Unmotivated to Play RE4 Because...

Chrono said:
I went through the exact same thing when I got back into gaming. The more I played, the more i realized I'm not having fun; I'm just worrying about dying, leveling up, beating boss x or exploring every inch of area y, dreading more and more stress, etc... I started Telling myself that they're just videogames and that I don't need or have to play everything 100 percent, that dying and retrying a level over and over is actually fun if you're enjoying yourself and not worrying about "finishing" it, and that I can just play what I like even if that means increasing my backlog or ignoring games with hype.

Of course I'm still hesitating getting back into RE4 and my stack of RPGs do look a bit like homework, but I'm enjoying videogames as much as I did when I was a kid so who cares. :p
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I think I'm going through that right now, or at least coming out of it. If I haven't played a certain day and I recently got a new game, I keep thinking "Dammit, go play it!" even if I don't feel like it. Sometimes I just put games down and don't go back, or just wait a really long time. Shit, I still haven't got around to finishing Halo 2. I can't remember why, but I just put it down and only got back to it a few weeks ago. I'm wrapping it up now, but I just got RE4 and Mercenaries, so I'll get back to it soon enough.

And I'm horrible with RPGs. I never get more than a few hours into them because I stress out about doing the right things. I don't hate open-ended games, not at all, but there's something about RPGs that stop me from playing. I never know if I'm doing something right. I got 4 hours into Kotor and stopped. 7 into Tales of Symphonia and just stopped, haven't even turned it on. FFTA, though: 59 hours. I don't know how I managed that.
 
Cant lie, my being scared of this game has stopped my overall play time... Im not really sure if it's the scariness or the anxiety I feel when playing
 
I felt a lot of anxiety at first as well, but once I got past the first section with the villagers chasing you all over the village, that eased a bit.

I still am somewhat nervous about running around in that big castle (never finished REmake on account of being freaked out in tight areas) but we shall see.
 
I'm at the beginning of Chapter 2-1 now, I think (just after the
lake monster fight[/spoiler), and the fact that it's dark and raining upped my anxiety a shitload. I'll still play though. I'll play and I'll like it, dammit.
 
Anyone else scared of how sadistic they've become after playing RE4? With the few minute I've played, I found it ridiculously enjoyable to shoot people in the face and see them moan and weep holding their eyes and then I put a few more bullets in their bodies. I'm killing everything: cows, chickens, psychos with chainsaws.

I only wish I could pick up the weapons and use them like in Zelda. Imagine sawing off somebody with a chainsaw or throwing an axe right into their chest. Oh hell yes. I'd like to stab people multiple times with that huge fork farm thingy (whatever it's called) and see them bleed to fucking death.








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RE4 just builds up such a level of intensity that it manages to become scary or at least "jump worthy" even when you know what's coming, imho. At least that's how it was for me. The overall atmosphere was significantly less scary than something like Silent Hill 4: The Room, but there was more non-stop action and sweaty palms and anxiety involved with playing RE4, so it wins.
 
Chrono said:
Anyone else scared of how sadistic they've become after playing RE4? With the few minute I've played, I found it ridiculously enjoyable to shoot people in the face and see them moan and weep holding their eyes and then I put a few more bullets in their bodies. I'm killing everything: cows, chickens, psychos with chainsaws.

I only wish I could pick up the weapons and use them like in Zelda. Imagine sawing off somebody with a chainsaw or throwing an axe right into their chest. Oh hell yes. I'd like to stab people multiple times with that huge fork farm thingy (whatever it's called) and see them bleed to fucking death.

:(
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So you can kill the cows!
 
The trick with RE4 is to play it with a buddy. Having somebody with you makes it a lot easier to endure the creepy parts. Especially when you're passing the control back and forth between each other.
 
JasoNsider said:
The trick with RE4 is to play it with a buddy. Having somebody with you makes it a lot easier to endure the creepy parts. Especially when you're passing the control back and forth between each other.
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Haha, I actually played for about 45 minutes yesterday with my Mom watching.
 
you need to play this game...

i thought the demo was turgid to say the least, and i failed to see what there was to get excited about.

Fast forward to the release, and it's a different story.
I'm playing in the dark, at night, with the sound up fairly loud.

And f*ck me with a giant tree if this isn't shaping up to be one of (if not THE) best games this gen....

Lose the fear, it's more of a romp than anything else.

"Haha, I actually played for about 45 minutes yesterday with my Mom watching."

Lol. My inlaws and my GF watched me play RE4 on monday night. They were squealing like terrified little piggies every time a villager appeared close by....
 
JasoNsider said:
The trick with RE4 is to play it with a buddy. Having somebody with you makes it a lot easier to endure the creepy parts. Especially when you're passing the control back and forth between each other.
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It's funny how that works because it seems the opposite happens when I'm playing something like Silent Hill. In Silent Hill at night when I play it with my friends we sort of coax each other into being more terrified than we should be. You know like a "what's around the next corner" syndrome where we nudge each other forward and build the intensity ourselves.
 
