Resident Evil 2. kinda overrated?

What's up with this "Can't shoot lights" BS. That's the dumbest thing I've heard in a long time. The reason why you can't get into this game is because it forces you to think and solve puzzles. You don't have a patience for that. You just wanna run and gun. We all know you can't play anything other than FPS.

the default sound is really good, can't speak to the original OST as its been too long

@storm_of_swords:

I think the GameCube remake of the original was the best.

Resident Evil 4 had plenty of destructible glass, though. Kind of odd that an RE made fourteen years later is so stiff in that regard.

Because its 2019. its a game made by billionaire company and has insane amount of budget but cant make lights breakable.

the puzzles in this game are too easy. but the actual gameplay and combat is boring.

atleast in RE7 the atmosphere is great that made up the game. in this game. atmosphere is absent and i feel like im playing some generic third person zombie game.

Seems pretty obvious, mechanical and stylistic choice. The only thing breakable in Resident Evil 4 where really crates and windows that served as an escape.

The idea in Resident Evil 2 is that the police station under assault, the windows serve mechanically as potential entry points with the player using boards as finite resource that takes up vital inventory space. It being a survival horror game, and not action.

The focus of destruction from the game comes from enemy dismemberment, stuff that is relevant to the mechanical experience.

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The majority of environments deliberately have very little light to begin with, in some cases outright none. Just as is the case with a picture, developers use light to communicate with the player. Be it mood, direction, highlighting information etc... Which is exactly what Resident Evil 2 does, it's not an immersion sim where interaction with every-object is of utmost importance. It's scenery for the objectives that are relevant.

In the case of Metro, the gameplay typically takes a back-seat for the many scripted sequences. The gameplay itself becomes the scenery.

That's not true. The lab with the regenerators, for example, had all those test tubes and containers you could shoot out.

Just beat it. the game is short. damn short. theres only 2 locations and thats it..

its fairly decent game but chore to play too. althought its best third person RE game but thats not saying much. its just better version of 4, 5 and 6 in the end.

Pros

• It looks nice
• It control nice unlike other third person RE games
• Limited ammo
• some good puzzles

Cons

• Terrible combat once again like its a norm in RE game
• Zombies are bullet sponges and takes multiple headshots
• Bad boss fights
• Cant break a light
• Little to no variety

so all in all i rate it 6.5/10.

Resident Evil 4 has almost no interactivity with environment. It's a show-piece section.

@ghosts4ever said:

Just beat it. the game is short. damn short. theres only 2 locations and thats it..

its fairly decent game but chore to play too. althought its best third person RE game but thats not saying much. its just better version of 4, 5 and 6 in the end.

Pros

• It looks nice
• It control nice unlike other third person RE games
• Limited ammo
• some good puzzles

Cons

• Terrible combat once again like its a norm in RE game
• Zombies are bullet sponges and takes multiple headshots
• Bad boss fights
• Cant break a light
• Little to no variety

so all in all i rate it 6.5/10.

65 saves on standard, holy **** lol

@uninspiredcup said:

@ghosts4ever said:

Just beat it. the game is short. damn short. theres only 2 locations and thats it..

its fairly decent game but chore to play too. althought its best third person RE game but thats not saying much. its just better version of 4, 5 and 6 in the end.

Pros

• It looks nice
• It control nice unlike other third person RE games
• Limited ammo
• some good puzzles

Cons

• Terrible combat once again like its a norm in RE game
• Zombies are bullet sponges and takes multiple headshots
• Bad boss fights
• Cant break a light
• Little to no variety

so all in all i rate it 6.5/10.

65 saves on standard, holy **** lol

I always save everytime i collect new item.

@ghosts4ever said:

@uninspiredcup said:

@ghosts4ever said:

Just beat it. the game is short. damn short. theres only 2 locations and thats it..

its fairly decent game but chore to play too. althought its best third person RE game but thats not saying much. its just better version of 4, 5 and 6 in the end.

Pros

• It looks nice
• It control nice unlike other third person RE games
• Limited ammo
• some good puzzles

Cons

• Terrible combat once again like its a norm in RE game
• Zombies are bullet sponges and takes multiple headshots
• Bad boss fights
• Cant break a light
• Little to no variety

so all in all i rate it 6.5/10.

65 saves on standard, holy **** lol

I always save everytime i collect new item.

The ranking system on this is definitely screwed, no way someone abusing save system with more than X3 times the saves on an an lower setting should be sitting with a higher rank.

Should be sitting with an F- at least.

@uninspiredcup said:

@ghosts4ever said:

@uninspiredcup said:

@ghosts4ever said:

Just beat it. the game is short. damn short. theres only 2 locations and thats it..

its fairly decent game but chore to play too. althought its best third person RE game but thats not saying much. its just better version of 4, 5 and 6 in the end.

