Zero Punctuation: Resident Evil 4

[Johnny Novgorod]

I never quite managed to put my finger on what makes RE4 scary outside the Regenerators. It's true the game has an unnerving tendecy to scale danger from 0 to 100 in seconds. Even after you replay it hundreds of times, the way the game paces its quiet moments with full-on action sequences (and the way danger escalates within them) makes for a nerve-breaking trip.

The Castle part with Salazar was unnerving. THe creepy black robbed Cultists were the most scariest of the 3 factions of enemies you encounter and they had the more scary special enemies like the gladiator like brute with the giant claws, the cultists head exploding into the Plaga head was the most gnarly one since that one can eat Leon's entire head. And lets not forget Salazar's Right Hand.

The village is fantastic, and the castle follows nicely (aside from a couple of non sequitur set-pieces in the castle, like that one Indiana Jones minecart bit and the part with all the lava). Even the whole militarized island part has the Regenerators going for it, which are the scariest enemies in the game. RE4 is mostly dumb campy action but it knows how to pull the rug from beneath you.

 

[Natemans]

Honestly the shit talking everyone is giving to Resident Evil 2 and 3 makes me shake my head in disagreement.

Like have you guys forgotten things like the athmosphere, the music, and the visual art of the environments? Heck I had nightmares about some of the monsters then whatever Silent Hill has. I mean listen to this shit:


And it baffles me Yathzee even thinks the ORIGINAL Resident Evil 1 was a "good" game when RE 2 and 3 very clearly surpass it in quality. OG Resident Evil 1 is the very thing people think of when they think Resident Evil games are stupid, where as the sequels have clearly cleaned up the camp a bit take it somewhat more seriously.

The voice acting in RE 2 and 3 is far from being as stupid as RE 1 OG.

I don't know, I think they improved the voice acting a lot for the first one in the remake.

Anyway I enjoy the first 4 a lot. 5 and 6 were shit imo

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

Honestly the shit talking everyone is giving to Resident Evil 2 and 3 makes me shake my head in disagreement.

Like have you guys forgotten things like the athmosphere, the music, and the visual art of the environments? Heck I had nightmares about some of the monsters then whatever Silent Hill has. I mean listen to this shit:


And it baffles me Yathzee even thinks the ORIGINAL Resident Evil 1 was a "good" game when RE 2 and 3 very clearly surpass it in quality. OG Resident Evil 1 is the very thing people think of when they think Resident Evil games are stupid, where as the sequels have clearly cleaned up the camp a bit take it somewhat more seriously.

The voice acting in RE 2 and 3 is far from being as stupid as RE 1 OG.

I don't know, I think they improved the voice acting a lot for the first one in the remake.

Anyway I enjoy the first 4 a lot. 5 and 6 were shit imo

I personally think 5 and 6 these days gets a bad rap. I mean as games as is they were fun.

And that's the thing about the Resident Evil franchise, scary or not scary you can't deny there is a fun/gameplay factor beneath it.

Its why I often replay these games more so then Amnesia the Dark Descent.

 

[darkrage6]

Honestly the shit talking everyone is giving to Resident Evil 2 and 3 makes me shake my head in disagreement.

Like have you guys forgotten things like the athmosphere, the music, and the visual art of the environments? Heck I had nightmares about some of the monsters then whatever Silent Hill has. I mean listen to this shit:


And it baffles me Yathzee even thinks the ORIGINAL Resident Evil 1 was a "good" game when RE 2 and 3 very clearly surpass it in quality. OG Resident Evil 1 is the very thing people think of when they think Resident Evil games are stupid, where as the sequels have clearly cleaned up the camp a bit take it somewhat more seriously.

The voice acting in RE 2 and 3 is far from being as stupid as RE 1 OG.

Yahtzee said he didn't think the series got good until RE4, he never praised RE1.

 

[Jacked Assassin]

I was excited for a Resident Evil 2 Remake until I saw it confirming for me that Resident Evil 4 ultimately ruined Resident Evil for me.

Also despite seeing any Silent Hill game played I have zero interest in that franchise.

Typing this down makes me feel like Yahtzee stole what was my favorite horror franchise.

RE4 was my first game in the franchise, so unlike most people I wasn't upset when 5 and 6 went in a more action-oriented direction and i'm excited for the remake of RE2(especially given how shit that game was to begin with, whatever they do to it could only be an improvement).

(I swear I had already responded to this post, but my response was deleted)

The reality of the matter is Resident Evil 4 should have gone the way of Devil May Cry by not being a Resident Evil game. The fact that people need to complain about Resident Evil's lore while praising Resident Evil 4's gameplay should be proof enough for them that they don't like Resident Evil. For people like them, they should go play a different franchise that adopted Resident Evil 4's gameplay.

And since you found the original games to be shit I rather not have you as a fan of what was my favorite horror franchise.

First off go to hell, you don't get choose who is a fan of a franchise, don't act like you fucking own the franchise when you don't, spare me your gatekeeping bullshit. Just cause I have unpopular opinions on a franchise does not make me any less of a fan then you, so suck it.

Also here's the part where you're going to feel REALLY stupid-I do in fact like the first game, to be more specific I like the REMAKE of the first game. I just don't like the original PS1 version because it's controls are dogshit(Yahtzee also thinks that BTW, so I guess you don't want him to be a fan of the franchise either?), it's voice-acting is dreadful, the FMV cutscenes are dumb and overall it's just aged very badly.

I've got my gripes with the remake but it's still a solid game.

1 - Hell isn't real.
2 - You have a very popular opinion on Resident Evil which is why RE4 Gameplay was adopted by other games. Even if I was "gatekeeping" for Resident Evil it was only because I enjoyed the originals before RE4. As far as I can tell you act like you deserve everything while a minority of people like me who prefer Resident Evil before RE4, don't.

3 - Yahtzee has stated he likes RE 4 & 7. But then states he starts to hate Resident Evil again as soon as lore from previous Resident Evil games is brought up. Even going as far to say he wants Resident Evil to start over without all of the previous lore. That doesn't sound like a fan of Resident Evil if they go out of their way to hate what came before their favorites.

4 - I'm not bothered by your gripes with the remakes. But all of you people who go out your way to trash what came before RE4 act like I don't deserve a new Resident Evil with Resident Evil's original gameplay.

Edit
You're getting mad at me just because I think Resident Evil In Name Only 4 (REINO4) should have been the start of a franchise that wasn't Resident Evil.