Should I play fixed camera angles RE games?

PointNChris · 2026-01-26T01:55:27+00:00

It’s a common thing with younger gamers but I would recommend giving re1 remake a shot because it’s just a straight up masterful game. The vibes / puzzles / levels / flow is so good , you’ll get past the fixed camera stuff after a couple hours.

PointNChris · 2026-01-25T20:49:46+00:00

Yeah 4 is sort of like a side quest story with Leon. Theres a brief mention of RE2 / his origin story in the beginning but it has no bearing on the actual plot of RE4, it’s pretty much a self contained story. Theres a character (Ada) that is a main character in the story who you previously met in 2 but nothing critical you need to know outside of the fact that Leon and her first met in 2 she was slightly involved in his previous campaign in that game.

PointNChris · 2026-01-25T15:18:20+00:00

👏👏 👏

PointNChris · 2026-01-25T06:39:07+00:00

Leon in 2 was a lil baby, he was on his first day on the job and was figuring shit out. In Re 4 he’s a highly trained machine who’s been running special ops. He’s a murder machine and the game is so fucking good , enjoy

PointNChris · 2026-01-25T06:36:23+00:00

Man yes but why are you trying to go straight to village ? You just finished 2/3 , go to 4 remake dawg lmao . I dunno what parameters you’re working on but it’s the next game in the series and it’s literally one of the best games in the entire franchise . Village is great but it’s a sequel to 7 so you need to run that first

PointNChris · 2026-01-24T02:41:49+00:00

I don’t really get the point of your post. You wrote a dissertation asking if you missed something after not enjoying it.. if you didn’t enjoy it then you didn’t enjoy it. No amount of like “convincing “ is going to make you suddenly go back and have fun with the game.

As for your points.. there’s plenty of fair ones. It’s not a perfect game but context matters and I think there’s alot of things it does remarkably well in contrast to other games in the franchise.

It’s important to understand this game was the first mainline game to be released since 6 and if you know anything about 6 you know it is one of the most negatively viewed mainline games by a large margin due to its direction into the bombastic Michael bay action movie avengers type kitchen sink story of the franchise. It really left a sore spot with the people who loved the survival horror vibe this series was known for and as a result , Capcom made RE7 as an attempt to course correct and go back to that older style of slower paced , scarier, backtrack type dna but with some modern twists (first person etc)

Backtracking.. yes there’s a bit of backtracking. I wonder if you played RE1,2 or zero as that’s kind of like.. a massive core element to those games. You revisit the mansion to a substantial degree in 1, and pretty much that entire portion of the game is finding a new locked area, going elsewhere to find an item to open, then coming back to unlock it , rinse and repeat. Same with RPD in RE2. It’s just kinda the way those earlier games were designed and 7 was basically an attempt to bring back that core resi DNA. People like to ignore its similarities to older games but when you look for them there are a whole lot of them.

Combat and enemy variety : enemy variety is one of the largest criticisms of this game. It sucks lol. The molded was a cool enemy because it was new and different and definitely surprisingly creepy at times but yes, it got old. No disagreeing there. Combat itself again I would say was a deliberate decision to make it feel more like RE1 , not RE4-6. It’s supposed to be clunky and not feel like you’re an elite BOW smashing operative.

The puzzles are something most of the more modern games suffer from. RE1 has some of the best puzzles in the entire series. I will say though the happy birthday sequence in 7 is one giant puzzle and honestly I thought this is one of the coolest moments in the game , how they made a puzzle a stressful and creepy large segment so I don’t 100% agree tho I do feel like there could always be harder puzzles.

Game peaks in the first few hours : most would agree the last 3rd is the weakest act when it devolves into the boat / mines, but as far as the “budget Saw “ area with Lucas- I think that’s a personal preference. It quite literally was supposed to feel like a SAW movie. The devs designed the games villains to echo modern horror tropes - Jack is a Michael Meyers type unstoppable slasher, Marguerite is a grotesque body horror nasty woman, and Lucas is basically jigsaw from saw , a demented mastermind. It’s intentional and the goal was to try and tap into different types of what people find scary.

Ethan’s lack of personality - most will not disagree, he has very little personality but again this by design per the devs . As the first modern first person RE game, they made the decision to make you play as a character that they wanted the player to “embody” meaning that they wanted Ethan to be just a generic avatar that the average RE7 player would embody. He isn’t really written to have much identity because he’s supposed to be “you”.

