My favorite RE is still Code Veronica after all these years. I like the slow unaction RE games and CV also had a great story. RE (original or remake) is my 2nd fav. I didn't like RE 2 or RE3. They were okay, but I didn't care too much for the stories. RE4 changed RE in a direction I didn't want the series to go in. Too actiony. I really like the sneaking around and finding clues about what happened to the people that were researching for Umbrella.
Resident Evil 4, Code Veronica BaD #11& Jupiter Ascending BaD#12
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 On 02/17/2015 at 04:53 AM by asrealasitgets See More From This User » |
Totally forgot about todays BaD. Oops! I'm only doing M-F for total of 20. Now you get two blogs combined. 
BaD #11 - Resident Evil 4 v Code Veronica
Okay, so Resident Evil 4 on Gamecube is 10 years old this year! The game on Gamecube still holds up, but I also have the PS3 version which is just as good, although I do feel that the HD conversion on PS3 makes the lighting look a bit flat in comparison, but I really can't tell too much. It's just a difference of whether you have a Gamecube with the original game around, or just have access to a digital version on PS3. I also have the Wii version, but umm...motion controls. I started playing through Code Veronica X on Playstation 2 recently before RE4 and man are the games two different beasts! While I really enjoy Code Veronica, it is much harder than RE4. For starters, I haven't died once in RE4 and I'm almost in Chapter 3, and as cautious as I am, I found myself out of health items and low on ammo soon after I started a new game in Code Veronica. The difference is night and day, but I for one am glad that RE4 exists and it's influence persisted for years. I heard in a podcast recently that RE5 was the highest selling Resident Evil, hmmm... I don't know how I feel about that because for me the best game is still RE Remake, RE4, RE2,3, then 5 and 6. They are so different in mechanics and level design that a comparison would be kind of stupid. Code Veronica is the last of the old gen, and RE4 is still pretty accessible and contemporarry in design that makes it easier to get into. For starters, there are no ink ribbons so you have unlimited saves anytime you reach a checkpoint which there are many and there are ammo drops galore and Leon can kick and stab to conserver precious ammo. Anyhow, the opening level/chapters to RE4 are still the greatest intro to any game really. Pretty great pacing and even the cinematic actions make sense in the game. Still a classic!
BaD12- Jupiter Ascending
Okay. I liked the movie. I didn't hate it, but there is a lot to hate, mainly the acting talent of Mila Kunis. Channing Tatum, I don't care for him, but he was competent in this role, mainly because the story doesn't revolve around him and he just shows up to do cool stuff and blow up all the things which is all I was really expecting. I honestly feel like the movie would have been better if it just revolved around him, like Vin Diesel in Riddick, and they completey cut out Mila from the whole thing. In the beginning she's fine as the average girl with shitty life, but when she travels to 'another world' she just isn't emotional or reactive in any way shape or form, at least not in the convincing way she should have to make me care about what was happening to her, and some of the things the 'aliens' are doing is pretty fucked up. I looked at the backgrounds and characters of the Jupiter World and really loved the spacecrafts, wierd ass aliens and robots, except for the reptile creature things. The villain is very cartoonishly bad, no emotion what so ever. Ironically, one of the robot characters is super charismatic like C-3PO but he only appears briefly. Yeah, a minor robot character has more personality than the leads, ouch! So as a space movie where all the things get blowed up and there is cool spaceship action and everything but pretty average story it's like a C+ . I didn't hate it but it was mostly saved due to style which is how most modern action movies are now. Too bad they wasted potential on a cool concept and world. I think it's worth a rental. It's got great action scenes, and if you don't like the story or characters you can view it as a comedy. 
I've never played any of the old REs, though I've always wanted to play the REmake. I was excited about the HD-ified rerelease of that that just came out but then I found out it's not getting a physical releas here and that bums me out. I did play RE5 and while it's a decent game, it never comes close to the level of RE4. It may be the best selling RE game but it sold on it sold on the merits of its predecessor, not its own. I've heard that The Evil Within is a better sequel to RE4 (which makes sense since Mikami directed it).
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