re: RE9 - honest opinion

Currently working my way through. In Raccoon City with Leon at the moment.

Really enjoyed the hospital with Grace.

Leon’s sections have been a good change of pace.

I hate those blister enemies that turn all the others into blister heads.

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I enjoyed RE9 give it a 9/10 but like others said after all the hype I’m surprised we didn’t see Claire, Jill, or Chris at all

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Maybe it will be Claire and Chris for 10.

They need less of the action sequences though.

I like Grace’s sections far more than Leon’s.

I dislike how Leon’s sections force me to burn through ammo.

With Grace I had to be more “economic”.

Not yet. Haven’t had time, but should get to finish this week.

Completed the game.

I thought it was fun.

Enjoyed the two different play styles, but enjoyed Grace’s sections more.

Leon’s parts were fun, but not as suspenseful or enjoyable as Grace’s.

The story was decent, but ended too abruptly.

I would have liked just a little more depth to it.

For example, Grace’s backstory and the orphans felt like a “Rey, you aren’t special” moment.

A subversion of the expected narrative.

Felt a little cheap.

Overall, would recommend and would play again.

New "arcade" style minigame dropped today, Leon Must Die Forever. I'll probably check it out this weekend.

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Apparently there’s unlockables in it. It seems like a rogue like using RE9s gameplay or maybe the raid mode from revelations if anyone played or remembers that only with just Leon. Much more arcade than the main game. Looks fun.

Tried it out

It is a lot of fun. It is very challenging though. There are a lot of challenges you can do for cp for unlockables in the mode just like in the main game, some can carry over.

It is a rogue lite sort of. Your goal is to get through 3 maps each with 3 doors to the next area on them so theres 3 paths to the end easiest to hardest. You are timed starting at 10 seconds and killing enemies gives you a bit of time and killing golden spiders a lot. You get random weapon drops but when you fill a meter you get to choose 1 of three perks I guess I would call them but sometimes it can be a full heal or full hatchet repair. Once you get through the 3rd door no matter the route you end up at the final boss of the game gideon and if you beat him you beat it on level 1. It has 4 or 5 levels.

I’m at rank 3.

Some of the unlocks with your cp can help a lot. Buy the extra spinners unlock asap to extend your time. It’s a significant challenge though at this point I’ve made it to the final round but lost to the boss. Hoping for a run where I get lucky eventually and the requiem drops.

The hardest challenge is absolutely batshit fricking insane to complete you must survive for 40 minutes! Kill at least 110 enemies, take the longest path which is run that is 4 doors long, and beat the final boss

A tip if you struggle with time after the spinner unlock when you see gold spiders if you wait a bit they’ll turn green. Shoot them then for an additional 30 seconds than the gold gives

It is also imo a massive net upgrade to grab the perk where you do much more weapon damage if your drop your hatchet.

The game never tells you this but you can also reroll your choices for perks if you don’t like any of your three options. The button is in the bottom left of the screen when choosing. Took me forever to discover this like the tard I am

No problem brother

It isnt infinite though. Each roll takes 10 off your meter

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Play as Grace = run from a monster

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Grace does a lot of combat idk what youre talking about. Have you made it to the last area of the game? She just doesnt go full super man like Leon. You should be killing all of the special monsters in the care center like the chef singer etc. The big chunky dude that chases you can easily be killed by getting behind him and using an injector it one shots him

I assume not since you used the word short for leon when he has an entire mini open world area that is more or less as you describe that is not short.

Give the game a go on insanity. It is bay far and away the most brutal and punishing RE experience ever created and then grace really should be running from anything she can