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Honest Thief
Jan 11, 2009
Probation
Can't post for 24 days!
Can you lock the camera onto the character's back? I think the free camera gets almost too hectic than the classical standard; other than that, I cannot wait to play Mercenaries with this. No Mercy mode Capcom, come on.

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Vakal
May 11, 2008

timeandtide posted:

A live action commercial for RE6 has premiered: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJgWtvV2fVo

Now I hope RE6 ends with Chris forming a spirit bomb powered by the prayers of all the people in the world.

Mogomra
Nov 5, 2005

simply having a wonderful time
Conan reviews Resident Evil 6:
http://teamcoco.com/video/highlight-clueless-gamer-resident-evil-6

Pretty funny, and it's got footage that I've never seen. I haven't been really following all the videos though. I think it's just the demo that he's playing.

RentCavalier
Jul 10, 2008

by T. Finninho
Playing RE: Revelations makes me really hope they do more games like it for the portable consoles. It's such a tightly made RE game and seems like the perfect marriage of old-school and new school. It even features backtracking!

Steinuh
Nov 17, 2011

The only thing I didn't like about RE: Revelations was the non-Jill/Chris part of the game.

RentCavalier
Jul 10, 2008

by T. Finninho

Steinuh posted:

The only thing I didn't like about RE: Revelations was the non-Jill/Chris part of the game.

What do you mean? The short section with two other interchangable characters?

citizenlowell
Sep 25, 2003

ignore alien orders

RentCavalier posted:

Playing RE: Revelations makes me really hope they do more games like it for the portable consoles. It's such a tightly made RE game and seems like the perfect marriage of old-school and new school. It even features backtracking!

I wouldn't be surprised if we hear about another one soon after RE6 arrives. They have the engine already, I can't believe that Capcom wouldn't just start pumping them out.

abagofcheetos
Oct 29, 2003

by FactsAreUseless

RentCavalier posted:

What do you mean? The short section with two other interchangable characters?

I watched on Youtube all of the cutscenes of RE: Revelations at once like a movie, and it seriously kicked rear end. However, those two idiots were the worst characters I have seen since in a video game since Final Fantasy XIII.

Steinuh
Nov 17, 2011

The minor sub characters that got really annoying after the first mission, the "hacker" guy. I forget his name.

Crowetron
Apr 29, 2009

One of those new side characters is Parker, aka Italian Barry Burton, and the best new RE character in 10 years, so y'all better watch yo selves

Alteisen
Jun 4, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Crowetron posted:

One of those new side characters is Parker, aka Italian Barry Burton, and the best new RE character in 10 years, so y'all better watch yo selves

I'll buy you lunch.

I think he's talking about the black dude and the hacker guy, not parker, they where kind of annoying that mission where you have to protect the hacker dude almost made me quit.

Thievery
Jul 15, 2008

What happens in 3rd Street stays in 3rd Street.

Alteisen posted:

I'll buy you lunch.

I think he's talking about the black dude and the hacker guy, not parker, they where kind of annoying that mission where you have to protect the hacker dude almost made me quit.

That mission sucked balls, but Keith was pretty cool. The hacker guy, yeah, terrible.

Captain Baal
Oct 23, 2010

I Failed At Anime 2022
Is that the same guy who was the only guy ever in a Capcom game to use the word "tits"? Because yeah, that guy was pretty annoying.

Crowetron
Apr 29, 2009

Is Keith the dude with the two knives? Yeah, he's pretty cool, too. Jessica and not-Conan O'Brian can go hang out with Carlos and Rebecca on the Island of Misfit Sidekicks.

Steinuh
Nov 17, 2011

"My sweet rear end" Best Jessica quote in the game. I'll probably do another run through the game.

Wanderer
Nov 5, 2006

our every move is the new tradition
Resident Evil: Damnation is available early on the Zune video service on XBLA and, I'm told, the equivalent on the PSN. It's not bad.

