Darkside Chronicles Blog Update: The Essence of Monsters

[kevstah2004]

It's not sunlight hence the reason it's white and not yellow which points to it coming from an artificial light source such as car headlights.

[RetroRain]

It's not sunlight hence the reason it's white and not yellow which points to it coming from an artificial light source such as car headlights.

If you follow the police station layout, then the outside of those windows is actually the front of the building. The part where you can go down those stairs to fight Brad the zombie, and that grass part. There is not a car in sight.

And besides, what are the odds that each car has its headlights pointed at each window?

[kevstah2004]

Wrong it's the left hand side of the R.P.D. not the front.

[Mr_Zombie]

I'm really curious why do they almost completely throw horror atmosphere out of the window in RE5, yet they're trying so hard in a spin-off rail shooter. I really like those blog entries and how this guy about things that affect the atmosphere, but why couldn't they did this in RE5 as well?

[Darkmoon]

I think my biggest question is why they're trying so damned hard to slam horror into an action, on rails, shooter. Not that I object, mind you, and I really hope this philosophy continues onwards and upwards. Maybe Capcom finally twigged that fighting for dominance in the action shooter market was a bad idea when grabbing the horror market is so easy.

[Harry Mason]

A nice read..I like the original Licker model and these look nice too. I'd like to see a zombie infected with the T-virus in half-licker form. Must be a nasty transformation.

And um why even make a rail shooter..what is this RE:house of the dead 2? They should give it the full treatment and make it a full blown survival horror game without rails, and add an extra 4th survivor mode for Ada...

[L-e-W]

I'd like to see a zombie infected with the T-virus in half-licker form. Must be a nasty transformation.

Wasn't that essentially what the Regis Licker in Outbreak was? (I mean, I haven't played OB but I thought that was basically a crimson head turning into a Licker)

The Licker design in this certainly looks pretty cool, it really reminds me of the design it had in the promotional art for RE 2, which was kinda different from the way it actually looked in the game.

[Yzak]

"In this game, having the Licker sneak up on you in the darkness and attack you is how we spell fright."

Oh ffffffffuuuuuuuu--

Lickers are one of my favorite monsters-- man, it's like these blogs can read all of our minds. I am loving every single one of these.

[RetroRain]

Wrong it's the left hand side of the R.P.D. not the front.

How the heck did I overlook that? I guess when I was visualizing it I forgot about that turn in the hallway.

[Mourning Light]

How the heck did I overlook that? I guess when I was visualizing it I forgot about that turn in the hallway.

That's right. Take a roger out of the reception room to the licker hall. If the lights are killed in that room like it looks like it could be streetlights coming through the window, but that side does face the alleyway, correct?

[adamthegrave]

i just hope this game is going to be better than the 1st game