The Resident Evil Thread

[Nathan]

No. YOU found them scary. You are trying to pull this as an global fact that the previous games we're scary. Where i'm pointing out that if you we're to give the Cube RE1 to a pro gamer whos like 20-30 years old. What are the chances he will find them scary? Again i'm just showing up that people are stuck with their childhood.

Your excuse is basically "Hey, some older guys might not find the games scary. Let's go the action route, wohoo!" So it's ok if we move from Dawn of the Dead and 28 days later to Matrix and Aeon Flux.

 

[Drz]

No. My point is that WE found them scary when we we're kids. What would happen if Resident Evil came now? Would we find it scary? Perhaps, perhaps not.

Noone here claims to find Resident Evil 5 scary, but what about a child our age back when we started on RE franchise? Hmm?

 

[Matt Mortem]

I agree with Nathan in terms of the game franchise going the action route. It was at its best when it was slower paced and more atmospheric.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

I found them close enough to the first 3 games. Sure it didn't have Jill or Chris, or even Leo or Claire as the protagonist, but it hasn't been a big deal for me whatsoever. Still my only cringe what they've become was the 3rd movie having those psychic powers. Which i'm happy to say aren't there anymore.

Now it makes sense. You've never played the games. Got it. Dont know if you are doing it on purpose, but dudes name is Leon, with an n.

But my opinion is higher than yours. Because my username starts with the letter D.

Haha, its not an opinion. The movies suck. Period. Not to say you cant enjoy them(iv enjoyed my fair share of sucky films), but they are still bad movies.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

No. My point is that WE found them scary when we we're kids. What would happen if Resident Evil came now? Would we find it scary? Perhaps, perhaps not.

Noone here claims to find Resident Evil 5 scary, but what about a child our age back when we started on RE franchise? Hmm?

Haha, you think that you can only be scared when you are a child? Anyone would find there are more scares in the REmake of Resident Evil vs Resident Evil 5. In Resident Evil 5, you just had to shoot your way through the game. Doesnt make for a lot of scares. Not so in the older titles.

 

[Drz]

Now it makes sense. You've never played the games. Got it. Dont know if you are doing it on purpose, but dudes name is Leon, with an n.

Was this necessary? Or are you actually really ******** over this situation? First you claim no real fan would pay for this game, now you're claiming this because i forgot an letter? Really now?

Haha, its not an opinion. The movies suck. Period. Not to say you cant enjoy them(iv enjoyed my fair share of sucky films), but they are still bad movies.

I'd say cheesy. Not necessary awful. They don't have the worst reviews of all the out there, but certainly not the brightest either.

Haha, you think that you can only be scared when you are a child? Anyone would find there are more scares in the REmake of Resident Evil vs Resident Evil 5. In Resident Evil 5, you just had to shoot your way through the game. Doesnt make for a lot of scares. Not so in the older titles.

I really am pointing out that a pro gamer may find these games not scary at all. Whenever he's playing the first series or the post-4 ones. Same goes for Resident Evil 5. We don't find it scary, but what about a 12-year old? Hmm?

Again i'm not trying to say that it's an age thing perfectly, but i for example don't jump on the older games since i *know* what to do. So what do you think a pro-gamer who is given the older games would think? Does he get scared? Maybe abit? Maybe alot? Maybe not at all.

Fact is: You can't claim X game is scary but Y isn't. It's all a matter of personal opinion. Kinda what i've been driving here really.

 

[Nathan]

Why do you continue with this pro gamer nonsense? What does it have anything to do with the fact that movies don't try to be scary anymore and instead give us Alice with twin katanas?

Even if you don't get scared by a Resident Evil game anymore, you can not come and tell me that the Resident Evil remake isn't ****ing atmospheric. It has a bigger horror vibe than all Resident Evil movies combined.

And let me give you a Fact, the Resident Evil Remake is scarier than Resident Evil 5. I don't know how you could think otherwise. Maybe on opposite day. It's difficult to get scared when you can practically kick anyone in the face or shoot your way through like Rambo.

 

[Majik1387]

Oh, come one. Faithful or not. You don't actually think these are quality movies, do you?

For cheesy kung fu action againts Zombies? Yep. Not as great as RE4 or 5 on it, but it's still worth a movie ticket purchase.

Exactly. I don't think anyone was expecting Academy Award worthy movies.

Hey i was as disappointed with the 3rd movie as people seem to hate the whole franchise lol, but atleast the 4th movie has removed all that psychic crap. I mean people here talk about this franchise being so bad, but so what about the 4th and 5th game? It has cheesy kung fu action againts Las Plagas Zombies now. So is it okay for the game franchise with it's recurring characters, but not okay for the movie franchise with a whole new cast. Mind you even Degeneration movie had alot of over the top moments with Leo, especially when he was holding on his own from falling when a freaking Tyrant monster was holding on his leg. So yeah to me, not really trying to shut off your peoples' opinions, it seems to me people are just alot more ******** about Alice than i never knew myself. =p Ofcourse i'm not saying the RE movie franchise is how the series should be done, lets be honest here. Who has found any of the recent zombie movies actually scary? Even the X of the Dead serie has become more comical and cheesy than its pre-20th century incarnations.