AllisonByProxy
Feb 24, 2006

FUCK TERFS/BLM/ACAB
Saw that Revelations was only $20 on amazon so I finally picked it up. Hopefully it can hold me over until 6 comes out.

Steinuh
Nov 17, 2011

AllisonByProxy posted:

Saw that Revelations was only $20 on amazon so I finally picked it up. Hopefully it can hold me over until 6 comes out.
Raid Mode! Expect to be grieffed by doing the whole ship where sometimes your ally will end it at the start of the match.

Steinuh fucked around with this message at 09:37 on Sep 16, 2012

Len
Jan 21, 2008

Pouches, bandages, shoulderpad, cyber-eye...

Bitchin'!


I'm trying to play through all the games before 6 comes out so I can get a refresher on my RE canon. I forgot how drat clunky the early games are.

Edit: Man Resident Evil 0 is just so goofy. I want 6 to live up to this level of goof.

Len fucked around with this message at 16:35 on Sep 16, 2012

Lucid Delusion
Dec 23, 2009

You're merely postponing the inevitable.
Decided to torture myself and see how badly Retribution turned out. I expected into be bad, but not as bad as it was. The whole damned thing makes very little sense and does its best to defy logic.

Len
Jan 21, 2008

Pouches, bandages, shoulderpad, cyber-eye...

Bitchin'!


Really not missing inventory management either. I really wish I knew where my gamesharks/action replays were for these old systems so I could just cruise through.

Edit: I wish I would have thought to keep track of how many times the mechanic of surprise attack after picking up a key item was used. I bet its dozens.

Len fucked around with this message at 22:46 on Sep 17, 2012

Fereydun
May 9, 2008

Just reminding folks that the new public demo is out! It's got completely new sections than the Dragon's Dogma demo that have much more action- especially Leon's.

I think they're the Gamescom demos, but not 100% sure. At the very minimum, the screen tearing present in the earlier demo isn't as prevalent here.

edit: Leon's section is really long holy poo poo.
I think these are all like the first 10-20 minutes of everyone's campaigns, minus their intros.

Except Jake/Sherry's section. Sherry gets a ton of guns compared to Jake, holy moly!

edit 2: Nevermind, I guess Jake gets 'em too! Also his melee attacks are slightly different from the ones in the old demo, I think

Fereydun fucked around with this message at 18:14 on Sep 18, 2012

Full Battle Rattle
Aug 29, 2009

As long as the times refuse to change, we're going to make a hell of a racket.
Still waiting for the PSN update. Drats.

Dragonrah
Aug 22, 2003

J.C. Bearington, III

Fereydun posted:

Just reminding folks that the new public demo is out! It's got completely new sections than the Dragon's Dogma demo that have much more action- especially Leon's.

I think they're the Gamescom demos, but not 100% sure. At the very minimum, the screen tearing present in the earlier demo isn't as prevalent here.

edit: Leon's section is really long holy poo poo.
I think these are all like the first 10-20 minutes of everyone's campaigns, minus their intros.

I forgot this was out today until I saw your post. I got excited and turned on my PS3 in a rush...no demo listed in the store for me. gently caress. Maybe it's not up yet on the East coast in the US. :(

Full Battle Rattle
Aug 29, 2009

As long as the times refuse to change, we're going to make a hell of a racket.
From what I understand it won't update until later this afternoon, possibly evening.

Brother Tadger
Feb 15, 2012

I'm accidentally a suicide bomber!

Full Battle Rattle posted:

From what I understand it won't update until later this afternoon, possibly evening.

Yea, PSN doesn't usually update until 7pm EST. However, it can be even later (or even the next day) if they ate pushing through a big update. Hopefully this one will be up sooner rather than later, as I have a desire to shoot some... are we back to zombies, yet?

Dragonrah
Aug 22, 2003

J.C. Bearington, III
That's disappointing, but I waited this long...

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

If you absolutely, positively can't wait then you can get the demo now from the European or Hong Kong PSNs.

Dragonrah
Aug 22, 2003

J.C. Bearington, III

Policenaut posted:

If you absolutely, positively can't wait then you can get the demo now from the European or Hong Kong PSNs.

