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Long rant ahead... *WARNING* I basically decided to stop caring about the franchise due to online trolls, and overall, Capcom's mismanagement of certain games and characters. And, well, personal issues has made me just not care any longer, since life is short. For a number of years, I feel like Capcom hasn't been fully honest with their fans. For instance, they stole art work for the games, and were legally threatened. And by the way, they ripped off a bunch of movies and games, for RE7 especially, which didn't really feel like a RE game anyway. The Molded look so basic, because Capcom just wanted a new creature design that was plain easy to make on the screen. They just wanted to copy Outlast type games as well, and probably due to the fact that Silent Hills was cancelled into the bargain, they wanted to change over to the first person perspective. Yet everybody praised it. Although personally, it was strictly okay to me, but nothing like the classic games. Even RE6 (which I know many fans dislike) is more of a RE game than 7 is, because it had zombies, and many returning characters were featured. Perhaps a critical failure, but more in line with what RE used to provide than with 7, and especially 8. Plus, the C-Virus makes you think of the T and G-Viruses, because of the name. But yep. It could also remind you of COVID-19, so oops. RE8 (aka Village) is not necessarily so crap, I would not recommend it. But it's very underwhelming as a RE game. Feels mostly like an action game with Chris at least looking like Chris (instead of that lame new actor they got for the ending scene and DLC in RE7), but now he is making dumb, headstrong decisions and concealing info from Ethan Winters (the faceless new "face" of RE) just to pad out the story, and the bosses are laughable, even for RE standards. Like, a mutant baby, vampires, a robot, and a living doll are your antagonists this time around. Like, yeah, okay. RE4 had ogres and a pirate midget, and there was also a statue based on the pirate that somehow activates, and you have to run away, and the two games are similar, because of a village, a castle and a merchant being present. Now in my opinion, new RE Games are simply not terrifying. RE entries 1, 2, 3, 0, CV and the early spin offs had atmosphere and a good story. The new games hardly have any music or that same feeling of dread and eeriness. The game practically has a shopping system in it so you can go all Rambo on everything. So that's not even scary. If you have enough cash at hand, it's a breeze to survive, when all you need to do is find the Duke or the Merchant, and flog them treasures. And nostalgia often hurts this series; I honestly don't know how many times Capcom has revisited Raccoon City and the year 1998. Even that upcoming movie is going back to that year, as if Capcom does not have the balls to move to another era. Like, come on. Move things ahead, and stop doing remakes that suck, because you leave out enemies like the spiders and the crows, half bake it, and rush them out. And I cannot say a RE4 remake even interests me, because that game wrecked the survival horror genre to a degree, and if they remake it, people will soon notice all the missing stuff, because I know Capcom will change up the whole game, potentially ruining it. But I'm not really a guy who can proclaim to loving RE4, but it's still an impressive enough game. It's just nothing like the older ones. But Candy Stick has failed to persuade people otherwise... Now for the RE2 and 3 remakes, the story should have been identical to the older games, and the 2002 remake was way more faithful. Why leave out Barry, for example? Wasn't he supposed to save Jill and Carlos!? 😞 Resident Evil: Revelations 2 is a noted rip off of The Last of Us, because of the first Bloater fight. You even leave via a window after it ends. Except that huge hulking thing is called a Vulcanblubber, that launches fire rather than fungal spores. But it's just the same boss battle, really. And they also copied the father-daughter theme, and there's a winter section where you shoot rabbits. So um, yeah. Nobody can deny that Capcom did not copy Naughty Dog's ideas. That's just stupid, and suggests they lack any originality anymore. However, this kind of rant normally falls on deaf eyes on places like GameFAQs, and they'll come at people all guns blazing if you say s*** about games they appreciate. My mouse is wonky.

