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It comes near the end of the sewers. You'll pick up a key and need to use that to open a door that leads to a room with an elevator.
Well, I don't blame them, when you're a zombie I doubt you have any control over you bowl movement.
It continues the trend of showing its most impactful moments in a grounded in-game fashion rather than cutscenes. I really loved the unhinged introduction to Mr. X and the Licker where you see them appear in front of you doing some sort of taunting scripted thing, and you're just left to react immediately without knowing what they're going to do if they get too close. I suppose it just didn't quite pay off with the VHS because, honestly, the original plot of RE2 was very cheesy but fit that era so well because of our capabilities in production quality and expectations for video games... but today that same plot doesn't ring the same when put into grounded visuals and convincing facial animation and etc. It just comes across as cheesy now.
It's crazy how well some scenes like Kendo, Marvin or Irons do however. It's just the ultimate plot of the game that comes across as extra cheesy now, culminating with the Alpha team closing in on Birkin.
If one of them aggros immediately then you might have to burn a flash grenade yea. Even with Claire's arsenal (much better than Leon's imo) it's not worth either the risk or the ammo to try to take it out. It's up to you though, Claire has more efficient ways of killing them overall, with Leon you really just have to pump them with like 8 shotgun shells or more and it's ridiculous.
At this point, when you return to those areas there'll probably already be a zombie coming in through those windows, so it's too late in that sense yea. The issue is you really want to avoid extra things to deal with in those areas because of the Lickers...
Well, for sure. They nailed it with MrX and Licker introduction, no cutscene, just what happen in front of you. I still remember my first encounter with it as I didn't notice it was on the ceiling, and as soon as its tougue out to get the zombie , I scream like a little girl.
Have to agree with you there, RE7 was my previous favourite but RE2R has got to be the new numero uno.
So true. Best part for me was that it took me a while to remember and I was standing right in front with Claire when it happened!
How do the collectibles achievements work exactly?
Like I'm still currently in my first playthrough Leon A scenario. But I heard some collectibles are scattered across different scenarios. On my first playthrough id like to play and get the true ending and enjoy it but if I got the true ending wouldn't that lock me out of the other two scenarios for collectibles? When do they actually count and register? Do you have to finish every scenario for the collectibles to count?
I know the raccoon toys count as soon as you shoot one as it saves them straight away.
Like I'm still currently in my first playthrough Leon A scenario. But I heard some collectibles are scattered across different scenarios. On my first playthrough id like to play and get the true ending and enjoy it but if I got the true ending wouldn't that lock me out of the other two scenarios for collectibles? When do they actually count and register? Do you have to finish every scenario for the collectibles to count?
I know the raccoon toys count as soon as you shoot one as it saves them straight away.
Didn't see anyone answer you on this but this is how I did it.
You should be able to sneak past them getting into the kennel, but every time I came back from the morgue, like you described one Licker was always completely blocking off the small hallway back into the bigger space with the dead dogs. There's a blocked path on your left with junk that has a gap, which you can throw a stun grenade over to distract both with enough time to run past and out.
The writing is fine. Leon's voice actor on the other hand can't deliver on a lot of his lines. He completely no sells it sometimes. He started off pretty good but as I get close to NEST I'm noticing some wonky voice work from him. It comes off like the voice actor doesn't feel fully immersed and dedicated to the character.
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Best Leon A last night. Really impressed with how they fleshed out the two other environments, which always felt like a much steeper drop off in the original RE2. I wish the lab was a little bigger, and I definitely prefer it's look in the original, but the stuff you do there is all great. I have a few disappointments when I compare this to the original game (mostly in regards to a few enemies, areas, and story things that were cut) but I may end up preferring this one due to how expanded the later levels are and how much more uncompromising of a survival horror experience it is. Really impressed Capcom released such a polished AAA game that is also completely devoid of filler (it's a good thing it left me wanting more) and totally unafraid of making the player on edge of failure at pretty much all times. This isn't the across the board improvement the first remake was, but it exceeded my expectations in almost every way and may now be in my top 3 RE games. We'll see if Claire B changes any of my thoughts though.
As far as 7 goes, this obviously destroys the level design, pacing, puzzles, and enemy variety, but I as fun as all the boss fights were in this I don't think any topped the 2nd Jack or Marguerite fights from that game (but fortunately this actually had climactic boss fights). I also think 7 is still the scarier game and I generally prefer the atmosphere of that one. If RE8 combines what is great about the two games, then we're really in for something wild.
As far as 7 goes, this obviously destroys the level design, pacing, puzzles, and enemy variety, but I as fun as all the boss fights were in this I don't think any topped the 2nd Jack or Marguerite fights from that game (but fortunately this actually had climactic boss fights). I also think 7 is still the scarier game and I generally prefer the atmosphere of that one. If RE8 combines what is great about the two games, then we're really in for something wild.
I just reached NEST and have a lot of ammo saved, I just kill what's not 100% avoidable.
Also taking my sweet time, I'm 8 hours in...
I absolutely love how the zombies you kill don't disappear. It's so great coming back into a room and remembering how you killed a zombie while looking at its bloody, limbless body. It adds A LOT to the atmosphere.
I've not played the B scenario yet but did they totally take out the Mr X cutscene of him getting helicopter dropped into the RPD?
