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Resident Evil 2 |OT| 1998... I'll never forget it
- Thread starter Kindekuma
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Honestly, the way the characters looked in the FMVs was the scariest thing about the original RE2.
There is at least one (if not more) FA sprays in the G3 arena. And there's a set of green/blue/red herbs on the way to the Tyrant battle. You should have enough time to make it to S+.
thanks both.
Though I'll admit, it can be pretty hectic trying to find healing items in the G3 fight area. Good thing is, I discovered during this playthrough that you will never go from caution to death unless it's an insta-kill. I used to think you could but nope, you need to be in danger first.
Also I've done well at not using my healing item until after knocking him down at least once (and one time, twice).
At least there isn't much time between the save point and G3/S. Tyrant so when I die, I don't need to do too much I guess time-wise.
Woo!! I expected tomorrow morning. I'm gonna go play this in a sec...
Finished it yesterday with Leon. And I have some mixed feelings.
As a kid I finished this game but when I played the Remake I couldn't remember the story/plot/characters etc. so it was like playing it for the first time. The strange thing is that in my mind RE2 was much bigger story/wise and much better in that regard. Finishing the remake left me confused. Why didnt I remember more and why was this game so so so much better in my memories than what I actually finished yesterday.
Sorry if this feels strange.
BTW: what is the infinite pistol? And how do you get it?
As a kid I finished this game but when I played the Remake I couldn't remember the story/plot/characters etc. so it was like playing it for the first time. The strange thing is that in my mind RE2 was much bigger story/wise and much better in that regard. Finishing the remake left me confused. Why didnt I remember more and why was this game so so so much better in my memories than what I actually finished yesterday.
Sorry if this feels strange.
BTW: what is the infinite pistol? And how do you get it?
Not even.
No new cutscenes or anything. Not even any dialogue like with Hunk.
Just a text intro to tell you something about the character.
The original RE2 is 3 hours long, per character.
The story was good for its time but obviously dated by today's standards. The REmake has better storytelling, in general.
Oh that's disappointing. When initially revealed I was expecting 30 mins per character.
And with the PS blog was expecting 10 mins each.
You should replay the original if you're curious, but RE2 (and this remake) are both really short stories. You can obviously take as much time as you want to complete either game, but the overall progression through the story, especially after the first playthrough, is pretty short.
Runaway (the one with mayors daughter) is even shorter. Took me 6:58 on first completion.
They're supposedly high in replay value with the records, unlockables and whatnot.
The individual scenes and writing are obviously much improved, but the original 2 did have more additional background context with its greater number of files etc. / and also depicted scenes like Birkin's death and transformation as a cinematic cutscene rather than the remake's found footage approach - one isn't necessarily superior to the other, but it does feel like less of an event.
Some of it could also be that they've just finished the game with the A ending, when the A / B scenarios were added later in development for the remake, and as such the ending of the first run with a character cuts off more abruptly than the original.
There were around 40 files in the original, and there are 58 in the remake. The original's files did have straightforward, and sometimes lengthy, exposition in more of the files, but the remake sprinkled those lore bits in in-game dialogue while the "puzzle solution" files in the remake had more subtle storytelling to them.
I agree with you that one approach is not superior over the other, but to say that original RE2 had more story content is not entirely accurate.
EDIT: Also, the number of files in the original was actually much less if you don't count the EX files introduced in the N64 version.
Ooh I didn't know you could S-rank stuff with the special weapons, that gives me hope.
S Rank one A and one B scenario.
S Rank one A and one B scenario.
Infinite Samurai Edge - Clear S rank on standard difficulity
Infinite Submachine gun - Clear S-rank on Hardcore difficulity
Infinite RPG - Cleare S+ on Hardcore with Leon
Infinite Minigun - Clear S+ on Hardcore with Claire
Infinite Knife - Destroy all 15 Mr.Raccoon in Leon and Claire route
3 save maximum, below 2:30 (A scenarios) or 2:00 (B scenarios) completion time, no infinite weapons (except knife) allowed.
1. Maximum 3 saves.
2. Scenario A - Max time 2:30:00
Scenario B - Max time 2:00:00
3. No infinite weapons except infinite knife
If you're playing as Claire, you can't open that shutter door, so don't worry about it.
The item you need to move the bookcase is located on the west side of the first floor of RPD. It's in a room that you need a key to access.
Yes, you can return to the station via the sewers, but do everything you need to do before you depart the sewers, as there's no coming back then.
The item you need to move the bookcase is located on the west side of the first floor of RPD. It's in a room that you need a key to access.
Yes, you can return to the station via the sewers, but do everything you need to do before you depart the sewers, as there's no coming back then.
Yeah, I'm playing as Clair. I'm missing the club and heart keys. Guess I'll think how to get them later and just enter the sewers.
You can't get the club key as Claire either, if that helps. Just the heart key. I'm letting you know so you don't go somewhat mad trying to get a key that doesn't exist in your playthrough, like I did in mine.
Oh good, thanks. I already waste enough time doing test runs that lead into nothing and have been looking everywhere for stuff.
How is that even possible? Some boss battles are extreme hard or Im just doing something wrong.
The Ghost survivor Scenarios suck. It's more of the obnoxious: Look let's throw annyoing shit at you, while punishing you for playing the game normally.
They feel like a chore rather than an interesting variation on the core gameplay.
They feel like a chore rather than an interesting variation on the core gameplay.
Bosses generally have strategies that take them out very quickly. For example the first boss is pretty weak to the knife, even without abusing the framerate glitch on PC.
So all the fluff about "learn their stories" "what if" was bullshit and it's just... survivors?
Meh. I get why it's this cheap mode (because it's free) but then why tease it like that?
Bonus modes in Resident Evil didn't get good until Mercenaries, the thing in 0 also sucks big time. Like, they just didn't figure it out yet, enemy placement etc just feels off.
Meh. I get why it's this cheap mode (because it's free) but then why tease it like that?
Bonus modes in Resident Evil didn't get good until Mercenaries, the thing in 0 also sucks big time. Like, they just didn't figure it out yet, enemy placement etc just feels off.
I wouldn't say they "didn't get good" until Mercenaries. It's just they were different because the gameplay was different. RE0-CV had gameplay created to suit a survival horror game. Discourage combat. Ensure the player feels weak. That by Shinji Mikami own words is was survival horror in RE games was about. That doesn't translate the way some people want it to in an bonus arcade mode. Mercenaries mode and beyond were included in ACTION based RE's that had gameplay fundamentals and loops that encouraged combat. That type of gameplay lends itself to the type of arcade mode people seem to want.
In REmake2 (and all other survival horror RE's) your player moves fairly clunky, they're not the quickest, they don't turn smoothly, your weapons aren't GOAT, aiming is difficult, you have no melee moves, your health drains quickly, enemies are tough to go down, they sway and move in ways that make them difficult to hit, they're aggressive and lunge that you etc... None of this lends itself to a Raid or Mercenaries type mode.
I was about to post it, it was fantastic to play and very replayable. I had a blast with this mode.
Ah, yeah I assumed he meant the mercenaries modes included after Zero since he mentioned that in his post. Yeah RE3 Mercs was great. Boost up gun damage a little, reduce enemy health. Could see it working.