I'm assuming I can do this normally? I don't have mine modded in any way.

Edit: Guess I'd have to create a new account in the region. I think I can wait.

Jupiter Jazz
Jan 13, 2007

by sebmojo
Since I'm working from home today I decided to dl the demo on 360. I got the demo from USA xbl. I have no clue how, but I did. It was on the marketplace and was 800 megs.

Mind you, I am a massive fan of 4 and 5. I plucked down 60 hours of RE5 in a week, getting 1000/1000, and I've never played that game on co-op once. So I'm familiar with all the issues people have with that game. I'm getting this out of the way because I know many are split on RE5, many leaning towards "not liking it".

With that out of the way, this demo is pretty bad. For starters, it lacks the exploration of RE4 and even 5, it's corridor after corridor. On the Leon section, that's not so bad, because there are A LOT of zombies - particularly one section in a tight rear end cramped hallway. But that doesn't change the fact that the game presented in the demo is pretty standard shootin' third person shooter. The demo never lets you alone to soak in the atmosphere, it's Hollywood thrill after thrill. Escape from a horde of zombies? RUNNNNN! Repeat. There's even an overly long - and just as silly - section where you fire up a car all with qte. It's like they took a look at RE4's qtes - one of the few games that does them right - and said,"let's do the opposite of that".

Despite the fact the game is single player the whole way through the first time you play the game - no co-op option, it still feels co-op centric. On the Leon section, I never really felt alone and oppressed because his lady friend was with him. I got to one section and had to wait for about 15 seconds for her to reach me.

But more than that, I'm not sure about the controls. It's the basic things, like...you can't kick doors open anymore, which in RE4/5 had strategic value. There's no more dedicated knife button, which means you have to actually switch to the knife, which makes using it a pain compared to RE4/5. Contextual qte's aren't as fun or satisfying as shooting a villager in the knee cap, running up, and planting his face on the ground. There's something off about the controls, and I can't explain why. They're more loose, and less tight compared 4 and 5. You can tell that the developers wanted to make the game feel as much as a shooter as possible; on that front, they were a success.

The demo seems to suggest their direction of the series even further, for example - you can hold infinite items now too? There's no item limit?

I mean, it's okay, but it didn't make me want to go through it multiple times like the RE5 demo. I'm not so sure about this game and after the demo, I may just wait for it to come to pc and wait for a Steam sale. What I got from the demo was an uninspired, generic, schizophrenic product that is pandering to a particular demographic. Does it want to be a horror game? Or a full on shooter? Or a high budget Hollywood Gaming fest? I don't know! Definitely not worthy of 60 dollars based on this demo unfortunately.

Maybe most of these problems are because it's the demo, but I'm not quite sure, but after doing the Chris and Jake sections...whatever this game is, it's not Resident Evil.

Jupiter Jazz fucked around with this message at 20:35 on Sep 18, 2012

Len
Jan 21, 2008

Pouches, bandages, shoulderpad, cyber-eye...

Bitchin'!


Himuro posted:

Despite the fact the game is single player the whole way through the first time you play the game - no co-op option, it still feels co-op centric.

Wait what? I have to finish the game before there's co-op? Or is this just a demo thing?

Fereydun
May 9, 2008

Len posted:

Wait what? I have to finish the game before there's co-op? Or is this just a demo thing?

This is completely wrong. The first time I played through every section was with co-op.

Also, you can't hold infinite items. I actually filled my item bar on the Jake/Sherry chapter and couldn't pick up any herbs or grenades until I bothered combining or using the ones I had in my inventory. Though, inventory management really isn't a thing- just a 'whoops you can't have too many items at once' kinda deal.

edit: also you can kick doors, it's even the same as RE4/5 with the double tap??

Fereydun fucked around with this message at 20:36 on Sep 18, 2012

Dragonrah
Aug 22, 2003

J.C. Bearington, III

Fereydun posted:

This is completely wrong. The first time I played through every section was with co-op.


