Everybody claims they were resident evil fans since the begining. Funny thing is...few were. Resident Evil didn't exactly fly off shelves and even when it hit greatest hits stature...it took a while.
I BOUGHT Resident Evil for the Playstation (the one with the tall case with chris staring at a spider), no dual shock...no directors cut...nothing. I bought RE2 and 3 Nemesis when they came out and heck I bought Survivor because Resident Evil was so sweet.. I bought a Dreamcast 9-9-99 and believe me when Code Veronica came out..I had it.
Resident Evil was remade...so I HAD to buy a gamecube. The remake was great...and then I bought zero when it came out.
.....Then, Resident Evil 4 was announced. I read the previews. Behind the back? Faster paced? New enemies?
I bought the game with the strategy guide...the game was different, but I enjoyed the game. The story was getting a little far fetched, but Ada and Leon were in it and everything played out ok. The action was faster, but puzzles and some survival and weapon conservation stayed around...but RE was straying from its roots.
Skip ahead to the next gen...Resident Evil 5. Just looking at previews and so forth and big huge Chris Redfield...I already didn't want it.
Well I borrowed it from a freind and beat the game in co-op with another friend. The story wasn't all that great, the survival horror went straight out the window... and frankly I didn't enjoy myself. Wesker didn't feel like Wesker, Jill didn't feel like Jill, and heck I thought Chris was Marcus Fenix...was Chris on steroids the whole time he left the Spencer estate?
That was the last straw...I said to myself. Capcom you need to go back to your roots with Resident Evil. 3rd person was fun with RE 4 and different...but RE doesnt need to stay that way.
Well I see the videos for 6. Story looks even more far fetched...the gameplay is RE5 and as A TRUE RE fan like some of you...well I'm disappointed and unfortunately I must play the original RE's (0,1,2,3,CV, & 4) to have a fun time.
I wish Capcom could wipe 5 and 6 from the RE history books but they want $$$ like EA and Ubisoft. Videogame crash of 2013 here we come!!!
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