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This morning, I happened to look on Rely on Horror, a site that covers survival horror games. Then I seen a video for a new game called "Post Trauma". Sorry, my phone is being ass and I cannot highlight text to make titles show up in italic. Meh. But the point is... I see that indie devs still care about the old-school style of horror games. So Capcom, take note now! Maybe give people the option to have fixed, third or first person perspectives from the beginning. Huh? Makes a lot of sense to have choices available to us, right?

Indeed, I have over 50 hours in the game that I played with my own people or just talk in game with your squad. Once you find your perfect server that you like and start meeting people it's all good. I'm always playing on the same server and always see the same group of players and we always say Ohh You Again, what's up. One time we did not kill each other as we are talking about things as we are onthe opposite side. End of the day it comes at the best and the worse.

It's a nice headset. My only complaint is that the microphone being in one's peripheral vision is annoying, so it's not recommended when using them as just headphones. Alternatively, fork out the extra ~£50 for a Sennheiser or Ars Technica pair of gaming headphones. The mic quality on those is astonishing.

Good luck with that!!! Let's see how that bodes well for you mate and try having fun in the process.

It helps me very well when it comes to general overview of the game's graphics by even seeing and appreciating the character make up.

They are, but scalpers seem to know how to cheat the system. I worked at a call center a while back, and it was for this kids product that people really loved to collect around the holiday season. They would only allow 12 products per customer, but we found multiple people getting behind that, by simply using a nearby empty address and they'll either use a different card. I found someone who was able to buy hundreds of product, all while using the same address somehow. Our system didn't catch them. But, we caught him because the guy called in, saying his package was marked delivered, but wasn't there. I did the usual, search for the order and that's how I found it. These scalpers would buy the product, and put it on ebay and amazon for double, sometimes triple the price. I was told that the company would often go on to said sites and flag the products. But a lot of people got away with it sadly. But yeah, Amazon and Ebay have started to battle them a bit. I wish they would just only allow a set price for new consoles, because they shouldn't increase in price considering they are being mass produced. So if Ebay and Amazon had a system in place that would only allow you to go up to a certain price point, then I don't see this ending anytime soon. What I recommend you do, is sign up at any store like walmart, as they will notify you when a sale is happening and you'll get dibs over others. That's my best suggestion right now, because this feels like it'll continue for months to come.

Just to clarify, I don't know much about Resident Evil, but I enjoy a good rant, so that's why I gave so many likes.

Blame it on the scalpers. Stores have been only given limited stock at certain times, usually random times, so that more people can sign up for the option to buy one. I think the PlayStation sites has an option to be notified of stores that have more stock. I would also check into walmart, target and other stores and see if they have an option to be notified when some are in stock. Sadly, this is going to be the future, because it seems every gaming item that releases has to be bought up by scalpers, and in turn they make it hard to find or bring the price up a ton. Even the Xbox Series X mini fridge was picked up by scalpers. It's a sad world when all the good stuff we want goes to scalpers first. 😞

It's a year and a half later and I can't get my hands on a PS5. Heck, I don't even remember posting this thread lol. I was having issues with my PS3 though recently and can't play any discs. And the notifications on this site made me realize I posted this and had this problem last year too.

That's the thing, there needs to be a change now rather than later. EA doesn't seem to feel bad about their many mistakes, and they keep making them. The good news is, that sales have been lacking for a while, especially with battlefield. I hope after this, they rethink their strategy. I hope 2042 doesn't sell well, because maybe then they will listen. But I honestly doubt anything will change until they get caught doing something really bad.

Resident Evil I and II, DMC, GTA I and II, Mortar Kombat I and the remastered version. This are games I simply wants to get into and experience wonderful experience again.

I also love third person shooters game. Because the camera points at my pro closely, and as such I can see what's happening around the environment, and also seeing what's going on around my pro corner in a broader way.

That's a good question. I sometimes do some things that I wouldn't otherwise do just to get the attached achievement or reward, but there are lines I do not cross.

