Resident Evil 5+6 (And 4)

So instead of going for Resident Evil 7, I decided to go for the recent HD ports of 5+6; games I own on previous systems, but never played past the opening levels. Why? Well the controls were horrible for one thing, and although the same can be said for 4, that game actually was pretty good. 5 and 6, not so. 5 was a poor, boring rehash of 4 and 6 was just a QTE fest.

So, ignoring that (it's been a few years, and wanted to give it a second chance), I tried to play 5 HD, and I'm struggling to play on - aiming is just so loose, and the controls, even remapped to match 4's, are just awful. I've reached the exact point I gave up at on the 360 (with the enemies attacking you inside a house, with you having to hold them off to survive, just like in 4), and man, I just can't arsed to play on. I want to, I love the series, but these games....

Anyone else feel the same?

I played a little bit of Resident Evil 5 but it's too boring for me to even care.

Don't know a thing about 6, never touched it. Never plan to.

I lost interest in the series after playing and beating 4. I mean, it was alright, but the RE mythos and vibe changed too much with 4 as if it shouldn't even have been called RE. The only RE games I'll revisit these days are the tank control ones on PS1 and Dreamcast.

I enjoyed playing 5 with my wife and was excited for 6 to come out, as we were planning on playing that one together too. We played through the Leon campaign, started the Chris campaign and were so disinterested that we turned it off and I've never played it since.

Resident Evil 7, on the other hand, is great. Very reminiscent of the originals.

Ever since the demo of Code Veronica on the Dreamcast, I've been trying to get into the series. I only got halfway through when I got the game back then, but now I really want to try 7 and I'm getting that same urge to reminisce before hand. I think I may go back to Code Veronica myself.

I thought Resident Evil 5 was okay. I played it through on Xbox 360 some years ago, but it wasn't particularly memorable. I hardly remember any of it today. Just the increasingly absurd battles with Wesker near the end. It was a fairly logical evolution of the mechanics introduced by RE4, but in the process it lost whatever bits of scariness that remained and completed RE's transformation into a full-on action game series. Resident Evil 4 definitely had a better blend between horror and action.

As for Resident Evil 6... I played the demo once, but I saw nothing that appealed to me. Skipped the game altogether. Resident Evil 7 looks like something I might be interested in again.

I completed the story for RE5 on the PS3 and immediately traded it in for something else. It was just okay, but nothing to make me think it was a great game. I skipped on playing 6, because I'd heard that it wasn't even considered a good game, and I do remember it hitting the $20 point about 6 or so months after its release.

I do have some interest in RE7, but not enough to pay $60 for it.

resident evil 5 is by far the best resident evil games of the new generation as long as you have a friend to play with. I did and co-op was amazing. the game is way better than 4 imo

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Originally Posted by bultje112

resident evil 5 is by far the best resident evil games of the new generation as long as you have a friend to play with. I did and co-op was amazing. the game is way better than 4 imo

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I think this even in single player. It improved the combat of RE4 and finally embraced action as the main element of the game, which is the case since his predecessor when you become a army of a single dude (but a few people still found scary for whatever reason). Also abandoned the backtrack in favor of stage progression and those pointless puzzles. Artistically RE4 still triumps over it, though, much better environments, characters and the story makes us laugh more.

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resident evil 5 is by far the best resident evil games of the new generation as long as you have a friend to play with. I did and co-op was amazing. the game is way better than 4 imo

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This is my take on it too. I think the game was fun, but also pretty campy in a lot of spots which if playing solo could turn a lot of folks off. Combat wise it was well executed sure, but it was missing a lot of the creepiness factor that was present in 4. 6 was also fun if you play co-op, but it got even campier as the story went on (DEREK C SIMMONS?!).

1, 2 and 3 (Nemesis) on the original Playstation were all great games. While all technically "survival horror," the first 2 focused on exploration and puzzle solving with zombies randomly attacking. I liked that the zombies were old school like in the Romero and Coffin Joe movies, not the superman zombies that have sprung up in movies and such over the last decade.

But Part 3 Nemesis was a bit of a different animal. The tank controls were altered a bit, and you were forced to literally run for your life throughout. The guns were better, and there was a huge baddie named Nemesis who randomly popped up and attacked you throughout the game, and that was intense. In retrospect, that aspect reminds me of Jaws on the NES. That game was a real rush at the time, and while it differed from its predecessors, it still maintained the RE feeling throughout.

