I don't even want to think about Crimson Heads with the duo, doubly Rebecca
Agreed on Zero's overhaul. I kind of see what you mean on the zombies in 0...perhaps it's due to the duo?
Pursuers in RE are a weird bunch. I don't know if we had any between Nemesis and Jack Baker? I do think Nemesis in RE3 works the best, the game was designed around him wonderfully. Also agreed on RE3. Especially since the RE teams were split up and I think it was completed in less then a year, when other games, even from Capcom themselves, failed badly. I'd say RE3make is a strange but accurate example of how messed up og RE3 could have been.
RE0 enemies and bosses are bizarre. The scorpion can be a joke on some circumstances, the centipede feels weird (also Rebecca screaming is a precursor to Ashley screaming I swear), fuck the bat, and proto-tyrant I actually didn't find that bad. The first one is SO tense because you've got Rebecca on her own. The second time you can stun lock I found, so it isn't good. The other enemies are just reskinned standard RE enemies but worse. Leech Man is cool for its music and concept I guess.
Yawn can go so many ways but in good ways, which I liked. Plant 42 can as well. The zombie sharks...honestly speaking? I never really liked, it felt absurd. Even for RE, and the ORIGINAL no less. The concept, especially in remake, was well executed but I'll be honest when I say anything else would have better suited.
I do think the one forgettable boss in RE may be the Black Tiger, it kind of just feels like its there and I think you can avoid it.
Figured we should bring the convo into here.
I guess the CV Tyrant is a pursuer, even though it was brief. I kinda want to play CV for some reason. Maybe after I get done nemesis..
You raise a good point about 3make. That's as bad as Nemesis should of been and wasn't. It feels like the team didn't even play the original and had a brief outline.
Yes, it could be they toned down the zombies in Zero because of the buddy system. I think they even walk slower? Maybe I'm misremembering that. I like how in RE3, they would go into turbo mode and almost run at you.
The Zero bosses are mostly terrible. The bat sucks, stinger sucks, centurion is just a shitty yawn fight. Proto Tyrant round one is great. It's compact, and they battle arena looks cool too. Round 2 sucks. It's in such a weird area, and it's easy to get rid of him since you have both characters pounding him.
Leech man is good in theory, but the fact Billy can just kill them easily by shooting them in a cutscene... and that doesn't translate to ingame, doens't make any sense.
Both Leech man and eliminators both can tank shotgun shells. Elminators might be the worst enemy in the game since they're resilience doesn't match their size.
Yawn is great like you said, since it crucial to not get bitten as it just eats your time up. I don't even shoot him anymore and just leave with the death mask. I just let Richard get ate if I'm Jill.
Plant 42 in the original is fine, but there's no other strategy needed other than point in shoot. I like that it required timing in the remake where it's bulb needs to open, and you can fight it from the second floor. Neptunes I still kinda like, and I think REmake made them legit threats. Although in terms of an in universe monster, they're pretty terrible and have no practical application. They're one of the earliest models they did.
Chimeras I always really liked. I remember seeing this shot before it came out and couldn't believe how awesome they looked.
Black Tiger is the most forgettable for sure. It's just a larger monster that already exists in the game and doesn't behave any different. Big Neptune at least could instakill you and you cannot even fight it.
