Posted on 02/07/2016 at 08:57 AM
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Chessa and I just started RE6 the other night and that's been the first one where I felt the game just flat-out sucked. Even RE5 had some redeeming qualities even though I wouldn't say that I particularly loved it. RE4 was definitely the turning point in the series, but I'd be lying if I said it wasn't one of my favorites. REmake was also fantastic and like Matt, I'm extremely excited for the RE2make.
I think my biggest problem with the series is that it's losing touch with what it once was. There's no more thoughtful puzzles. No more ambiance. No more subtlety. It's become an in-your-face zombie shooting gallery. Quite frankly, there are a hundred other games on the market that are basically that.
The story around RE was never award winning, but even that seems to have completely jumped the shark. And since that's become so much more important to the series, its subpar quality really stands out more than it did before.
I haven't played through all of Revelations yet and still have Revelations 2 on my shelf, but that seems to be the subseries that's carrying the torch of the original few games. I'll be curious to see what they do with 7, but I can't say I have high hopes of them doing a proper reboot.