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19 days ago
Current You'd think after like 15 years I'd stop feeling like a fraud when writing posts but I still do which is both a statement on my self confidence and a compliment to how good my partners are as writers
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5 mos ago
Why are you talking about Final Fantasy 10 like that
5 mos ago
Final Fantasy 13 is a top five entry in the franchise but ya'll still ain't ready to have that conversation
5 mos ago
This Bears/Packers game is gonna make me believe in the power of Chicago Pope
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5 mos ago
The older I get the more I start to think BBQ potato chips are the worst flavor, actually.
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Look, I got lost on the way to getting some jajangmyeon and it'd be foolish to leave now.

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@BrokenPromise Why are you mentioning me in a topic that starts with "Maybe it's because my favorite Resident Evil is 6". Please use mentions in a responsible manner, please!


No no, I said I think it's the best one!

Though you are technically correct as well because it is also my favorite.

Sorry for irresponsibly mentioning you.
Life is Strange: True Colors is the best Life is Strange game and like 40 percent of the reason why is because the characters are all adults who don't make dumb decisions or speak in 'written by 40 year olds trying to be hip' lingo.
Does anyone ever bother to go through their game backlog on Steam? I've got all these games from bundles, like HumbleBundle, that I still need to go through, but I always end up playing the same select few games every time.


I have a pretty decent backlog spread between Steam and console that I mostly just treat the backlog as something to play in lulls between the newer stuff that I want to get at first.
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im going to be insanely depressed if i dont like this game


How can you hate this man

Yakuza: Like A Dragon has more effort put into its dumb go-kart minigame than some open world games put into their entire bloat design.
(Won't touch another Blizzard/Activision title myself. Regardless of quality.)


Fortunately their quality has been going off a cliff even BEFORE this lawsuit!
Finally been able to play it now that I have the means to do so on a good machine so I can safely say that Doom Eternal fucks.
Since the first one I guess is closed for inactivity, might as well bring it back because I have some hot takes that need to sizzle. So let's keep it civil and talk about video games as we so often do.

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Alright so.

Maybe it's because I think the best one is 6 or maybe it's because I think the series should stop trying to run away from what it actually is but I thought Resident Evil Village was fucking trash. Okay that's a bit harsh, but it's a game that at every turn is full of baffling decisions and choices be it narratively or structurally or from an encounter and gameplay perspective. The game makes it seem like it's some kind of Metroidvania meets Souls-like in terms of progression, to the point where after the first part they literally mark your map with the remaining places you have to go to as if you'll be able to tackle them in any order you want. You know, like a video game. But in fact this is not the case as you're railroaded to take them out in a specific order because the game is actually super fucking linear to a fault.

The 'hub' area isn't even as open as it tricks you into thinking because they find new ways to block paths and make you go around or funnel around a specific path so even if you have the key that opens a door now you can't get to it until later anyway because oh no there's a truck in the way or whatever bullshit. And that sense of disappointment in the exploration is in every inch of the game. The first real 'area' tricks you into thinking it's some kind of exploration puzzle solving thing but it's not. There's only ever one way to go because doors are locked and it's hugely scripted and by the time you theoretically could explore everywhere, you already have anyway so there's no real point to go and find if you missed anything because chances are what you missed is shotgun ammo which is in high supply anyway because of the crafting and how the game shits ammo and materials to make ammo at you (because it's an action game lying about being survival horror).

The reason so much of the marketing seemed to focus on Tall Lady is because she's one of two characters that have anything resembling a personality, and no I don't mean personality with a wink and a nod. There are Five Antagonists and only two of them matter, largely because they're the only two that have genuine presence in the story and the areas they inhabit. As a game it feels like it wanted to recapture the lightning that Resident Evil 4 had when it came out and became a landmark title in the genre except the only part of RE4 it gets accurate is the fucking cheese.

The story is bad, even by RE standards, and thinking about it for more than a minute makes the whole thing fall apart. But there are parts where the game embraces the bullshit dumb parts of Resident Evil and it's in those moments where the game actually becomes enjoyable. Alas they are brief but I'll take brief moments of good where I can get them. The first person thing was a novel idea but I desperately hope they go back to third person for RE9; I also hope they stop trying to make it scary and just make it crazy but thye have to pretend I guess, but in a franchise where every enemy becomes a dumb goo monster and parasites give people superpowers and they give you big guns and plenty of ammo how can they keep acting like it's a survival horror game and not just an action game with horror elements. They even seem to realize this because the one part that most resembles what a survival horror game is they take away all your items and it's genuinely a highlight but also feels incredibly out of place with the rest of the game.

I really think Village is a bad game. But hey it's got hot evil people so that's all that matters.

So what've ya'll been playing in the hell that is our day to day existence?





I hope whoever designed the cairn stone activity in Assassin's Creed Valhalla never has a good night's sleep for the rest of their fucking life
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