Gyromania
05.11.21 | Spoilers obv! |
naughtcturnal
05.11.21 | been watching john wolfe’s walkthrough of this cuz i couldnt wait til i could afford playing it. What i’ve seen so far (4 and a half hours give or take) is spectacular and I did NOT expect this to be better than vii but here we are |
Gyromania
05.11.21 | Yeah I'm not rly sure that it is better than 7 lol. It definitely does some things far better than 7, but then 7 does things far better than 8. Depends on what you're looking for I suppose |
Pikazilla
05.11.21 | Great game although I felt they tried way too hard shoving every known RE gimmick into one package |
Brabiz
05.11.21 | Man that fetus is really unnerving. Just got past that part, and I feel drained lol. Game is great so far, the art design is off the charts. |
mynameischan
05.11.21 | Yeah really great game. I just got the trophy for beating it in less than 3 hours with only like 7 minutes to spare |
Pikazilla
05.11.21 | Art and level design is great, agreed.
Also, apparently the next installment will wrap up the trilogy and tie up all the loose ends of the story. |
Chambered79
05.11.21 | game's aight. waiting for that biomutant tho |
Gyromania
05.11.21 | chan you're a beast! i want to get that trophy too but i want to familiarize myself more with the game on its hardest difficulty first. did you see what the secret weapon is for SS ranking every mercenaries map? |
Gyromania
05.11.21 | what do you guys think of my ranking? i'm curious if the community is more or less in agreement with me on this. i saw someone on youtube who said moreau's fishing hamlet was the highlight of the game, which i thought was very odd |
Chambered79
05.11.21 | both 2's are my 1's |
Gyromania
05.11.21 | nice sam, i can def respect that. propellerhead is a dope boss. had a few surprises in that arena and his flame cannon damn near destroyed me the first time he used it |
Pikazilla
05.11.21 | how is propellerhead fight difficult
I found moreau harder |
Dewinged
05.11.21 | If anyone played the Spanish version, I worked on the localization.
Unless you found a mistake, in that case, i have nothing to do with it. |
Gyromania
05.12.21 | propellerhead isn't like HOLY SHIT difficult lmao, i even said as much. it's just that relative to the other bosses, he hits like a beast. on hard mode he can easily 1 shot you if you're not careful. he's the only boss i died to (and only once) because i was behind a wall when he charged me and i didn't react fast enough. |
Gyromania
05.12.21 | dewi that's awesome!
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Chambered79
05.12.21 | gyro what you think of biomutant |
Slex
05.12.21 | Not gonna come back til I beat it so I'm not spoiled but I just got to Beniviento's estate and this game is fucking incredible
Also Biomutant is actually my most anticipated game of 2021, been following it for years |
Chambered79
05.12.21 | same. |
Gyromania
05.12.21 | biomutant looks okay. been following it for a while now. it doesn't look mindblowing or anything, but i'll definitely give it a go |
Trebor.
05.12.21 | Heisenberg sucks so hard. You just hold down R2 and point at his orange spots. Dude is so easy I've done three playthroughs and he never touched me once |
Gyromania
05.12.21 | Lady D never touched me either, nor the werewolves, or 90% of bosses in the game tbh. Literally 0 of these bosses are hard, so yeah, spectacle stands out to me the most. I fought Demitrescue twice and both timss she didn't deal a single hit to me |
Gyromania
05.12.21 | I mean is there a boss in this game besides propellerhead that isn't basically holding R2 whils occasionally dodging? |
Trebor.
05.12.21 | Heisenberg you don't even have to dodge. It just feels so lame and out of place fighting in a tank
Also they establish he has magneto powers, why can't the fight just be against a guy with magneto powers, why does he have to turn into a mech? |
MO
05.12.21 | RE games are getting progressively more and more ridiculous. there was very little of village I enjoyed |
ian b
05.12.21 | RE8.7/10. genuinely one of the best original RE games, i feel like it's getting way too much flak for the hype people were holding it up as, because like, still it's another RE game sure, but the way they managed to tie in the Winters' story PROPERLY with Umbrella Corp was really fucking cool as a longtime lore fan personally, and somehow they made the gameplay work with the story elements almost seamlessly? it's quite a peculiar experience to play through, even if you are a seasoned Resident Evil vet like me lol. i might even enjoy this more than 7, since this actually plays and FEELS like a Resident Evil game, whereas 7 might've been a little too out of the series' element or just a bit over the mark,,, but RE8 as a companion piece really ties a nice bow on the last 5-10 years of what the RE series has become ever since they started using the RE Engine exclusively. good shit, and great list tho i might have to contest a couple of these. this is still like 3/4 spot on to my take on it lol |
Gyromania
05.12.21 | Treb did you play on hardcore? He can dish out decent damage on hardcore. I've seen a lot of people saying they're hard stuck on bosses like him and the first daughter too on village of nightmares difficulty (which I'm playing right noe and have to say... Holy fuck this is absurdly hard).