Thank God...this would have ruined everything. Ok, I'm being overly dramatic, but it would have sucked a lot.

Jupiter Jazz
Jan 13, 2007

by sebmojo
Really? I read you had to beat it once before you unlock co-op mode? My bad.

So items inventory isn't infinite but it's not really a thing either? Makes sense, but I was grabbing everything in sight as Leon and saw no end to the inventory.

Jupiter Jazz fucked around with this message at 21:12 on Sep 18, 2012

Leyburn
Aug 31, 2001
I played about half an hour of the Chris section, but I'm busy tonight so don't have time to give it a proper go.

I agree with what Himuro is saying about the controls, they feel really loose compared to 4/5. The guns feel really imprecise, which is disappointing since the guns in 4/5 were (if you'll forgive the term) laser point accurate and packed a hell of a punch. Here they are kind of loose and unsatisfying.

I do like it though, it's just going to take a lot of adjusting to. Hopefully once I'm settled into the feel of the game it will be better.

Edit: How the gently caress do you use cover? Am I missing something obvious here?

Jupiter Jazz
Jan 13, 2007

by sebmojo
Yeah, I never got much of RE4/5's punch playing the demo with either three characters. You know how in RE4 when Leon does a suplex is such a gratifying and satisfying experience? Or when you blow a villagers head off with your gun? I don't get any of this with this game's demo. Combat was one of the best things about RE4 and 5, and it's funny how despite being more action centric than either of those games put together, they still have far more functioning controls and sense of satisfaction than the entire hour I spent with 6's demo.

I don't know how to cover either!

Fereydun posted:

edit: also you can kick doors, it's even the same as RE4/5 with the double tap??

You can? When I kick doors in RE4/5, I don't double tap, I slowly open it and then kick it. Just tried it again, and no, you can't kick open doors even if you double tap.

Jupiter Jazz fucked around with this message at 20:52 on Sep 18, 2012

Fereydun
May 9, 2008

It's context only- you can only take cover when that 'lil icon shows up when you get next to something you can take cover with. Fun fact: you can actually use the corpses of the guys who freeze up in the Jake/Sherry chapter as cover. Also you have to be aiming your weapon, if it's not obvious.

I definitely agree that the combat isn't as satisfying, though. You can adjust the camera/gun controls to match up to how you feel, but the reaction from enemies is still rather underwhelming compared to the type of reactions you'd get from enemies in RE4/5. I'm assuming this is because there's going to be a huge amount of enemies somewhere, or that the variety of enemy types will somehow mitigate this (vs. the past two games having primarily humanoid enemies with all the same pattern and then a few exceptions).

I'm guessing with the door kicking it might only be certain doors? I know for sure there are doors in Chris (in the DD demo) and Jake's sections that you can kick open.

Fereydun fucked around with this message at 21:34 on Sep 18, 2012

RealFoxy
May 11, 2011

I'm not making a fucking QCS thread for this but seriously can we take a harder stance on Kiwifarms freaks like this guy, Jesus Christ seriously, you used to be better at knocking these creeps down. I guess ADTRW mods aren't responsible like GBS mods are.
Leon's entire campaign looks like the slow-moving, walking parts of Gears of War :negative:

Diesel Fucker
Aug 14, 2003

I spent my rent money on tentacle porn.
Looks like they're pseudo censoring the death animations again like in 5. Had a dude mount me and slit my throat but the camera snapped to an angle where he was perfectly positioned between the camera and the action.

Always found it a bit odd how 5 shied away from the money shots where 4 was all about showing the brutal and over the top deaths.

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ImpAtom
May 24, 2007

Lasher posted:

Always found it a bit odd how 5 shied away from the money shots where 4 was all about showing the brutal and over the top deaths.

The reason for this is pretty simple.

There were two versions of RE4. In certain places (such as Japan) it was censored. In RE5 (and I assume RE6), the game is built around online multiplayer. It was pretty easy to hop into a game with a Japanese player in RE5, and so they had one version for everyone instead of a censored and uncensored version.

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