Looks like Pizza Tower is on a discount, definitely scooping that up.
How are Lunacid and Dread Delusion? The vibes look amazing but I haven’t seen much buzz.
Looks like Pizza Tower is on a discount, definitely scooping that up.
How are Lunacid and Dread Delusion? The vibes look amazing but I haven’t seen much buzz.
Let’s see. Of the ones which haven’t been mentioned yet…
Since Resident Evil hype is up again because the original trilogy just dropped on GOG, I’d recommend the line-up on sale right now on Steam except the one that came after RE5 and before RE7. For games one should start with (in order from “traditional” survival horror to the more action-y titles), RE1 is 5, RE2 is 10, RE7 is 7, and OG RE4 is 5. RE4R is right now discounted to 30.
Doom 2016 is 5 while Eternal is 10. You’ve probably heard about them.
The Wolfenstein reboot games are around 5 a piece and, aside from Youngblood, are all great.
Command and Conquer Remastered Collection is 6 and is amazing if you don’t mind some early 90s RTS jank. You can also get the entire series aside from the RC for just 10.
Persona 4 Golden is 11 while SMT3 Nocturne is 15. Both are good games to start with for Megaten games.
Stardew Valley is 8 and I’ve been revisiting it lately (owned it since it first dropped).
System Shock 1 EE is 2.50 while 2 is 5. The remake for 1 is 17.
As the resident RE6 apologist, I firmly believe that it is easily worth $5 for a somewhat janky and extremely campy action co-op experience if you have a buddy to play it with. And yeah, there’s no “survival” aspect–this is definitely the game where they turned the dial too far to the “action” side, after which they swung towards “survival” back past RE4 for RE7 (excellent if that’s to your taste–incredible atmosphere), and finally landed back in the crowd-pleasing sweet spot for RE8 (which I absolutely adore and beat like half a dozen times).
RE2R and OG RE4 I could easily recommend to anyone; perhaps not the latter if you’re completely allergic to tank controls, but the game is tuned for that playstyle and it makes the encounters very intense. I also enjoyed RE3R, although it’s not quite as good as RE2R and a bit on the short side. And I hear RE4R is great, but I haven’t yet played it myself–would definitely recommend giving the OG a shot first, since the new REngine games have a different tempo and feel to them and the original holds up completely. I’d also recommend installing the RE4 HD texture mod if anyone goes for OG RE4–truly an incredible labor of love by a pair of dedicated fans.
All I’ll say is that RE6 is definitely a game for one who’s already neck deep in the series as opposed to a relative newcomer who would get a better first impression with RE5 if they’re looking for raw action. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Part of RE’s charm is that it actually feels like a universe where straight survival horror a la RE1/RE7 and the pure campy John Woo-aping goodness of the CGI movies can coexist. Only that RE6 is weighed down by other things which might get tiring.
Funny thing is that I actually prefer RE8 to 4 (though I played it first). I would consider close to perfect if it were a good bit longer and didn’t kill off the entire villager cast in the first 30 minutes.
It’s a fantastic game on its own merits. Maybe it can get a rerelease pumped full of content someday and people can appreciate it…
I’m 100% with you–I would never want RE6 to be anyone’s introduction to the series. My personal progression was RE4→RE5→RE6→RE8→RE7→RE2R→RE3R→(you are now here), so just release order starting with RE4 except RE7 and RE8 were transposed. Oh, and I also played the Oculus Quest 2 exclusive RE4VR, which is definitely not tuned difficulty-wise for the huge increase in mobility and precision afforded by VR but is an absolute blast (nothing quite like knifing a downed Ganado with one hand while fending off a horde with the pistol in your other hand). It’s also really cool to be able to just walk around the areas you know from RE4–I mean, it’s no Half-Life: Alyx, but even with the relatively primitive graphics of the RE4HD you still get a pretty great sense of presence. Really wish I had a PS5 and PSVR2 so I could experience RE8 and RE4R in VR, but I can’t really justify the eye-watering cost for just those two games. Maybe we’ll get it on PCVR when the PS6 rolls around…
RE8 is some of the most fun I’ve ever had with a game, and I could hardly put it down until I’d gotten all the achievements. I don’t think it’s the kind of game you can really obsess over in the same way you can with RE4, but it executes on it’s premise incredibly well. The only word of caution I’d have to anyone playing it for the first time is that there’s a long scripted encounter near the beginning of the game that (unless they’ve since fixed it) is absolutely brutal if you start out on Hardcore because it’s not clear what the game wants you to do and there are some invisible triggers you need to hit in order to progress. I think it took me an hour on my first attempt, and I know I wasn’t alone there. With that notable exception, the game plays like a dream.
As for RE3R, I know a lot of people who played the original were disappointed due to cut content and Nemesis not being a true pursuer (apparently he was more like what Mr. X is in RE2R?). I didn’t have that frame of reference, but I definitely preferred Mr. X as a constant presence in RE2R and I like the extensive backtracking present in RE2R compared to the linearity of RE3R. More of a case of really loving RE2R than not enjoying RE3R.
My petty complaint about RE2R and RE3R that could be easily addressed is not having infinite ammo unlocks for ALL weapons like RE5/6/8. Personally, I don’t find the Infinite Rocket Launcher that fun, the weak unlimited handgun/automatic rifles are pretty lame (I just used the unlockable but limited Samurai Edge in RE2R and ignored the rifle), and while the RAI-DEN in RE3R at least offers a different playstyle, what I really want is to rampage through the game with unlimited ammo for my fully upgraded normal weapons. I’d even accept what you get in RE4, where the unlocks are different (but not completely absurd) weapons with unlimited options: the Handcannon and the Chicago Typewriter. I just want to blow away every single zombie with a magnum–is that so much to ask?
Also I have really got to check those CGI movies out–from what I’ve heard, they seem like they’d be right up my alley.