Ok, so I finished the demo. I didn't find it hard, but I did find it stressful. I find it hard to think on the run - until Nemesis showed up, I was having a blast, then suddenly, it all changes. I did dodge him easily, I did shoot him easily, one grenade gets him down - it wasn't really hard, but - it was stressful. Same as Mr X, I don't think X killed me once in RE2, and yet, I had nightmares with him after playing (not kidding, I actually dreamed he was chasing me once).
I love RE2. And I just love, love the gameplay of RE3 - it has minor tweaks compared to 2, but they work well and I love the sligthly more action feel. I love Jill. I think this game will be great.... but, that Nemesis, man, I can see it's going to be a problem. So, I have a couple of questions. And yes, I know people haven't played the full game - but I haven't played RE3 and perhaps you know some of these things, or at least have good guesses:
1. He follows you everywhere, right? But he kind of teleports, then you get away from him - does he actually follow you, or just appears?
2. Is there a downtime - like, do you have a few minutes in between or what? With X, I had a vague idea, like, if I lead him to one part of the precint and run to the next, I can estimate how much time I have. He was tough, but fair - Nemesis seems a bit unpredictable.
3. I notice there's more ammo around, and Jill is more like a fighter. Am I supposed to shoot zombies more often, or conserve ammo RE2 style?
4. In RE2, I never actually fought X, I just ran from him. What is the tactic here? Do I shoot Nemesis or run? Or both? I mean, if there is more ammo, maybe it would be less stressful for me, because, as I said - I didn't find him that hard. It's more the fact that I'm trying to conserve ammo (I had plenty of left at the end of the demo and never ran out).
5. Final question - do we expect there will be an Assisted mode, like in RE2? Because I may play this way on my first run.
I am actually torn a bit - I really like everything in the game, but I'm not sure if I want to put myself through all this :)