It feels like a very transparent way to make you waste ammo, like several other decisions. It feels lame as hell when it very obviously happens. If I've been doing well, I'd like to reward myself with being able to use the damn ammo I've been conserving and not have the game slap my hand with a "lol zombie #78 now takes a whole handgun clip".
Got the platinum trophy over the weekend, hell of a lot of Resident Evil 2 in a short timeframe, but damn I loved it. I can't get enough of that franchise and RE2 Remake was probably the pinnacle for me.
Toughest trophy for me was probably doing the no item box run, I kept ending up accidentally with items I had no use for, and grabbing weapons and weapon enhancements I didn't need which took up valuable inventory space.
Hardcore mode though was surprisingly rewarding and fun, I prefer it over the other modes because it felt the most like the original RE2. Once you really understand Mr. X's AI he's actually one of the less threatening things in that game.
Toughest trophy for me was probably doing the no item box run, I kept ending up accidentally with items I had no use for, and grabbing weapons and weapon enhancements I didn't need which took up valuable inventory space.
Hardcore mode though was surprisingly rewarding and fun, I prefer it over the other modes because it felt the most like the original RE2. Once you really understand Mr. X's AI he's actually one of the less threatening things in that game.
I thought that. Often, especially with the incidental comments he spouts he just sounds mildly irritated rather than horrified.
Holy hell the fire effects/lighting are both out of this world. Using Claire's grenade launcher with flame rounds in a dark room is a thing of beauty!
When all you have left during a boss fight is handgun ammo, and it's all the game wants to give you, you might wish you still had it. Handgun saved me at the endgame.
I was doing the lab last night and was marveling at the flamethrower fire.
You know, after all this time I have never made that connection lol. It's one of my fave movies too.
I like that the environment can affect it too, like when you're getting out of the sewer water the outfit is wet up to the point the water was. Sometimes bonus outfits don't apply those kind of details so that's cool to see.
Oh dude, don't even get me started on that glorious flamethrower.
So I just jumped into Leon B and made the switch from standard to hardcore.
Help! Bet this has been asked a lot before, but how exactly you get past a licker? I can't seem to be able do it.
I walk super slow but they smell me or something and eventually they bump into me and I'm getting destroyed.
Help! Bet this has been asked a lot before, but how exactly you get past a licker? I can't seem to be able do it.
I walk super slow but they smell me or something and eventually they bump into me and I'm getting destroyed.
I ran into the same on Claire A Normal, so this might not apply...
Carefully walking into and out of the room, seemed to get it to move eventually. At first I thought the game was trying to force combat on me (On my Claire B run, I killed them) but eventually it moved onto the wall.
Yeah, it looks amazing. They really put the effort in.
I love the look of them lol.
Also, I tried playing around with the brightness settings for the first time since I started it, and pushing the last image test to be a bit brighter makes this much easier to see the environments. Think I'll keep adjusting it until I get it just right, but I feel I've been playing it way too dark, even though I do like nice inky blacks.
Fuck yes it is
Also fuckkkkk me, Claire B gets hard so damn quick, game throws a lot of shit at you really fast
The game looks pretty good, but I'm skeptical after playing RE7. My problem with that game was that it was so painfully slow to move your character that it made the game far more tedious than it needed to be. I played the demo, and it did feel a little better, but it still wasn't as fluid as I'd have liked. I'm curious what anything thinks.
Is there a "roadmap" or walkthrough for the 14000 step achievement? What route to take for optimal steppage, etc
I cranked out a Claire A Standard S+ run last night, was pretty painless and intended for achievement cleanup. Gonna do one for Leon later this week.
I cranked out a Claire A Standard S+ run last night, was pretty painless and intended for achievement cleanup. Gonna do one for Leon later this week.
I still don't really grasp stealthing around Lickers fully even after beating Leon A. It seemed like a crapshoot with them usually crawling right into my required path and not budging unless I aggro'd them. Worst case was
the two Lickers in the Lab (on Normal). I attempted to sneak around them three separate times, each resulting in them simply blocking my path. Ended up wasting most of my Magnum ammo on blasting them.
So have we heard anything about this free DLC stuff that Capcom is working on? The free DLC for VII was pretty meh. Thinking about selling the game after I finish it.
With the lickers, as long as you aren't running, any walking speed is considered "okay" around them. Even though you can audibly hear the footsteps, it doesn't bother the lickers. They do get alerted and try to "investigate" where you are, but if you just keep moving they leave you alone as long as you don't touch them.
There are about 4 lickers in the game that do by default attack you the moment you see them though as a scripted event. One is coming outside of the kennel (not the two in the kennel), one is after the lady medallion with the C4, and the last two are in the lab. These you cannot sneak past no matter what, and I always save any flame rounds or magnum ammo I have for these encounters in my playthroughs.
I love it when games have unlockables like models, always cool to look at them and see their detail. The fact that this game has a remix of the old safe room theme just makes it even better.
I had a rather funny moment in that last one. I walked into a corner thinking it would walk along the hallway and instead it crawled towards me and stopped right by my feet and wouldn't budge at all. Equipped the flash grenade thinking I could simply distract them and as soon as hit L2 and my arms raised, the thing went bananas and I got torn up.