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ZZetaAlec on 14 March 2009
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GamingChartzFTW said:
ZZetaAlec said:
I think all RE games with the exeption of 4 were horrible. They were neither scary nor fun and have some of the poorest game design I have ever encountered. IMO they were (and still are) terrible TERRIBLE games. o_0 Putting zombies back in the game and making it more atmospheric and such would be fine, but if they go back to using those stupid camera angles and that retarded control scheme then the franchise can go back to festering in mediocrity.

ok..I'll bite.

Let me guess. You don't like Lucas Arts point and click games, old school tactical games, Myst and similar games? Many of us Resident Evil fans do. We know good gameplay when we see it!

I did not like the older RE games, neither did I enjoy the remake or 0 and this is largely to what I found to be one of the most unwieldy and poorly thought out controls schemes of all time. If you have bad controls then that’s already bad obviously, but it’s simply unforgivable in a survival horror game as it kills immersion and when something lacks immersion then it can neither frighten you, nor invoke any emotional response at all. When something with the remotest potential to frighten would appear I would be staring at the control pad in frustration wondering what kind of moron would design a control layout so hideous. I can JUST about cope with fixed camera angels but combined with the control scheme mad the games neigh on unplayable for me and you can say ‘well maybe you just suck at games’ and perhaps I do then, but still something clearly went very wrong in that area during production.


With the switch to the over the shoulder view; the series became fun for the first time. I was slightly annoyed at the inability to move and shoot and run button remaining (seriously this is why we have analogue sticks!) but the game was so much more of a joy to play. If they put in more elements from the older games; Zombies, sparse ammo, Brocken glass freak-out etc... I’m all for that, but I think the series should say in over the shoulder view and perhaps someday someone at Capcom will be smart enough to remove the bloody run button! Oh and I love the Monkey Island games and I played Myst quite a lot back in the day (although I don’t think it’s aged very well) and I simply ADORE X-Com.