i played chapter 3 and 4 of Leon's campaign today, and the number of real quicktime events has increased, though i think they are being done quite well. I really like the game and I remain convinced that the score here is ridiculously low and unfair. Others are reviewing it low too but I am getting the feeling the reviewers have some sort of grudge that Capcom is changing the formula, or lord knows why.
By all means don't get it, but read some other reviews that are a bit more coherent and reasoned. Kevin's review feels almost like an academic complaint that elements were used that he feels should not, but this is removed from the context of the gameplay experience.
Fine, the game may not be to for everyone, but it is one of the best story driven ones I'm playing this year. And the story may not be Shakespear, but I maintain some of RE's charm is derived from this.
Those were my exact thoughts when I played the tutorial? It was full of all the bad things Kevin mentioned, but I'm two chapters into Leon's campaign and there are very few quicktime events (well, compared to the tutorial, probably on par with RE5).
Clearly, Kevin played further than me, but so far I'm having a blast and am really looking forward to go further. Based on the about four hours I played I'd say it's not a great step forward from RE5 but I've not seen anything that indicates a step back.
The tutorial was supposed to drop you into the frantic Zombie Apocalypse, but just like RE5's demo aims the difficulty high. The game then becomes quite reasonable.
@figthingfish18 Firstly, my apologies, I didn't word that right. It has been a while but, that should have been "ME is a fantastic series that unlike CoD has captured a huge audience that spans fans from all manner of genres". I agree that sales alone CoD is definitely a force that is inspiring a lot of people to play the game. I know a lot of people that were (are) excited about CoD, but ME has the added charm that although deep down it's a shooter it has a great story to go with it. Since my original post I have had a chance to get down and dirty with ME3 and I have to say that I am very disappointed. Granted only 5 hours in but there is no depth, there is no wow factor, this is going through the motions to a point where "not trying" is ever so obvious. It is sad to see how it has fallen. I'm hoping it will pick up, but I guess BioWare have forgotten what ME was supposed to replace, or maybe they remembered they don't have to fit in with the high standard Star Wars does expect. (and "high standard" is a relative term here :S )
I haven't played C+C4 or (any) MoH but as for SC2 and FF13 ... they sucked. I don't get what GPG did with SC2 at all, i guess more toward action and less toward strategy ... which is sad because TA was going up against Dark Reign which had made that exact mistake. And FF13 was just lazy, if i wanted to watch a 60 hour movie, i'd get my "The West Wing" on, not something i can play on autopilot and still think it's too much effort for what it is. Which brings me to ME3. I won't buy the DLC, I will play the game single player, probably once only and be done with it. I didn't think ME was great, i though ME2 was a fun romp (and that there should have been an achievement for scanning every planet, oh well), but from this i take away that unlike KotOR which is timeless, ME needs a re-cut that brings the first up to scratch, keeps ME2 as it was and reigns ME3 blowout DLC back in. I think it's fair to say that will eventually happen. ME is a fantastic series that unlike CoD has captured a huge audience. So what if there is same sex relationships in there, heck that should have been there all along, but i guess sex was a bit much at the outset. I think the outrage should be that it causes an outrage. It's not Bioware's fault.
It is quite amazing how much the quality is aligned. Then again, the engine is quite old now, which explains why the PC isn't more ahead than it could be...
@Lirsumis - Yes, I know that playing as an evil persona will have an effect on my emotions after playing, reminiscing and being amused at the game world carries forward. No surprise, I enjoy games, if the experience faded with the power button, I probably wouldn't play games much. Similarly, Glados, amuses me and that's an NPC. However the question is will it affect my behavior and sway my sense of right and wrong. No, absolutely not. Do I think watching Fatalities or that pressing up down up down punch block punch will result in kids sticking their hat in the ground and dragging a 4 armed dragon over it to cut her in half while drenched in blood? It does seem unlikely. That doesn't change two things: 1) even if Australia introduces an R18+ rating, that won't mean there is no upper limit to what will be acceptable in a game. Games about rape are unlikely to be rated and be displayed at the local store. 2) Any game that features excessive amounts of gore is sad because of what it says about the perceived audience and all too often there is no substance. That doesn't mean MK is crap because it's violent, but it does make me hope they put the same amount of effort into the game play as they did into the blood spray. @deathstream - nice :)
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