Is anyone else extremely disappointed?

[Enrico Marini]

The CV chapters felt like it let the whole thing down. My reason being is the CV backdrops didn't seem to get a decent enough overhaul, making the higher res models look bad in comparison, I feel capcom didn't try too hard with RE2's and Javiers so CV's didn't look too out of place. Then there was the annoying alterations to the Room Layouts.

Alexia was all wrong, so was Alfred. Kind of felt that Alfred was the "sane" one of the twins. I really wanted to reach into my screen and slap Alexia, she annoyed me so much. I also missed the old Alfred voice and laughing, same with Alexia. That could be that I'm too set in my ways. Annette and Irons sounded wrong as well.

Am I the only one who'd want to beat the "new Steve" to death with the old Steve's corpse. Neither Steve makes me feel any sadness when he buys it. Though I did miss the "Father!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!".

The RE2 Chapters were pure awesome though some of the changes were annoying. At least they kept the whole cast, the bosses and the path (though missing out some of the scenary) unlike UC with the missing Barry, RE3's chapter being ripped straight from Outbreak and not actually following 3's plot. Though RE2 seemed to be a rush of bosses near the end.

I do miss having a choice of Shotty's, magnums, machineguns and the like.

I think if UC and DsC had been one game it would have been awesome but that would have forced Capcom to remake RE2 and CV to almost Remake/0 quality.

[Archelon]

Nope, he lives in the canon. There's a file in RE: Survivor from him dated after Raccoon City.

That was a mistranslation, though. The entry that was written after the destruction of Raccoon City was not written by Nicholai in the original Japanese.

[P Anderson DIE]

I enjoyed it for what it was. Don't know what more people are expecting from a rail shooter. I knew barley anything about this game until I played it, I tried very hard to avoid any spoilers. I had no idea how involved Leon was in the game. He get's Re4, Degen and now Darkside. Please Capcom use some other characters for your next project.

[Archelon]

I enjoyed it for what it was. Don't know what more people are expecting from a rail shooter. I knew barley anything about this game until I played it, I tried very hard to avoid any spoilers. I had no idea how involved Leon was in the game. He get's Re4, Degen and now Darkside. Please Capcom use some other characters for your next project.

Did you forget about Umbrella Chronicles and RE5?

Also, there's the two new upcoming scenarios for RE5, both of which have nothing to do with Leon whatsoever.

By your logic, Chris, Jill, and Wesker are getting far too much exposure.

[Wesker_101]

That was a mistranslation, though. The entry that was written after the destruction of Raccoon City was not written by Nicholai in the original Japanese.

This seems pretty interesting.

So, Nicholai's fate is still up in the air?

[News Bot]

That was a mistranslation, though. The entry that was written after the destruction of Raccoon City was not written by Nicholai in the original Japanese.

Its not a mistranslation. Nicholai was the only surviving Supervisor (since he gunned down the rest) and he was the only one who could plausibly witness the events detailed in the file (such as Nemesis and S.T.A.R.S., since he had a personal encounter with the latter and made it his perogative to stay the hell away from her). Hence, he's really the only one who could have sent the file. It also fills in some of his "missing" time, having him in the clock tower on September 30th.

The only mistranslation is that the October 6th part of the file is still written by Nicholai in the English version, which is a mistake. It's written by an Umbrella B.O.W. Development Team in the Japanese version.

[Zombie]

I have mixed feelings about the game, there are many things that stop me from loving the game.


-Shaky camera, so freaking bad, and you can't move the point of view a little like in UC.
-Stupid collision detection.
-Breakable objects, random as hell, in one scenario you can break lights or barrels, and in the next scenario you can't in some places.
-Operation Javier, awfull characters and story. Boring scenarios.

I love the RE2 scenario, CV scenario is ok.


Right now I still like UC more.

[P Anderson DIE]

Did you forget about Umbrella Chronicles and RE5?

Also, there's the two new upcoming scenarios for RE5, both of which have nothing to do with Leon whatsoever.

By your logic, Chris, Jill, and Wesker are getting far too much exposure.

Yeah but they are decent characters. Leon's character is just one big mess. I think I prefered him in Darkside over Degen and Res4 though. Also Leon is just one character, there is only so much you can do with one character. Chris, Jill and Wesker are 3 seperate character's so there's alot more freedom there. Can you really count the upcoming scenarios as a full game? I don't. It's still Res5 story at the end of the day.

[Archelon]

Yeah but they are decent characters.

Not after RE5, but to each their own.

[Veris]

Not after RE5, but to each their own.