Ian: I feel like 7 is the more fully realized of the two insofar as setting and level design. From the baker house to the old house to the bayou to the wrecked ship: it all feels very connected and of the same world. Very lived in, much easier to believe. Someone remarked earlier that 8 is more like a greatest hits and I can totally see that. It doesn't feel as visually or stylistically coherent as 7, tho it does its fair share of things better imo. Going through it for a third time now, I've gotta say, I really do love this game. It's holding up very well to repeat plays and I agree it's a great companion piece. Here's hoping for some solid dlc to extend its longevity. Thanks for checking out the list. Just curious, which rankings are different for you? |
BigPleb
05.12.21 | Beneviento Estate is the scariest RE has been in quite some time tbh, such a good part of the game.
I agree though, should have been longer! |
Gyromania
05.12.21 | Beneviento estate has some good scares but it still isn't as scary as the kids room in re7 |
Rowhaus
05.12.21 | I reckon the baby chase was supposed to be in Silent Hills |
mynameischan
05.12.21 | Yeah that pitch black room in re7 is awful |
DaveT0738
05.12.21 | Game seems at least better than 7 |
Gyromania
05.12.21 | village of shadows is honestly one of the hardest challenges i've ever done in a game... and i speed run castlevania 1 and 3 lol. every encounter is a struggle, and they change up enemy locations and boss fights. it's crazy. |
Slex
05.13.21 | That fucking chase in Beneviento is the worst thing ever I'm going to have nightmares |
ian b
05.13.21 | the baby in beneviento had to be a nod to Silent Hills no? also i wish they expanded upon the hiding mechanic that you can do in that puzzle portion (which felt like a more refined version of the puzzle level with Lucas in RE7 almost), but that segment was by far the most disappointing, as the potential for that to be one of the best in any game was sky-high and it really sucks that it kinda just went limp lol. like they somehow made Moreau more interesting than Beneviento to me, because he at least had some actual depth if you read the files, which is saying a lot because he has very little brain function for character-building lmao |
Gyromania
05.16.21 | I take back what I said about biomutant. That's a day1 purchase for sure |
MO
05.16.21 | Was really not a fan of this. I couldn't get into any of the story and the atmosphere was non-existent. A hard 5/10 |
mynameischan
05.16.21 | Just need to finish my knife run and get the mercenaries S ranks to get the platinum |
Gyromania
05.16.21 | ^ get SS in them for a very dope weapon unlock |
ian b
05.16.21 | yeah idk about you guys but to get the full 100% achievements/trophies, im p sure you have to smack up the Mercenaries mode to SSS but maybe not |
mynameischan
05.16.21 | Nah just single S |
Chambered79
05.16.21 | "I take back what I said about biomutant. That's a day1 purchase for sure"
my man. 9 more days! |
Gyromania
05.16.21 | Yeah I'm actually super pumped, this game looks very polished and tons of fun. Hope it lives up to everything I've seen on it. I heard it's the creators of the just cause series, and those are games I've only ever moderately enjoyed. |
Chambered79
05.16.21 | yeah it is. 20 guys from that series left avalanche studios and made this studio and this is their first game |
Gyromania
05.16.21 | Looks like it's primed to be a magnum opus debut. I hear the story is around 12-15 hrs but the game has about 65 hrs of content which is awesome. I tend to take my time and explore every inch of games. Getting big breath of the wild meets dmc meets the witcher vibe from this. Some of the vehicles look rly sick too |
Chambered79
05.16.21 | yes those are perfect comparisons. especially dmc meets breath. |
Slex
05.16.21 | Glad to see ppl so pumped about Biomutant, I can't wait
About to be at the factory and still loving this but each area honestly feels like part of a different game imo |
Trebor.
05.16.21 | Biomutant looks cool but Village was my one allowed full price purchase for the year |
Chambered79
05.16.21 | then you done goofed. |
Chambered79
05.16.21 | didn't the developers of this say they had to tone down the scares because Restera thought the last one was too scary or something |
Trebor.