Truth

I'm not saying I'm ok with what the games did, although I blame the Movies partially, since they introduced things like the stupid laser grid and the red queen AI, who later made it into the games.

The laser grid was not stupid.

Not to mention the stupid action. And as cheesy as the games were, the Movies seem to try to one up it in the cheesy department at every turn. They do so with alarming success. I've yet to see Ninjas and chicks with psychic abilities in the games.

I'm still confuse as to where all this ninja talk is coming from. Yeah they do a lot of martial arts in the trailer and two clones happen to have kitanas, but don't really see the ninja comment making sense.

So, because recent Zombie movies failed to be scary, we're not even gonna try anymore and instead turn horror into action movies? Well, looks like Paul Anderson shares that same thought process.

28 Days and Weeks Later were clearly scary zombie films.

Wow. This has become and epic hatefest. If you don't like the RE movies DON'T ****ING WATCH THEM. Don't tear down and insult those of us who do. They are what they are.

Thank you.

Am I the only one seeing the problem here?

Not sure why kung fu in a zombie movie is such a bad idea.

You like them, you enjoy them, that's your opinion and I can respect that. But don't try to come up with flimsy excuses and try to defend the movies for what they've become. As if you wouldn't like them if they actually stayed closer to the first 3 games.

I don't think anyone is saying they would like them less if they were made closer to the games.

Yes, they are worst videogame Movie adaptations to have ever graced the planet. Wait... there's still that Uwe Boll fella. Ok, make that some of the worst.

Someone hasn't seen the Street Fighter movies, the Mortal Kombat movies, the Pokemon movies, House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark, the BloodRayne movies, or Max Payne.

I found them close enough to the first 3 games. Sure it didn't have Jill or Chris, or even Leo or Claire as the protagonist, but it hasn't been a big deal for me whatsoever. Still my only cringe what they've become was the 3rd movie having those psychic powers. Which i'm happy to say aren't there anymore.

Even so, it's been a while since I played RECV, and I really thought the psychic powers were based off Alexia Ashford, even though she apparently never had psychic powers, but it still felt like a RE character to me.

Has there ever been a video game adaption that everyone has liked?

Silent Hill maybe?

 

[Drz]

Why do you continue with this pro gamer nonsense? What does it have anything to do with the fact that movies don't try to be scary anymore and instead give us Alice with twin katanas?

Well the pro gamer comes with questioning whenever or not the older games are scary. Since we already agreed it's unfair to compare us who've played them tons of times. We don't find that scary, but if you give it to a new gamer (whos good) and he gets to try out Resident Evil Gamecube version. Will he find it scary? All i'm saying is: You can't make it a fact whenever or not the game series are scary or not. Yes you FELT they we're scary when you we're young BUT you don't find the newer games scary anymore. Somewhere out there theres a teenager who probably finds RE5 the scariest thing he's ever played. It comes down with the age really whats scary and whatsnot if you ask me.

Even if you don't get scared by a Resident Evil game anymore, you can not come and tell me that the Resident Evil remake isn't ****ing atmospheric. It has a bigger horror vibe than all Resident Evil movies combined.

Oh i loved the atmosphere in the Gamecube game, but i also enjoyed the the settings from the movie franchise aswell.

And let me give you a Fact, the Resident Evil Remake is scarier than Resident Evil 5. I don't know how you could think otherwise. Maybe on opposite day. It's difficult to get scared when you can practically kick anyone in the face or shoot your way through like Rambo.

Yeah i'm pretty sure i can think otherwise. Since i can probably remember how the game works and whatnot, but if i was 12 again i'd probably **** my pants.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

Was this necessary? Or are you actually really ******** over this situation? First you claim no real fan would pay for this game, now you're claiming this because i forgot an letter? Really now?.

Haha, no, not at all. I say you havent played the games because of this:

I found them close enough to the first 3 games

C'mon, now. You cant play RE, RE2, RE3 and RE:CV and say that the films stay anywhere near that source material, other than the word Umbrella appears in both titles.

 

[Tron Bonne]

Well the pro gamer comes with questioning whenever or not the older games are scary. Since we already agreed it's unfair to compare us who've played them tons of times. We don't find that scary, but if you give it to a new gamer (whos good) and he gets to try out Resident Evil Gamecube version. Will he find it scary? All i'm saying is: You can't make it a fact whenever or not the game series are scary or not. Yes you FELT they we're scary when you we're young BUT you don't find the newer games scary anymore. Somewhere out there theres a teenager who probably finds RE5 the scariest thing he's ever played. It comes down with the age really whats scary and whatsnot if you ask me.

To a degree, but there's a flaw in this logic. If anyone is scared by RE5, they have some problems. Mostly because RE5 doesn't really try to be scary in any way or form. That's almost like someone being scared, in the horror sense, by Die Hard. Sure, maybe there's some disturbing imagery, but there's no attempt to make a horror game on any significant level. Whether or not the originals are, aren't, or aren't now, there's still the obvious attempt to be so. RE5 lacks that.

