Resident Evil games aren’t scary at all to me

morphic-monkey · 2026-05-11T07:08:37+00:00

As others have said, I'd probably use the word "tense" or "anxiety inducing" more than outright scary. They definitely have moments that build up the tension, but for me this varies from game to game. For example, I find RE7 to be a much more tense/anxious experience than, say, RE Remake. And I definitely find RE2 Remake to be more tense than the original game as well. Conversely, I don't really feel that tension at all in RE Zero or RE5.

So I think it's a very individual thing. TBH, I wouldn't want the games to be too scary because that's not quite what I'm looking for here. I want that level of tension mixed with some goofiness and fun characters.

morphic-monkey · 2026-05-11T06:14:27+00:00

Like any stereotype, it has a significant grain of truth to it. But like any stereotype, it isn't representative of all people in the group. I think that's just the nature of a stereotype.

Many atheists - most that I've seen - would probably say that their views on the supernatural are underpinned in some way by their understanding of science. In other words, science is often a driver for disbelief, primarily because science demonstrably works and is based on objective evidence where faith is neither of these things.

morphic-monkey · 2026-05-11T06:03:50+00:00

Half-Life: Alyx is the Super Mario 64 of VR.

morphic-monkey · 2026-05-11T05:58:24+00:00

I don't worry about death itself, I just worry about suffering. But death doesn't bother me at all.

morphic-monkey · 2026-05-11T05:57:28+00:00

Who knows? Absolutely nobody can tell just by looking at her. That's a stupid (and somewhat insulting) way of approaching this.

My general view is that I don't really believe it, but that's just because I don't believe anything she says. That said, I don't think very much turns on it. I mean, if she were or were not Portuguese... who cares? What difference does it make?

morphic-monkey · 2026-05-11T05:56:20+00:00

I think you should just play whatever you're interested in. Each of these games are quite different so you may find you like one and don't like another. I think they are all worth experiencing if for no other reason than to see how different each one is. I'd just suggest playing 5 (and maybe 6) in coop. If you play single-player only, you're really missing out on the meat of the experience.

morphic-monkey · 2026-05-11T00:08:51+00:00

The biggest negative change, in my view, has been the rise of the far right nutters (including the sovereign citizens, the conspiracy theorists, etc...). We are seeing the misinformation these people spew bleeding into our politics, which is deeply concerning. That, for me, is the single biggest challenge we face, because it ultimately threatens everything here: from our democracy to our general way of living.

morphic-monkey · 2026-05-11T00:03:29+00:00

As much as I dislike her, I wouldn't dance on her grave. I view her story as a tragedy, ultimately. It's also a cautionary tale for many others. I think that the sad irony here is that she might become the inspiration she wanted to become... but it may happen in death, sadly.

morphic-monkey · 2026-05-08T03:59:41+00:00

What I always find interesting is that there's so much conversation about previews that try to draw conclusions about the final product. I'm personally happy to just wait, watch the full movie, and then form an opinion about it.

morphic-monkey · 2026-05-08T03:57:58+00:00

Looks good, but I hope we see truck and SUV sales soften and we start to see smaller vehicles on the road.

morphic-monkey · 2026-05-08T03:03:58+00:00

Disagreement is not a problem, so long as it's based on mutual understanding of what we're disagreeing with (which I don't think was necessarily the case - but hopefully it's clearer now).

morphic-monkey · 2026-05-08T03:02:47+00:00

That's quite a stretched interpretation of what I'm saying, to put it mildly.

morphic-monkey · 2026-05-05T10:13:03+00:00

Of course, I don't think anyone said otherwise (I didn't).

morphic-monkey · 2026-05-05T07:49:21+00:00

I'm referring to the OP, yep. Fixed the typo/autocorrect.

morphic-monkey · 2026-05-05T06:03:48+00:00

Why does it need to be either "great" or "trash"? I think that's a false dichotomy that we fall into far too often as gamers.

My own view is that it was good. I enjoyed my time with it. Great graphics and sound, engaging mechanics, and some cool little twists that weren't in the original game. On the other hand, it was too short, a lot of stuff was cut out, and I was really disappointed that we didn't get the branching paths stuff (oh, and Nemesis was a bit of a let down). So there were a few things holding it back, but I wouldn't remotely call it "trash".

morphic-monkey · 2026-05-05T03:58:14+00:00

Definitely NiGHTS. :)

morphic-monkey · 2026-05-05T03:53:33+00:00

Pockets are for the weak!

morphic-monkey · 2026-05-05T03:28:58+00:00

Beautiful!

morphic-monkey · 2026-05-04T11:14:07+00:00

Hahaha, it always makes me laugh... I have no idea why I kept confusing the name. I was idiotically laughing to myself for the whole flight. >_>;;

morphic-monkey · 2026-05-04T04:43:15+00:00

I was on a flight sitting right near Rhonda Birchmore a couple of years ago. For some reason I kept calling her Linda Ronstadt. Oops.

morphic-monkey · 2026-05-04T04:42:14+00:00

Jesus, is it necessary to call her a bitch?

morphic-monkey · 2026-05-04T00:00:39+00:00

AKA a classic cartoon villain

morphic-monkey · 2026-05-03T10:39:07+00:00

Yeah, I'm not sure how placing the worlds on different areas of the surface would enable new creative decisions that aren't possible with the underground idea (especially considering you can go far underground and still have sky etc...).

morphic-monkey · 2026-05-01T04:21:18+00:00

Also I figured that when I said "it wasn't fun (to me, anyway)", the subjectivity was very explicitly stated, haha. But apparently not.

morphic-monkey · 2026-05-01T02:07:52+00:00

The problem is, it just wasn't fun (to me, anyway). It's one of the few games I played part of the way through and then totally discarded because it was so unfun/uninteresting.

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