I'm probably a bit old to use the word hyped but anyway, something
that's kinda an offshoot of Spalls' where are all the games thread. I
did think about it and it was Bioshock way back in 2007, oh and I was
greatly disappointed. What I am hyped for, the release of the Spitfire
Mk.IXc in 1/24 scale by Airfix. I even pre-ordered it!
I'm probably a bit old to use the word hyped but anyway, something
that's kinda an offshoot of Spalls' where are all the games thread. I
did think about it and it was Bioshock way back in 2007, oh and I was
greatly disappointed. What I am hyped for, the release of the Spitfire
Mk.IXc in 1/24 scale by Airfix. I even pre-ordered it!
I'm probably a bit old to use the word hyped but anyway, something
that's kinda an offshoot of Spalls' where are all the games thread. I
did think about it and it was Bioshock way back in 2007, oh and I was
greatly disappointed. What I am hyped for, the release of the Spitfire
Mk.IXc in 1/24 scale by Airfix. I even pre-ordered it!
I'm probably a bit old to use the word hyped but anyway, something
that's kinda an offshoot of Spalls' where are all the games thread. I
did think about it and it was Bioshock way back in 2007, oh and I was
greatly disappointed. What I am hyped for, the release of the Spitfire
Mk.IXc in 1/24 scale by Airfix. I even pre-ordered it!
On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 12:15:37 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
I'm probably a bit old to use the word hyped but anyway, something
that's kinda an offshoot of Spalls' where are all the games thread. I
did think about it and it was Bioshock way back in 2007, oh and I was >greatly disappointed. What I am hyped for, the release of the Spitfire >Mk.IXc in 1/24 scale by Airfix. I even pre-ordered it!
I honestly don't know. I honestly and seriously do not know. I thought
about it and can not remember the last game I was excitedly looking
forward to. I don't get hyped anymore for games. I don't follow a
game's progress. I just don't care. I already have enough unplayed
games in my backlog to last me (to borrow from Zag) until I'm dead. So
I see no reason to get excited for new ones.
I suppose if an old game I really liked were being remade, that would
get me interested but that is about it.
On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 12:15:37 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
I'm probably a bit old to use the word hyped but anyway, something
that's kinda an offshoot of Spalls' where are all the games thread. I
did think about it and it was Bioshock way back in 2007, oh and I was
greatly disappointed. What I am hyped for, the release of the Spitfire
Mk.IXc in 1/24 scale by Airfix. I even pre-ordered it!
I honestly don't know. I honestly and seriously do not know. I thought
about it and can not remember the last game I was excitedly looking
forward to. I don't get hyped anymore for games. I don't follow a
game's progress. I just don't care. I already have enough unplayed
games in my backlog to last me (to borrow from Zag) until I'm dead. So
I see no reason to get excited for new ones.
I suppose if an old game I really liked were being remade, that would
get me interested but that is about it.
Resident Evil 4 Remake showcase was today, and it looks great: >https://youtu.be/9e_U2Uz_hr8
On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 17:45:15 -0600, "rms"
<rsqui...@MOOflashMOO.net> wrote:
Resident Evil 4 Remake showcase was today, and it looks great: >https://youtu.be/9e_U2Uz_hr8
Every time I hear about "Resident Evil 4" (remake or otherwise), I
flashback* to the first time I played the game.
I played it on PC, of course, but by the time the port was available,
the game had already made a name for itself. Many considered it the
best of the series, and there was a lot of noise about how it
revitalized the gameplay. I had played RE1 (on PC, natch) and had been supremely underwhelmed by the game's now infamous lack of polish (not
to mention its atrocious tank-controls) and so had skipped its two
sequels. Still, I couldn't help marveling at the impressive visuals
showcased in RE2 and RE3, and kept wondering if I was missing out. So
a new Resident Evil game, with a better control scheme and extra
polish? I had to give it a try.
I stuck with the game ten minutes.
It was my first introduction to what we now call "quick-time events",
you see, and I hated it at first sight. My initial impressions of the
game were middling to begin with; the controls were undoubtedly
/better/ than RE1, but they still felt sluggish and clumsy compared to
modern FPS/TPS games on PC. The visuals were... well, RE4 was released
in the middle of the "real is brown" period of video-games, plus the
PC port was based on the Gamecube version, so the game wasn't the most
eye pleasing. And the dialogue and setting were... I call it "Japanese weird", because it was the sort of odd mix of serious and
tongue-in-cheek that only seems to come from games made on that isle.
