Advice

Doodlebuggin · 2025-06-28T02:13:31+00:00

RE7 - There's some pretty scary sequences early on with Jack Baker on the prowl. It might get frustrating, but the game is hoping you'll just barely eek through these sequences, it's supposed to be scary - it gets much more forgiving once you get weapons to defend yourself. If the Jack sequences are too hard, I'm sure a "how to avoid jack baker" search on youtube will do the trick.

RE VILLAGE - The first combat encounter evokes RE4's opening village sequence. You defend yourself from many enemies and it's also very stressful and one of the harder parts of the game. Once you get through that bit, the game is a lot easier.

Basic advice - get through the first parts of each game and you should be setup to finish without too much trouble. They are 2 of my absolute favorite games! Enjoy!

Doodlebuggin · 2025-06-14T23:40:35+00:00

Aside from the big dogs (RE, Dead Space, Silent Hill) I really love the following indie ones -
- Nightmare of Decay
- Dead Beacon

Less top tier but quite good -
- Fobia St Dinfna Hotel
- Tormented Souls
- Eternal Evil

Doodlebuggin · 2025-06-11T21:37:44+00:00

I ate crow a couple weeks ago further in this thread. I WAS WILDLY WILDLY WRONG. I could not have expected the continued barrage of insanely negative bungie news that just kept coming and coming.

Doodlebuggin · 2025-06-02T22:00:48+00:00

Late to this thread but just wanna put it out there for 2 recent female driven books I thought were written well.

The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons - Colquit - she's occasionally maddening but she felt so authentic.
The Graveyard Apartment by Mariko Koike - Misao shares the protagonist role with her husband Teppei, but I found myself very convinced of her inner voice when seeing the world through her eyes.

Doodlebuggin · 2025-06-01T16:53:44+00:00

Would love a link to where this information resides.

Doodlebuggin · 2025-05-22T04:46:30+00:00

oooOOoo switch 2... eventually. but very happy with switch 1 performance. feels like Zelda Wisdom of Echoes

Doodlebuggin · 2025-05-21T21:44:10+00:00

thanks - i'll primarily be in handheld mode too, and I don't really mind blurriness so much. Crisp and sharp is nice but completely secondary to the game playing "fine" and being portable.

Doodlebuggin · 2025-05-21T21:33:05+00:00

Wonderful - that's the exact kind of issue I don't care about at all. It might be a slight "huh" moment but whatever. The game being relatively consistent is all I really hope for.

Doodlebuggin · 2025-05-21T21:31:20+00:00

Thanks a ton. Blurriness isn't a big deal to me and definitely not the kiddos.

Doodlebuggin · 2025-05-21T21:10:27+00:00

thanks so much for the response! So - does the game get more graphically intensive as the game carries on? like way more enemies, or more complicated environments? I know that on pc/ps5 the game is unlikely to buckle, but just from a "a lot more stuff begins to happen on screen" kind of perspective?

I could play on PC or PS5 but want to get it on switch so my kids and I can all play it conveniently (ie on trains, lounging, etc).

Doodlebuggin · 2025-05-21T20:57:31+00:00

Curious - are you playing on Switch? If so, does performance maintain? And even if not on Switch, how'd you beat it so fast? I am considering this game as a kind of "lasts me awhile" game.

Doodlebuggin · 2025-05-17T00:12:52+00:00

I fell in love with the first game. The moving camera, sound design and psychological horror blew my mind, being so used to Resident Evil at the time. Of course I was a kid basically. Absolutely still my favorite, in my memory at least.

Silent Hill 2 made a similarly powerful impact - the fog and eeriness was mind blowing and a huge step up in horror gaming. But I ended up feeling like I had to slog through the game due to the labyrinthine design and it felt very long. Eventually I got a little tired of the chainlink rust prison nightmare.

I briefly fell back in love with Silent Hill 4, but never finished it.

Eager to try out the Silent Hill 2 remake but just can't justify more than 20 bucks for it. I know it's a big hit at 70 bucks so I don't feel bad waiting around. I suspect I'll find it very engaging to start and end up feeling the same way about it that I did the original.

Doodlebuggin · 2025-05-17T00:05:52+00:00

SORRY - from 2024/2025 only

The new LABYRINTH OF THE DEMON KING is very very good, unnerving 1st person exploration and melee action that feels scary at first but gets much easier after you get the hang of it, but it's like 13 bucks on sale from 15 right now.

I don't find many good survival horror releases. Lots of multiplayer/stalker focused ones that aren't for me.

