@ArbitraryWater said:
@Yummylee said:
@ArbitraryWater said:
The sheer volume of people saying Alpha Protocol makes me think that it's probably disqualified, as Cult Status is pretty much the same as getting good reviews, right? (of course, I still think that game is a barely functioning mess of good ideas implemented poorly, but clearly quite a few of you don't). I feel like the criteria here is too broad and we can all just shout games that we think people don't like. Like, I would maybe say Resident Evil 0, but I can't tell if that game is disliked or just under-appreciated.
Wait, are you saying you liked RE0? I coulda sworn I've seen you in the past labelling Zero as one of the worst mainstream RE titles within the series.
You're thinking of Code Veronica, which I am most certainly not a fan of (mostly because of how backtrack-y it is and how BS some of the boss fights are). Nah man. Zero is great. It drags a bit in the middle, but everything past the training center is both clever from a puzzle design perspective and effective atmospherically. I mean, it never really uses the two person mechanic all that well, but at the very least it doubles your firepower output.
I definitely recall you saying as such about Veronica, which I agree to btw for a myriad of reasons. I guess because those two are often generally lumped together as being two of the weaker (and hardest) entries of the series, I must have just assumed you thought the same about Zero. I like Zero, too. But then despite my many grievances, I also still think Veronica is... OK.
However, the main issue I had with Zero was how slow the movement felt. I don't mean the inherent stiffness and clunkiness of the controls, but how the animations, when compared to the smooth transitional movement in the remake, felt really stilted. That and how there's a noticeable lack of goofy and fun unlockables (leech hunter minigame lolwtf). Otherwise, yeah I think Zero is a fine RE game. Generally solid story as they go in the series; undeveloped partner mechanics--Rebecca was mostly just a pack-mule and Billy being the only RE character ever who doesn't know how to mix herbs was an odd contrivance if there ever was one--but it still managed to add some substance to the story with the pairing, and it made the odd occasion when they're split up all the more harrowing to play. In fact the small section when you're playing as Rebecca on her own, traversing across some out-of-nowhere environmental fan-service to RE2, was probably my favourite part of the game. Oh, and RE0 undoubtedly has one of the best end boss battles for that era of Resident Evil, too.
Yeah, pretty great RE game. Understandably divisive, but it was what I'd consider a solid send off for that particular style of Resident Evil design.
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