Let me know, and I'll bring a few to the ritual for myself. I'll throw in some oxen if it also means we can get a new Onimusha.
The point is that they've made a boatload of cash on REmakes 2 and 3 and expect to do so again on 4. Especially since it's one of the most popular Resident Evil games ever made.
Yeah I mean that's an unfortunate reality, but publishers are always going to do something because they expect it to earn them money, so there's not a whole lot to discuss there. But I think what we can say as players is that we're not especially psyched since we don't see what a Remake of 4 will add. That's a small sample size, so possibly we're in a minority, and the R4MAKE (I bet this is how they will spell it) will sell like gangbusters.
The thing about her besides the awkward eye candy factor of “you’re-out-of-my-league-and-too-young-for-me-anyways”, she was about as “fun” as taking care of Eileen from Silent Hill 4. However, the latter ultimately had the gameplay advantage of taking some planning and strategy to keep her healthy, which also affected the ending.
Ashley is the most robust A.I. companion any game has probably ever had. She's not a non-entity; she can get hurt and killed, even by the player. But the closeness with which she sticks by you means the game never screws you over by having her do something stupid. Her huddling behind you and pivoting along with you as soon as you have your gun drawn is so neat and handy it's genuis. Not only does it put her out of harms way, it also makes narrative sense. The game never makes you feel unsure of her as a mechanic, because it's so simple and well implemented. Yet it adds a lot to the tension, because Ashley is an extention of the player. So the more you mess up the harder it's going to hit due to Ashley's presence.
Good points. It’s been over a decade since I played it so I might’ve thrown more shade than it deserves. I just dislike escort missions in general because they usually impede the player’s progress or exacerbate issues when they’re struggling with something.
Pretty much this, I don't get the point of the remake. I'm guessing the remasters/ports have already fixed the fact that in the original, you aimed with the left stick instead of the right stick (which at the time wasn't awkward but would be extremely awkward now).
If we're talking companion characters, I'd say Atreus is the best of three. Ellie is usually in almost no harm, yet I was not the most invested. Most of LoUs I held no interests in as it was just another zombie apoclypse with not much difference, but near constant misery. Ashley is mostly compentent in staying out of harms way, but there are annoying sections where her weaknesses take the front and center.The water room being the biggest example. Plus, I never found her interesting even back then. No one missed her when Capcom decided not to bring Ashley back. Atreus actually assists in a natural way, and as you power up Kratos (again), Atreus get better too. At first he only aims arrows, but as soon as you upgrade him too; mah boi start doing grapples, kick flips, and able to launch monster in the air for a juggle combo. Or the old one, two, jump off daddy's shoulder to aim your arrow at the next target. But you have to know when to work with Atreus and cannot happlessly spam arrows. He has a recharge mechanic, he can temporarily get knocked down or grabbed, and there are some sections in the game where you will feel a little naked without him as he is out of commission.
The problem though with Atreus, or Ellie From The Last of Us, along with nearly every A.I. companion from the last two generations is that their purpose is more a narrative one than a gameplay one. They hardly have that sense of mechanical interaction you had with characters like Yorda from Ico, Agro from Shadow of the Colossus, or Ashley from RE4. Developers now kinda want to have their cake and eat it; they want the player to have a companion, but they don't really want to do much with them other than have them talk to the player. Atreus shoots arrows, sure, but they could've easily made it so Kratos had a shoulder-mounted crossbow or some other magic that served the same purpose. There's just little if any gameplay interaction between Kratos and Arteus. And that interaction doesn't need to be Arteus being more vulnerable and needing protection; Agro in SotC couldn't be killed at all, but that horse still has a real physical and mechanical presence in the game. They could've had Atreus serve as a combo extender, like how he sometimes jumps off of Kratos' back to fire an arrow, but make it an actual mechanic that I can input, and have different moves for combos; have Kratos and Atreus' skills link up as you acquire new combat abilities for them both. This would give Atreus a more concrete sense of belonging besides just shooting arrows. Same with Ellie. It might sound silly, but the throw mechanic could've been used to do something as simple as playing catch with her when you're just chilling outside of combat scenarios.
Atreus is good for combo aspects, but yeah there could’ve been more meaningful stuff there. Perhaps the sequel will expand on his significance in gameplay as well as story.