RE4 has become this lauded game that everyone on the internet refers to as a classic. I personally thought it sucked, and I recall buddies of mine being rather disappointed with it at the time as well. It was a massive departure for the series, and it was just so slow and plodding, and didn't make me curious enough to search for secrets and such the way the earlier games did. I found it to be a total snooze fest, and that's basically where the series lost me.

Played a little bit of RE5, but not enough to form a full opinion of it. What I played basically felt like an action shooter, and not really an RE game, but again I just played an hour of it or so. Perhaps it's different. Never played 6. But I've been watching videos about 7 and I think it looks really cool. I'll probably pick it up in the next couple of months. I've still got a few games I'm playing through before I can get to it.

Did you play Code Veronica profholt82?

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Originally Posted by profholt82

1, 2 and 3 (Nemesis) on the original Playstation were all great games. While all technically "survival horror," the first 2 focused on exploration and puzzle solving with zombies randomly attacking. I liked that the zombies were old school like in the Romero and Coffin Joe movies, not the superman zombies that have sprung up in movies and such over the last decade.

But Part 3 Nemesis was a bit of a different animal. The tank controls were altered a bit, and you were forced to literally run for your life throughout. The guns were better, and there was a huge baddie named Nemesis who randomly popped up and attacked you throughout the game, and that was intense. In retrospect, that aspect reminds me of Jaws on the NES. That game was a real rush at the time, and while it differed from its predecessors, it still maintained the RE feeling throughout.

RE4 has become this lauded game that everyone on the internet refers to as a classic. I personally thought it sucked, and I recall buddies of mine being rather disappointed with it at the time as well. It was a massive departure for the series, and it was just so slow and plodding, and didn't make me curious enough to search for secrets and such the way the earlier games did. I found it to be a total snooze fest, and that's basically where the series lost me.

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My thoughts exactly on RE4.

In regards to RE3, RE2 also had a nemesis acting the same way on your second quest/character. And while RE3 game engine was capable of more zombies at a time, I never recall having to run past any. I kill them all. But... sadly RE3 was one RE I never beat. Made it near the very end and something eluded me that I thought I must of messed up so bad that maybe I glitched it to be unbeatable. Basically made it as far as that outdoor park/garden/or cemetery. Been meaning to get back to RE3 one of these days ever since.

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Originally Posted by profholt82

1, 2 and 3 (Nemesis) on the original Playstation were all great games. While all technically "survival horror," the first 2 focused on exploration and puzzle solving with zombies randomly attacking. I liked that the zombies were old school like in the Romero and Coffin Joe movies, not the superman zombies that have sprung up in movies and such over the last decade.

But Part 3 Nemesis was a bit of a different animal. The tank controls were altered a bit, and you were forced to literally run for your life throughout. The guns were better, and there was a huge baddie named Nemesis who randomly popped up and attacked you throughout the game, and that was intense. In retrospect, that aspect reminds me of Jaws on the NES. That game was a real rush at the time, and while it differed from its predecessors, it still maintained the RE feeling throughout.

RE4 has become this lauded game that everyone on the internet refers to as a classic. I personally thought it sucked, and I recall buddies of mine being rather disappointed with it at the time as well. It was a massive departure for the series, and it was just so slow and plodding, and didn't make me curious enough to search for secrets and such the way the earlier games did. I found it to be a total snooze fest, and that's basically where the series lost me.

Played a little bit of RE5, but not enough to form a full opinion of it. What I played basically felt like an action shooter, and not really an RE game, but again I just played an hour of it or so. Perhaps it's different. Never played 6. But I've been watching videos about 7 and I think it looks really cool. I'll probably pick it up in the next couple of months. I've still got a few games I'm playing through before I can get to it.

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why not mention code veronica? that was the absolute perfection of the old-style resident evil. it had everything done so well. sick (bizarre incesteous)storyline, content, great production values. really hard difficulty which was fixed. great formula for playing as 2 different characters and it having effect on your playthrough with chris later on

I guess I kind of forgot about Code Veronica. I borrowed it from a buddy and put a few hours into it on PS2 back in the day, but I never finished it. I remember liking it and getting into it for a while though. It seemed there were tons of long MGS-esque cut scenes which got a bit tedious I remember. But honestly, it's been probably 15 years or so since I played it, so take all of that with a grain of salt. It does have the classic RE control scheme, right? Just everything was updated for the next generation. I'd like to pick it up and give it an actual playthrough. It sounds like some of you love it.