Pros

• It looks nice
• It control nice unlike other third person RE games
• Limited ammo
• some good puzzles

Cons

• Terrible combat once again like its a norm in RE game
• Zombies are bullet sponges and takes multiple headshots
• Bad boss fights
• Cant break a light
• Little to no variety

so all in all i rate it 6.5/10.

65 saves on standard, holy **** lol

I always save everytime i collect new item.

The ranking system on this is definitely screwed, no way someone abusing save system with more than X3 times on a lower setting should be sitting with a higher rank.

Hardcore has saving limit so you cant abuse saves at all.

in standard setting, you dont have save limit.

@ghosts4ever said:

@uninspiredcup said:

@ghosts4ever said:

@uninspiredcup said:

@ghosts4ever said:

Just beat it. the game is short. damn short. theres only 2 locations and thats it..

its fairly decent game but chore to play too. althought its best third person RE game but thats not saying much. its just better version of 4, 5 and 6 in the end.

Pros

• It looks nice
• It control nice unlike other third person RE games
• Limited ammo
• some good puzzles

Cons

• Terrible combat once again like its a norm in RE game
• Zombies are bullet sponges and takes multiple headshots
• Bad boss fights
• Cant break a light
• Little to no variety

so all in all i rate it 6.5/10.

65 saves on standard, holy **** lol

I always save everytime i collect new item.

The ranking system on this is definitely screwed, no way someone abusing save system with more than X3 times on a lower setting should be sitting with a higher rank.

Hardcore has saving limit so you cant abuse saves at all.

in standard setting, you dont have save limit.

I always thought you were the most hardcore gamer here. An example we could all follow. Clearly I've been following a false prophet.

@uninspiredcup said:

@ghosts4ever said:

@uninspiredcup said:

@ghosts4ever said:

@uninspiredcup said:

65 saves on standard, holy **** lol

I always save everytime i collect new item.

The ranking system on this is definitely screwed, no way someone abusing save system with more than X3 times on a lower setting should be sitting with a higher rank.

Hardcore has saving limit so you cant abuse saves at all.

in standard setting, you dont have save limit.

I always thought you were the most hardcore gamer here. An example we could all follow. Clearly I've been following a false prophet.

complete STALKER on hardest difficulty multiple times. now thats a challenge.

here its chore to play. not fun, not engaging, nothing. i dont even care what is happening at all when it comes to story.

Exactly.

@ghosts4ever said:

@uninspiredcup said:

@ghosts4ever said:

@uninspiredcup said:

The ranking system on this is definitely screwed, no way someone abusing save system with more than X3 times on a lower setting should be sitting with a higher rank.

Hardcore has saving limit so you cant abuse saves at all.

in standard setting, you dont have save limit.

I always thought you were the most hardcore gamer here. An example we could all follow. Clearly I've been following a false prophet.

complete STALKER on hardest difficulty multiple times. now thats a challenge.

I'm sure it's easy when

YOU'RE BANGING F5 EVERY 30 SECONDS

Absolutely appalling.

@uninspiredcup said:

@ghosts4ever said:

@uninspiredcup said:

@ghosts4ever said:

@uninspiredcup said:

The ranking system on this is definitely screwed, no way someone abusing save system with more than X3 times on a lower setting should be sitting with a higher rank.

Hardcore has saving limit so you cant abuse saves at all.

in standard setting, you dont have save limit.

I always thought you were the most hardcore gamer here. An example we could all follow. Clearly I've been following a false prophet.

complete STALKER on hardest difficulty multiple times. now thats a challenge.

I'm sure it's easy when

YOU'RE BANGING F5 EVERY 30 SECONDS

Absolutely appalling.

Stalker isn't that bad without mods. Now grab Stalker: Call of Pripyat, download the Misery mod and then try to F5 your way through the game. I dare you. :P

@ghosts4ever: I don't mind tank controls but I do agree they are old and they don't have a place in modern games.

BUT RE2 does the modern sin of bogging down the game with animations. RE2 plays like the character is wading through water because you have too many animations. Sure they make it more realistic they also make it play like ass.

The same way Red Dead 2 got lost in its own OCD for making the game ultra realistic and it made aspects of the game worse as a result. Spending sixty hours looting bodies because they want you to watch your character patting the bodies over and over and over for absolutely no reason.

It's integral to the gameplay style. It encourages the player to stand still while aiming is in effect to create to tension.

Take that away, you've neutered your survival horror.

@uninspiredcup: So to make it survival horror it means he has to turn like a 747 taxiing around a runway? No I'm sorry but that is the same BS that people used to say when they said that fixed camera angles were better because it increased tension.

There are loads of atmospheric and scary games that don't hamper the character movement like RE2 does.

If they can't increase tension without making the game handle like trash they have no business being in survival horror. Capcom should go make pachinko machines with Konami.

