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Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Eiksirf on May 28, 2005, 07:43:22 PM
For me at least. I spent my overtime money this week on two titles I\'d missed. Resident Evil 4 and Donkey Konga.

I haven\'t had a new Cube game (Or PS2 for that matter) in a long time, so this will be a nice change of pace.

If I ever grab God of War on PS2 I\'ll be spreading the love around and can wait it out for Zelda and maybe a couple others.

-Dan
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: THX on May 28, 2005, 09:49:08 PM
That\'s cool.  I finally beat RE4 the other day.  Just when you think it\'s over there\'s more... and more..

I\'d like to try DK when I get the chance.  GoW too, just waiting for it to get to greatest hits status. :)
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Blade on May 29, 2005, 04:39:28 AM
The last GCN game I got was Donkey Konga 2.

It\'s really okay that the well ran mostly dry for most of Q1/Q2.. because I\'m behind on my gaming anyway. I\'m currently working on PoP2:WW which I bought in November.. then on to Jade Empire..
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Living-In-Clip on May 31, 2005, 08:14:29 PM
I feel odd, as a Capcom whore, I never did even buy Resident Evil 4. I played it at Capcom\'s, was not impressed and never bothered to give it a second thought.
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Metal Gear on May 31, 2005, 11:19:42 PM
I\'m surprised you didn\'t try the game LIC.

They kinda went from Survival horror to action packed horror with RE 4 but it\'s a great game.Plus it has some good replay value(something I always look for in a game)

You can unlock Asignment Ada,Mercenaries and ofcourse you can try out other guns.


http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/535840.asp?q=resident%20evil


When a game scores  a 9.6 average out of dozens of reviews it must be doing something right.


Oh well,I hope you try the game.

Cheers.
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Bobs_Hardware on June 01, 2005, 02:04:42 AM
Resident Evil 4 is a fine action game.

But REmake is still the finest in the series.
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Ashford on June 01, 2005, 11:43:59 AM
...followed by CV.

;)
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Unicron! on June 01, 2005, 12:04:57 PM
CV sucked
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Blade on June 01, 2005, 01:19:04 PM
What CV had going for it is length.

For example, RE2 is fantastic but I beat it in around 4-5 hours and I\'m slow with titles like this. I finished RE1 for the \'Cube in about 18, first time around.. but I got stuck a couple of times..

CV is just plain long. 2 or 3 different "chapters".. it\'s a good 10-hour game at the least. Pretty weak in content compared to RE1.. but eh..
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Bobs_Hardware on June 01, 2005, 03:02:49 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Ashford
...followed by CV.

;)


Ohhhh, don\'t you start this again!
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: clips on June 01, 2005, 06:56:07 PM
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Originally posted by Unicron!
CV sucked



i hated that game...i only played it once to see what happens at the end, but after that..i got rid of it...best res evil for me since i haven\'t played remake or 4 is part 2....it was pretty slick how the story changed slightly depending on who\'s story you popped in first...me personally i did claire\'s story first....her story was fleshed out a little bit better than if you started hers after leon\'s story...
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Unicron! on June 01, 2005, 08:41:01 PM
Yeah really added replay value to it. :)
heh the only reason I finished CV was because I cant stand having unfinished games in my collection.Especially if its a Resi game.It doesnt feel right.
 I enjoyied 1 and 2 more than any Resi I ve playied so far(I didnt play the remake or 4 unfortunately though).
 Capcom over did it in CV to make it fresh but at the end it felt awekward.Voice acting was one of the worst I ve ever heard, some characters were annoying, some scenes were stupid, there werent any new interesting monsters and music and atmosphere sucked big time.Where previous Resis had the depth of a horror terryfing movie CV had the depth of a low budget series.
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Bobs_Hardware on June 01, 2005, 10:43:38 PM
CV wasn\'t bad. But I remember getting into big arguements as to why I disliked it so much. I can\'t remember what those arguements are any more.

Uni, you get your hands on a GameCube somehow and play REmake. Trust me, you won\'t regret it. :)
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: THX on June 01, 2005, 10:45:32 PM
REmake = RE0 stateside?

I like #4  the best.  #2 second.
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Unicron! on June 02, 2005, 12:40:26 AM
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Originally posted by Bobs_Hardware


Uni, you get your hands on a GameCube somehow and play REmake. Trust me, you won\'t regret it. :)



I want badly to try it.But no cash.If I find a job this summer I am planning to get it ;)
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Metal Gear on June 02, 2005, 12:42:14 AM
Resident Evil 4 also has some cheesy dialogue,as to the point that you think "This sounds like an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie".


About the length of the game:I finished my first run through in 20:10 and I\'ve played hours of mercenaries and Assignement Ada so I guess it\'s about 30 hours total.

I still have to beat Pro mode and unlock the handcannon.


Enough said.
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: clips on June 02, 2005, 01:00:05 AM
i bought a gamecube for my son a couple of years back..and i was gravely tempted to buy that remake...just couldn\'t see myself buyin the game then takin the game out of his room around 12:00 midnight just to play it..:p..maybe they\'ll make remake for ps3...i\'m currently waitin\' for part 4 on the ps2, and even tho it\'s graphically inferior to tha gamecube version, overall hopefully the port won\'t be that crappy....
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Unicron! on June 02, 2005, 01:01:44 AM
I ve heard that the difference is small.
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Eiksirf on June 02, 2005, 01:31:25 AM
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Originally posted by THX
REmake = RE0 stateside?


Nah they\'re talking about the enhance remake of Resident Evil 1.

Zero is another game where you control two characters.

Then there\'s the recently released 4.

