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Resident Evil 6: Why you should give it another shot
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Anyway, I'm gladly I waited until a few months ago to try RE6. If I have played it back when it was released, I would probably have hated it. But now, with Resident Evil back on track, I can be more... patient with RE6. It's not a good game by any means, but it has interesting mechanics that when are not being sabotaged by everything else can be quite fun and even exciting (Mercenaries in where the game works best). Enemy design is a bit mixed but have some very interesting monsters and mutations.
I'll defend this game as being the best pure TPS game of all time. It's even better in retrospect because we all know that the series is back where it needs to be with RE2R. That being said, this game has it all. Tons of content, lots of locations, enemy variety, cool set pieces, epic boss fights with no shoehorning any DLC. The shooting mechanics are dope too. There was only 1 or 2 levels that I absolutely hated, but besides that, it was a fucking blast and much more fun than RE5 (worst in the series).
I will once again be able to declare my love for RE3 in the face of adversity and explain in just how many ways it improves on RE2. The cycle will continue.
And RE6 will continue to be trash.
No joke: I was hyped as fuck for this game and I turned it off after like 10 minutes 6 or whatever years ago. Rental from Gamefly that I just sent back almost immediately. I think going into it with the mentality that it's over the top schlock may be my way to give it a second chance though...I'm not above that.
As someone who loves mercenaries, RE6 is not good. 10% of the game being cool doesn't absolve the other 90% from being terrible.
Level design.
Boss design.
Encounter design.
All terribly executed.
Wrestling moves cant save it from bad design.
Also, the guns are terrible to shoot.
In a shooter. :(
Level design.
Boss design.
Encounter design.
All terribly executed.
Wrestling moves cant save it from bad design.
Also, the guns are terrible to shoot.
In a shooter. :(
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I think it's one of the poorest RE games, I was shocked how bad it was when I played it at launch, but I did somewhat enjoy the mercs mode with the new dodge mechanics and such.
I'm so happy Capcom didn't bring this style back for future mainline games. If they want to do something similar in the future just keep it for one of the spin-off games.
I'm so happy Capcom didn't bring this style back for future mainline games. If they want to do something similar in the future just keep it for one of the spin-off games.
Now that RE2 remake is out, these threads are hard to bear. I tried many many many times to like RE6 over the years, but it's just not a very good game. It's a sloppy bottom of the barrel game with minor moments of greatness spread far apart, with an admittedly decent combat system (but a crappy campaign that doesn't really make good use of said combat system)
Glad it exists though, without it I doubt Capcom would have given an T virus shot to the decomposing corpse of "Horror RE"
Glad it exists though, without it I doubt Capcom would have given an T virus shot to the decomposing corpse of "Horror RE"
Also me trying to explain that I just don't think RE6 was a fun RE game
I did before RE 2 remake came out and it still sucks.
Edit: Much respect for the post below this one. Great way to look at it.
Edit: Much respect for the post below this one. Great way to look at it.
I'm on RE6's side, boy am I ever. It's my favourite game of gen 7 and one of my favourite titles in my favourite gaming franchise, period. I've played it back to front and upside down over the last 6 years, and continue to do so. I adore it.
But at this point wheeling out old gifs and insisting that Mercs represents the mechanics at their best (completely untrue) isn't going to recruit newcomers, much less convert detractors enthusiastic about making these threads read pretty much the same every time.
People can and will continue to discover the game of their own accord due to the series' legacy/pedigree alone. RE6 has a significant number of fans and they're growing all the time, and that's great.
But at this point wheeling out old gifs and insisting that Mercs represents the mechanics at their best (completely untrue) isn't going to recruit newcomers, much less convert detractors enthusiastic about making these threads read pretty much the same every time.
People can and will continue to discover the game of their own accord due to the series' legacy/pedigree alone. RE6 has a significant number of fans and they're growing all the time, and that's great.
I played through RE6 recently. I had fun but the game has many many problems. Super bloated and filled to the brim with obnoxious QTEs. It's not a terrible game though and there's some fun to be had for sure.
I'm just glad the series is back on track now. I lost all interest in the franchise during RE5-6.
I'm just glad the series is back on track now. I lost all interest in the franchise during RE5-6.
Nope it's still the worst entry in the series. Doesn't matter how many times you say it, it's not gonna change.
Plus it has a freaking giraffe for a logo.
Sorry no. RE6 is terrible.
Plus it has a freaking giraffe for a logo.
Sorry no. RE6 is terrible.
Yep. Tried this game, hated it, listened to the GAF community tell me I was "playing it wrong", went back, still hated it.
The condescending fan base didn't help at all.
What is it with this place and the constant stream "but, but, but RE6 is good". Nah, it sucks. I tried it again last year to see if I was being down on it (used to think it was pretty mediocre) and it was actually even worse than I remembered. The only RE game I've played and didn't like at all.
Listen OP, i played this game, day one on xbox 360. Before any patches, on the 2nd hardest difficulty. That boss with chris and piers, with the giant thing took me 1.5 hours because i kept running out of ammo and the game was so tight with ammo. It eventually got fixed with a patch but iv never gone back.
You'll need to point them out, since I've never seen much worse from RE6 fans than "are you sure you learned all the mechanics?" .
I'm always surprised these threads are so strongly felt.
Worse than Survivor or Umbrella Corps?
Nah fam.
Those are spin offs. I assume the thread is strictly about the mainline entries. Which we're discussing. And 6 is by far the worst.
Cause RE5 is the GOAT. It doesn't need convincing threads. The world already knows it's the best.
I gave it another try this year, in coop, with Leon's campaign. It's atrocious. Combat feels worse than 4/5, the enemies and bosses aren't fun, and the story is even more nonsensical than the low Resident Evil baseline. The PC controls work but are extremely non intuitive/nonstandard and things like the healing pills system and inventory management are some of the worst design choices I've seen in a series that had already solved these problems in previous games.
Same. And I like Revelations 1. But it's easily the weakest of the main series.
Well first off, the site has new members being added everyday. So for someone going "I've seen this thread" there's someone else who might not have. This doesn't even factor in the mass amounts of views from readers without accounts that the site accrues.
Secondly, there's nothing stopping you or someone else making a thread about a game you think more people should play. That's what the post thread feature is for after all. I use it all the time for Dino Crisis after all.
As for why people bother to make threads about this. It's just due to being a unique title from a gameplay perspective. Ask anyone who likes RE6 and they'll never hide the flaws the game has. But the gameplay loop and ridiculous events can lead to a good time (Though obviously not for everyone).
it's why you see the threads you do compared to say "Why you should give DMC 2 a chance".
It was shit then, And is still shit now.
Would have preferred the RE5 method of letting you keep your loot and drop in/out with anyone with it, Instead of pre determined loot for each section/character path.
Would have preferred the RE5 method of letting you keep your loot and drop in/out with anyone with it, Instead of pre determined loot for each section/character path.
Resident Evil 6 is a bad game. No amount of varied combat options, environments, and set pieces changes that when it's all either done very poorly or in the case of the combat options, not taught or necessary for anything in the game outside of say, Mercenaries.
It has been 7 years. Move on.
It has been 7 years. Move on.
