While I'm not playing RE4, I started up RE5 on PS4 the other day and it's crazy to me how similar the controls and mechanics are to RE4. It's like I'm playing RE4.5. One improvement is that you can actually turn your character while moving, unlike in RE4. You can also hotkey 4 weapons/items to the d-pad so you don't have to go to your inventory and constantly switch what you're holding like in RE4.
But other than that, the controls/camera still feel a bit off compared to what you'd expect from a third-person shooter. I guess Capcom still hadn't figured it out back in 2009.
I’m still at Ch 2-1.
I haven’t had access to my console for a week and so I’m not sure how much I’ll get played before Halloween ends, but I’m itching to get back to it.
I don’t think I dropped an update to since i defeated the first boss, which I beat the first try but I was garbage at it. I was really proud how well I was doing with the villagers and rationing my ammo and health items, then I had to burn through a lot of herbs and eggs during that boss fight in the boat. I had no idea what I was doing at first and kept letting him knock me out. I should have just loaded a prior save and try again because it’s not that hard when you know what the technique is to defeat him, but I think I’ll just roll with it. I was running out of space in my inventory anyways.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@RogerRoger Justification is something that do very well. 😉 Glad I’m not the only one.
Nevertheless, as a stockpiler of virtual supplies, I tend to be over-prepared in my games. I like having a large amount of back-up health and ammo just in case I run into an impossible scenario. When I watch playthroughs on YouTube and see people living moment to moment using health and ammo liberally, I can’t help but admire their spontaneity. Unfortunately I have a disposition to be a miser with my stuff… until I run out of storage space. 😄
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@HallowMoonshadow Yes, I did get the Punisher, and the sub-machine gun too. I’ve been trying to rely on the handgun, but the shotgun is so much better for crowd control. I’m just worried about the ammo scarcity.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@HallowMoonshadow I’m slow to make progress too, but enjoying it nonetheless. I’m still in Ch 2, that stupid cabin assault is a real struggle and so I took a break.
I have discovered through replaying sections after death (or after a poor showing where I burn through too much inventory and want to try for a better outcome) that there are some pickups that are fixed and constant and some that are random. Some boxes are empty one time and then have ammo the next and then money the next. I also feel like the game has some kind of logic that mercifully gives you what you need when enemies drop items. Despite me being rubbish at the game, I’ve yet to actually run out of health or ammo. But again, I’ve been playing extensively conservatively also and trying my best to end my conflicts with optimal health and supplies.
I probably should just throw caution to the wind and roll with it. But now that I have to burn health supplies on Ashley whenever she gets injured, it has made me even more nervous to be too liberal with those. If she gets caught in a bear trap
it literally almost kills her immediately. Typically she ends up in the red at the very least. Pretty fragile.
Incidentally, I’m not sure if spoiler tagging this overkill but, is this the first game that ever used the companion escort feature as part of its core design? I know games before it must have had escort missions, but I think this may be the first to do this, way before The Last of Us, God of War, BioShock Infinite, etc. Can you think of a game that had this before RE4?
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@HallowMoonshadow The ability to have Ashley hide or stay put and then call her back by whistling at her is really nice (although slightly condescending maybe with the whistling part like she’s a dog 😅) and I would have liked that in some of the escort missions I’ve done before.
But to your point, I’m a little surprised at how revered this game is. Perhaps it hit harder when it was new because of fresh ideas like that, but so far it’s probably my least favorite of the first four RE games. That’s not to say it’s a bad game or I’m not liking it, but the first three were so spectacular to me, and so far this is just… good, not great. It’s early yet and I have a lot of the game left though.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@HallowMoonshadow I always found that scene a bit odd. Especially after playing the remake of 2, but perhaps it’ll be a bit more of an event in the 4 remake.
@HallowMoonshadow@nessisonett Yeah, Dark Souls sucked me in and I’m having trouble going back to RE4. I fully plan on going back, but I’m slightly obsessed with that blasted FromSoft game. They really get their claws into you and take over.
It’s ironic that I had to take a break from RE4 because of that really difficult cabin section and then I ended up gravitating to an even harder game. I’m hopeless… 😅
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
Yeah we had this thing going until November last year, but it slowly fizzled out. I hope people are still up for it. We could do a new vote or get inspiration from the many “PlayStation Plus Extra Hidden Gems” treads. Like this one for example: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/editorial/this-month-on-pla...
I did run this for a couple of years but there were just less people taking part each month to be honest. It was hard to really drum up interest after a while.
I probs won't have time for playing games but I don't mind organising it like I do the PX club if that was amenable to people here, including Ness. I'd probably start a new thread so I can have control of the thread title etc.
I have a template in place that I can pretty much just copy over. Also with ps plus extra now available, seems like there would be a shared pool of games that people would have to choose from.
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