-Dan
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Metal Gear on June 02, 2005, 05:42:48 AM
clips,

If you want to know more about the Playstation 2 version of RE4 compared to the Gamecube version read the other thread I created.


http://www.psx2central.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=36569




That\'s right,I just linked to my OWN thread.

*sits in corner feeling important*


:fro:
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Unicron! on June 02, 2005, 06:25:48 AM
attention seeker :p
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Blade on June 02, 2005, 11:01:23 AM
Nobody\'s brought up Zero in relation to the other games yet.

Probably.. because it lies basically in the middle of the pack..
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Ashford on June 03, 2005, 08:51:37 AM
No, its cause Zero sucked...
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Living-In-Clip on June 03, 2005, 10:19:23 AM
Here\'s how I rank them.

Resident Evil
Resident Evil : Rebirth
Resident Evil : Code Veronica
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil: Zero

Yes, Zero was complete and total crap. On the other hand, Rebirth and Code Veronica was both masterpieces. I went through each one of those games numerous times. I remember buying both on release day and being amazed, where as when I got RE:0 on release day, I was annoyed. I never even bothered finishing it.
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: clips on June 04, 2005, 07:16:58 AM
wow LIC i haven\'t played part 4, but you ranked res evil 3 over 4? i\'ve played 3 and didn\'t think it was bad either, but i\'ve seen alot of reviews for part 4 which would seem that it was waaaay better than 3...
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Metal Gear on June 04, 2005, 09:04:01 AM
LIC hasn\'t played RE 4(wich is probably why he ranked it so low)

Ranking something that you haven\'t played doesn\'t make much sense to me but hey........whatever floats your boat.


Anyway,the reason why I joined this thread is to convince LIC to play it.



Play it,LIC!!!!!!!!!!!!


Or else I\'ll be forced to come to your house and ask you nicely  *winkwink*
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Bobs_Hardware on June 04, 2005, 12:09:48 PM
There\'s nothing wrong with Resident Evil 3.. I thought it got an undeserved Rep. It\'s atmosphere was much better than RE2.. And was slightly more difficult IIRC. It was just the same old thing. And without the really cool idea of "Play through what Leon did during this time period/play through what Claire did during this time period", which to me was always the most interesting aspect of RE2.. why they removed it I\'ll never know..

RE4 was kind of odd. They hyped it up as being so different from the rest of the series, and in some ways it is, and others it isn\'t. Essentially it\'s the previous Resident Evil games with a non-fixed camera, and more action and shooting than you thought they could possibly cram into an action game. The biggest problem is that there is no level of suspense, due to having access to so much ammunition it\'s ridiculous.

Judging it off one play probably isn\'t fair LICky, as you\'d be comparing it to previous RE games, which it might not fully resemble.  But I can assure you there are some definate high points in the game. Still might not be your thing, but, whatever..
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Metal Gear on June 04, 2005, 12:22:42 PM
BTW

If you go to the link I posted earlier on gamerankings,then to screenshots and then to the final page you see all these locations(levels) and creatures that didn\'t make it in RE4.


What I heard was that the creator of RE4 had a whole scenario played out.You were in a house,very creepy atmosphere,it\'s dark.He actually completed that and then he threw it ALL overboard to make the RE4 that we now all know and love.



http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpagesscreens/535840.asp?pagenum=4


These are all screens of locations that aren\'t in RE4


There\'s even a movie over at gametrailers where you can see Leon walking through a dark corridor and he gets ravished by a shadow.

It\'s amazing to see that he completed the game and then COMPLETELY threw it overboard to go in a whole other direction.

The movie I\'m talking about is here:

http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?id=1099


It\'s trailer 4.
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Living-In-Clip on June 04, 2005, 03:12:44 PM
Sorry, but the point of Resident Evil is closed in spaces, limited ammo and zombies...........
Does RE4 have those aspects? From the playtime I had, it didn\'t.
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Blade on June 04, 2005, 04:10:58 PM
Well, it has "zombies" and a few tight areas.

It\'s not the same kind of game. Beautiful in its own right, highly polished.. but it\'s not easy to compare.

If I had to rank the RE\'s to this point, RE4 would be right up there with RE1 (GCN) but like I said.. it\'s hard to say either is 100% better than the other because they do different things well.

The gameplay in RE4 is hands-down better. It has a few "RE-style" puzzles but the action is far more enjoyable. On the other hand, RE1 is definitely spookier and had more enjoyable characters IMO.

Of course, who couldn\'t love the STARS staff? :)
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Ashford on June 08, 2005, 10:04:28 AM
It seems me and LIC are the only ones who loved CV...

That must mean we\'re right and everyone else is wrong...
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Unicron! on June 08, 2005, 10:09:03 AM
Actually the exact opposite
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Jumpman on June 08, 2005, 10:54:00 AM
Re:4  is far scarier than the original RE...I mean...the zombies just won\'t leave you the fuck alone.
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: dawid22 on June 13, 2005, 12:37:54 PM
I don\'t think RE4 was scarrier, but it had a really great story line and felt like a serious adventure in comparison.

I rate the RE\'s as follows:

RE1
RE2
RE4
RE3
RECV
RE Zero (Only thing it explained is how Rebecca got involved)
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Bobs_Hardware on June 13, 2005, 03:28:04 PM
What\'s scary about RE4?

Oh ohhh! I think there are zombies in this area! Good thing I have 300,000 shells available for my shotgun!!
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Evi on June 13, 2005, 04:41:42 PM
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Good thing I have 300,000 shells available for my shotgun!!
That sort of takes out the intense feeling of the game. I like the older Resident Evil games where you had to get halfway across the city with 2 freakin\' bullets.
Title: Breathing life into the Cube
Post by: Jumpman on June 14, 2005, 12:37:08 PM
dont play the game on the easiest settings u babies