I have good reasons to believe that the death toll then wouldn't get to that numbers now should it happen as a result of the advancement in technology and drugs now unlike in the past.

I'm starting a new religion called Biochemical-physicsanity because it is the one true religion unspoken since the dawn of man. Now that man understands the science of biochemistry and physics, we have something true and proven to worship. Gods are elements making up of every physical matter we know of. Worship them. They are within you. They make everything possible in a true reality sense. Physics such as gravity allows for us to exist. Now pray to the physics God. Biochemistry is all life including bacteria. We are composed of multicellular biochemical Gods. The physics of elements with electrons and protons working with the composition of molecules enables all of life. Our biochemical Gods form castles in Heaven called cells. The DNA sequences and gravity Gods enables all of us to move, communicate, and in some instances, think. Worship in the temple of nature, where you can see God's work proven for all to see and believe, instead of only believing. Faith is in the processes of physics and biochemistry that will never be broken.

You could always join The Satanic Temple. I'm a card carrying member, and highly proud of it. Check it out. The seven tenets will probably make a lot of sense and/or resonate with you.

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I am getting used to first person, but I will always prefer third person. I don't even mind the fixed camera angles of the oldest games, but I cannot see Capcom going back to that retro style. It's sad too, as many famous horror games began that way, so people feel a connection to them. It wouldn't be so bad if we actually seen what Ethan Winters looks like, even in the cutscenes. They've showed us every other playable character, so it's stupid to "conceal" his face.

Well, mostly having to collect a ton of items that gets you nothing. I can't stand collecting things that aren't really needed. Like in the Assassin Creed games, having to collect feathers and other items. It just gets really tedious to have to do that. And when they tie it into an achievement, I usually don't bother unless it's easy and I can traverse through the map really fast. Otherwise I just don't have the patience.

Yeah. They really need to do better, instead of churning out the same sort of games. And to be honest, I feel as if Capcom could learn a lot from Bethesda with The Evil Within games. While the story in that series does not make much sense at first, the games are spot on with the atmospheric tone. When Ruvok is chasing you in that mansion, you genuinely feel scared. The enemies are more of a challenge, and there's a lot of puzzles. Some of the bosses are amazing too, like Laura or the Keeper. There's definitely a lot of Silent Hill vibes, as well as the RE4 style gameplay that most modern gamers seem to prefer, and the second game is more open world, so you can explore places in no particular order. And I actually enjoyed all of the characters, weapons, and so on. You know a game is great when you care about proceeding through it. The second game also has an optional first person mode, which was released via an update. That means you can, if you want to, change from third person to seeing things through the eyes of your character. But with Capcom, it's like it has to be one thing, or nothing at all. 🤫 I do look forward to seeing the new RE movie... 😁

Passion is a funny thing... I may not like what Capcom has done to the series, BUT it's that love for the classics that keeps you wanting more. However, I think they're just repeating too much for to gain sales, because they just don't know how to make changes that make sense. So in their eyes, they probably think it's safer to offer up familiarity. They even admitted that they get their ideas from Wikipedia. I'm not sure if anyone was aware of that, but somebody I know on Biohaze said that's what they do, business-wise. Because it's obvious that they likely hired a lot of new developers that had nothing to do with creating the older titles, so they go off of concepts they find on the Internet. You know? Written summaries from Wikipedia, which is a site that "anyone can edit" and no doubt, they also inspect art pieces. But you can tell they're failing. Not that new fans will notice. There's a lot of people who claim to be hardcore fans, yet they complain that they cannot comfortably play games like RE0 because of the camera angles and the outdated tank controls. Even though modern RE games are not that dissimilar to the style of the older games anyway, they'll act as if they are fans, but that's the first thing they use as an excuse. Uh, okay. Maybe 'get good' or something. But hey, I don't know... Speaking of which, Wesker's long term voice actor D.C. Douglas just got into hot water for leaking art of Wesker in the RE4 remake, and for fear of being sued by Capcom, he has since gone and closed his Twitter account. Maybe it will be resolved and he could open it back up before it gets outright erased. Remakes are not new stories, though. What little new stories they do come up with, I feel they are usually quite silly and disappointing. Because everything about RE8 is just stupid, if you're someone who truly remembers completing games like the [first] remake, the original RE2, CVX, and even RE4, which RE8 basically tries to copy. But RE8 is a blemish on all of those games. And to think that RE8 could actually win the 2021 'Game of the Year' award. It's an underwhelming game, to be honest. But I was curious about the DLC that Capcom said was coming for free. They brought it up briefly at E3, back in June. I've heard zip about it since. That could involve Rosemary Winters with super powers and government agents, or some nonsense revolving around the tall vampire lady, who was not really in much of the base game, despite the focus on her in their advertisements...

