Topic: Push Square Game Club Spooktacular: Resident Evil 4

Got the last medallion... and then was immediately crushed to death. Hardcore difficulty is hardcore! Couldn’t play it on the lower difficulty again though, it’s way tenser and personally more fun with classic ink ribbons.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Ahh, I forgot the Raccoon City streets were more fleshed out in the original! I think I’ll probably play the original after completing the remake again, it should be interesting to see the differences and the similarities.

Obtained all three medallions now. Once I go down is that it? I'm locked in that new area or can I go back up as there is still plenty of rooms left to explore.

@Col_McCafferty Not to spoil anything but yeah, there is more to be done in the police station at some point.

A slight change to this week’s checkpoint, I forgot there’s a certain story event directly after the three medallions so we’ll say that will be this week’s bare minimum checkpoint. Honestly though, we all seem to be tearing our way through it so if you want to keep going, go ahead.

@Col_McCafferty When you go down there, you’ll see a device that alludes to coming back to the police station later, but I figure it’s a long time later.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Yeah, same person got me pressured into Metal Gear Solid and Ratchet & Clank, so he’s definitely done me a service. Not unlike the Game Club and forum posters in helping nudge me along onto some gaming gems.

Thanks guys, I shall head down and see what's what!

😂

@RogerRoger

Yeah, I think that’s how I remembered it back on the PS1. I actually went back and watched their first reunion in the Remake and they’re was definitely something romantic there; I wasn’t imagining it —
Claire: “Leon!” [races down the steps to meet the hunky rookie cop]
Leon: “Hey Claire.” [casually looks away trying to look cool like he takes on armies of the undead every day, so this is all no big deal]
Claire: “We gotta stop meeting like this. Heehee...” [giggle, giggle, looks at him slyly]....
Etc, etc....

What would have made more sense:
Claire: “Leon! Oh thank God! Help me! This place is crazy! I saw these scary monsters in here with long tongues and we gotta get out of here!! This police station is a deathtrap! It’s like a f&$@*ing maze in here! I saw a guy get pulled in half and his guts we’re hanging out!!”
Leon: “Holy &#%$! ... stand back, let me see if I can shoot the lock on this fence!”
Claire: “We’re going to die!! Arrghhhh! Behind you!!!”

This is all well and good folks but have you all found the three medallions yet?

😜

@Col_McCafferty I do! Worth noting that I’m playing the B scenario which speeds it up significantly though.

I was going to be play this with y'all (replaying as Claire, that is), but I've just been really busy since last week, so I'm afraid I'll be giving this Game Club playthrough a pass. It'll still be fun to read how things go for people, though. All things considered, RE2 is a terrific game.

I reached a certain point where not being able to save the game is a pain and lost some progress.

Not quite Persona 5 levels but a tad annoying. Still, second time round it was easier anyway as I knew what to expect.

@Col_McCafferty I’ve lost already about an hour and a half in total since I’m on hardcore and Mr X just loves to explode your head. That’s part of the fun for me though!

@nessisonett I ain't playing on hardcore, surprised I haven't put it on easy!

Yeah but it's a tad annoying esp when time is more limited. I had to go back to a previous area and saved there, hopefully the enemies I've dispatched won't respawn. If they do.....easy mode it is lol

@Col_McCafferty Enemies just refuse to die on hardcore, it’s better to shoot them in the face and run past them. Occasionally their heads explode which is great but I’m dreading having to go back and revisit areas with about 20 zombies running about.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Well, a variety of things, unfortunately.

Despite having other commitments, though, I'll be tethered to the TV tonight with my family. Time to see if we have any hope of righting this ship, or if America is going the way of the Roman Empire.

@Ralizah I’ll probably stay up tonight and watch it too. I’ve been grinding for hours in FFV Advance and I have a sorta morbid curiosity to see how it pans out. I picked the perfect time for us to play Resident Evil 2 though, between the police station full of dead bodies, corrupt chief and deadly virus, it mirrors real life rather closely!

Well, I've finally met Mr X and he has quickly gone from terrifying to flat out annoying lol

I think I'm doing okay overall but at times it's easy to forget what you are actually trying to do. Very good game though and I'm still on Standard mode!

Okay, okay. The game can be frustrating at times but eventually the right path is found and progression, whilst slow, can be very satisfying. Haven't not played the original the story is fresh to me and has quite the few twists and turns.

I've had some interesting encounters and am now out of the original location. Not sure how far I've got left with route A but I suspect even more shocks are around the corner!

It’s the weekend, people! This week, I think we’ll set the minimum checkpoint as getting out of the parking garage. That’s a fair chunk of gameplay so hopefully you can get it done to keep the pace up!

Played a bit more today. I’m back into the police station but low on health, with only 1 ink ribbon left. Hardcore is proper tense 😂