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Totally agreed. Also on the quirky characters, I like the darker tone in some spots but I feel like some of the older games got the humor and dark pretty well. People complain about Leon being so snarky in OG RE4 but RE4 is so fucking insane that combined with Leon being experienced (yet still out of his depth reasonably), it makes sense. I know RE5 does its lore well, but it takes its plot so seriously - and that plot borders on RE4 levels of stupid - that unless Wesker is on screen, I was bored with the story. It was also too predictable, and I never found RE as predictable.
RE5 somehow has a better gameplay engine than RE4 and somehow feels worse. IDC about the plot in it either outside of Wesker. Spencer dying in his only appearance in a cutscene was dumb.
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I thought that was just me with RE5's feel, it was so off. Like they took RE4 and put it on PS3/360 and didn't optimize its feel. Also same on Spencer.
It's because it's just a straight action game and has zero atmosphere. On paper it plays far better than RE4. The aiming system feels more sensitive which allows more control and the tank controls are removed since you can now strafe in any direction. But it feels worse somehow.
RE4 mechanics, specifically Leon's movement feels like it's locked into a grid and allows 100% control of Leon at all times. Everything since then feels like shit. RE4 OG feels good because it's tank controlled and he stops and turns on a dime.
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I think they tried changing the movement but really half assed it. Characters feel like they move faster too and you're right on controls. The half assed part comes from how they didn't tweak or adjust the game properly. Which is why while RE5 is pure action, it doesn't really work like the many shooters of its time. RE4's mechanics are very good and the game knew its limits at times. RE5 just tried going bigger = better and it really didn't work. Ramp up the enemy numbers, the space, everything...but is it really fun?
Also yeah, RE5 is seriously not scary at all and doesn't try. I really can't stand people who say it's better then RE4 by a long shot and even put the series on the map. It actually had a chance of having a good atmosphere with some freaky stuff, maybe not very scary (especially since it's in bright daylight for 1/4th the game) but there was some potential in those trailers.
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The only reason to play RE5 was for the Wesker and Jill parts. Sheva was annoying and Chris wasn’t much better, to be honest. The Plagas being the root of the creation of the t-virus was also stupid as hell. In fact, the whole supernatural and alien shit they’re trying to do with this series, since the release of the original RE4, really rubbed me the wrong way and still does.
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Sheva has no personality, and was clearly thrown in to save face. Chris being devoid of a lot of his charm, where I personally liked his big brother vibes, confidence and jokes, was baffling. Especially since Wesker was still the same as always.
The supernatural aspect with RE4 was mostly fine because the game was intentionally so insane and it was so self aware. I do agree on plagas being connected to the T-Virus feels insanely off and I can't vibe with everything. However RE5 is way way too serious and stuck up its ass that besides some behind the scenes stuff, it's story is bad. It's painfully generic too.
The supernatural aspect with RE4 was mostly fine because the game was intentionally so insane and it was so self aware. I do agree on plagas being connected to the T-Virus feels insanely off and I can't vibe with everything. However RE5 is way way too serious and stuck up its ass that besides some behind the scenes stuff, it's story is bad. It's painfully generic too.
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To me, the decline of the franchise started with RE4. If you were to never play another Resident Evil after Code Veronica, REmake and RE:0… and then suddenly started playing one of them, you’d not even notice they were in the same franchise—if you didn’t know the title(s). REmake2 and REmake 3 notwithstanding, obviously.
I haven't played 4make in a month. That says a lot about it lol. It's decent but it's shooting system is so fucking bad.
I like how Separate Ways is completely MIA. They missed the boat on making a shitload on that. I dunno if I would even pay for it since it's supporting the cunt actress for Ada. The only news they've shared is for VR, which that gimmick was flash in the pan bullshit from a few years ago that I never understood. I've heard the VR for RE7 is abysmal.
I'm in the minority but I never cared about SW in the original so this I can't see being much better than that. There's no friction at all between her and Krauser so he wouldn't even be apart of it.
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That's a weird thing to remove...but also Krauser at the end of Separate Ways felt so weird and forced. WHY wouldn't he go after Leon though?! How did Leon not notice or hear anything? That is the one thing in Separate Ways that did feel weird at times, as cool as seeing Leon fight from Ada's pov, it does not make sense how he didn't notice or hear Ada's guns.
I played a little 4make over the weekend. I'm completely numb to it. I looked at my saves and it tells me I only completed it four times. And I'm already bored of it? I can still go back to the original and have fun with it. And I've beaten that several dozen times.