Also why is Leon shocked about EVERYTHING?

"Urgh!" "OMG" "What is that?!" "Urgh!" "OMG" "What is that?!""Urgh!" "OMG" "What is that?!""Urgh!" "OMG" "What is that?!""Urgh!" "OMG" "What is that?!""Urgh!" "OMG" "What is that?!""Urgh!" "OMG" "What is that?!""Urgh!" "OMG" "What is that?!""Urgh!" "OMG" "What is that?!""Urgh!" "OMG" "What is that?!""Urgh!" "OMG" "What is that?!""Urgh!" "OMG" "What is that?!""Urgh!" "OMG" "What is that?!""Urgh!" "OMG" "What is that?!""Urgh!" "OMG" "What is that?!""Urgh!" "OMG" "What is that?!""Urgh!" "OMG" "What is that?!""Urgh!" "OMG" "What is that?!""Urgh!" "OMG" "What is that?!""Urgh!" "OMG" "What is that?!""Urgh!" "OMG" "What is that?!""Urgh!" "OMG" "What is that?!""Urgh!" "OMG" "What is that?!""Urgh!" "OMG" "What is that?!""Urgh!" "OMG" "What is that?!""Urgh!" "OMG" "What is that?!""Urgh!" "OMG" "What is that?!"

I find really cute when people are talking to themselves...

In this game, yes. Boxing the player in with eliminated maneuverability is part of the gameplay.

*shrug*

LMAO!!! There is a quick turn in the game, you absolute pleb.

I thought he was talking about general movement, but yea, you're right lol

Even that acts as a good mechanic, instead of encouraging the player to move backwards (which is slow) they turn round and can't see shit. Combine that with the sound effects, specifically lickers and Mr X, good eatin'

He's a barely 20 year old first day on the job cop in the zombie apocalypse. He doesn't even understand how to mate properly.

@uninspiredcup: If he was expecting to be able to sprint around while doing parkour he's playing the wrong genre. He can't see that the movement is designed a certain way to increase the tension (which it accomplished in spades.) so there is no helping him.

Man your nitpicks are stretching. Its a remake of a game 20 years old, story will be a big nothing. You have an issue not shooting a light, I have an issue where you can't shoot yourself in metro.

@fedor: If Capcom can't create tension without making the controls shit (which they are unless you are a blind fanboy) then they are a disgrace of a company.

I bet you are one of those twats who was actually impressed by the gore weren't you? Like we haven't seen EVERYTHING in this game about 1000 times already.

You said it is a remake. A remake that did NOTHING different.

@uninspiredcup: Yes at the start of the game. 10 hours in he's still making the same stupid shocked noises. That is not him being young, that is poor game design.

The controls were fine, pleb.

I didn't say it was a remake, I don't need to state the obvious. It also did plenty different, Mr. X being the biggest difference. You're just a pleb who's mad you can't run and gun in a survival horror game...

You forgot "Jesus" and "Jesus Christ!".

The whole of RE is kinda overrated IMO....

overrated... but not necessarily problematic, uninteresting, unfun, or unimportant...

That's pretty much how I view all rES excedpt for 4 which is a cut above.

RE2 is great (played on hardcore; that's how I played) and if you can't see that, I feel sorry for you.

Looking up exactly what "overrated" means will be helpful.

You not like something, doesn't detract from it's achievements and influence. Which, can be objectively quantified.

RE series is overrated. there has never been good RE game bar RE7.

the gameplay mechanics in series always suck.

Jealously will not change reality my freind.

ITT: Scrubs

This thread is over a month old.

I don't think so. I watched a couple videos of the game, and what I saw was a creepy, tense, survival-horror game, with great graphics. It's not overrated. It's one of the best Resident Evil games.

Ha tow Resident er two Resident Evil threads on like the same day guess someone should play this and really figure it out...

I wonder what the score was honestly?

Characters felt kinda dull and the ada thing attraction felt forced too quickly. I don't have any previous RE attraction though.

I think it's mostly nostalgia goggles or just lack of a decent body horror shooter this gen.

I don't know what happened but DMC5 cutscene models look way better. RE2 cutscene eyes look really weird specially the cop in the main hall like opposite of crosseye when talking to leon.

Solid 8/10 for me and I will definitely play RE3 remake.

Absolutely not. If anything 3 is overrated and the start of the action RE. The RE2Remake is more survival horror than the original and I wish they would remake Code Veronica instead of Nemesis.

But that is just my opinion and is neither right or wrong

@ghosts4ever: big disagree my favorite series.

I like all the main entries (including code Veronica with that)

Still haven’t beaten re7 yet (because it is a pain to set up vr and Want to finish my first playthrough in vr before subsequent ones.

The RE2Remake is even better than Re 4 imo which is phenomenal