Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, Thoughts?

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**Necroshea**

halonachos wrote:
Necroshea wrote:
halonachos wrote:it was deemed a failure despite being almost exactly like the original Duke Nukems

No big boot
Limited weapon carrying capacity
No duel wielding, this especially when you see the pigs doing it

It might have been similar to the older duke nukems, but not in the ways that mattered (to me anyways)

But they don't know what matters to everyone, some people may have loved the fact that it didn't allow dual wielding except for the weapons that required it. For some people the look of the enemies is important, for others its the look of the main characters, and then there's the numerous gameplay mechanics involved. Some of the people don't like the fact that you can now run and gun in this Resident Evil and some people like it.

Just because it doesn't matter to you, it doesn't mean that it doesn't matter to someone out there.

Well, if you're going to remake a game that's been in dev hell forever, appealing to the fans of the original would be a safe bet. After all, they're the ones primarily interested in the games release.

In regards to the dual wielding, I'm primarily referring to the pistol. Dual shotgun and such ridiculous is reserved for CoD. Even those out there who think dual pistols is dumb, you have to understand this is DUKE FREAKING NUKEM. If anyone can dual wield it would be him. A lot of the charm of the original was lost in the new one. Instead we got a run of the mill boring shooter with a duke nukem skin.

This is all horribly OT though so let's just agree that game failed and continue on with the RE:ORC discussion

**halonachos**

Not really off topic seeing as though it correlates to how people may react to the game changing certain aspects. Some people said that they were happy that the game is going back to its roots with T-Virus zombies and said that they were unhappy with Las Plagas and Uroburos parasites in the last two games. So some people are happy that there are old zombies in this even though that means they have created no new enemies and they stuck with raccoon city which means that they have not created any new settings. The only things they have changed are point of view, and gameplay.

**purplefood**

bombboy1252 wrote:
Asherian Command wrote:
KingCracker wrote:
Asherian Command wrote:Leon looks like an anime character in this one. And he has been by far my most favorite RE character.
I laugh at how good the games are in comparison to the movies.

Really? You say that like thats not just how movies from games work. VERY rarely does a game to a movie actually turn out good.

Hey mate I am map maker which is comparable to a game designer, except we got no fancy equipment we have a java and a small group of nerds. To date I know this for a fact. There have been no good games that have come out of the movie franchises. Except for Starwars, LOTR and TRON (1st game). Surprisingly only one move that was from a video game was... Wait there hasn't been one sadly that is even remarkable.
Resident Evil the movie series fail
Capcom's Resident Evil ACTUALLY MAKES SENSE. Unlike the fail movie series.. *sigh*
I've hated the Resident Evil movies. Its a blasphemy on the genre. Its not scary. I love Resident Evil 1,2,3,4, But I hated 5. With all my soul and all my heart. It was because of Shiva, and the fact it was the same as the last game...

At least this one is putting you in the shoes of Umbrellia. Lets kill some STARRRRRRRRSSSSS

I would hate 5, but I had such a good time playing Co-op through the game. Sheva is only annoying when you play 1 player, and she doesn't do anything

This. The co-op was so much fun. It was the bot they had for Sheva that was horrific.

**Mr Hyena**

The 3DS Resi game honestly looks much better...

**Slarg232**

It's ALIVE!

So now that the game is out, I ask the same question as the OP; What are everyones thoughts/favorite characters?

I personally love Spectre, but it's incredibly frustrating playing as the guy whose special power is being able to tell people where zeds are.... but no one else has a mic.

**Necroshea**

I saw a guy playing it, fighting off Mr X, it looked incredibly boring. He would just kind of run around and shoot him in the face about 10 times, take cover, pop out and do it again.

I wasn't impressed. Then again I played RE for the tension, soooooo...

**Slarg232**

The bosses are incredibly stupid (It took four of us to shoot the first boss in the head for 45 minutes to beat him), but other than that, I would say it was a step forward for the series.

**Elvenmonk**

I think it's a step backwards. The game was pretty boring and bad.
Now I've not played it with friends only AI. The AI is some of the absolute worst I or any of my friends have seen. They constantly get stuck on walls and door ways. they never shoot zombies and have you do all the work. There was even a part where you're going down an elevator shaft and all they did was shoot up at the roof even though nothing was there. As they were doing this there was a zombie horde coming to eat me.
Oh and for some reason badguys (odd using that term) don't seem to target AI.
Even ignoring all that the gameplay was bland at best.

**Spartan 117**

Just wondering isn't Resident Evil 4 also coming out this year as well? So 2 Resident Evil games in 1 year?

**MrDwhitey**

Every review I've seen of it is terrible, and it's metacritic score was around 54 or something.

Shame.

**Lord Scythican**

Spartan 117 wrote:Just wondering isn't Resident Evil 4 also coming out this year as well? So 2 Resident Evil games in 1 year?

Resident Evil 6 you mean? I think it is coming out this year. I am looking forward to that one.

**Elvenmonk**

Spartan 117 wrote:Just wondering isn't Resident Evil 4 also coming out this year as well? So 2 Resident Evil games in 1 year?

3 Resi games, actually. The 3DS one was amazing.

**Spartan 117**

Woops meant Resi 6 my bad hahah.

**Slarg232**

Elvenmonk wrote:I think it's a step backwards. The game was pretty boring and bad.
Now I've not played it with friends only AI. The AI is some of the absolute worst I or any of my friends have seen. They constantly get stuck on walls and door ways. they never shoot zombies and have you do all the work. There was even a part where you're going down an elevator shaft and all they did was shoot up at the roof even though nothing was there. As they were doing this there was a zombie horde coming to eat me.
Oh and for some reason badguys (odd using that term) don't seem to target AI.
Even ignoring all that the gameplay was bland at best.

Really? Personally, I thought the Quick Draw Mechanics and the fact that each character is necessary for different reasons to be awesome, though it needs alot more maps/a map editor before I would give it a full on 10.

**halonachos**

Isn't there a free DLC package coming out for it soon?

http://www.gamespot.com/news/resident-evil-operation-raccoon-city-free-dlc-drops-april-10-6366621

**Slarg232**

Yeah, "Spec Ops Mission 1 DLC". Due on the 11th.

**halonachos**

That's pretty cool if they keep making free DLC like that.

**Perkustin**

Been watching some of the uberhaxornova videos of this game and i gotta say i totally called it!

It looks, and is, Utterly Crap.

Yeah that's all i gotta say.

**Slarg232**

halonachos wrote:That's pretty cool if they keep making free DLC like that.

This is Capcom we are talkin boot......