Don't worry, I smell a bit of fanboyism in his post. It's funny how Leon is the only thing he found to complain about, when there are other multiple possible complaints, like the shakey camera. And he also thinks Chris, Jill, and Wesker are decent characters, lol.

[yeahokbanned]

^ I'm rather tired of all of them. They never seem to say anything but commands directed at objects ("Chris! The door!") or vague statements about corporal justice ("We gotta make them pay!" "I'm gonna scrub this virus from the face of the earth!") . I know that a lot of the newer fans are all about bad-ass action and playing as invulnerable bad-asses, but is a little humanity in the characters too much to ask? Claire and (surprisingly) Steve were the only characters whose interactions were at all believable to me in this game, and every game after RECV (to an extent) seems to have upped the action capability of its characters and lowered the empathy capability. Leon was a confused, frightened rookie in RE4 and a Bruce Campbell-type action chump in RE4. Chris may have been bland to start with, but at least in the beginning things were frightening for him also. Jill, well, has sort of let her breasts do the thinking for her since RE3. Also, did anyone else get the impression that Claire and Leon didn't really like each other all that much in DSC? I got the impression they were only tolerating each other.

[Archelon]

The thing is, the characters were never normal, every day, average people. I've never understood why so many fans have acted like they were, either. They've always been these specially trained operatives who had extensive military careers before they were even out of college, going by their ages. Even characters who are supposed to be "normal," like Claire and Steve, have possessed abilities and talents far outside the realm of believability. Don't even get me started on the ridiculous number of child prodigies in the series.

Using Leon as an example, simply because he's not very popular around these parts, it's fine if someone doesn't like him. Like I said in my previous post, to each their own. The thing that bugs me is when people act like he's the only unbelievable character in the entire series. There isn't a single believable character in Resident Evil. Very few of the characters have ever had any true vulnerabilities. It's not a new thing that started with recent games in the series. It's always been that way.

I also think a lot of fans need to actually go back and play the original games, instead of just romanticizing them through rose-tinted glasses, because the characters have hardly ever actually been scared or acted scared, despite the predicaments in which they found themselves. But now you have a case with Darkside Chronicles where the characters act almost as if they're too scared to even function, let alone actually survive the events depicted in each scenario. If it's not one extreme, it's another. Capcom is not good with subtlety.

This is not directed at you, specifically, by the way. Just some general observations that your post made me think of.

And yeah, I also kind of got the impression that Leon and Claire didn't particularly like each other in Memory of a Lost City, which I found especially odd when you consider how quickly Claire was apparently taken with Steve in Game of Oblivion.

[P Anderson DIE]

Don't worry, I smell a bit of fanboyism in his post. It's funny how Leon is the only thing he found to complain about, when there are other multiple possible complaints, like the shakey camera. And he also thinks Chris, Jill, and Wesker are decent characters, lol.

The shakey camera didn't bother me. If a little shakey cam put's you off a game then then that's your deal, I barley noticed it. I did name several other fault's with the game as well so your talking rubbish there. Why don't you go back and read my post again. I know your a newbie but that's no excuse for being ignorant. You also named one fault with the game so way to contradict yourself. Compared to Leon? Yeah Chris, Jill and Wesker are good character's. You wanna brand me a fanboy? But as soon as I run down Leon you get your panties in a bunch. Maybe what your smelling is your upper lip?

[DarkMemories]

And yeah, I also kind of got the impression that Leon and Claire didn't particularly like each other in Memory of a Lost City, which I found especially odd when you consider how quickly Claire was apparently taken with Steve in Game of Oblivion.

Hmm...that's not really what I got from it at all. It seemed more like playful banter in an otherwise stressful situation.

[Archelon]

The shakey camera didn't bother me. If a little shakey cam put's you off a game then then that's your deal, I barley noticed it. I did name several other fault's with the game as well so your talking rubbish there. Why don't you go back and read my post again. I know your a newbie but that's no excuse for being ignorant. You also named one fault with the game so way to contradict yourself. Compared to Leon? Yeah Chris, Jill and Wesker are good character's. You wanna brand me a fanboy? But as soon as I run down Leon you get your panties in a bunch. Maybe what your smelling is your upper lip?

Even if you hate Leon, it's still pretty silly to complain about overexposure when other characters are getting as much attention as he is.

And just because a similar conversation was already had on these boards once before, I hope cvxfreak won't mind if I use one of his posts for visual aid:

http://www.the-horror.com/forums/showpost.php?p=95939&postcount=57