All things Resident Evil

I thought it was pretty good, but I only played it in the demo (the castle) .

You can tell its a first person game with a 3rd person camera though, it's different to the Re2/3makes

It's his only discernable feature

Great. House Beneviento wasn’t scary enough before obviously. Thanks. Thanks guys. More nightmares.

Just finished that area last night. Crikey. It wasn't constantly scary - the latter half was more quirky and good fun than pant wetting - but that first segment, the one that called to mind the original game... Blimey. Worth the price of admission alone.

Don't think I have too far to go. I'll probably be around 4 - 5 hours once done, but I am VERY slow. Have to say, it's very good indeed. It's better than the DLC for RE7 (well, I liked Chris' one, which is maybe on a par, but the punching man's one can fuck off for ever), and even though there's no new locales everything is nicely mixed up and - let's face it - the areas are so cool anyway you don't mind revisiting them.

Finished the Rose DLC last night. My total time was apparently 3 hrs 47 mins. So yeah, that's me plodding through it, so it IS short.

It's a tough one to recommend. On one hand, it has no new areas and has a really short running time. On the other, it complaints one of the scariest gaming moments outside the base game and a few other titles, meaning just to experience that section, I genuinely think it was worth it. plus even familiar and short Resident Evil these days is still brilliant Resident Evil, and I really did love it. Besides. With gaming time at a premium, I'd always rather short but high quality content.

I'd never assocaited Resident Evil with scary until RE7 came out. That game made me shit myself multiple times. Village then delivered a fucking masterful horrendous sequence. Thankfully the whole game wasn't like that. The DLC is essentially the mix of styles that the main game offers but condensed down. I must confess to being a real fan of the direction they are taking the series. Some shooty bits, some puzzly bits, some narrative bits, some scary bits, some chase bits etc. All the while in a finely crafted locale that oozes atmosphere and is rich with detail.

Like returning to the mansion in RE1 only to find hunters and giant fucking spiders all over the place.

RE has always been more about causing anxiety over resource management (even though you always end up with tons of stuff left over at the end and a magnum you might as well use on the final boss) and the jump scares

I still think they have their moments though

The REmake mansion is still the best location in the series. Unlocking different areas, learning your way around, working out the fastest routes/routes to avoid zombies, etc is a huge part of the appeal. The REmake 2 police station comes a close second

How free are we to talk about the scary bit of the dlc without ruining it for everyone now?

I was speaking to a friend about it earlier and I’ve convinced myself that its a) genius and b) one of the most scary and tense sections I’ve played in a long time/ever

I know other titles have done it before but to get some many different scares across one environment between the base game and dlc really speaks to how well they know what they’re doing right now.

Agree that

Apparently RE0 just turned 20.

Plotwise with the opera singing and slugs and second even more secreter hidden mansion + laboratory it definitely falls on the silly side of Resi. The inventory management was a bit of a failed experiment. Billy Coen couldn’t be a more early-00s protagonist.

But I still feel like its a solid enough game in its moment-to-moment action. Its got a very comic book spin-off feel but its ultimately a game I enjoy more than I find fault with.

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I remember liking RE0 but the inventory management really puts me off playing it again. Going into it not knowing, I just got on with it but with foreknowledge of it, can't really be arsed

Isn't one of the plus game unlocks ?

Also something I've been wondering recently, what happens between the time in RE1 when they enter the mansion and the game starts that causes Chris and Jill to get separated?

As for RE0. I actually only played that for the first time ever earlier this year. I actually owned it for the gamecube originally after buying it when it came out. Never got around to it back then and ever since, all the talk of shitty inventory management etc had put me off.

Turns out all that stuff - whilst irritating - wasn't anywhere near as bad as I feared. Ended up playing through the whole thing and really liking it. It's no RE1, 2 or even CV, but it's a solid entry that tries a couple of new things.

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