Resident Evil 6

[SilverGhost]

If it helps, try lesser known game stores. My friend was able to get his hands on RE6 before the release date.

So if there is a game that you want to play and you don't want to deal with release dates, try that.

[HeelTurn]

I managed to pick up Res 5 a few hours before midnight launch back when it came out. I'll probably head to town in about 5 hours and get a copy of Res 6.

[Viperfish]

I'm waiting on the PC version personally. Even if I have to wait a few more months, I'd rather play something on a PC than on a console wherever possible. I may or may not get it at all, I'm not totally sure. Might grab it in a Steam sale or something. The Ninja Gaiden 3 reviews killed that game for me and I never bought it even though I loved the first two, and this seems similar in terms of it being a mixed bag. I'd like to believe that Capcom would address some of these things that people find wrong with the game on a PC release but with how crappy Capcom's been in general over the last two years or so, I'm sure they won't.

I'm totally NOT a fan of the old school RE games, I could never get over how crap the controls were. I thought 4 was the best, and 5 was no slouch. I would probably enjoy 6 on those merits since year after year the RE clods that insist on bad camera angles and bad controls of yesteryear blister every new RE release, to the point where you're not sure if an RE game is legitimately bad or too different from its roots.

[Iron Ape]

If it helps, try lesser known game stores. My friend was able to get his hands on RE6 before the release date.

So if there is a game that you want to play and you don't want to deal with release dates, try that.

But lesser known game stores don't offer exclusive bonus content, they don't offer bonus credits toward future purchases, and they almost always charge full MSRP. So, yeah. I'm always going to be fine with waiting till release day if it means that I'm getting the most bang for my buck. Plus, I'm not really having to "deal" with anything considering that the games just get dropped at my doorstep, so they're there waiting for me when I get home from work. It's really about as no-hassle as it gets.

Besides, it's not like I don't have a 200+ game backlog to keep me occupied in the meantime.

[SilverGhost]

I'm waiting on the PC version personally. Even if I have to wait a few more months, I'd rather play something on a PC than on a console wherever possible. I may or may not get it at all, I'm not totally sure. Might grab it in a Steam sale or something. The Ninja Gaiden 3 reviews killed that game for me and I never bought it even though I loved the first two, and this seems similar in terms of it being a mixed bag. I'd like to believe that Capcom would address some of these things that people find wrong with the game on a PC release but with how crappy Capcom's been in general over the last two years or so, I'm sure they won't.

I'm totally NOT a fan of the old school RE games, I could never get over how crap the controls were. I thought 4 was the best, and 5 was no slouch. I would probably enjoy 6 on those merits since year after year the RE clods that insist on bad camera angles and bad controls of yesteryear blister every new RE release, to the point where you're not sure if an RE game is legitimately bad or too different from its roots.

WHAT!? Controls were good for the game. Yeah it made the characters look like robots when they run and such but controls with the old school RE shouldn't be a turn off. Resident Evil remake follows the same controls and that is a BEAUTY of a remake.

[SilverGhost]

But lesser known game stores don't offer exclusive bonus content, they don't offer bonus credits toward future purchases, and they almost always charge full MSRP. So, yeah. I'm always going to be fine with waiting till release day if it means that I'm getting the most bang for my buck.

Besides, it's not like I don't have a 200+ game backlog to keep me occupied in the meantime.

That is true.

Lol I want to play RE3 so bad.

[Krysys]

Officially started RE6. Didn't get far as I am incredibly tired. I am a bit confused as I thought you would be able to pick which scenario you played first

 

However I have no problem starting as Leon. But, based on how it starts I think this will cut to a flashback of how it all starts and that is when you pick

Haven't played enough to say yay or nay. Will do that later in the afternoon

[Viperfish]

WHAT!? Controls were good for the game. Yeah it made the characters look like robots when they run and such but controls with the old school RE shouldn't be a turn off. Resident Evil remake follows the same controls and that is a BEAUTY of a remake.

It's a turn off. Back then it wasn't horrendously awful comparatively with everything else out there but I think if one were to play it for the first time now in 2012(I rented the older ones as they came out), it would be classified as one of those games that hasn't aged well particularly for that reason... the controls. My biggest problem with the controls is you don't really have any idea where you're shooting. There's no visual feedback on where you're actually aiming. You can take a pretty good guess by looking but you never really know unless you happen to be in a good angle relative to the camera and the enemy(like shooting straight north or something). Turning around was just a joke.

I still maintain that the entire reason why we don't have slow zombies in RE anymore(unless they're bullet sponges) is because the new control scheme would make them an absolute joke to deal with. You're given much better control over your character and thus you'd have to spam slow zombies in an army for them to be any kind of threat. I don't like that the "scariness" of the games is gone now however. I did like the occasional scare in the older games, like I remember a zombie busting through wood boarding in RE2 in an otherwise quiet and empty narrow hallway, and a zombie showing up behind a door after opening hundreds(each with their own 'cutscene') without a hitch.

[SilverGhost]

It's a turn off. Back then it wasn't horrendously awful comparatively with everything else out there but I think if one were to play it for the first time now in 2012(I rented the older ones as they came out), it would be classified as one of those games that hasn't aged well particularly for that reason... the controls. My biggest problem with the controls is you don't really have any idea where you're shooting. There's no visual feedback on where you're actually aiming. You can take a pretty good guess by looking but you never really know unless you happen to be in a good angle relative to the camera and the enemy(like shooting straight north or something). Turning around was just a joke.

I still maintain that the entire reason why we don't have slow zombies in RE anymore(unless they're bullet sponges) is because the new control scheme would make them an absolute joke to deal with. You're given much better control over your character and thus you'd have to spam slow zombies in an army for them to be any kind of threat. I don't like that the "scariness" of the games is gone now however. I did like the occasional scare in the older games, like I remember a zombie busting through wood boarding in RE2 in an otherwise quiet and empty narrow hallway, and a zombie showing up behind a door after opening hundreds(each with their own 'cutscene') without a hitch.

I don't think it is that much of a problem than you think. It takes a while to get used to, yes but it isn't that much of a turn-off or even going there.(Even if I manually aim or auto aim lol) I am urging people to play RE2, even if it is their first time and its in 2012. Remain hopeful that they will enjoy that game.

RE2 is a great game and controls shouldn't be a reason to be turned off by it. I had issues with Silent Hill but I got over that and played through that game. I bet you if I played any of the current Silent Hills compared to some of the past ones, I would prefer the very first Silent Hill(which was lacking some graphics to a point that you could barely see, even in the day time) than the current ones. I would still play the current ones but older games(RE and SH) has that charm and makes it special, more special for those who has played it a bunch of times without letting something bad hold them back.

[Iron Ape]

I haven't even got to putting RE6 into my PS3 yet, and I'm already not a happy camper. I just opened up the Anthology set to find that instead of getting individual discs for RE: Director's Cut, RE2, RE3: Nemesis, RE4, and RE5: Gold Edition, there are just vouchers with codes to be redeemed on PSN. If I had known that I wouldn't be getting tangible discs, I wouldn't have plunked down money for the set.

*kicks cat*