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Rogueywon 12,387 posts
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simpleexplodingmaybe 19,992 posts
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Registered 6 years agoThe classic Resi formula! -
JamboWayOh 25,236 posts
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Registered 8 years agosimpleexplodingmaybe wrote:
Hilariously I don't think you're wrong.
Having watched some more reviews I think I get what people wanted from this.
An open world, tightly scripted, puzzle focused, narrative driven, non-linear survival horror, sub-dom sim, that wasn’t more of the same but also wasn’t different either -
Rogueywon 12,387 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI wonder if the pre-release marketing was a problem for this one. It very heavily emphasised the Lady Dimetrescu stuff, which is only a relatively small part of the game. That might not have been the original marketing plan, but when it took off like it did, Capcom leaned into it hard.
That resulted in a lot of very excited games journalists and influcunts and quite a lot of... erm... over-sharing. Had the game been pushed as more of a "Resi Ensemble", some of the reviewers may have come to it with a more open mind. -
JamboWayOh 25,236 posts
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Registered 8 years agoOf course they'd lean into her, there's obviously a lot of horny people out there as the internet's obsession has shown. Capcom saw a way for free marketing and ran with it. Honestly I get the feeling for some people Resi 7 was their first introduction to the series proper and thus have a fixed idea what it should be, I doubt many of them have even played or heard of something like Code Veronica and aren't aware how Resi isn't really some fixed idea. The use of the stalker mechanic through Resi 7 to Resi 3 remake has probably influenced how they view the series as a whole. If you looked at it since the original Resi 2 the horror aspect was pushed first then always moved into pure action. -
Wayne 4,049 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI’m forever complaining that the trailers for games and movies show too much, so I was really pleased how much more there was to the game compared to what was shown. -
SolidSCB 16,771 posts
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Registered 12 years agoSee I'd be inclined to sort of understand the Resident Evil 7 thing, if that game's second half wasn't a bit of a clusterfuck of action-heavy nonsense itself.
I just think we've reached a point in time where there's a generation of players that have a romantic notion of what the series is (probably not helped by the likes of RE2 Remake) without ever really experiencing some of it first hand. The series has a long tradition of having a very similar structure which RE8 follows. It's always been more action heavy and frantic in the third act when the curtain has been pulled back. -
Rogueywon 12,387 posts
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Registered 16 years agoMight be nice if we could have an actual, new Silent Hill, that could be what RE isn't so that RE can get on with being RE.
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simpleexplodingmaybe 19,992 posts
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Registered 6 years ago@Rogueywon I bet people have forgotten how much combat was in the classic SH games too -
quadfather 39,069 posts
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Registered 11 years agoOr a new Alone in the Dark, but FUCKING DONE RIGHT.
Ahem.
Like something similar to A New Nightmare, but actually good or something.
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simpleexplodingmaybe 19,992 posts
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Registered 6 years agoA new Alan Wake that isn’t MS exclusive would be a dream too. -
SolidSCB 16,771 posts
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Registered 12 years agoLot of value in a Dead Space reboot for me. Frame that in RE2 Remake style and you've got money.
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simpleexplodingmaybe 19,992 posts
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Registered 6 years agoYes please! -
JamboWayOh 25,236 posts
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Registered 8 years agoSolidSCB wrote:
I'm amazed that IP is still sitting there untouched.
Lot of value in a Dead Space reboot for me. Frame that in RE2 Remake style and you've got money. -
quadfather 39,069 posts
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Registered 11 years agoYeah, that's a good shout too. -
SolidSCB 16,771 posts
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Registered 12 years agoJamboWayOh wrote:
I kinda hope they are just giving it a bit of a hiatus to get the stink of their later efforts away from it.
SolidSCB wrote:
I'm amazed that IP is still sitting there untouched.
Lot of value in a Dead Space reboot for me. Frame that in RE2 Remake style and you've got money. -
SolidSCB 16,771 posts
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Registered 12 years agoImagine it now with the improvements we've had to visual, lighting and sound design since it came out. It would be a fucking terrifying treat. -
richarddavies 8,312 posts
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Registered 13 years agoOut of all the possible remakes that could be made, Dead space is the one that excites me the most. It makes my Gooch quiver just thinking about it. -
quadfather 39,069 posts
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Registered 11 years agoIt's a bit niche, but the project zero / fatal frame's would be good updated.
That reminds me. Wunty has borrowed those off me. WUNTY, have you played them yet?.gif)
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Wayne 4,049 posts
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Registered 15 years agoDead Space 1 & 2 are two of my all time favourite games.
I never touched 3 due because of the bad press it got, and also because I think co-op is an awful thing to put into horror. -
quadfather 39,069 posts
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Registered 11 years agoIt's a big shame the studio closed. I think you can still play them on Xbox gamepass backwards compatibility, but I think that's the only way now. Unless you've still got the original disks and a PS3.
I really want to play 1 and 2 now as well. Tits. -
Zyrr 564 posts
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Registered 12 years agoI've been thinking about Dead Space a lot recently and I doubt we'll ever see a remake. The EA that published the first game is long, long gone. Look at how their attitude to the series changed by the third installment because they wanted it to have more mass-appeal.
As much as I hate to admit it, there's absolutely zero chance of a new Eternal Darkness release, either. Except for maybe an untouched port of the GC original down the line at some point. -
wuntyate 17,493 posts
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Registered 8 years ago@quadfather ah piss twats. I meant to post them months ago didn't I. They're on my shelf. I'll do it at the weekend! I started the first one and realised that I'm too much of a pussy so I stopped ha ha. -
simpleexplodingmaybe 19,992 posts
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Registered 6 years agoImagine the body horror opportunities for Dead Space using today’s tech. That rich visceral fleshiness RE2make had would be unreal applied to the necromorphs. -
wuntyate 17,493 posts
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Registered 8 years agoI replayed dead space 1 and 2 a few months back. 1 is awesome, 2 is a decent action game. 1 is where its at though.
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simpleexplodingmaybe 19,992 posts
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Registered 6 years agoI didn’t finish 3. I thought it was fine. Dead Space was never a particularly psychological series in its horror but it did drift almost closer to Doom 3’s horror themed shooter gameplay than anything else. Not necessarily a bad experience but you become desensitised to the monsters pretty quickly. -
quadfather 39,069 posts
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Registered 11 years agowuntyate wrote:
Haha, no worries. Yes, the horror and tension still adds up doesn't it. I have to force myself to play them depending on my mindset at the time.
@quadfather ah piss twats. I meant to post them months ago didn't I. They're on my shelf. I'll do it at the weekend! I started the first one and realised that I'm too much of a pussy so I stopped ha ha. -
JoelStinty 9,530 posts
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Registered 8 years agoNot one to really bash EG reviews but i can’t believe they gave the first one a 7/10. Bona-foda classic for me. Would love a new entry or even just a remaster of the first.
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JamboWayOh 25,236 posts
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Registered 8 years agoJoelStinty wrote:
Yeah but it's EG. They did an article years after saying how it was a groundbreaking game. They are if anything inconsistent when it comes to reviews. I mean I remember Street Fighter 5 getting an essential at release because Wesley likes Street Fighter disregarding that it had next to no content. I don't really take any stock in their reviews as for a few of them it's not a review but some essay about an unconnected thing and you never really get an indication of what the game is like.
Not one to really bash EG reviews but i can’t believe they gave the first one a 7/10. Bona-foda classic for me. Would love a new entry or even just a remaster of the first.
Can take or leave the other two (two was great, three was pants) but yeah, sad to see the series drift into obscurity
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Halo got an 8.
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