So while I didn't dislike the game, neither was anything exciting me
either.
And then, that damn QTE. You enter a small ravine and a boulder chases
after you; a typical action-adventure trap. Honestly, I'm not sure
anymore if it was a 'proper' QTE where you can only push one button at
a time, or if it merely locked your camera and limited you to a
selection of controls. Regardless, it stole control from the player -
both in where you could look and what you could do - and felt like
such a betrayal of the game's promise that I abandoned the title right
then and there.
I eventually went back - years later - and worked my way through the
game, just because it remained a 'classic' and I had to see if I was
missing something. But I did so grudgingly and never really enjoyed
the experience; it was - for me - at best a middling game that too
often dipped down into 'awful'. I've never been able to see why the
game garnered so much favor, except maybe because its controls and
camera weren't as awful as in RE1-3.
So there's a remake now and - if the previous remakes are anything to
go with - it will probably be pretty good. But I'm not sure I can make
myself give the game another try. That first QTE cast a long shadow.
I played one of the RE games on PS2. No idea which. The controls
and camera were probably the worst of any game I played on the PS2
and much like you I didn't make it very long into the game. That was
my first and last attempt at an RE game.
Sad, as I rather enjoyed the movies. I haven't watched the new series
as I've heard it's exceptionally bad.
I did also play Silent Hill on the PS2 and rather enjoyed that one. It >didn't have the camera and control issues that RE did. I wouldn't
mind giving RE a second chance, but it would have to be one with
decent camera and controls, if such even exists.
On Mon, 24 Oct 2022 08:17:45 -0700 (PDT), Justisaur
<just...@gmail.com> wrote:
I played one of the RE games on PS2. No idea which. The controls
and camera were probably the worst of any game I played on the PS2
and much like you I didn't make it very long into the game. That was
my first and last attempt at an RE game.
Sad, as I rather enjoyed the movies. I haven't watched the new series
as I've heard it's exceptionally bad.
I did also play Silent Hill on the PS2 and rather enjoyed that one. It >didn't have the camera and control issues that RE did. I wouldn'tYou may wish to give the Resident Evil 2 remake a look. It revamps the controls so it plays like a typical third-person shooter (IIRC, you
mind giving RE a second chance, but it would have to be one with
decent camera and controls, if such even exists.
can still play it using the old camera angles if you're a masochis^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h purist) and the gameplay has been revamped
to be a bit more modern (there's still a lot of the original game's stupidities, especially when it comes to the story and some of the
puzzles, but that's part of the franchise's 'charm'). It's probably
the best way to experience the game, even if it isn't absolutely true
to the original's 'vision'.
I have to admit I sort of enjoyed the movies myself. I mean, in terms
of pacing, acting, characters, dialogue and story they were horrible,
and they had little to do with the actual games (outside of very broad strokes) but they were passably fun if you turned off your brain and
just wanted to see people gorily torn apart by zombies
(and who doesn't want that? ;-)
Am 20.10.22 um 13:15 schrieb JAB:
I'm probably a bit old to use the word hyped but anyway, something
that's kinda an offshoot of Spalls' where are all the games thread. I
did think about it and it was Bioshock way back in 2007, oh and I was
greatly disappointed. What I am hyped for, the release of the Spitfire
Mk.IXc in 1/24 scale by Airfix. I even pre-ordered it!
The New Monkey Island game!
But besides that, my citrus plants hype me more, and that reliably.
I'm probably a bit old to use the word hyped but anyway, something
that's kinda an offshoot of Spalls' where are all the games thread. I
did think about it and it was Bioshock way back in 2007, oh and I was
greatly disappointed. What I am hyped for, the release of the Spitfire
Mk.IXc in 1/24 scale by Airfix. I even pre-ordered it!
On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 12:15:37 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
I'm probably a bit old to use the word hyped but anyway, something
that's kinda an offshoot of Spalls' where are all the games thread. I
did think about it and it was Bioshock way back in 2007, oh and I was
greatly disappointed. What I am hyped for, the release of the Spitfire
Mk.IXc in 1/24 scale by Airfix. I even pre-ordered it!
*---
What is that?
Okay - I will look it up!
*--Actually in game the graphics are better than in the videos, they are
I almost bought it but I watched the trailers on Steam and I can not
put up with those graphics! Very weird.
-pw
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