Is capcom losing their touch on the RE series?

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KylieDog said:

Xbbjf9s said:

Yes the story is in line with the history of the game but that isn't what I'm questioning. When I play RE5 I feel like I'm playing an action game not a horror game. RE4 had the creepy feel that the others had while RE5 does not. RE4 provided a new twist while keeping the horror feel, not once did I jump while playing 5.

 

What exactly was horror about RE4?  There was no horror atmosphere to it.  In games like REmake you would walk down a corridor and hear something...only quite often nothing would ever happen.  That is horror, when you feel nervous even when nothing happens.  Then when something jumps through a window or that body you walked past 4 times suddenly gets up and lunges at you the fifth time...it is an actual shock.

 

RE4 had one moment when something jumps out unexpected..and it was just after killing a few enemies so you would probably be on edge and ready for it anyway.  Every other area as soon as you enter it you know if you'll need fight or not because all the enemies make noises and you hear before you see them and if your hear them...you will be fighting them.  Walking about with overpowered weapons and more ammo dropping than you need doesn't exactly breed a horror atmosphere either either, more a sense of "Gonna blow away some bad guys".

 

I found the regenerators scary as hell...I had nightmares about those bastards, the music was alot more horror oriented, scenery was darker..didn't like the helicopter part though. If you want to talk about overpowered weapons...Hydra, Three burst handgun (forgot the name), gatling gun, S&W 5000? I beat professional using only the three burst handgun. "Gonna blow away some bad guys" is the theme of RE5 but don't me wrong it's not a bad game but feels more like an action game. I just have a feeling that dead space will take the reigns of the survival horror while RE5 will take the action title away from DMC.