Which series is more cheesy: MGS or Resident Evil?

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Since I've been seeing threads about how Resident Evil should have better story writing, and how MGS3 Snake Eater has the best theme song and all that...I figured...hrm, both games do have a cheesy story, but which one is worse?

I personally have to hand it to Metal Gear Solid. I feel as though I am watching an overly pretentious military anime while Resident Evil feels more like watching a campy B-horror flick. And yes, B-flick > anime.

But alas, RE5 is borderline anime with bosses that could appear on Final Fantasy. Plus Wesker, dear lord...:lol
 
Resident Evil makes Metal Gear Solid seem Oscar quality.

Metal Gear seems like your typical 80's B-Movie Cult Classic (I.E. Escape from NY *I wonder why? ;) *) I mean yeah people say it's really bad or cheesy but that's what Kojima takes in from (you people REALLY have to go back and watch some of those movies.

Resident Evil is just ridiculous. Shit's Z-Level. I know Metal Gear actually takes itself seriously, but to me when laying it all down there is no comparison to which is more cheesy and has worse writing and directing Resident Evil just doesn't steal the cake it's stole the entire bakery.
 
Red Blaster said:
Borderline troll thread AND a spoiler in the opening post? It's like a 2 for 1!
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BORDERLINE.

I'm serious about this discussion by the way, it's not about who has more fanboys on which game :-P
 
Resident Evil by a landslide. "Don't shoot, I'M A HUMAN!"

Also, even though it's bannable I'm glad I skimmed past whatever the spoiler was in the OP. Seeing the OP say that it's RE made my blood boil.
 
Teddman said:
MGS by a landslide.

Overly pretentious makes all the difference.
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Bang!

RE is allot like the old 80's action movies. Its simple, its clean, its bad with so much cheese. But enjoyable.
MGS is like more of the modern action movies, where they want to relevant in culture, heavy written, and more complex then they should be. Just turns out to be dull and quite stupid.
 
I think the thing is, Resident Evil seems (kind of) aware of how cheesy it is, Metal Gear Solid actually seems to have an aura that it's a serious story... and that's very amusing to me.
 
Complaining about a zombie game having a cheesy story is like mocking a clown for having floppy shoes and a big red nose.
 
I sincerely hope all this talk of 'cheesiness' is not being done with a perjorative spirit.

Both MGS and Resident Evil are cheese of the highest order. Glorious, drizzling, creamy gorgonzola...and we'd all be poorer if they took themselves too seriously.

Neither MGS nor RE take themselves too seriously. MGS fluctuates between juvenile humour, camp, and po-faced beard-stroking, but it is gloriously self-aware.

I love them both; I love their glorious individuality, their spirit - in my opinion, the Japanese do cheese better than anyone.
 
WHAT WAS SHE FIGHTING FOR!!!???
WHAT AM I FIGHTING FOR!!!???
WHAT ARE YOU FIGHTING FOR !!!???

AHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

few games in the history of videogaming can get as cheesy and pretentious as this.
 
Resident Evil. It's not even so bad it's good, it's just bad. Metal Gear Solid at least has an interesting story with cool (if ridiculous) spy stuff.
 
It's funny how both MGS and RE both had an original game where a "sub-villain" was featured, and survived (of course being Wesker and Ocelot).

Now, in 2008-9, both series have finally dealt with both "sub-villains" as primary antagonists in an effort to tie up storylines.

Hell, Wesker and Ocelot both wear trench coats, sunglasses, and both appear shirtless for some reason.

MY GOD, THE PARALLELLS.
 
MGS, no question. The boss monologue/dialogues alone, not to mention some of the cringe and or lol worthy codec conversations.

RE is just sort of inherently zombie cheesy (and now burdened by years of godawful attempts to retcon and/or expand on a basically ridiculous premise).

MGS is actively, intensely, intentionally, powerfully cheesy.
 
Let me get this in before the inevitable lock.

I am drinking tea for dinner right now. Our refrigerator is empty as hell. Being a student living off campus
sucks.
 
MGS takes itself seriously?

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The series is pure camp, and it knows it.
 
Victrix said:
MGS, no question. The boss monologue/dialogues alone, not to mention some of the cringe and or lol worthy codec conversations.

RE is just sort of inherently zombie cheesy (and now burdened by years of godawful attempts to retcon and/or expand on a basically ridiculous premise).

MGS is actively, intensely, intentionally, powerfully cheesy.
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I don't know, Kojima & Co. always seem to mean serious business with the MGS script. That's what offends me the most, he really thinks that MGS is like high quality literature put in a video game, it's awful.

Sorry if I offend anyone but I can't believe my eyes when I see how many people mention any MSG game when asked for games that made them cry. Some actual quality reading ( or a good movie for that matter ) really wouldn't hurt, people.
 
