, and Chris promises to explain it to her after they take care of business.
There's a bit at the end where Chris
saves Sheva from falling out of the plane that hammered home that Chris accepted Sheva as his new partner. The look on Chris and Sheva's faces in that little scene was especially well done in actually conveying some emotion to that whole scene.
I'm sure the ending with
Sheva not wanting to shoot Wesker out of fear that she might hit Chris was another part of the whole partner thing, outside of giving the devs a chance to do a really cool slash and stab the ever-living fuck out of Wesker with a really big knife sequence
My PS3 is doing a full backup + restore now (popped in a new HD) so I can't really fill in some of the details that I had forgotten. Personally I found the way they handled the story in RE5 to be very cliche and heavy handed, but it does keep the game moving at a healthy pace.
Solideliquid
Member
I'm considering a speed run for the rocket launcher. Does pausing the game also stop the timer?
Christopher
Member
On 6-1 I'm doing a solo run first, althoug hI did play a few back chapters with some friends...this game is amazing.
Better than RE4 in my opinion builds off of it in every way!
Better than RE4 in my opinion builds off of it in every way!
Stoney Mason
Banned
Very Enjoyable. Got up to mission three tonight on my first playthrough.
C- Warrior
Banned
What's the most efficient way on beating the Uroborus boss (the fight where you have to use the refueling flame thrower).
I think I may not be doing something right since we had to go through hell of ammo just to finish the fucker 30 minutes later on Veteran.
I think I may not be doing something right since we had to go through hell of ammo just to finish the fucker 30 minutes later on Veteran.
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
Just completed it.
I'll reiterate my "this game is prime GOTY material" message. It's just incredible. Huge bosses, great variety in enemies, and a well crafted story with good voice acting (well, incredible voice acting by RE standards.)
I only played one chapter with an AI partner
and they did pretty well. Well, considering I just used them as a mule for ammo before giving them the AK for the boss. AI Sheva did the job well, and she allowed me to stock up on ammo before my friend came back online.
Speaking of the co-op though, there were some truly excellent design choices, the
I missed that move in RE5. Even if uppercutting an enemy just as Shiva backflips them is awesome. I was kind of hoping for double team melee attacks or something.
I'll reiterate my "this game is prime GOTY material" message. It's just incredible. Huge bosses, great variety in enemies, and a well crafted story with good voice acting (well, incredible voice acting by RE standards.)
The cover system was not really well implemented though. Sometimes I'd go to melee a guy and go into cover instead. That and it just made me think I was playing Time Crisis as you're pretty much untouchable when behind cover.
I only played one chapter with an AI partner
the chapter with the conveyor belts, and the boss you use the flamethrower on
Speaking of the co-op though, there were some truly excellent design choices, the
lickers coming out of the holes in the walls that only one player could see = awesome.
BeautifulMemory said:
I missed that move in RE5. Even if uppercutting an enemy just as Shiva backflips them is awesome. I was kind of hoping for double team melee attacks or something.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
C- Warrior said:
Use the grenade launcher with flame shots, then shoot his weak points worked for me. Playing through solo on professional right now (using unlimited ammo) and one shot from a rocket launcher got him, or maybe it was two but not more than that.
The part with the rotating floor sucks ass on professional/solo.
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
Another thing that's worthwhile to mention as well is that RE5 may be my last video game for a week or so. I think I've got RSI in my right forearm. 20 years of playing video games has finally caught up with me.
PuppetMaster said:
Although we were only playing on Normal, a buddy and I were getting the achievement for that fight last night. We found a way to do it really easily.
Have one guy grab her, and the other rip it off her chest. The guy restraining her will have to dodge, and then as long as the other guy runs up to her, she'll turn around to face him. The guy who was originally restraining her can easily get behind her right away, re-initiating the QTE. You basically get into an infinite loop of QTEs without her being able to do anything if you get it right.
C- Warrior
Banned
TheExodu5 said:
What the hell are you guys talking about?
You can rip it off her chest when Wesker is still in the fight...and there is an acheievement for that/
Solideliquid
Member
TheExodu5 said:
Are you guys talking about the
"Bad Blood"
Wesker
Future PhaZe
Member
Man I have almost no ammo for 6-3 boss...I'm at the final part.
Any gaffers interested in helping me out?
Any gaffers interested in helping me out?
Really enjoying the game so far.
Just beat 3-3 and when I started up on 4-1 and I had 999 (unlimited) ammo on my shotgun. According to my friend, I had -117 shots :lol
My connection was messing up thought so I kept continuing from the last checkpoint with him and didn't get the two trophies for the levels we completed (and thus they are not marked as such)...
Just beat 3-3 and when I started up on 4-1 and I had 999 (unlimited) ammo on my shotgun. According to my friend, I had -117 shots :lol
My connection was messing up thought so I kept continuing from the last checkpoint with him and didn't get the two trophies for the levels we completed (and thus they are not marked as such)...
Grimm Fandango
Member
Dark FaZe said:Man I have almost no ammo for 6-3 boss...I'm at the final part.
Any gaffers interested in helping me out?
Experiment. You don't have to waste a shot.
GhostRidah
Member
So I read somewhere this is the end of chapter 1 for the RE serious, I hope this is true because I really need more RE!
Solideliquid
Member
Grimm Fandango said:
This requires more explanation.
Future PhaZe
Member
Grimm Fandango said:
Thanks :lol...Just beat it.
Was much easier than expected.
Edit: Thanks for the offers guys. Some of the bosses in this game were seemingly hard but easier upon expection :\
Are the emblems very hard to find? On my first run I didn't shoot any (I wasn't really looking though.) I remember the blue medals in 4 being in plain sight but I don't remember seeing one emblem. Does shooting an emblem increase the points you can use for figures and the like?
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
Kard8p3 said:
Shooting emblems unlocks more extras to buy.
And I only managed two of them in my first playthrough. I didn't even know what they were when I was shooting at them.
Anticitizen One
Banned
Y2Kev said:
I agree with you. But how do you know its done? Did Capcom say as much?