Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles Comments by Tom Bramwell
Rail-time splattery.
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Pac-man ate my wife
28/04/09 @ 15:35
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@ mashk
Good, incisive commentary there. Nice one. I never got the first one but enjoyed blasting through Ghost Squad and HOTD:Overkill. Hopefully this will have bags of atmosphere and tight controls. |
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Both characters are visible on-screen at all times, even in single-player
So it's not from a first-person perspective? I can see it'll be good for shooting each other, at least. the handicam dynamic looks as though it might interfere with aiming by jiggling zombie heads around Good, it should do. Bit of a challenge to hit those zombie melons, as it should be. "Yes, you know I'd love to see what a Western company could do if they were going to make a new Resident Evil game," I wouldn't. Look what happened to poor Silent Hill. Shattered Memories may or may not turn out to be good, but the Western SH games have been cack compared to 1-3. I add that I don't think The Darkside Chronicles will have the same problem. It's not just that it's a remake of a popular game in an evergreen series; after accusations that Resident Evil 5 lost sight of the horror and suspense that underpinned so many of the preceding instalments, The Darkside Chronicles is taking an interesting turn. Surely it'll sell well because it's an RE game? If it was an unknown, it might or might not do okay, but as it's an RE title, and it covers the single most popular game of the series (as far as sales go, IIRC), it'll sell to long-suffering fans of the series and people dragged in by RE hype. |
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While this sounds interesting, and it's always nice to see Racoon City again, it hopefully isn't the RE2 remake that was rumoured. Personally I'd like to see a remake of 2 that returns the series to its roots. A proper survival horror but with an updated control scheme. While RE5 wasn't as bad as some people made out it just didn't feel like a Resident Evil game, at least from my perspective anyway.
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Shakey_Jake33
29/04/09 @ 07:32
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I enjoyed Umbrella Chronicles, I felt it was a fun piece of fanservice, I really enjoyed playing through familiar Resi scenes from another perspective. If this tightens the experience, I'm all for it.
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Der_tolle_Emil
29/04/09 @ 08:11
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I also enjoyed the first one a lot. It's a very different type of shooter, much slower and focuses a lot more on precision. They also did a really good job of revisiting all the previous RE games, I felt right at home from the start.
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