by Roody_Yogurt » Fri May 21, 2021 9:33 am
To be honest, other than dorking around in Resident Evil 2 a bit way back in the day, the majority of my Resident Evil playtime has been the Biohazard demo (which says more about how little I've played the other games than putting crazy hours into the demo).
It has multiple endings (which I guess is a Resident Evil thing?), but to get the optimal one, you have to escape one encounter unscathed. Despite online-walkthrough-in-hand, I wasn't able to ever accomplish this.
The demo is short, but considering you have to replay the entire game to get to that scene every time makes the optimal route seem more like an easter egg than a viable thing any normal gamer would find on his own. From what I've read about Resident Evil 4, it sounds like they have been doing this for a while.
Which is fine, I mean. Nothing wrong with having a series where only the people who are really good at it and/or obsess about exploring its every crevice are rewarded. It's just up to the rest of us to decide whether the insane expectations are fun or insulting.
To be honest, other than dorking around in Resident Evil 2 a bit way back in the day, the majority of my Resident Evil playtime has been the Biohazard demo (which says more about how little I've played the other games than putting crazy hours into the demo).
It has multiple endings (which I guess is a Resident Evil thing?), but to get the optimal one, you have to escape one encounter unscathed. Despite online-walkthrough-in-hand, I wasn't able to ever accomplish this.
The demo is short, but considering you have to replay the entire game to get to that scene every time makes the optimal route seem more like an easter egg than a viable thing any normal gamer would find on his own. From what I've read about Resident Evil 4, it sounds like they have been doing this for a while.
Which is fine, I mean. Nothing wrong with having a series where only the people who are really good at it and/or obsess about exploring its every crevice are rewarded. It's just up to the rest of us to decide whether the insane expectations are fun or insulting.