I don't mean storywise. That'll likely be the same. I more mean just the little moments that are meant to take you by surprise in a horror game. Maybe a scripted scare or a elaborate puzzle. That's the kind of stuff people will make gifs and quick spoiler posts about.
Super good of Capcom to do. Some interesting free post launch DLC will be happening from polygonal skins for Leon & Claire to extra side chapters where you play as the gunshop owner, an Umbrella employee, and the daughter of Raccoon City's mayor. Release dates for those haven't been announced yet but awesome to hear.
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Yeah, not touching youtube until I finish the game. I started on hardcore just for the ink ribbon saves and so far it's been a solid challenge but not overly difficult. Zombies kill Leon in three bites, and lickers kill in 2 hits so it's manageable as long as you come at it smart. It adds more tension to the exploration too. That's for anyone who's torn one what difficulty to start on.
So far I [SPOILER - highlight to read]: just made it out of the police station to the underground facility beneath the medallion statue. I have most of the available puzzles there done already, but we'll eventually come back since there's so much of the station still unaccessed. I'm assuming the remaining puzzles are unsolvable until your return.
Also, that second licker encounter was bullsh*t. I didn't move a muscle and it still ran right up to me and got a free hit. What a dick. Otherwise, I was able to walk right past the first encounter.
I've also been experimenting with headshot damage too. I've reloaded and killed the same group of zombies [SPOILER - highlight to read]: on the first floor of the station in that room with Leons desk puzzle. It's hit or miss. Sometimes it takes 6 shots just down one and other times I'll get two popped heads in a row with a single bullet each. I'm guessing it depends on where exactly you shoot them in their face but I haven't found the sweet spot yet. It's also possible it just uses the chance/critical system from previous games but idk
Yeah I've heard about that. It's a randomized rogue mode that lets you play as other characters. Pretty cool edition. I hope it's as replayable as merc modes.
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I'm a couple of hours in, just got to the first [SPOILER - highlight to read]: Birkin fight. Really enjoying it, as it's the kind of blend of modern gameplay and horror atmosphere that I've been wanting from Resident Evil for a long time.
I don't even mind that enemies are just plain harder in this game either.
So either this game is exceptionally good at balancing ammo so that you have just enough to get by, or I'm about to hit a wall harder than a crash-test dummy.
Took awhile there to get my bearings again since the shit timed demo didnt give me the chance to practice much as needed, but now that I got the hang of this again, its pretty good.
Been playing it on Hardcore mode and i'm to the first William Birkin fight
most of the zombies in the Police station i try and run around them, Except for the odd one that i decided to kill just to make it easy to walk through the corridor's.
One of the things that annoys me is you can shoot a zombie about 2-3 times in the head and they won't fall down. And even if they fall down, they get back up. I even once used the shotgun on a zombie's legs and he fell down and got up.
I know you aren't supposed to shoot every zombie you see, but running isn't always a choice. Particularly if you're in a cramped hallway and considering this time zombies can follow you into different rooms.
Saving Hardcore for later since I'm rusty, and since there's new game + apparently. But yeah, I've been handling zombies more or less the same way, along with using boards to barricade certain open windows so that less come in at the spots I re-explore most later, while also being conservative on how many I use. Am at the first William Birkin part as well.
Yeah, the zombies kinda have some bullshit durability, where they can still be alive even if you empty a whole clip into their head or something, so I just outrun 'em whenever it can be helped, considering the ammo famine which is to be expected for a real survival horror RE. At least the knife you can spam if you don't parry with it too much where it breaks after a few times and just be opportunistic with it on downed or stunned zombies.
I'm going through hardcore myself right now (first playthrough as Leon still). I'm almost done with the [SPOILER - highlight to read]: sewer area and I've got an abundance of resources saved up (30 shotgun shells, 25 magnum rounds, 25 handgun rounds, 5 full heals, 4 hand grenades, 3 flash grenades, 400 flame rounds, 9 extra ink ribbons; I haven't been stingy about saving either). Hardcore hasn't really been that difficult so far. This is honestly what I was expecting normal to feel like. Hopefully they release an akumu mode down the line.
Still, it feels balanced and the experience has been 10/10 so far. Hell of a game.
Yeah, same here. RE4 will likely always be my all time favorite game (until it gets a remake anyway), but this is a solid second. I'm impressed it dethroned REmake for me.
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