Nothing in MGS touches "I hope this is not Chris' blood...", "This mansion is DANGEROUS!", "You were almost a Jill sandwich!", "Master of unlocking." "Can love bloom on the battlefield?" comes close, but it's a different kind of cheese. That's cringe cheese, and this is roll-your-eyes and laugh cheese. Distinct cheeses.
 
Y2Kev said:
Nothing in MGS touches "I hope this is not Chris' blood...", "This mansion is DANGEROUS!", "You were almost a Jill sandwich!", "Master of unlocking." "Can love bloom on the battlefield?" comes close, but it's a different kind of cheese. That's cringe cheese, and this is roll-your-eyes and laugh cheese. Distinct cheeses.
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As well as anything in Code Veronica.
 
Y2Kev said:
Nothing in MGS touches "I hope this is not Chris' blood...", "This mansion is DANGEROUS!", "You were almost a Jill sandwich!", "Master of unlocking." "Can love bloom on the battlefield?" comes close, but it's a different kind of cheese. That's cringe cheese, and this is roll-your-eyes and laugh cheese. Distinct cheeses.
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:lol
 
Neo-Sheperd said:
Let me get this in before the inevitable lock.

I am drinking tea for dinner right now. Our refrigerator is empty as hell. Being a student living off campus
sucks.
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watch porn eat eggs everyday
 
Red Blaster said:
As well as anything in Code Veronica.
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Mentioning Steve is the nuclear option. Oui oui, don't shoot. Owned, bitches.

edit: AND IT HAS A CROSSDRESSER GODDAM
 
They both reek of awesome but in a cheesy way.
However, based on the dialogue (and I suppose some of the writing as well): Resident Evil.
 
Jive Turkey said:
Done in one. RE is like a B movie while MGS takes itself seriously.
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Since when did MGS take itself seriously? Was it the diarrhea soldier, the ketchup blood, peeing pants, the nude flipping, the girl posters, the codec calls about the girl posters, list goes on. Where is that youtube with all of the funny codec calls in MGS3. Serious? What?
 
MGS is always an awesome cheesy, and very aware of it, but Resident Evil games vary in their style and quality of cheese. RE4 is delightful all the way through, but RE5 was just barely salvaged by Wesker's unbelievable camp. That was a one man show.

If you think MGS takes itself too seriously, you're not paying attention
 
Crunched said:
watch porn eat eggs everyday
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If I was to check my cholesterol right now, it would probably be the up the roof. I barely watched porn this winter though, there were too many girls at the club who were dying to get it on....:D. Ahhh, the college life.
 
Early Resident Evil is more cheesy. But the recent games are less cheesy than the cheesy pretentious crap in the MGS series. CHEESE! Now I'm hungry.
 
Ploid 3.0 said:
Since when did MGS take itself seriously? Was it the diarrhea soldier, the ketchup blood, peeing pants, the nude flipping, the girl posters, the codec calls about the girl posters, list goes on. Where is that youtube with all of the funny codec calls in MGS3. Serious? What?
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it's the pretentious codec speeches where Kojima tries to write philosophy on war, information control, borders, human cloning, loyalty and how fucked up the bosses lives were before they became "evil" as a silly attempt to make you feel sorry for them (which was gone in MGS3 and they all became a bunch of lunatics, maybe's that's why snake eater is my favorite)


anyway, they are both cheesy, but one of them tries to deliver some kind of a message and to make you cry during the game
 
Jive Turkey said:
Done in one. RE is like a B movie while MGS takes itself seriously.
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:lol This is like a troll fest. Kojima says his games are tributes to B-Movies. The cover of Metal Gear is basically a rip of a B-movie. Metal Gear is the ultimate B-movie rip.

Resident Evil 1's writing would make it a D movie. Or an F movie.
 
Neo-Sheperd said:
If I was to check my cholesterol right now, it would probably be the up the roof. I barely watched porn this winter though, there were too many girls at the club who were dying to get it on....:D. Ahhh, the college life.
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Eggs don't cause high cholesterol. Actually, cholesterol in your body builds up more by a high intake of saturated fat than it does from taking in cholesterol from food. HUGE amounts of eggs will boost cholesterol levels, but if you're a reasonable person you'll never eat that much.

Anyway, that was nonsense.


My view on things:

Resident Evil's writing is deliciously cheesy, Metal Gear Solid's is straight-up awful.
 
..pakbeka.. said:
it's the pretentious codec speeches where Kojima tries to write philosophy on war, information control, borders, human cloning, loyalty and how fucked up the bosses lives were before they became "evil" as a silly attempt to make you feel sorry for them (which was gone in MGS3 and they all became a bunch of lunatics, maybe's that's why snake eater is my favorite)
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MGS4 spoilers (big spoilers) Codec highlights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpZDkEtMLlY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B-zWVmvTEs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ociVAyWOYU

MGS3 spoilers Codec highlights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ5q3UWTpns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOnF0R1VRiY
 
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