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General Random Thoughts: Biohazard/Resident Evil edition

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What did the tweet say? I'm not able to see posts on X any more without having to sign in. 🥲

Granted, seeing what I did on the former Twitter used to make me want to cut out my eyeballs anyway. 🖥

What did they say in the Bible?

And if thy eye offend thee, pluck it out. 👁 😅

Never mind. It loaded up.
 
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People are too fixated on RE4 and even RE2, that they'll constantly feel the need to shit on the remake of RE3 and claim 5 and 6 are awful, even though these games play exactly the same. Really, I don't see any difference with 4 and 5 besides having Sheva as your sidekick. Even the remake of RE3 is just like RE2.

Every enemy from 4 returns in 5, more or less, with the gameplay being practically identical in my book. And Wesker is in 5 fighting Chris, so unlike 4, the events of 5 feel more conclusive. Wesker probably didn't even know about Leon before, but 5 feels like it properly picks up the arc after CV, with their fight by the submarine ending a little short. So why people act like 4 is a masterpiece and disregard its sequel, is strange to me.

It's also sad and lame how people hate CV and say it's actually meant to be a spin off. CV was in fact the real RE3. I guess if you want to label RE3 as being RE3, then CV is the real RE4 in a way. The actual RE4 is a new start for RE as a whole, so it barely feels correlated with the lore in any case. Yet CV feels like a sequel.

It's just that the RE fans are an odd crowd.
 
RipvanX

RipvanX

My RE9 Plot Summary;

They could pull an Evangelion where two different alien species planted the Megamycete and Progenitor Flower which would cause friction between the alien races as they both want to influence the evolution of life in their own visions. So an all out war breaks out causing World War III.

Meanwhile, Mecha-Wesker comes crawling out of the volcano because he secretly injected himself with nanomachines that helped regenerate his body. A more mature Natalia takes over the BSAA with one of the alien races and combines the C-Virus and Uroboros viruses to create a new strain that acts like The Thing as seen in 4D Executor. Rose infects all our heroes with her mold powers and they gain X-Men powers to fight off these new threats.

This is a hot take but at this point in the timeline I really don’t care which direction they take it.
 
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RipvanX

RipvanX

Finally have my marathon document finished, added some fancy art to it to make it more appealing. I almost considered cutting out The Struggle, Little Miss, and Shadows of Rose along with RE1/4 OG but naaaah, I will suffer through it ALL again.

Once a major title is announced that actually advances the story I will do another 100-ish hour marathon. I used to do them once a year but life’s been quite the hassle lately and the world wars going on has me spooked that our species is coming to an end soon. Hopefully it ends on a higher note with RE9 but we’ll see..
 
Gwyllgi

Gwyllgi

So i've been replaying RE 5... can all Uroboros mutants dissipate and reform? Is wesker alive and basically cameron now?
 
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We see Wesker as an adapter of the Uroboros Virus in TEPPEN and Dead by Daylight. There he can reshape his tissues into cysts and vice versa. Basically how Jack Baker did it with his mold in End of Zoe.

However, we don't know the extent of this ability, as well as exactly how the PG67A/W serum works, which is why I'm not ruling out the possibility that the legendary executive from Umbrella Corps may be a true Wesker.

The funny thing is, when I write about the possibility that Wesker is alive, some people go nuts and start accusing me of some kind of wishful thinking. But I really don't care if Wesker is alive or has been replaced: I just don't want to jump on the conclusion without confirmation. The truth doesn't depend on anyone's opinion about the quality and suspension of disbelief.
 
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So Capcom probably ain't ever gonna include those retro RE assets ever again. However, there's still games that occasionally come out, with that style from the 90s.

It just takes you back.

 
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Yeah. The RE2 remake is putrid. I hate it how people call it a classic when the game isn't even on par with the original. Not one bit.

Sure, it's still a good game that retains the classic elements of what the survival horror genre used to be known for providing. There's definitely more to hate than like, all the while. But it does have that going for it.

I also think it's very fanboy-ish how RE2 changed so much from the original, yet all of their criticism, hatred and so on, almost always gets directed at RE3, despite RE2 doing the same things, which was of course Capcom cutting out content and altering so much regarding the plot. So why bash one game for omitting stuff when they go almost hand in glove?

Is this because the original RE2 is cited as the best pre-RE4 game? Probably, yeah. This is in my view the main reason they act so biased.

Then RE4 received a remake. It's very good, but has corny moments. Does anyone talk much about the changes or cut content in RE4? Again, no, not really. Only observant people like ourselves will point it out. The nerds can never be as objective as we are.

The problem with some fans is that they just developed a fixture for some games in the franchise above others, which causes them to fail somewhat in understanding that they are all rightfully called reimaginings, and are hereby not even true remakes.
 
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Well, RE7 and 8 are jokes of games. It totally gets my gears grinding when people say RE8 is a good game. It happens all the time on a lot of rubbish gaming forums I visit.

I'll post when I can be arsed to do so, mentioning all the things I hate about modern RE gameplay. Like how the guns feel crappy, they have lame storylines, or how you can buy things with gold, which in my opinion is just stupid. Keep that gimmicky nonsense please for an adventure based franchise such as the Uncharted series, or something.

They kind of admit that the series has been in a slump, only to do a swerve and shit on my thread, saying RE7 and 8 are good games, and that the remakes are enjoyable. Were they hell?

RE4, yes.
2, to an extent.
3, nope.

OK. 7 may be quite stupid, but it is a really good game if you judge it as a horror game that has no ties to bugger all RE related. If you don't think of it as a real RE game, it's fine. Not overly tremendous, but passable.

RE8 on the other hand was a piss take that made me irate. The entire game is farcical. I think the house section with Angie the puppet is embarrassingly dumb. Like, seriously. It's really outlandish. Then it just gets worse from there.

The dragon fight and the robot fight are just stupid. Duke looks silly and is in line to become the new manager of the Heart Attack Grill.

I also think they were trying so hard to copy just about everything from RE4.

Village? Check.
Castle? Check.
Vendor? Check.
Kidnapped people? Check.
Factory? Check.

The entire game is absolutely daft, but then they add in the Heather Mason type character, Rosemary, and make it like she's friggin' walking about with mannequins in pursuit, like you're lost in Silent Hill.

Jesus, was RE8 just the dumbest?
 
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