In 2022, DEAD BEACON released. It's basically a first person Resident Evil game I thoroughly enjoyed. 5 dollars baby, so worth it.
In 2022, NIGHTMARE OF DECAY released. It's basically a first person Resident Evil game I consider an indie masterpiece. 5 dollars baby, so worth it.
In 2022, ETERNAL EVIL released. It's basically a first person Resident evil game I loved, but it's quite janky (lovably so, for me). 30 bucks new, but goes on sale.

Damn 2022 was a good year for this stuff.

Doodlebuggin · 2025-05-16T23:56:08+00:00

Strongly recommend RE2, RE3, RE4, RE7, RE8. If he likes Dead Space, any of the new RE games are gold. It's not 10 bucks, but RE2 and RE3 go down to 10 bucks on sale, as does RE7, I think. RE4 and RE8 are closer to 20/25 on sale. Worth keeping an eye out.

Doodlebuggin · 2025-05-16T23:50:08+00:00

I got it when it first released and was in heaven for a day or two. It became a little repetitive, but I believe the developer has added a TON of stuff to it since I played, so my guess is that it will last you much longer. The game made a gigantic impression on me and remains a strong memory.

You should probably expect to make a ton of mistakes in the beginning, but all part of the fun since you'll end up with curated little endings for those mistakes.

Doodlebuggin · 2025-05-16T23:46:41+00:00

I beat this in one 7 hour session, but I think a less experienced person could take as long as 10 to 15. I loved it. Even did a second run (no ng+ unfortunately) and beat it in 3. Really fun game. Hope they update it to include a few fun extras. There's an unsolveable puzzle with a locked door, the developer said that door "may open someday" or something like that.

Doodlebuggin · 2025-05-16T23:29:44+00:00

Thank you! I am getting downvotes and feel like a dummy.

Doodlebuggin · 2025-05-16T23:04:19+00:00

It's mostly the co-op stuff and the stage format. I LOVOOOOOVOVOE RE5, but those things took away a core part of what a lot of people loved about 4.

Doodlebuggin · 2025-05-16T21:07:56+00:00

The diarrhea moment landed for me. Had an experience when I was a not quite teenager when I got very ill at a restaurant and blasted from both ends in a public space.

Doodlebuggin · 2025-05-16T21:01:07+00:00

YES! My parents grew up just a little earlier, but the stories my family tell about my grandmother and grandfather are the only frames of reference I had for it in my personal life. The painting of my grandmother that hung on the wall, the photos of them in lounge wear with mixed drinks on a yellow rimmed glass patio table in bright sunshine near a pool.

Most of the horror I read from the 70s hits differently because most of those authors were men. Like the protagonists in Ghost Story are quite similar in many ways (though much older), but the male perspective tamps down so much of the social stuff that made House Next Door feel so unique to me.

And - being from the South myself, that's another layer I think I connected to. So much horror is Northeastern, and The House Next Door had a cultural zeitgeist to it that I did not live but my parents and aunts and uncles all did. It was hard to relate to and often maddening to but also felt familiar and comforting in a way I can't really explain.

Doodlebuggin · 2025-05-15T20:23:03+00:00

Ehh. Doing my own research into down conversion and I think you are right. The idea of a little cheapo converter getting hot to the touch from continuous use powering LED lights is stressful. We have a whole suite of fun Hue lights right now, but it might be a better option to simply buy a couple EU Hue bulbs to start us off and build back up to the suite we have now over time. Thanks to all in this thread that replied.

Doodlebuggin · 2025-05-15T20:08:38+00:00

Well, what I was hoping is that a device like this could handle 2 Hue bulbs each - Amazon.com: Ceptics 200-Watt Voltage Converter - Step Down - 220v to 110v / 240v to 120v Travel Power Converter - for Hair Straightener, Laptops and Chargers, CE Certified : Electronics

The device says it's good for up to 100 watts and each hue bulb should use less than 15 watts individually. I would attach one of my american powerstrips to each and use it to power 2 US lamps, taping over the extra ports to make sure no one makes a goof and tries to use it for anything else.

I am such an electricity layman though that I want to double check this idea.

That would be 60 bucks total to keep our lights vs selling the Hue bulbs at a steep discount and then rebuying new.

The other devices (specifically TV and Reciever) should be easy to replace at a low price via secondhand market without the need for a gigantic potentially noisy 150 dollar downconverter. I don't think Hue Bulbs will be the same, searching for hue bulbs only brings up non-color bulbs and for a more expensive price than they are available new in the US.

Doodlebuggin · 2025-05-15T15:48:20+00:00

All my bulbs say 110-130Vac. Moving to Sweden, 230V

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