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Post by Xeogred on Sept 22, 2022 18:04:04 GMT -5
Still waiting for the glorious day Sarge plays RE2...
I wouldn't say the newer games are like RE4 much. It's a bit of an awesome middle ground. I recommend playing REmake 2-3 on Hardcore out the gate. You'll be very scarce on ammo/healing etc that way for sure and ink ribbons are back. RE7 might be the most similar to the original in ways but I'm not the biggest fan. RE8 ramps up the action again but is still a bit more in the vein of REmake 2-3, a nice action/adventure mix. I suspect REmake 4 will be in the vein of REmake 2-3 and RE8 and I'm all for it.
Someone should read that out of context.
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Post by anayo on Sept 22, 2022 19:17:46 GMT -5
The controls in that one were awesome but the stage design sucked. I seem to remember one arcade game with aliens in it... I think you were playing as a Predator beating up aliens in a Final Fight-style brawler. That one was pretty cool.
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Post by Ex on Sept 22, 2022 20:33:43 GMT -5
Xeogred My original point was that RE isn't scary because you can kill the baddies. (Sometimes being unable to kill all of them due to ammo scarcity, doesn't negate you can kill them.) Whereas games where you can't kill the monsters, and instead must run and hide from them, are much more scary. Ergo your experience with Isolation. anayo Yep, you're talking about: That's an arcade beat 'em up made by Capcom back in 1994. I don't recall much about it, but I do remember beating it with my brother back around '99 or '00, when he and I were MAME maniacs. Nice graphics and solid presentation, as expected from '90s Capcom. I'd say it counts as an actually good game in the Alien world.
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Post by Xeogred on Sept 22, 2022 22:09:50 GMT -5
Yeah there is nothing about RE that's creepy, it's campy excellence. The body horror diary entries in RE1 are pretty excellent though.
A lot of the hide and seek games tend to bore me. I remember trying to get into Haunting Ground a year or two ago during one of our themes. The backtracking and screen effects were just annoying. Same with Amnesia The Dark Descent, though people love that one. Outlast I beat and enjoyed, but through most of it I was like "FEAR/Condemned are better..." I don't recall it being that scary either though (not really interested in playing another one either and the cornfield setting of Outlast 2 looks lame haha).
SOMA has the hide and seek stuff a bit, but for me gets a pass because the setting/storyline is phenomenal and probably the best horror game I've played next to Silent Hill 2 when it comes to the writing. That game digs into your soul. Existential dread.
Wish I could convince someone to play Near Death someday too. No monsters, no ghosts... you just crash land in the demon that is the Antarctic, all alone. With some light puzzles/crafting. A life or death Dear Esther. The atmosphere was insane to me.
Those point and click games are probably legit horror and amazing. I'm just too ADD for that genre right now. Maybe someday...
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Post by Ex on Sept 23, 2022 0:14:45 GMT -5
Xeogred>Haunting Ground >Amnesia The Dark Descent I tried and fell off both of those as well. Both have solid concepts and nice graphics, but were more tedious than fun in execution. >Outlast >Outlast 2 I've not played either of these. >SOMA I haven't played that one yet, but I did buy it for PS4 solely based off your praise. >Near Death That sounds cool, never even heard of it. Will look into it. The concept reminds me of Penumbra: Overture, a horror game I beat/enjoyed and I bet you'd like. >Those point and click games are probably legit horror and amazing Of the three games I posted in that spoiler, only one is point and click; The Lost Crown. The other two are real-time direct control with real-time action. But all three are definitely legit horror and amazing. Especially if you play them with headphones alone in the dark. (Which is the proper way to play any horror game honestly.)
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Post by anayo on Oct 13, 2022 22:07:05 GMT -5
Cultic Chapter One is out on Steam today.
I want it, but don't have time to start playing it right now.
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Post by Ex on Oct 20, 2022 0:17:48 GMT -5
XeogredThree different Silent Hill projects at once. Franchise coming back with a vengeance?
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Post by Xeogred on Oct 20, 2022 20:07:00 GMT -5
This didn't move the needle at all for me. Modern Konami... can't put any faith in them until I see these in motion. Bloober Team handling the SH2 remake has a pretty ho hum track record. They did Layers of Fear (decent walking sim), I heard the sequel was bad, and The Medium is like a bad fan fiction Silent Hill. If Troy Baker is James like he was in the awful HD version then it could be a hard out for me. The voices don't sound too great from that trailer already. I kind of like how the original voice acting is a bit stilted and strange, fittingly so for SH... maybe toei has thoughts on the trailer. Also seems so typical of Konami to give the IP to Western devs yet again, which is how the series last died with Homecoming/Downpour. But I see the other projects might have Japanese teams involved.
Hope it's all good. I can only hope.
Capcom 2022? I KNOW THIS WILL BE AMAZING!!!
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Post by Ex on Oct 20, 2022 20:40:20 GMT -5
Yes, I highly doubt Capcom will screw up the RE4 remake. I'm all for it too.
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Post by Xeogred on Oct 20, 2022 22:07:05 GMT -5
I'm just bummed to find out that Ada Wong's RE2 Remake voice actress is being replaced... but the voices have changed 20x over in this series, so oh well. Hope the new one is good. And the red dress better be some unlockable...
Some more real gameplay:
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