Resident Evilllll... 4!!, They're not zombies! Options

[donkeybeatz]

EBgames called me and I went out there to pick it up with the quickness. I don't know if you had to reserve it or not but mine came with a "The Making of Resident Evil 4" DVD. Yes, DVD.
I didn't get into much of it since I kept dying at the village. The enemies are smarter than your smartest zombie. These guys really gang up on your ass. Graphics are without a doubt superb. Controls are meh. It's odd since they use the same control scheme from previous games. But you can shoot with precision at least. So far the voice work is ok. Nothing too cheesy yet.
More later.

[unitself]

Old thread - new life.
I picked this game up over the weekend. Holy shit! I kept dying over and over right at the first damn village. So many times that I had to put down the controller and go check out a hint book to see wtf I was doing wrong. Turns out that all of our previous RE training was no longer relevant. I guess we can no longer run and dodge enemies. We have to kill them! Sure, that's alot more gratifying than simply running away, but damn there sure were alot of those guys.. and right in the first damn stage too! I ran out of ammo and got trapped in a building. Good thing the knife actually does damage! That and the HUGE ASS round-house kick Leon does.
Just like DJ Donkey said before... I too became intimately aware of that @#$% head with the chainsaw... several times (too many in fact). Cool ass "cutting my damn head off" animations though.
So, I can already tell that this game is going to seriously kick my gamer skills. I can only hope that it's not going to tax them so much that it's no longer fun. hehehe... Odd thing - in all the previous RE games, they put in a skill lever adjuster. I always put it to "easy" because 1) I like the puzzle and exploring part a bit more than the combat and 2) I totally suck. I want to shoot everything and I always run out of ammo at the worst times. Not to mention, my health is always around the 25% mark. hahaa... But the new RE4 game doesn't have an "easy" mode. Guess I'm just screwed.