Amir0x said:
It's funny how that works because it seems the opposite happens when I'm playing something like Silent Hill. In Silent Hill at night when I play it with my friends we sort of coax each other into being more terrified than we should be. You know like a "what's around the next corner" syndrome where we nudge each other forward and build the intensity ourselves.
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We did the same thing :lol.
At the lake boss, our friend was playing and he fell out of the boat and we started yelling "Eli, Swim! Swim damn it, swim! SWIIM!!!!" while slapping his arm. He screamed like a little girl when the monster got him right before he got back to the boat.
His hands were literally shaking when he handed us the controller and we were laughing for like ten minutes straight. :lol

The point is that you lose part of the "bad" anxiety since you're not all by yourself. Being with friends is a different anxiety, but it's tons better than being truly afraid by yourself.
 
I think it gets pretty freaky just because the atmosphere is so well done. The lack of peripheral vision, or maybe just the fact that enemies so often come up in your blind spot helps create that. Maybe it's just the monks chanting.

Yep, that's it.
 
miyuru said:
Because it's too damn freaky. I've put in around 35-40 hours on PGR2, but I've played RE4 for 30 minutes and I turned it off after dying, it's too much for me! I never beat REmake either, didn't even finish the first disc :(
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Don't give up! It only gets better!
 
All right, so I kept playing, and the game's way more fun / less scary now :) I'm used to the villagers, it was just your first encounters with them sorta freaky...

But yeah now I'm used to them, it's fun shooting them down. I expect them way more now. I got to the first boss - awesome fight - and I'm in the rain now. Fire on torches looks BEAUTIFUL.

Surprising though, I've run out of shotty ammo, and I'm terribly low on health. This feels like the original RE all of a sudden. I'm breaking open barrels but they all seem to be empty argh!! Hopefully things pick up soon. I'm mostly using flash grenades and running past enemies, probably missing loads of good equipment :P
 
Yeah, that's the thing about this game, ALOT of enemies drop things. Health, money, and so forth. Kill things.

And remember to use your knife on all barrels and crates to save bullets.
 
Red 9 + stock =
the only weapon you will ever need. Upgrade it and it's heavenly. I've been wasting shotgun ammo though, so I better watch that. Look, there's one villager. Should I use my handgun or my shotgun. Ah screw it, just rush with the shotgun. :lol
 
worldrunover said:
And remember to use your knife on all barrels and crates to save bullets.
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Fuck that man, I fuckin' blow that shit wide open with my shotty, then mash the bits up with my TMP. That's what this game's about, BEING A MAN!.
 
miyuru said:
Fuck that man, I fuckin' blow that shit wide open with my shotty, then mash the bits up with my TMP. That's what this game's about, BEING A MAN!.
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:lol :lol :lol
Better watch that. The merchants don't sell ammo. Hell, I am telling you to conserve your ammo when I charge a weakend villager with my shotgun. When he hits the ground, I start knifing him. I could just use the handgun + kick to knock him down, but the shotgun makes me feel so powerful.
 
Hahaha I actually shot the shopkeeper dude too, his voice pissed me off :P

Then I reloaded my save ^_^

For sure the most conservative way to take care of villagers is to handgun -> kick -> knife on the ground. However, it's hard when they're in packs.
 
miyuru said:
Hahaha I actually shot the shopkeeper dude too, his voice pissed me off :P

Then I reloaded my save ^_^

For sure the most conservative way to take care of villagers is to handgun -> kick -> knife on the ground. However, it's hard when they're in packs.
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I had my shotgun aimed squarely bewteen his eyes and I really felt like pulling the trigger but I knew that if I killed him, he would never show up again.

If the villagers are in packs, I find it easier to hit them in the knees with my handgun, and if they fall to their knees, I will kick them, or if they hit the ground, I will aim my gun to the back of their head and decapitate them in one or two shots. If you upgrade your gun's
firing speed
, it becomes much easier.
 
ok I have a couple of questions: (didn’t post this at the official thread cuz everybody already finished it there… I’m ashamed. >_<)

1) Do I have to kill everybody I see?

2) Do the enemies re-spawn or whatever or do they STAY dead? Do they even stop coming? If I kill every bastard in the village, will it be a quiet place for the rest of the game?


I'm still at the village, just getting the shotgun. I play it for a few minutes, get killed, and shut off the cube while my heart is beating like a drum. @_@
 
Chrono said:
ok I have a couple of questions: (didn’t post this at the official thread cuz everybody already finished it there… I’m ashamed. >_<)

1) Do I have to kill everybody I see?

