I’ve recently played Resident Evil 6 for the 1st time after playing Resident Evil 4 (an absolute masterpiece) & Resident 5 (a pretty good game). I was already aware of the hate this game got over the years. But after experiencing it, it’s only bad in an artificial way. Like yeah, it’s nothing like the classic games and it’s too much in the action category.
Otherwise, as someone who loves action games, it’s a pretty fun game. Especially in Mercenaries Mode, where it’s fun to mow down body-horror themed enemies. As a Resident Evil game, it’s pretty bad. But…as an action third person shooter with splatter punks, it’s quite well executed
I got that one and still need to play it, because somebody explained that it was a lot different than people expected so they didn’t pick up the more action-oriented gameplay like the devs hoped.
It was a lot more dynamic and run-and-gun than survival horror, but it kinda fit the over the top theme. Something like that.
So it won me over on a sale. I think having that in mind will make for a better first impression. :)
Yeah the RE franchise took a detour around RE Zero. With RE4, it is really noticeable. It went from horror survival, you better conserve your ammo. Don’t kill that zombie just run around him so you have enough ammo for the boss. To action horror, kill everything and everyone. We will drop a lot of loot for you.
I enjoy both styles, but understand the hate. After how RE4 was so well received they kept ramping up the action until the reset with 7.