Leading up to the release of Resident Evil 5 I plan to do a full series playthrough, I will play all 7 games in the main series (and maybe UC as well since its canon) in order of their release. As I play them I will just throw up whatever thoughts on the game I have. Some of them I have not played in years so I wonder what my reaction will be, maybe I forgot a certain scare, or noticed something for the first time.
So why dont you guys join me. I am doing this on another site as well so this is a copy/paste job, dont worry I will get more personal with you guys if you respond here.
RESIDENT EVIL:
I will be playing the DS version of RE mainly cause it has no load times. I will be playing the original mode obviously. I will play as Jill cause that is my primary character for RE1, I have always loved her side more than Chris, why, cause of a red bearded badass of a man named Barry Burton (I heart Barry).
So the original, no game in this series even comes close to holding such a special place in my heart. Its not my favorite RE game, but its by far the most important to me. This is the game I know by heart, I know the lines, I know every room, every enemy, every scare, everything. Its the game that changed my whole view on gaming, its the reason I am here at a site like this. If I had entered into this series at a later point I doubt I would ever have the same love for this series, its all cause of this one game that I am the fan that I am.
The night I got this game, way back in 96, is seriously one of my best childhood memories, a sleep over with my brother and a friend, we stayed up playing this mindblowing game, something we had never seen before. I will never ever forget it, none of us will forget it, we still talk about that night to this day. This game was so ahead of its time, so groundbreaking. Every time I play this game all those feelings come rushing back
Ok enough about it, time to play it. I will start tomorrow and probably end it tomorrow, I can beat this game rather quickly. I will be back with all sorts of thoughts after I play.
That slowness, darkness, and seriousness makes it sound even better to me, actually. More scare factor, especially with the improved graphics, Crimson Heads, and a different layout so I don't always know what's coming.
I like the corny voice acting, too, but not so much that its absence will negatively affect my experience.
...is that a Dario smiley?
I was surprised to see how much better the puzzles got in the second half of this game. There is the 3 gems puzzle, the water purifier puzzle, the music box puzzle, and more. I felt this game an Outbreak has a lot in common in terms of how the zombies feel relentless, well there is another Outbreak connection in that this game randomizes the puzzles and uses number codes a lot. A great touch.
I love the helicopter rescue scene at the clock tower, the nice happy music is playing, Jill is running in slow motion and boom rocket blows up the helicopter
The graveyard/park was another cool location. Great buildup for the Gravedigger boss fight. I wish there was more variety to the boss fights in this game, its basically just Nemesis over and over and Gravedigger. The plant was an ok final location, not really one of the best final spots. Final boss battle was decent, human form Nemesis to me was harder to fight though. I think the one before the final fight, the one where you have to pour the acid on him was an excellent boss battle. The final movie is one of the best in the series, the destruction of Raccoon City is a major plot point, the newscast was an excellent touch as well. That was the moment the series went from one where it took place in a fictional city to being on that takes place across the globe. But man I miss Raccoon City. Oh and Barry is in the ending so that automatically makes it excellent.
Overall the game is a ton of fun. Some of the critique I had remains but I never thought the action was this much fun, that the game felt so good to play. I dont know why I always consider this game one of the outcasts. No, it deserves to be proudly mentioned with all the best RE games, it might be the last of the best RE games but its AAA quality. Its not in the company of Zero.
After finishing the game I tried some Mercenaries, so well done, one of the best mini games ever. You got to chain kill the enemies to get more time, you have to decide to go off to the optional areas to get more ammo or to just stick with the route. There is lots of strategy and its tough to stay alive. Its a very well made minigame with great unlockables.
Coming up next, one of my favorites, Code Veronica.
....I think they're pretty much ALL one of your favorites.
Yeah don't listen to them, REmake was incredible. It was a completely polished and refined version of what the original game wanted to be. The slowness and darkness was still there in the first game, but REmake made it better. RE1 was always the RE game with the most horror/adventure in its truest form, and REmake just made it even moreso. How is that bad?
I also liked the seriousness to it. It felt a hell of a lot more mature than what came next, namely Leechman in Zero and Captain Crunch the Sailor Man in RE4. I'd like the series even more if all the game's had REmake's seriousness.
Code Veronica was my fave of the old RE games. It seemed to be the only one to push the series forward. It's 3-D! etc.
Just fun with the dolls and Alfred and the stupid story and childrens playrooms and twin uzis.
I cant remember exactly. Was there a first person aiming mode?
The game cut to different camera angles. I remember walking into a room and you had a first person view of two uzis and you shot zombies with them.
I have no love for zero and I never respected RE3 (though i should have). And never did the series reach the heights it did when RE4 came out, RE was an excellent series but until RE4 it didn't have one of those games that was talked about as one of the all time greatest overall games.