What do you get if you combine Gears of War, Modern Warfare, Resident Evil and Scooby Doo?
Resident Evil 6.
How Capcom have managed to turn one of their best loved series into the colosal shit pile we have here is simply staggering.
I do not exaggerate when I say that Resident Evil 6 feels like it was thrown together by amateurs.
Animations are appalling, the control system is completely borked, the game world isn’t interactive at all - right down to not being able to shoot the glass out of a TV set or see blood spatters from the bodies that lie in crumpled heaps at your feet as you lay round after round into their lifeless corpse.
Even more bizarre is not being actually able to pause the game. Seriously, you cannot pause the game! What if you need to take a pee, answer the door, or just fancy making a cup of tea? Well, Capcom have decided you can’t.
The list of disappointments just goes on.
Granted, playing through Leon’s section in the demo was a better experience than Chris’, (which quite frankly is like some retarded Gears of War), but on the whole this is truly terrible stuff from Capcom. In fact the more recent, and not widely praised, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is a far better game than this.
While the PS3 version doesn’t suffer from the reported screen tearing found on the 360 it does have a problem with being too dark. I don’t mean ‘oooh, spooky, scary’ dark, I mean it’s just too dark. You can hardly bloody see anything.
Such a huge disappointment. A badly animated, unplayble, mess of a game that’s clearly been simplified for the mass market .
No, I won’t be reviewing the full game, not unless Crapcom give me a promo copy – and that ain’t happening any time soon.
Based on this demo I would strongly advise against buying Resident Evil 6. Maybe pick it up for a tenner 12 months down the line.
I nearly posted a demo review too. You saved me the effort, as funnily enough, I completely echo your views 100%
I only played the Leon Campaign before hastily wiping the turgid mess from my hard drive followed by a thorough Detol & wire brush hand-scrubbing session afterwards.
I’m pretty sure I managed to pause the PS3 version though. Maybe I pressed select? I can’t really remember to be honest.
The game is truly awful. It’s not just a bad Resident Evil game, it’s a bad game, full stop.
Walk here, go there, do this, IN THIS ORDER. repeat.
For me, the very worst aspect of the game was the fact that you don’t even need to shoot anything any more. You can simply walk up to any zombie and mash the shoulder button to kick its face in. Why the fuck they allowed this is beyond me?
Oh, I know, it’s because Capcom are shit and they don’t have a clue any more.
The sad fact is that this will sell fucking millions because the vast majority of buyers won’t even realise it’s wank. They’ve all been carefully conditioned over the course of the last decade to get excited by scripted QTE, on-rails sections, interspersed with blood.
In the words of Barry & Paul Chuckle: Oh dear, oh dear oh dear……
Please read this review:
http://gamersyndrome.com/2012/xbox-360/resident-evil-6-demo-review/
This is the type of person that game companies pitch to. Not us.
Time for a new hobby pronto methinks….
No, not yet. I’m having one last pop at my hobby with the Wii U…
If the Wii U doesn’t do it for me, I am definitely quitting games forever.
It doesn’t need to be a success, just great. Like the Gamecube was.
Thinking back, the Cube was the last great console…..
Always thought that too, the last true games console, damn thing didn’t even play music CDs, let alone act like a ‘media hub’…
I feel compelled to mention how awesome REmake was now, just because.
REmake is a cracking game. So glad I kept hold of my ‘Cube.
That review reads like it was written by a ten year old.
Mental age, definitely. The scary thing is, he’s probably old enough to (legally) drink!
you sure he was reveiwing the same demo???? or is he in the eomplyment of capcom. Anyway what I really want to know is why aren’t you guys trolling his review? Go on, it will be fun
There’s no point arguing with an idiot. They’ll bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.
My Game cube plays games, music CDs and DVDs.
Yes, I have a Panasonic Q.
Heh, I saw a picture of one of those once, must be nice!
But this is an evolution of the series, you can’t very well have lovingly pre-rendered backgrounds with hauntingly atmospheric music and chilling ambient sound effects.
You must have guns and men shouting at each other, it’s the way of all things.
Don’t forget the expert timing, set pieces, genuine fear & tension and well-structured scenarios.
I don’t think I’ll ever buy another Capcom developed game again. They may as well be EA, Activision or Ubisoft as far as I’m concerned.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again:
Capcom are most un-Japanese Japanese games company out there.
Unfortunately what we’re seeing is the complete homogenisation of video games across the board. This is why RE6 sucks, it’s trying to be something it’s not.