This was a tough one to write for me. Somehow I've played almost every single numbered game in this series and I feel like I'm missing something here. Is it because I didn't watch the movies this game is trying so hard to emulate? Most likely. But I'll try to understand this game on its own terms as best I can. It's the logical endpoint of the sales of REs 4 and 5 in the US. Obviously people wanted more co-op, more action, more explosions, more gore, more hollywood style... The cutscenes are great schlock for the most part, don't get me wrong.
This game has really deep combat as far as I understand. I never got into it because to me the perks all felt superfluous and I never knew when I was or wasn't supposed to hang around and shoot things. That was always clear in 4/5, you'd always know when you were in danger and should kill enemies, and only rarely and when you understood would you be tasked with avoiding and running. There's great weight to some of the animations, but the base movement is far too fast and fluid for your character to feel like they actually inhabit the space their model occupies on screen.
In fact, I'd say most of the game feels flat and paper thin in the visuals department. This was at a point engines like this started to look horribly dated compared to games like Far Cry 3, Batman: Arkham City, Skyrim, Dark Souls, and many others in the console space. There's a pretty egregious overuse of almost-black shadows in this game, making the whole game poorly lit like a Christopher Nolan action movie. I guess if you've got your monitor/TV and game configured right you shouldn't have too much trouble with visibility... but then how does this dumb "art style choice" fit this gameplay style at all?
Perhaps I am too deep and I'm asking too many questions. I went in expecting dumb fun with a friend. That was the same thing I expected going into RE5. However, that game blew me away in having area design and combat variety. Maybe this got me thinking RE6 would continue the tradition? It certainly doesn't for me.
This game has really deep combat as far as I understand. I never got into it because to me the perks all felt superfluous and I never knew when I was or wasn't supposed to hang around and shoot things. That was always clear in 4/5, you'd always know when you were in danger and should kill enemies, and only rarely and when you understood would you be tasked with avoiding and running. There's great weight to some of the animations, but the base movement is far too fast and fluid for your character to feel like they actually inhabit the space their model occupies on screen.
In fact, I'd say most of the game feels flat and paper thin in the visuals department. This was at a point engines like this started to look horribly dated compared to games like Far Cry 3, Batman: Arkham City, Skyrim, Dark Souls, and many others in the console space. There's a pretty egregious overuse of almost-black shadows in this game, making the whole game poorly lit like a Christopher Nolan action movie. I guess if you've got your monitor/TV and game configured right you shouldn't have too much trouble with visibility... but then how does this dumb "art style choice" fit this gameplay style at all?
Perhaps I am too deep and I'm asking too many questions. I went in expecting dumb fun with a friend. That was the same thing I expected going into RE5. However, that game blew me away in having area design and combat variety. Maybe this got me thinking RE6 would continue the tradition? It certainly doesn't for me.