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Resident Evil 2 Review Thread
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I've explained very clearly why and how I disagree with you. Literally all you've offered is embarrassing insults. Don't reply if that's all you've got.
Eh. You aren't wrong about anything you wrote, I just don't think it's enough to push the game over into survival horror. Yes, you have an inventory and can't pick up every single item, but it all just seems to boil down to preferences rather than survival. As in, which grenades do you want to take, which weapons do you want, etc.
It has a basic story in that HUNK survived an attack and needs to escape. But the mode is incredibly challenging. My first succesful run took about ten minutes to complete, but I probably spent about three hours trying to perfecf it as you have limited resources and lots of enemies.
Nemesis the guy who appears at certain points who you can fight and beat to get rid off until the next fixed point he appears again. Quite different from someone who is around much more and can only be briefly stunned
Nemesis was fine but everything about Mr. X in the remake just sounds annoying. Yeah not sure if I am gonna pick it up this was the one thing they could have done to not make me want to pick up the game
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Mister X is present most of the campaign? That seriously what I was considering to be the worst case scenario. Fuck this!
I can't believe capcom is putting this in the game.
Weird how the original RE2 managed just fine without this annoying mechanic.
While unfortunate that you can't enjoy games that feature enemies like this, ultimately I think it's for the best the game went in this direction even if it means alienating some of you. While I love the original Mr. X, truthfully he wasn't formidable. He was a minor nuisance. In this remake he's actually a viable threat (from what I understand) and it was only appropriate that in 2019 they made him relevant. If he retained the few scripted encounters of the original, the complaint would then be that for a remake, he's practically useless. On the other hand people like you who don't like the stalker enemy would rejoice.
In the end the fan that dislikes this type of enemy in video games lost out and for that I am glad, because if nothing else Resident Evil 2 always seemed as if it wanted to elevate Mr. X to what he is in this game and had they not done that, it would have been a hugely missed opportunity, and for that I am not sorry.
IGN with a new failure at every review, instead of playing the new unlocked scenario for claire, he restarted the game with claire with the same story ....
Don't worry that much about the Tyrant, I thought he would be really annoying, based on the preview event impressions. But the moment he appears for the first time, you'll pretty much know the station pretty well or at least ok. He isn't around all the time, so you still have plenty of time to solve puzzles, check out everything in detail, etc. Yes, it can get pretty tough at a couple of spots, when you get a Licker, Zombies and the Tyrant all at once for example.
Also about "confusing" a/b runs: Just play with Leon or Claire, finish the game and 2nd run option will come up and use this for your 2nd playthrough. Changes some stuff, also the beginning.
And yeah, there are still some stuff which will be kind of surprise, at least for people new to Re2. Haven't seen those in reviews or videos so far (but they will be shown by someone at some point of course).
Also about "confusing" a/b runs: Just play with Leon or Claire, finish the game and 2nd run option will come up and use this for your 2nd playthrough. Changes some stuff, also the beginning.
And yeah, there are still some stuff which will be kind of surprise, at least for people new to Re2. Haven't seen those in reviews or videos so far (but they will be shown by someone at some point of course).
I talk a bit about this in my review as it stood out to me. The big picture story itself hasn't changed much, and it's kind of still just serviceable. But I really loved the performances and how they expanded on the side characters in meaningful and significant ways.
They aren't the most amazing performances ever, but they're certainly the strongest in the entire series for me. There's a decent level nuance and subtlety in them that the other games are missing. One of my favorite parts is how the relationship between Leon and Ada is handled. It makes the two of them retroactively better in past games (again, for me).
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Like snowflakes, all these replies are different and special in their own way.
I do admit that the gif made me lol the most.
I know where you're coming from, and I'd love to see another Resident Evil done in the style of REmake because that's my favorite kind of RE any day.
But I guess we still have a lot to be excited about here, and that's great. Looking at the reception, it isn't a stretch to say this is the biggest RE title since REmake and RE4.
As others have already said, that's easily attributable to the limitations of the time. You bet your ass Nemy and X would be following you if it was possible to have no load screens at the time. In fact, my memory is a little hazy as I haven't played it since the mid 2000's, didn't Nemesis actually persist after load screen doors in specific areas? I don't remember hitting a loading door and ever feeling safe from Nemesis, he'd be right back at it.
Just like the inclusion of the Crimson Heads in remake, this new take on Mr X is intended to increase the stress and strategy factor, only positives in my mind.
Great reviews. Still unreal to see RE2 back again and in such force.
Just don't go to the Raccoon City Police Department. I was planning a day trip there on Friday.
Off topic but if Tango and Bethesda aren't sitting somewhere right now considering EW3 then something is wrong with this world
Haha, now I know I can't take my time looking around.
Can't wait to get this.
Mr X was very much a part of the original RE2, and Capcom got as much out of him given the tech that was available to them at the time. Resident Evil 2 2019 allows them to fully realize all of their ideas thanks to the tech they have at their hands now, and that's exactly what they've done with Mr X (among other things).
And it's far from being an annoying mechanic. It adds to the tension and atmosphere immensely. It never gets in the way of actual progress. Not to mention the fact that having to plan your routes to make sure you don't run into him as fucking amazing.
yeah i stopped taking ign seriously a bit ago. The path of exile review was especially terrible.
I loved Evil Within 2, too bad a lot of people didn't and the sales weren't particularly good either, which is a shame.
Didn't know that is the only way to make a horror game.
And if Remake3 decides that Jill can't fight and down him until his next appearence in the story I will hate it even more than what they are doing with Mr X here.
I predicted 90 but damn I am still surprised. It went better than 90. Capcom really is winning this gen.
It's a huge one too... that was their main complaint about the game, lol.
About the second run thing-
Finish Leon first, you unlock Claire B. Finish Claire first, you unlock Leon B. Simple as that.
The second run story of both characters is different from their A story, obviously.
A campaigns for both have plenty of similarities, at least in the early stages.
Finish Leon first, you unlock Claire B. Finish Claire first, you unlock Leon B. Simple as that.
The second run story of both characters is different from their A story, obviously.
A campaigns for both have plenty of similarities, at least in the early stages.