05.16.21 | I mean I've been dying to play it for years whether I liked it or not |
Gyromania
05.16.21 | Biomutant is like $30 cheaper than your regular full priced game |
Gyromania
05.16.21 | I mean you can't go wrong with re8. This is an excellent game |
Trebor.
05.16.21 | It's 60 dollars though. I know you mean most AAA games sell add on bullshit but I never buy that stuff or DLC unless it's a game of the year type deal |
Chambered79
05.16.21 | actually its full price in america gyro |
Gyromania
05.16.21 | $60 here. For comparison re8 is almost $90 aftrr taxes |
Trebor.
05.16.21 | You have healthcare tho so you win |
Chambered79
05.16.21 | i've had one experience with the healthcare in canada and it was basically you get what you pay for |
Sharenge
05.16.21 | did sumwun sez weerwoof |
Gyromania
05.16.21 | LOL. Yeah free health care - you get what you pay for. I had to wait nearly 3 years to gwt a critical life-saving procedure |
rodrigo90
05.16.21 | This game is literally THE TITS |
ConcubinaryCode
05.16.21 | I've seen lots of talk harkening back to re4 and I definitely can see some things from that game (the attaché case is back!) But a big negative for me is the movement speed and I really do just prefer third person. Does this even have vr capabilities cuz I haven't seen it advertised with it? Greatest hits RE sounds about right for this game and what I've seen of it. Also what's up with the tone downed scares? Cuz 7 was pretty fucking not scary. Anyone who wants to be scared by a resident evil game isn't doing it right anyway. |
Gyromania
05.16.21 | 1 remake and 7 are the only RE games that are truly scary. Rly weird take to say 7 isn't scary |
ConcubinaryCode
05.17.21 | I really don't know how to describe it. All the mainline games have a bit of their own identity and 7 felt like their take on evil dead and its just immensely fun playing around the house while you avoid jack. It's intense and grotesque with some amazing graphical fidelity but a lot of the scares are kinda front loaded and much like Ethan at the end you just want the fucks to stay dead. I think a big part of what bothers me is your only form of defense is to just hold your hands up and its so passive and I can never tell how much it works I wish they'd add a evasive maneuver like the trilogy remakes did. I think the self defense items are the best implementation for the series in a horror setting but 4-6 let's you be more proactive by shit kicking the fodder for aiming well and it works for those games.
That kinda got away from me. I guess I just found all the dismemberment and boss fights exciting instead of scary which the game does well and ultimately that's what I wanted from it and I had a lot of fun with it. Dlc for it sucked though. |
Dewinged
05.17.21 | Oh shit I just added the album under the composer's name, didn't remember this was already added. |
Gyromania
05.17.21 | I mean all RE games have a tendency to get steadily less scary and more action oriented towards the end. I still think the kid's room and playroom in the old house is the scariest thing in an RE game since I first stumbled onto Lisa Trevor's cabin in RE1 remake tho |
Gyromania
05.17.21 | The dlc was solid I thought. Not a hero was a bit weak, but bedroom, daughters, and some of the arcade-y stuff was fun. End of zoe was a blast imo with a crazy final boss |
ConcubinaryCode
05.17.21 | Lisa was the best inclusion in the og remake. Love the way they introduce her lol. Thunk!
The girl house was kinda trippy but it didn't really pay off for me in terms of horror. I did like the way it teases its story throughout the game though. Whoever wrote for 7 finally picked the series out from narrative floor so that should be commended in itself. I liked the ideas they had for the footage dlc because they are interesting scenarios (like the butterfly effect stuff in daughters you brought up) just kinda too short to really leave an impact.
@dewinged various artists for multiple composers, actual artist if it's from one person iirc. It's stupid but keeps from having dupes |
Dewinged
05.17.21 | Yeah I was gonna add it under Soundtracks, then read that if they were just a handful of composers it should be added under the main one, which I did while forgetting it already existed.
It's ok, I asked for a merge in the forums. |
ConcubinaryCode
05.17.21 | Soundtracks definitely need a better way to be cataloged but I don't think they're that popular on this site anyway. |
Trebor.
05.17.21 | I would play a full game like End of Zoe |
Gyromania
05.24.21 | Apparently biomutant sucks |
mynameischan
05.24.21 | Biomutant always looked like a solid 60/100 to me
Regarding village, I’ve got all the trophies except the Mercenaries S rank. After like 5 story playthroughs I’ve given up for now |