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user-inactivated  ·  3859 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Teenage Hubskiers?

Oh, so you mean the steaming pile of crap that was the game?

I dunno if you've played Resident Evil 4, but it did a lot of awesome stuff that really moved the survival horror genre forward. Then RE5 showed up and just shat all over that, besides the fact the game was offensive all around. It's fun as a co-op game that you don't have to think about, but overall it was just...bad...





havires  ·  3859 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Even as a story (or a means to progress everything)? What made it offensive? (I want your opinion, even though I could probably find someone else's with some digging).

user-inactivated  ·  3859 days ago  ·  link  ·  

There was a story?

Coulda fooled me, because I had no idea what was going on. And I've played the previous 4 games before this. Maybe I just wasn't playing close enough attention, but...Also, I don't know how much you've played of it, but that Boulder scene pretty much ruined any credibility that game could have had.

HERE IT IS, FOR ANYONE WONDERING:

I...just...whyyyyyy.

If this was some Jojo, ZA. WARUDO, WRYYYYYY shit, then fine, I'd let it slide. But it took itself too seriously and then got silly.

I meant offensive from a gameplay standpoint, not in a serious way, heh.

sardis  ·  3857 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    But it took itself too seriously and then got silly.

i feel like re4 did a similar thing but it seemed much more self-aware in its goofiness. i think if re5 maintained re4 level goofy at least from the first quarter onward i would've appreciated it a lot more.

user-inactivated  ·  3857 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Exactly, it was goofy in a "yeah, we know this is campy as hell" sort of way that I can appreciate. It felt like RE5 wasn't in on the joke. Nobody likes the guy that isn't in on the joke!