Resident Evil, the Nintendo Gamecube remake of the Original PS1 game is now available for XB1, 360, PS3, PS4 and PC! Now in HD.

Sure, I'm not a stickler. Any old guff concerning the franchise is welcome here.

I'd love a return to Resi's of old.  Sure, the times now demand moar action but I do like a good ol' survival horror plod.  RE4 struck a good balance but really, 5 was mince.

Webbins said:

I'd love a return to Resi's of old.  Sure, the times now demand moar action but I do like a good ol' survival horror plod.  RE4 struck a good balance but really, 5 was mince.

the dlc mission with the mansion in resi 5 was very nostalgic and harked back to the survival style of old.

Webbins said:

I'd love a return to Resi's of old.  Sure, the times now demand moar action but I do like a good ol' survival horror plod.  RE4 struck a good balance but really, 5 was mince.

Yeah, I thought the dlc for 5, 'Lost in Nightmares' was a pretty effective experiment in how tense you can make a co-op experience. It looks like the Leon segment of 6 is going to pay some lip service to more traditional RE fare. Looks like Capcom is trying the kitchen sink approach this time, which could go either way really.

rickjoyce wrote:

I got Resident Evil 2 for the playstation as a present for being confirmed in the Catholic faith which I have since distanced myself from.

Given how the two panned out it's debatable which one you'd have been better sticking with.

My friend likes ORC. Does he have bad taste? He also likes Twilight.

Have they abandoned forced co-op in this? I hate co-op unless it's with someone I'm not carrying.

XTC_NRG_4_DARKRAVER wrote:

Have they abandoned forced co-op in this? I hate co-op unless it's with someone I'm not carrying.

They've assigned partners for each section, so it doesn't look like it unfortunately. Still, the important thing is to accept the change and just play co op, even with a random if you have to, instead of ruining it by trying to play with the ai. I wouldn't even bother with 5 or 6(most likely) if you don't have someone to play through it with.

This looks insanely slick. Love the locations they have shown and it seems to have a scope that was missing from 4 & 5. Cover, diving in Max Payne style and running in that manner seems a tad unusual, but I suppose it will suit the experience.

I don't mind dragging an AI along with me, in fact it made Skyrim really special to me, but they need to be able to take care of themselves and not mean game over if they kark it.

Mod74 wrote:

I don't mind dragging an AI along with me, in fact it made Skyrim really special to me, but they need to be able to take care of themselves and not mean game over if they kark it.

Yeah, i'm ok with that too, it works well for Dragon's dogma. The game over thing is the real issue.

So I unlocked the true ending to Dragon's Dogma this afternoon, The Resident Evil 6 demo. It is quite generous as it has a 20 minute segment from each of the three parts.
So, thoughts.
Leon + Helena
L+H have just shot the president in the face and Helena says she has something to do with it. You instantly notice the visuals are a step up from last time around but there was still some pretty bad screen tearing in Leon's part that I hope gets cleared up (unlikely as I saw a lot of it in DD as well). I found the controls ok here but a bit messy as I was walking through tight corridors and I felt a bit drunk, then I realised the camera and aiming speeds were at 10, so I moved them down a bit and it felt a bit better. They've improved the facial animations again and I liked that they are confident enough to use expressions instead of dialogue for everything. The dialogue is your very standard generic action movie stuff. This was my least favourite of the three sections as the horror was not up to much but I was intrigued to see where it was going to go.
Chris and...uh guy
Chris is being a drunk jerk in some eastern European bar. I love this, it's the oldest action movie cliche but in the world of Resident Evil, it just put a smile on my face. I mean this is Chris Redfield , HE CAN BREAK GIANT BOULDERS WITH HIS FUCKING FISTS. He's trying to drown out some operation gone bad and is brought back into action by some old BSAA fellas, stop if you've heard this one. Next minute, you're in urban china, and some kind of crazy ganados are all up in your business. I liked the enemies here, dudes turn into flying bat things were the weak point is the old human head lodged in their anus. Dudes with swords attack you as well, 'cause Capcom is racist. Very basic tps stuff here but still quite fun, the explosions from red barrels are hilariously massive, you can do a sweet dodge where you fall on your back max payne style, but only if you want to. There is a skill in looking stylish while you fight, not enough to upset people who want to just breeze through, but it's there. Also, the single player AI seems fixed, I didn't have a single issue with it and barely even noticed they were there except for when they lent some fire. Enemy AI was aggressive, more so than RE5 and there is an abundance of health, I'm gonna guess Professional will be quite difficult indeed. I saw a couple of them get caught on a wall before reaching me but besides that they were pretty threatening. It ends with a standard hold 'em off section.
Jake and Sherry Birkin
Very little idea of what's going on here, it's basically just a boss battle. I love the design on this boss, some of their best work. They hide him well until the fight actually starts. I guess I would describe him as Vega from street fighter after suffering another horrible mutation. Getting grabbed by this thing is creepy as hell as he pierces and chokes you with his dozens of metal claws. This looks like it will probably be the most interesting segment so far. Jake has remote mines and a lot of melee attacks, I'll have to try it again as I didn't really see too much of that.
Everything Else
The presentation in this game is boss. Each story has a different styled UI which is cool, Leon's using a phone, Chris has menus that look far more military in nature. The menus are gorgeous, as I'm writing this I've noticed that each campaign changes the main theme when you select them. It's looking to turn out like I imagined. It's taking itself even more seriously than 5, which I don't like, but with that comes very slick production values and getting closer to their long term goal of the Hollywood action movie that you play. I will most likely be buying this game.

Also, it has co op in the demo which I haven't tried yet if any other DD folks who have the demo are interested.

Jesus that's a bit of a weird thing to put it in a game like that. Was it announced that they were doing it?

Yeah, it's a pain. Enter the code on the back of the manual like you would with microsoft points or a sub. Then go into the DD title screen and it's the bottom option. Around 850 MB.