Example follows:
Click that image to see the whole damn thing.
This image is of a review on Gamestop's page for "Resident Evil: Archives - Resident Evil", the re-release of the Gamecube remake of the classic 1996 Capcom title "Resident Evil".
What makes this so depressing should be evident to any -real- "HUGE fan of the RE series".
Kids these days have no idea what their ancestry is, and that makes me sad.
It is the modern 'save anywhere' 'auto save' 'auto fire' 'auto target' 'infinite continue' and 'perpetual easy mode' "gamers" of today who have given the industry a free pass to just shill out this 'hand held stroll through the park' bull shit that is the standard for today's video gaming community. Today's "hard mode" is the equivalent of what the sum total of a game used to be when I was growing up.
However, I digress. The direct point of this rant is to address the issue of this "HUGE fan of the RE series" complaining about how he dislikes 5/7 of the damn series.
(5/8 if you wish to count Survivor, which seems to be the only of the spin-off titles so far to contain original content and is seemingly canon)
It seems obvious that those complaining about the classic "3D Control" scheme of the old school ORIGINAL Resident Evil series are missing the damn point.
Resident Evil is not what it used to be. It is not what it was originally conceived to be: Survival Horror. Today, Resident Evil is simply a romp through the action genre. Now, don't get me wrong. I love Resident Evil 4 and 5. In fact, Resident Evil 4 was the first game ever to exceed my expectations. But to call oneself a "HUGE fan of the RE series" and then to dismiss the games that started the whole thing, and not to mention the majority of the series (discounting the rail shooter spin offs) because of a choice of control mechanics is fucking outrageous.
Now, to those who missed the mother-fucking, god-damn point of the classic Resident Evil control scheme, here it is: The classic Resident Evil control scheme was put in place to allow for seamless and uninterrupted control through rapid changes in static camera positioning. The camera angles were chosen to convey a sense that one is watching a horror movie. The changes in camera angles could be so drastic, -such as going from a position behind the player to one suddenly on the opposite end of a hall, facing the approaching player, and inverted- that it required such a control scheme. The control scheme being as it is, allows for motion to continue uninterrupted during these shifts, and as such prevents disorientation.
Later in the post pictured, the poster declares that "It's a stupid game". Wow... Really? You are dismissing the entire game because you are unable to appreciate the control scheme? He later decides that "The only people [who] would like this game [are] some of[ ]video games first players" and "Anyone [who] plays games later than the 2000's would not like this game". Let's explore the absurdity of this claim. I will ignore the "2000's" issue, and assume he meant anything later than the year 2000. He claims that nobody who plays games beyond the year 2000 would like this game. I can refute this statement simply by stating that the game was released in 2002. Please note that I am referring to the Game Cube remake of Resident Evil, and not the Playstation original, released in 1996. Now to claim that anybody who plays games later than the year 2000 would not like this game is false simply in that respect, as anyone who has played this game logically must have played it after the year 2000. I enjoyed the Resident Evil GCN remake thoroughly.
Now let us assume that he simply has no idea how to express his thoughts, and he actually meant something along these lines: "Nobody who started playing games after the year 2000 would enjoy this game". Based on this sentence, he is only speculating. Since I do not know anybody who only started playing games after the year 2000, I can not refute his claim by pointing out a case where he is incorrect. However, he can not back up his claim unless he accounts for every single person to have started playing games after the year 2000.
Now... I could sit here all day refuting this guy's arguments against a wonderful classic remade, but you know... it's easier to just call this guy an idiot.
I will simply leave it at this: If you do not understand the history of something, then it is not right for you to claim such knowledge. To base your love of a series solely on the most recent samples available, and then to try to represent the series as a whole is very intellectually dishonest, ignorant, and douchey. Don't fucking do it. If you enjoy the Rail Shooters, or the new 'action' based style of the series, then represent your opinion as such. DO NOT, however, disregard such a wonderful game, and by proxy, all other magnificent games in the series which share its properties simply because you are too ignorant to understand the history of the series.
MrBloodBathMan, you should be ashamed of yourself for your short mindedness and personal ignorance. Please stop claiming to be a fan of this series, as by your own words and lack of information, you are not.
Update: I suppose I should take solace in the fact that 23 people other than myself found it reasonable to rate his review as poor. I can only hope that they did so as an attempt to draw potential buyers away from the ignorance and idiocy which the reviewer displayed.
If you are interested in finding more information about the series, then I urge you to visit the Resident Evil Wiki.
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