The True Essence of a Resident Evil Fan?

[rehunk88]

rehunk88: So if Capcom pack a shit with Resident Evil you'll still buy it? Because that's exactly what you just wrote..

what are you talking about ?

[[STARS]TyranT]

The only reason I'm hating on ORC is because of the care free approach to making the game fit in. We are a passionate fanbase, and had it not been for the fanbase and certain individuals piecing it all together then we wouldn't have as a good an idea as we do regarding the storyline and backgrounds.etc.

Then a game comes along, ignores most of the established canon and pisses on all that hard work. As a game I couldn't care less how it played or anything. Survivors a load of shit, but I love it because it works as a story and is a great chapter of the series. At least it contributes somewhat.

ORC doesn't contribute anything, other than gaping contradictions, and that's why i'm hating on it. Like Darkmoon says, you have to be able to voice your opinions either way. Capcom generally get a free pass from for a lot of things, I praise them immensely, so it's only right I'm able to voice my opinion when I actually don't like something.

[Dark_Chris]

what are you talking about ?

You said it youself. You said you will buy everything with Resident Evil logo on it. So I am asking you if you will buy a pack of shit with RE logo on it? Because that's how I see ORC.

[rehunk88]

You said it youself. You said you will buy everything with Resident Evil logo on it. So I am asking you if you will buy a pack of shit with RE logo on it? Because that's how I see ORC.

Thats your point of view many others dont agree with you ( like me)

but if you want to go there then... why do you think i dident buy revelation for 3ds :3 ( so you see i dont buy all the shit capcom releases) xD

im sorry im gonna stop now but this guy is just alot of fun to teass he gets angry so fast.

[Dark_Chris]

say what ever you like about Revelations. I play it and love it. And I am not the one who gets angry and usually wrote a wall of text with plenty of nonsence. Have a nice day.

[Pikminister]

Well at least this thread is keeping things alive here.

Because nothing else of worth came of it... other than the obvious fact that there are so many interpretations of what a true RE fan is or isn't.

[rehunk88]

say what ever you like about Revelations. I play it and love it. And I am not the one who gets angry and usually wrote a wall of text with plenty of nonsence. Have a nice day.

i dont see any nonsense in here you must have forgotten your glasses again.
( an i wasent even talking to you to begin with).

I can clearly tell you dident read anything of what i said ( because your mind is already set too I HATE OPERATION RACOON CITY RAAAGEE).. so my opinion dosent matter to you.

but dont come in here and talk to me if you dont got anything better to say. okay bro ?.

[Dark_Chris]

i dont see any nonsense in here you must have forgotten your glasses again.
( an i wasent even talking to you to begin with).

I can clearly tell you dident read anything of what i said ( because your mind is already set too I HATE OPERATION RACOON CITY RAAAGEE).. so my opinion dosent matter to you.

but dont come in here and talk to me if you dont got anything better to say. okay bro ?.

[rehunk88]

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[Wrathborne]

I'm amazed Darkmoon hasn't just swung the ban hammer on you already rehunk88.

You pull the same crap almost every day fighting with other members on the forum and putting up nonsensical rants that I wont even get into.
Switch to decaf.

[Det. Beauregard]

I got into Resident Evil because of the investigative elements, the locations, and the immoral science. Characters and enemies also obviously play a role, but the first three are paramount to me. I liked the detective aspect of the original games; the piecing together of the clues that revealed the full story. Game don't really do that much anymore. Now it's mostly long cut scenes and dialog during gameplay. There's a severe lack of investigation in the newer titles.

I'm also a huge fan of the locations, particularly those in Raccoon City. The Arklay mansion, the management training facility, the R.P.D., Rockfort island, and many of the Outbreak locations are almost characters in and of themselves. I also loved how these locations used "trapped in a maze" designs; that is, you find items and progressively unlock more sections of the maze. Most of the time, the newer games in the series don't do this. Exploration was the key, not mowing down everything in your path with machine guns like every other game out there.

The newer games generally lack the "essence of RE," in my opinion. RE4 had some of it with the earlier locations, Revelations had some of it with the ship and the overall feel (in the first few Jill chapters only), and RE5 contained absolutely nothing worthwhile. RE5 will always be the "Other M" of the RE series to me. And ORC? Don't even get me started. I don't feel any soul in that game whatsoever. The city is bland and completely different from the Raccoon we knew and loved from RE2, RE3, and (particularly) the Outbreak games. The actual Raccoon had character; this version of it is simply dull. And the characters... oh, man, are they terribly designed. Maybe they'd work if this were Star Wars or Mass Effect, but not in RE. Thankfully, it's non-canon, and thus irrelevant.

So if I think the newer RE games are "merely a shadow of their former self," am I not a true fan of the series?

[Wrathborne]

AH..the mystery elements of the older games....I really miss that aspect of the series.

While I really hated Code Veronica in the end, ti did have a good mystery atmosphere.

[Darkmoon]

I'm amazed Darkmoon hasn't just swung the ban hammer on you already rehunk88.

You pull the same crap almost every day fighting with other members on the forum and putting up nonsensical rants that I wont even get into.
Switch to decaf.

He would have been yesterday after posting the same message three times after being warned not to. But I entered '1' instead of '10' and so he skipped by. Can't further punish folks because of my screw ups.

[News Bot]

If you like the series, you are a true fan. That's it.

[LVL100 Merchant]

Arguing about what defines a "true fan" is pretty damn inane in the first place if you ask me. I think what I'd argue instead is what defines a "sensible fan," and by now, I think people need to stop bitching that games like RE4 and 5 aren't "true" Resident Evil games. What they've done is just expand the definition of what Resident Evil is, and what's wrong with that? Granted, I'd love an installment that's more of a genuine throwback to the older titles (Revelations was pretty satisfying in this regard though), but I'm still a huge fan of the series because each new main entry manages to win me over no matter what the game is like. That doesn't mean fans of older HAVE to love the new ones too, or vice versa, but it's simply juvenile to criticize newer entries as not being "true" RE games.

On the subject of ORC, I don't think it's worth "true fans" getting their knickers bunched up over the conceptual style of the game, nor do I think the game is worth defending just because it has Resident Evil on the box. It's an over-the-top what if scenario that is meant to be viewed outside the scope of what Resident Evil is traditionally viewed as, and that's perfectly fine. Instead of people bitching about it simply being a squad based shooter RE game (which I think is actually a pretty cool idea for a spin off honestly), people should be more focused on bitching that the game just doesn't look very good (though I do admit that many folks seem to recognize this).

Anyway, my point is, Resident Evil can be a lot of things. It can be slow and methodical like REmake, it can be fast paced and multiplayer driven like ORC, or it can be something in between like Revelations or RE3. People should be more concerned with how well each Resident Evil game accomplishes itself rather than simply judging it conceptually.

tl;dr

If you like the series, you are a true fan. That's it.