Knight Plug

Funnily enough, despite "werewolves" being an unlikely fit for the RE universe, there was a one-shot comic once that was about the myth. Fortunately, this wasn't canon. Not even in the slightest. It was probably not well received, due to how ridiculous it came across as. 🐺 🤔 https://residentevil.fandom.com/wiki/Werewolf Yes. Capcom returns to 1998 more times than I return to the chiller cabinet in my nearest Tesco. But the idea of a werewolf being in Raccoon City maybe isn't so dumb, if you think of how a wolf's DNA could be spliced with one of Umbrella's many viruses. There was a dino man as a boss in RE6, after all. 🤣 OK. Just what the heck was that about? That ain't the Dino Crisis reboot fans have been holding out hope for. Is it? 🦖

I'm not going to post my usual gob shite about Capcom, because if you know, you just know. 😉 But if Capcom takes a page out of Bloober Team's book, they'll do just fine for future sequels and remakes. As for the plot... While I haven't got a clue what it concerns, I really hope they aim to return to the blue Umbrella storyline that 7 started, because it seemed interesting to have Chris distrusting the BSAA after having been one of their primary agents. It wasn't really brought up in 8, since that game focused on Ethan finding Rosemary in Europe. Jill is back, at last, sweaty vest and all. But come on. Give her new clothes, FFS. She had the same outfit from 1998 in 2015. Or at least it looks the same to me. 🤣 https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/resident-evil-9-ix-reveal-tease/

A supergroup in the making. 👨‍💻 👩‍💻

So after leaving the alternated hospital in SH2, I get mobbed in the streets by nurses and legs, and God knows what else that isn't pleased to see me. No fair. 😅

Konami gave Bloober Team the keys to the kingdom. Their hard work paid off. A minor gripe though is the acting in SH2 feels somewhat forced. But the game is so splendid, you may be able to overlook that. I'm at the Blue Creek Apartments. If you're familiar with this section, it's a real irrirating, rat maze of a building. You spend ages getting lost as some sections are either locked, or blocked off.

Welp. Bloober Team pulled it off, despite the hate train going at full speed on gaming communities. I've now received my copy of Silent Hill 2 from the Amazon courier, and I'm about to start my descent into a horrifying world - just like I did for the first time way back in 2002! It's dark in my flat right now anyway. The rain is lashing down outside.

What about this? 🤭 Spoilers of course, so watch this at your own discretion.

Like a ten pound note... Ah... baby. 👶 Like, a ten pound note! 💷

I'll always be a horror gamer. 😈

Yeah. Scoom said that too.

The other day, Dusk Golem was talking on X about how Capcom aims to have the next RE game finally gain another 90% rating. The original mainline games up to and including RE4 had achieved that score. But I think the problem is that they just started copying other games and movies too much, out of desperation. Even RE7 which was lauded as a 'return to the roots' just ripped off TCM and J-Horror scenes. So Capcom really needs to stop doing that. The same with RE8 being way too much like RE4, etc. It's hard to be different from your competitors, I guess. Nearly everything in the genre has been done so many times. So what is there really left to attempt? Capcom even tried the idea of live footage in RE6. Jake had to use the cameras to get Sherry to safety. So all those POV movies probably inspired these ideas. And that's cool, I suppose. To be honest, I get more enjoyment watching movies now than I do with gaming. But I really wish I had a new game to enjoy, right about now. It has been a hot minute since I played anything.

Well, yes. Especially since the PS5 era is all about recycling stuff from a previous time period. But yes. Do be silly and pay $700 for something you already own. 🤫 Both Silent Hill and Resident Evil are cash cows today, without Team Silent and Shinji Mikami ensuring the teams developing them aren't ingrates. They always just hype them up for the sheepfold that support it, to then fall short of the mark. By the way, Capcom wants to make their next RE game earn a 90% rating, which RE4 last achieved nearly 20 years ago. OK. Capcom, you can march on. I wish you the best. 😅

Man. This is the era of remasters, remakes, lame console upgrades, and boring, sporadic State of Play events where next to no interesting content is shown. Just what is going on? Or more like, what is NOT going on? 😅

No, but I went to see Hearts playing in Edinburgh. My sister's boyfriend began shouting abuse at a player, because they lost a match. He was a real fat slob. ⚽️

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Money grab. 😳 A console with no disc drawer. WHAT!? 🤤 🎮 🫣 Well, okay. I know Microsoft has a digital-only console. Even so. How dumb is this? How would you play movies you own physically?

Don't hate the game. Hate the scumbag. 👎 Next the press will be blaming Chucky. Oh... actually... I think they already did.

Cillian Murphy! 😁

I think this is in Spanish.

I'd feel terrible. Music makes one feel great.

Anyone like Lawrence Gowan, from the band Styx? He had a lot of success in Canada in the 80s and 90s. Gowan is originally from Scotland. The latter song has a contribution from Jon Anderson, known for being the frontman of Yes and recording with Vangelis.

Well, I believe survival horror games really picked up again in 2013. Some people believed the genre would die a painful death in 2012 because of RE6 being a critical flop. I mean, my dislike of RE6 diminished once the years went on. I still don't get why it's so disliked. Because if you enjoy RE4, 5 and so on, it plays the same way, to be honest. Only now you can move and shoot at things, which I appreciate. Having to just get a hatchet in your face because Leon or Chris just stood there in 4 and 5 because they were unable to run and cap them off sideways was just meh. Rule of Rose is kind of like Haunting Ground, in that a dog named "Brown" helps you. They were actually made in a similar style to Clock Tower 3.

Is there anyone on here who agrees that RE4 has always been somewhat overrated? While I find 4 and 5 are fun games and have much to be remembered for, they have never felt like genuinely scary sequels to me. Even RE0 is more like a proper RE game than 4, despite having no storage chests. And they both lack horror. 5 more so, but 4 has it downgraded too to an extent. Of course, all franchises can eventually have changes made to them. I suppose there aren't really "rules" that must be followed, because only the producers have the final say. But RE4 has a lot of features I can best sum up as being kind of gimmicky-esque, like how every creature leaves behind items, or how numbers subtract on the screen as you approach an objective you must fulfill. With the exception of Nemesis, Mr. X and Brad Vickers in his zombie form, this did not occur with other enemies in games released prior to RE4. Everything had to be acquired. Keys. Ammo. Healing supplies. It was rarely just handed to you by any NPC. RE4 soon gets repetitive as well. The merchant is also pretty silly. I openly talk about that character a lot. You're able to buy explosive stuff with loot, which just makes your experience in a horrific environment feel like a walk in the park. So Leon Kennedy may as well change his name to John Matrix. For I mean, it's just crazy to think a series about a zombie virus escalated into bizarre territory. So RE4 basically just set the course for some really daft, underwhelming stuff in subsequent entries. And the tone of the game is odd. A cult is behind the kidnapping of the president's kid as opposed to a corporation in the field of medicine. The other games after 4 have been rather weird as well, especially RE8. To be honest, it just comes down to Capcom copying trends. I guess it has to be done to survive in an ever changing world of gaming. So it can come across as a bit shallow if things are getting constantly imitated. But it is probably going to land Capcom in hot water someday. And I guess if that happens, it just happens.

Konami has put out a new trailer in time for the game's October 8 release date.