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Posted on 5/6/21 at 10:41 pm to
Posted by CornDogCologne
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Posted on 5/6/21 at 10:41 pm to
Had a nice long session today. I enjoy it so far. It’s less focused than 7 but it has more enemy variety. I’m interested to see where this plot goes.
Posted by Bamafan18
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Posted on 5/7/21 at 8:09 pm to
Finally getting a chance to play. Game came in earlier today and I just got home. Can’t wait!
Posted by CornDogCologne
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Posted on 5/8/21 at 12:51 pm to
Beat it this morning. Got a little head start on Thursday. Felt like it was a good length for a resident evil title.

I’ll save any thoughts about it until some others want to start discussing spoilers. Overall I liked it.
Posted by Mystictiger
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Posted on 5/8/21 at 2:29 pm to
7 or 8 better?
Posted by CornDogCologne
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Posted on 5/8/21 at 2:39 pm to
7 was probably more focused, but 8 did a good job of contextualizing 7 & 8 with regard to the larger series. The scope is larger and there is more action which could turn some off. This kinda feels like a marriage of 7 and 4.

Some might think that Ethan’s plot development in 8 is silly, but I didn’t mind it too much. Still processing things so I may change my mind a little bit after a few days.

Will probably try a ng+ playthrough just to re-evaluate and get some more unlocks.
This post was edited on 5/8/21 at 2:40 pm
Posted by SCgamecock2988
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Posted on 5/8/21 at 8:46 pm to
Seeing people bitch you cant change fov. That’s pretty bad.
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Posted by Bamafan18
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Posted on 5/9/21 at 8:59 am to
People gotta find SOMETHING to complain about smh. The game is great.
Posted by SCgamecock2988
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Posted on 5/9/21 at 11:14 am to
Why does it bother me so much they are supposed to be in Europe (and seemingly Romania), and everyone sounds American? They couldn't get Romanian accents doing English?
This post was edited on 5/9/21 at 12:29 pm
Posted by CornDogCologne
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Posted on 5/9/21 at 12:18 pm to
The lack of localization for accents/voicework was an oversight, but we are also in a universe where bioweapons run amok. I’m not going to get too worked up over it.

Resident evil lore is fairly coherent but it is basically a biological warfare soap opera. I can overlook a bunch of nit picky shite if they manage to craft a fun experience.
This post was edited on 5/9/21 at 12:20 pm
Posted by Mizzoufan26
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Posted on 5/9/21 at 8:08 pm to
Eh, have never really played resident evil, I hate how incredibly linear this is with tiny sandboxes. Half my body is devoured and shredded, I am still trucking along with zero issue, but I also want to ensure I respect private property rights and not hop any locked fences.

Just feels so hokey
Posted by SEClint
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Posted on 5/9/21 at 9:06 pm to
quote:

Half my body is devoured and shredded
your dick got bitten off
Posted by Carson123987
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Posted on 5/9/21 at 10:14 pm to
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People gotta find SOMETHING to complain about smh. The game is great.


It’s a legit complaint. As someone who plays all my first person games on PC at 100-110 FOV, having to play this at 60 (or whatever it is here) makes it feel like I’m looking through a stirring straw. I’m sure it’s a design choice and they think it makes things more intense, but it makes it very hard to adjust for people that are used to more

I’m playing on PS5 and experiencing frame drops here and there, but performance is otherwise incredible. Only real complaint so far is the flashlight being pointed at your feet and the bullet spongey enemies (playing on Hardcore). The first village ambush was pretty bullshite but the game is amazing so far
Posted by CornDogCologne
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Posted on 5/9/21 at 10:31 pm to
I don’t even understand these complaints. There are a dozen open world games you can play. Most horror titles are linear. You can’t build suspense properly if you can go anywhere or do anything.
Posted by Scruffy
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Posted on 5/10/21 at 8:12 am to
Just started. One complaint is immediately apparent.

The design choice to put the flashlight angled at Ethan’s feet is a terrible one.

I feel I lose touch with the world. Constantly staring at the ground gives this weird sense of vertigo.
Posted by Carson123987
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Posted on 5/10/21 at 10:48 am to
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Half my body is devoured and shredded, I am still trucking along with zero issue


Well if you haven’t played much RE, the reason Ethan can keep trucking along is because he’s infected with mold in RE7 that affords him a powerful healing factor. The liquid he pours on himself promotes the regenerative abilities
Posted by CornDogCologne
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Posted on 5/10/21 at 10:54 am to
Jack Baker can hack your fricking leg off in 7, laugh at you, and mockingly toss you a bottle of the green stuff while you go to re-attaching said foot.

Suffice to say, Ethan is a tank.
Posted by SCgamecock2988
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Posted on 5/10/21 at 12:37 pm to
I watched a whole playthrough of the game. Pretty dope.
Posted by Scruffy
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Posted on 5/10/21 at 3:29 pm to
I am not very far and just made it to the castle. Met Lady Demitriscu (sp?) and her daughters.

Enjoying it so far.

I never played 7 so this is kinda a new experience.

Got a feeling I’ll have many, many deaths.

Died multiple times to the big spinning spike wheels.
This post was edited on 5/10/21 at 3:32 pm
Posted by Bamafan18
Member since Oct 2018
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Posted on 5/11/21 at 3:02 pm to
I think I’m close to the end. Haven’t played since Sunday but from the walkthroughs I’ve seen posted on YouTube I think I have like an hour and a half, maybe 2 hours at most left in the game. It’s been a great game and I hate that I’m almost done with it.

Unrelated to the game itself but UPS decided to delay my steelbook 3 days and then when it got here they had bent it and it was cracked on the spine on the inside smh.
Posted by CGSC Lobotomy
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Posted on 5/11/21 at 3:58 pm to
I knew something was up with Ethan during the Alcina fight.
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