donchipotle

I don't think the game makes a strong first impression. The first areas are bland and dull with a heavy amount of back tracking and standing around talking in circles - which isn't exactly new to the genre but even so it feels especially bad here just because other areas are so much more appealing to look at. The combat felt rough at first but that was probably because of some combination of me playing on moderate and also the starting sword being just awful but I like the change in how artes are done so there's no more MP but that also makes orange gels way, way more valuable with their change in how healing is done.

I don't really like Alphen, though, but Tales protagonists and I have a troubled history anyway.

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@lapsariangiraff said:

@donchipotle:

No it isn't, I genuinely believe every word I say. Every time I tell people RE6 is the best one/my favorite they act like I kicked their dog.

Most of the Resident Evil games are bad because they want to be survival horror but in actuality they are action games which is why they all end with a bad guy getting taken out by some big dumb weapon or explosion and why they continually give you bigger guns and more ammo. This is why RE6 is the best one because it's the most honest at what the franchise is. Village is just as dumb as every other one but it's more dishonest because it does a good job at making you think it's more open ended than it actually is. Resident Evil is at its best when it embraces the cheese and campy action bullshit because this is a franchise where parasites and biohazards are shorthand for giving people dumb superpowers.

If you think about any aspect of the story of Village for longer than a minute it all falls apart but there are moments near the end that come close to just embracing Resident Evil's true self which is what makes it better than most but still not the best. Which is RE6 always and forever.

The best Resident Evil is 6 but Village is a solid third or fourth.

I put about 1200 hours into Overwatch over the course of a year and a half and had to stop because I was really starting to get mad when I was on losing streaks. I don't know if it counts exactly but no game had ever made me care so much or get so invested in competitive multiplayer.

Having played about two hours of it, the claims of it being 'more of the same' seem a bit crazy unless 'more of the same' just means 'shooting and looting'. It's the changes in movement and enemy AI and the guns themselves (seriously, giving some guns alt fire and bigger, more obvious difference in manufacturer and abilities therein) that make the game just feel more fun and satisfying to play as a shooter. It might not seem huge for FPS veterans but for Borderlands? It's a marked improvement in playstyle than the other games.

It's easy to dismiss a game as just "Morederlands" and while the core mechanic of 'big area, shoot things, get guns, repeat' is still there, the changes to gameplay, UI, and even customization (vehicles included) and hell even the gore effects make it more than just "another one of these".

@art3misjinx: I'm literally saying it. I'll say it again:

The lore in Kingdom Hearts isn't half as convoluted as people would have you believe. It's actually an incredibly simplistic plot.

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