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So, I saw reviews come out for Resident Evil 6 and, on a general scale, it's been getting mixed reviews. I know Destructoid gave it 3 out of 10, and Gamespot gave it a 4.5 out of 10. On the other hand, I know Gametrailers gave it an 8.8, while IGN gave it a 7.9 out of 10.
The one thing I at least find consistent is that the series seems to struggle in what direction to go or finding a middle ground. Again, there's the older Resident Evil fans that wants them to go back to the roots, which means back to fixed camera angles combined with tank controls (which I will say, "That's not going to help either".). While I only skimmed them, IGN seems to have the one that sounded the most reasonable in criticism (despite that I completely know about the old saying that, "You can't spell ignorant without IGN.") I will say that if RE6 does end up being underwhelming, I still don't think going back to the old style is really the answer (After all, I'll point out Resident Evil 0 was a game that showed that even older style games were not immune to being underwhelming). I'll say that Resident Evil: Revelations might be the game to get inspirations from. That, or this might be a lesson in sticking with your own vision. It is sounding like it was trying to please everyone but ended up pleasing no one.
Well, I don't plan to pick it up at midnight tonight, so I'm going to look into it the following day. Seems like Resident Evil got itself cornered like a survivor backed against a wall, surrounded by zombies. Then again, I did buy that Splatterhouse 2010 reboot game, which critics gave bad reviews to, only for me to find that it was an okay game (in the good sense). It's probably why I'm not backing away from this.
I'll go ahead and talk about it as I play (not sure if I'll do blog posts while playing through it but I will make a blog post on my final verdict).
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Now there's a certain Capcom game from the previous generation that I also wanted to talk about here (due to a little something), but I'll save that for the next entry.
The one thing I at least find consistent is that the series seems to struggle in what direction to go or finding a middle ground. Again, there's the older Resident Evil fans that wants them to go back to the roots, which means back to fixed camera angles combined with tank controls (which I will say, "That's not going to help either".). While I only skimmed them, IGN seems to have the one that sounded the most reasonable in criticism (despite that I completely know about the old saying that, "You can't spell ignorant without IGN.") I will say that if RE6 does end up being underwhelming, I still don't think going back to the old style is really the answer (After all, I'll point out Resident Evil 0 was a game that showed that even older style games were not immune to being underwhelming). I'll say that Resident Evil: Revelations might be the game to get inspirations from. That, or this might be a lesson in sticking with your own vision. It is sounding like it was trying to please everyone but ended up pleasing no one.
Well, I don't plan to pick it up at midnight tonight, so I'm going to look into it the following day. Seems like Resident Evil got itself cornered like a survivor backed against a wall, surrounded by zombies. Then again, I did buy that Splatterhouse 2010 reboot game, which critics gave bad reviews to, only for me to find that it was an okay game (in the good sense). It's probably why I'm not backing away from this.
I'll go ahead and talk about it as I play (not sure if I'll do blog posts while playing through it but I will make a blog post on my final verdict).
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Now there's a certain Capcom game from the previous generation that I also wanted to talk about here (due to a little something), but I'll save that for the next entry.
