aspro said:

You are up early Yoda.  Canadian politics gotten you to a  sleepless state?

EDIT: I thought your only objection to SMAS SNES was the graphics?

Headache having kept me up for the time.  The biggest issue is the controls, which are made slippery.  But in general, pretty much anything that's different is bad.

"Duke Nukem Forever has, perhaps unsurprisingly, been delayed, with the long-in-development shooter being pushed back a full month."

Okay.  HAS to be a publicity stunt no?

Lenneth Cosplay (Valkyrie Profile).  GULP!

NEW RESIDENT EVIL!!!

NEW RESIDENT EVIL!!!!!

NEW RESIDENT EVIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• The game takes place in 1998, a time where Resident Evil fans already know what's set to take place.  The title lets you enjoy the series from a new perspective, as the men and women who are technically responsible for it all.
• Rather than continuing the zombie slaying antics of BSAA agents, you're taken back to the original outbreak "that underscored both Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis."
• The game doesn't require any crazy amounts of knowledge of the past titles or characters involved in the series.  The title opens up to a "quartet of new faces".  Essentially, you're playing as members of the official Umbrella Security Services squad.
• Operation Raccoon City is a team-based shooter allowing four members of the USS team to destroy all evidence of the ongoing outbreak.  Along with slaying the zombies, you're looking to "kill pretty much every survivor possible".
• The gameplay is described as "dirty", and the series will feel much darker than it has up to this point.
• The game features three factions that Capcom has stated make up a "three-corner conflict".  The other two factions are the US Spec Ops, who are there to repel the USS, and the "bio-organic weapon monsters (BOWs) created by Umbrella.
• The USS team is made up of the following characters: Vector, Beltway, Bertha, and Spectre.  Depending on which character you choose, the responsibilities that you're asked to do within your team will variate.
• Hunk, first seen in Resident Evil 2 as a hidden character, is the inspiration behind the USS team.
• "Whichever team you play on, you'll be facing Umbrella-created horrors in between skirmishes with each other".
• Zombies in the game can sense you in three different manners: sight, sound, and smell.
• A situation is described in the game where Vector cloaks himself to stir up previously slumbering zombies to use against the Special Ops military foes.
• Quite a few scenarios in the game aren't "all about headshots".  A quote in the article states, "It's about shooting the other soldiers - manipulating the, making them bleed."
• The game will take you through a number of familiar areas if you're a Resident Evil junkie who remembers your journey to Raccoon City.
• Operation Raccoon City, depending on how you play the game, will give you the option to "change the history of Resident Evil".  Not only will you have the chance to meet and interact with various characters from the series, but you'll even have the opportunity to kill them.
• One of th mottos repeated to OXM throughout the demo was "Kill Leon".  It's also stated that if you choose to represent in the game as the Special Ops team, that you'd more than likely have the goal of trying to save Leon Kennedy.
• Slant Six or Capcom won't reveal if any other characters will be playable in the title just yet, but it'd make sense to see quite a few big cameos.
• The title will still see players relying on collecting herbs to heal from any attacks you may suffer.  You won't need to hoard any herbs, but they'll still benefit you to collect them throughout the game.
• "This is not a one-versus-one game where you've got one clip full of ammo and zombies on you.  If you've ever thought of those times in an RE game when you thought, 'I'd wish I had a big gun', that's what this game is.  It's not fair to give people big guns, then take all the ammo away."
• One of the pictures in the article showcases a zombie being used as a "meatshield".
• Operation Raccoon City allows players to earn XP for kills, with these points helping you survive the onslaught, and to help to encourage you to anihilate everything in your path.
• The XP will allow you to earn new abilities, such as Vector's cloaking skill, and new weapons.
• Tyrants will most definitely be included in the title.

It sounds so awesome! Lets hope it doesn't play like crap. This is the multiplayer game of the year, join me guys.

I finished Singularity. Awesome, if somewhat limited, single player FPS. Nobody was on multiplayer to try it. Half-Life 2 meets Bioshock and more fun than both.

What I'm playing now.



Won't post more pics, the start is all over everywhere anyway.

Ops. Removed 2 higher res pics which were a few MB each.

Is Barry in it?

aspro said:

RE5 question.  Is there anyway to not play with Sheva? She just died, so... my game ended.

I don't need her.

EDIT: GIven Robio's recent discussion of the game, I decided to give it another try, as my prior attempts were always with split/screen co-op.

I changed the controls to "type-C" -- I think that's the one.  It's the one that matches what I was doing in RE4 the closest.  It's tough, but I think it's because of my not thinking the way the designers were.  So, like I stayed in that shack with the horde and the executioner forever, not realizing I could get out of there and run around the shanty town. I not yet ready to recant, I'm not having fun yet -- but I am getting that sweaty palm, "hunker-down and get out of this level" vibe from the game now.

Nope, you always have a partner in the game offline or on. Just make sure she is on cover mode, and that she has a slow shooting weapon like a pistol and shotgun. You can basically ignore her, she will follow you everywhere and protect you, if she gets stuck you will have to help her out obviously.

Or play with someone.

I'm most surprised by the lack of an insane amount of jaggies even when playing @ 720p. It also runs much smoother than Crysis so far (I have a modest 3.16Ghz Core 2 Duo and a GTX285). It looks better in motion too. The urban environment versus the open island jungles is certainly a lot better as far as I'm concerned.

Dvader said:

aspro said:

RE5 question.  Is there anyway to not play with Sheva?...

Nope, you always have a partner...

Thanks.  Yeah, I will look into how to assign a mode for her.  The last 4 times I died it was because of her. But truth be told, I'd probably have died sooner without her.  I just don;t like having to give her all my ammo and shit.

Agnates said:

I'm most surprised by the lack of jaggies even when playing @ 720p. It also runs much smoother than Crysis 1 so far. It looks better in motion too.

Beyond the graphics are you digging the game?

RE4 with trophies!!!!