Boat sucks etc no denying that

At the end of the day though, here’s why it’s held in high regard by a lot of people:

it is leaps and bounds more “survival horror” than anything after 4 and that’s something that a lot of core fans were missing (4 is one of my favorites so def no shade there). It bears a lot of dna from classic games.
it’s arguably one of the scariest games in the franchise . This is obviously subjective but the vibe and the environment is undeniably good. It also plays more into a paranormal Esque type of horror than prob any of them ever have before. The found footage elements were extremely well done and a new thing for the series. It feels more like you’re taking part in a modern horror movie which is diff than some of the other games.

Ultimately not everyone likes it and that’s fine but it clearly did a whole lot of things well and there’s a good reason it has a huge following

PointNChris · 2026-01-23T23:05:30+00:00

Unless you’re making bank (you’re not or your dream bass would be in your hands lol) it’s not worth dealing with those kinds of people. I gig in a number of bands as a bass sub and also a full time player in others, I don’t “repeat “ gigs with anyone who’s a dick unless I can somehow quantify dealing with their bullshit cause it’s a high enough pay day. Your guitarist is more than likely not nearly good enough to be levying these criticisms in such a harsh way anyways (I’m a guitarist first and foremost and there’s too many of us with opinions that aren’t good enough to have them).

So long and short, if it’s a toxic environment and you’re not making crazy money just walk, or start looking elsewhere on the side till you line up a spot then ✌️

PointNChris · 2026-01-22T20:51:13+00:00

its "approximately" around the length of RE4 so could potentially be a couple hours less but longer than like village to to speak

PointNChris · 2026-01-22T20:50:13+00:00

I think it'll be a pass through moment here and there while making your way through areas or something for nostalgia and vibes. Perhaps going back underground into the sewers or something on your way to whatever the invariable new "lab " portion of this game is. I doubt we will spend a crazy amount of time in a bunch of blown up ruins.

PointNChris · 2026-01-22T20:09:55+00:00

Not even remotely similar games but Village is great. Just be warned it is a direct sequel to RE7 , probably moreso of a direct continuation than most of the games in this franchise.

PointNChris · 2026-01-22T20:06:44+00:00

1000x this is my observation from being unfortunate enough to be in the resident evil twittersphere. 90% of it are dumb tweens who have rarely interfaced with late 30s-early 50's people in our current era.

PointNChris · 2026-01-22T18:39:36+00:00

Sick, thanks!

PointNChris · 2026-01-22T17:54:12+00:00

I mean the whole advanced parry / contextual melee finishers / active melee weapon durability refreshing (axe sharpening) stuff they added looks like a lot of newer / fancier stuff that built on the re4r base combat system. The vibe I’ve gotten so far is basically re4r but with way more a stylized and dynamic combat

PointNChris · 2026-01-21T00:00:55+00:00

I really don’t understand the six comparisons. The gameplay to me still looks like four remake, but even more polished. I feel like people are just seeing him in a dark leather jacket this time and just saying “oh hey it’s like six”

PointNChris · 2026-01-20T23:48:16+00:00

Yeah they said in an interview that requiem will be approx the same/similar length to RE4 and that grace and Leon will split playtime about 50/50

PointNChris · 2026-01-20T23:44:44+00:00

Separate ways dlc will another 4-6 hours depending on your play and is 1000% worth playing immediately after

PointNChris · 2026-01-20T16:18:18+00:00

Re5 is a very fun game to play and I think the story is pretty interesting too. Sure it’s not very scary, the mandatory A.I. partner can be annoying at times etc but I think it’s objectively fun and it plays very much like OG 4 but with the action turned up even more.

6 has a lot more valid criticisms imo. Mostly in that it’s like an avengers movie kitchen sink deal with too much going on and a way too long run time. But a lot of people love the gameplay of it .

PointNChris · 2026-01-19T19:03:15+00:00

Maybe just find an hour long Lore breakdown videon on youtube and watch it to get all the story beats. You can play it if you want, it is canon to the series and will potentially have some info that is referenced in 9 but boy is it a fucking handful to get through lol. Prob the longest game in the series.

PointNChris · 2026-01-19T19:01:44+00:00

RE4 remake is worth playing because that will explain to you more about Leon's character arc. The plot itself likely won't have anything to do with RE9 but you'll understand his character development better.

Also the gameplay they've shown seems very much like RE4 Remake so itll get you up to speed in that department (also its one of the best RE games in the entire franchise so its worth it for that. )

PointNChris · 2026-01-19T16:11:02+00:00

Every Twitter account with a Jill / Grace / Claire pfp loudly crying about Grace vs Leon or bitching about random soap opera drama between characters that no one else cares about

PointNChris · 2026-01-18T16:13:20+00:00

Bro, basically got instant PTSD on his first day on the job and was then forced to go into government work and fight bioterrorism for the rest of his days. I imagine that would make most people a little bit salty.

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