 

[Drz]

C'mon, now. You cant play RE, RE2, RE3 and RE:CV and say that the films stay anywhere near that source material, other than the word Umbrella appears in both titles.

The first movie had the mansion (well to a certain extent), Umbrella, Umbrella's strike team and then the second movie moved to the city... Just like the game. Both had the virus spread, wheres the virus kept spreading in the movie universe tho. Then you got random tyrants and whatnot from previous games making appearances and so forth.

It's not much, but it was enough for me. It's a personal opinion.

To a degree, but there's a flaw in this logic. If anyone is scared by RE5, they have some problems. Mostly because RE5 doesn't really try to be scary in any way or form. That's almost like someone being scared, in the horror sense, by Die Hard. Sure, maybe there's some disturbing imagery, but there's no attempt to make a horror game on any significant level. Whether or not the originals are, aren't, or aren't now, there's still the obvious attempt to be so. RE5 lacks that.

Eh i can agree to that. I thought they tried some horror element with the Lickers in the 5th game, but then again the game is just so much easier the Licker horde before the elevator is just so damn easy. =p

 

[ProjectPat2280]

Is there any difference in the orig Code Veronica for the Dreamcast vs Code Veronica for the PS2? Iv been wanting to play through that game again and i still have my DC and was thinking of just getting it for that, but i remembered it was also on the PS2. Is one worth getting over the other?

 

[Soapy]

I loved Code Veronica. They released an updated version called Code Veronica X for both the PS2 and Dreamcast. I don't think there would be any appreciable difference between the two. Maybe some slightly sharper textures on the Playstation version?

Now I have a question. Is Resident Evil 5 worth playing if you don't have a co-op buddy?

 

[Tron Bonne]

Now I have a question. Is Resident Evil 5 worth playing if you don't have a co-op buddy?

Too be 100% honest, I would go with no. It's still a decent game on its own, I guess, but it's one designed pretty specifically for two people I felt. When I played with the AI, it just wasn't very fun at all

 

[ProjectPat2280]

Too be 100% honest, I would go with no. It's still a decent game on its own, I guess, but it's one designed pretty specifically for two people I felt. When I played with the AI, it just wasn't very fun at all

This.

You lose a lot when you dont play with a human controlled partner. The game was designed to be played with 2 ppl.


Altho, i still have the game, so if you do pick it up, send me a message and ill play.

 

[Havok83]

IDA. I played RE5 solo and thought it was pretty fun. Its worht checking out

 

[Nathan]

I barely play RE5 by myself. It's just more fun to panic with a 2nd person when **** goes wrong.

 

[Matt]

Is there any difference in the orig Code Veronica for the Dreamcast vs Code Veronica for the PS2? Iv been wanting to play through that game again and i still have my DC and was thinking of just getting it for that, but i remembered it was also on the PS2. Is one worth getting over the other?

If memory serves, the only difference is a couple more scenes were added with Wesker. One with Claire and Wesker and the other is a second fight between Chris and Wesker towards the end.

 

[Havok83]

If memory serves, the only difference is a couple more scenes were added with Wesker. One with Claire and Wesker and the other is a second fight between Chris and Wesker towards the end.

from Wikipedia:

Code: Veronica X is almost identical to the original in terms of gameplay, the only major difference being having to find a serum for Claire after she is rescued with Chris in the mansion, where they later fight Alexia for the first time. It also features nine minutes of additional cut scenes spliced into the main game, as well as mild graphical changes.

The updated "X" versions had the "character introduction captions" at the bottom of the screen removed.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

Hm, thanks for the info. I think ima go with the Dreamcast version, for nostalgia sake.

 

[MOVIELORD101]

Just beat Wesker in Resident Evil 5 and ended the game. MAN was he tough. The worst part was when you have to shoot him to distract him while Sheva tries to climb up the path to get to you. I wasn't able to get his attention properly the first few times, and I had to restart the battle with an online partner in order to win.

Which brings me to the discussion I want to bring up for this thread: what fight or encounter out of all the cannon-related Resident Evil game do you consider the hardest in the series?

 

[Havok83]

I cant think of one off the top of my head but most likely one from the first 3 games. Clunky controls and limited ammo made them more difficult than the more recent titles. Possibly Nemesis from RE3 bc he was pretty intimidating as well

 

[ProjectPat2280]

Which brings me to the discussion I want to bring up for this thread: what fight or encounter out of all the cannon-related Resident Evil game do you consider the hardest in the series?

I cant really remember which was the hardest, but i think the first encounter with Yawn from Resident Evil was one of my favorite battles. There was some great boss encounters in the first 5 games(RE,RE2,RE3,RE:CV,RE4)

 

[Matt]

I just read this and despite being two months late wanted to weigh in.

The laser grid was not stupid.

The laser grid was incredibly stupid. If the room is capable of filling the entire room with lasers, why not do it to begin with? Why do the top, then the bottom, then the whole grid? Does the machine have a dark sense of humor or something?