Resident Evil is one of those franchises that I tried getting into numerous times because the games attained such a cult status. I felt like I was obliged to like them if I want to call myself a gamer, but each time I was rebuffed. I just did not enjoy them very much. The first game I tried was RE2, and the only thing that offered me was tedium. I remember my friends raving about it, and we always played it when they were over, but I loathed it. When the RE2 remake came out I gave it another shot and got much further than I ever did in the original. I was at the point where I thought I finally will get out of the dreaded police station, only for the game to make me go back in through a back door. And the whole tedious wandering around looking for something to do started again. That was the point where I quit the game for good this time. I even tried RE3 remake, but it was just more of the same, and somehow even worse. So I didn't waste much time on it. The only thing that kept me going for a while was the ability o mod the character's appearance, that is the reason I bought the game in the first place. I thought if the character looked like someone I identified with better that would be enough to keep me playing the game, but alas the tedium was unbearable especially so soon after playing RE2. As for RE4,5,6 I only played one of them, I don't even remember which, maybe the fifth. It was a mediocre action game, so not something that would redeem the franchise in my eyes. Recently everyone was raving about how good RE8 Village is, but I was skeptical. I did not want to pay full price for a game that I'd probably end up hating. So I asked around among the fans, how different is RE7 from RE8. They said the two games are very similar conceptually. So I got RE7 to test the waters. I had low expectations, but not low enough. The game blew me away with how awful it was. It is a golden sample of everything I don't want in videogames. So without further ado, here is the original short rant I posted after first playing RE7: Biohazard This might be the worst "game" I ever had the misfortune of playing. Undercutting Sniper GW3, maybe even outriders. Yeah, game in quotes, because this hardly qualifies as a game. It's just a string of scripted events with boring walking in between. Occasionally interrupted by tedious cat and mouse games with invulnerable, unkillable enemies. Oh and of course the cheapest kind of jump scares, that only make me angry with their predictability. I abandoned RE2/RE3 remakes because they were quite tedious, but compared to this, they are master artworks of gaming, as this cranks tedium to over 9000. Not to mention the ludicrous, outlandish "story" that no amount of suspension of disbelief can make even remotely immersive. The premise of zombies is one thing, as long as the law of physics still applies. But I can't stomach total nonsense like gluing your leg back, or invincible zombies. Also the fact that you have to play out the video recordings, is like kryptonite to immersion. I'm glad I only paid $5 for this. Man, if Village is anything like RE7, count me the f out.

I just want to point out the game is also available on PlayStation and Xbox if that's what you prefer.

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I've been in this damn thing so long, that I've reached a point to where I'm more comfortable in it that just about any other kind of chair. I mean I'm in it all day, so I better have accustomed to it. Sad as that is to say. Going by what I see in his profile, if the date @DC is shown to have "signed up" for the forum is the day it was built, then I've been in this bastard since before this forum existed.

You missed a lot. He kept posting for me, telling me how I feel, what I believe, and where my emotions lie. I will not tolerate anyone making an attempt to dictate my personality to me. My rage is well earned here.