2) Do the enemies re-spawn or whatever or do they STAY dead? Do they even stop coming? If I kill every bastard in the village, will it be a quiet place for the rest of the game?


I'm still at the village, just getting the shotgun. I play it for a few minutes, get killed, and shut off the cube while my heart is beating like a drum. @_@
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No, you do not need to kill everyone. If you are low on health, just shoot them in the knees to drop them, and you can run past them.

The enemeies stay dead. If you kill every enemy in an area, you can explore it without any trouble whatsoever. The music will even hint to you when all of the enemies are gone. If you leave an area and come back, some of the enemies will be back.
 
Ironclad_Ninja said:
No, you do not need to kill everyone. If you are low on health, just shoot them in the knees to drop them, and you can run past them.

The enemeies stay dead. If you kill every enemy in an area, you can explore it without any trouble whatsoever. The music will even hint to you when all of the enemies are gone. If you leave an area and come back, some of the enemies will be back.
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Thanks. My problem is that I can't seem to be able to kick them which I prefer to do than running past them. I try shooting them in the knee and getting close but I don't get the action button showing up. I'm getting better at head shots though. So satisfying. :D

This game is a rush!
 
You can only perform the action when they are on both knees, like they are about to give you a killer blowjob.

Or if you shoot them in the face, they will stagger back, grabbing their face. Then you can kick them.




Quick question: For some reason, Leon won't perform a suplex anymore. Instead, he gives them a swift hard side kick, sending them flying. Why is this?
 
The intensity of the game is largely what freaks me out about the game. Plus there are some segements where
they throw so many people at you literally run very low on ammo
and then they throw
Los Gigantes or a few Regenerators at you with Ashley in tow. Even with a good amount of ammo, you can still lose out on these encounters. I literally dread Regenerators because I not only don't have the termal detection I need to exploit their weakness, sometimes even 20 shotgun rounds isn't enough to take them down . TMP, Mines and the standard guns are useless on these guys.
 
All right guys, I'm still playing the game and just got Ashley. It's getting better and better, and the graphics only seem to get better as well, mostly because of
nightime + lightning
.
 
Chrono said:
Thanks. My problem is that I can't seem to be able to kick them which I prefer to do than running past them. I try shooting them in the knee and getting close but I don't get the action button showing up. I'm getting better at head shots though. So satisfying. :D

This game is a rush!
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If there is a crowd moving at you, take a few steps backwards, aim squarely at one of their heads, run in and perform the kick and you will mostly likely knock down the whole crowd. As you have probably figured, the shotgun is similar. I have gotten multiple decapitations with a single shot.
 
I'm at
the part where you have to open the gate to let the little car through. Ashley's in the driver's seat and I have to go up there, kill the zombies, and snipe those guys trying to kill Ashley. She has to be the stupidest girl in the history of video games. She sounds like a dying cat "Leon! Help!", she frequently slumps down in the middle of several enemies when you want her to follow you, and her tendency to catch the bullet you meant for her captor is amazing. The only thing she does right is getting in a dumpster.
 
Ironclad_Ninja said:
If there is a crowd moving at you, take a few steps backwards, aim squarely at one of their heads, run in and perform the kick and you will mostly likely knock down the whole crowd. As you have probably figured, the shotgun is similar. I have gotten multiple decapitations with a single shot.
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Yes, this is an awesome thing about the game, how the villagers react to one another (collision-wise).
 
I got my copy of the game yesterday. After 2 hours the initial awe had gone and I left it alone. Repetition set in and it all started to feel a bit 'done before' and samey.

I went back to it later on at night, finally defeated the annoying troll (I'd got there with only 1 green herb and not enough to afford a First Aid spray) and it's slowly growing on me. After 4.5 hours put in, it's looking to be a solid 8 out of 10 game in my books. Could be more. Gonna spend some time with it over the weekend. Might even take my Gamecube over to a friend's house and see if it can get in on some of our Halo 2 time.
 
I'm finding Resident Evil 4 creepy, not scary like how I found RE2.

Regardless, I usually only play RE4 when my sister is here watching. Partially because I'm scared, and partially because she's the one who makes me play so she can watch.

And I got scared in Doom3 as well. :lol
 
I am not rushing through RE4 because I don't want it to end.

The game is absolutly amazing.


I've had it since Monday and ive gotten to chapter 3 (I think)
After the seige at that cabin where you and Luis fight loads of villages and Ashley's hiding in the wardrobe, Luis goes saying he's forgot something...



-SB
 
Screenboy said:
I am not rushing through RE4 because I don't want it to end.

The game is absolutly amazing.


I've had it since Monday and ive gotten to chapter 3 (I think)
After the seige at that cabin where you and Luis fight loads of villages and Ashley's hiding in the wardrobe, Luis goes saying he's forgot something...



-SB
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You're still on chapter 2.
 
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