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What's With All the Dismal Resident Evil 6 Reviews?

Resident Evil 6 is in a pickle, caught in a narrow, lightless corridor of its own design and swarmed by critics using words like hacked off limbs to bludgeon it into Metacritic mediocrity.

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NYC_Gamer4214d ago (Edited 4214d ago )

Resident Evil 6 is just another game ruined by trying to be all mainstream while taking a crap on original fans

GrieverSoul4214d ago (Edited 4214d ago )

What they all said! :)

The sad thing about this game is that its called Resident Evil for the simple fact that that name alone sells. If the name sells the game, it means fans want more of the same they had the last time with the obvious upgrades, new plot and improvements where needed. But the core of the game, is there. Hence the Resident Evil name.

However, thats not what people are getting. This is Modern Warfare 3 in 3rd person, not a Resident Evil game.

EDIT: And Im not saying its a bad game. Though, its not my cup of tea. Still, I think if Capcom named it B.O.W.s Warfare it wouldn´t of backlashed like it did. But it wouldnt sell has many copies as it did with "Resident Evil" words on the cover. Hell, look at the Racoon City spin off... Terrible game all around but still managed to sell a few millions copies.

Digimortal4214d ago

B.O.W Warfare. What a joke. The game is Resident Evil not COD, not gears or any other type of game. It's Resident Evil the whole way through. Using that excuse of "Oh its action so there by its not Resident Evil" Is such a stupid aspect to say that this isn't RE. Is there elements of Survival Horror in the game? Of course there. Does it bother me that action plays a big role it in? NO cause it makes sense to the story and thats what makes RE, RE. For me it does.

Robotronfiend4214d ago

My Roomba has better AI than RE6 companions. In fact, I'd prefer to have the Roomba as a co-op partner - at least it could vacuum up extra ammo or something.

kparks4213d ago (Edited 4213d ago )

funny u said that because in leons campaign u shoot some little bomb robots that look like roombas me and my roommate were laughing about it.. the game is absolute crap tho..

OC_MurphysLaw4214d ago

The demo left me feeling conflicted. I honestly felt like there were some things to really like about this game...but man for every one thing you liked it felt like there were two or three things that just annoyed.

I wish they had never gone the direction of co-op for this series in campaign. I would have been more than happy to see them do some kind of objective horde mode for this but having that coop character present just takes away from the experience of you against the odds in my opinion. I liked the feeling of just walking / exploring and hearing nothing but the sounds of the area... not your stupid coop partner saying something lame every 30 secs.

Its just one of many examples of where I think this series went wrong.

kparks4213d ago

Exactly this game tries to be everything

leons= half ass RE attempt no puzzles or bosses worth remembering matter fact i dont remember there being any bosses except for the main guy WTF!!

Chris= Modern warfare attempt! enough said!

Jake= James Bond lol yes from the flying out the back of the plain, jumping snowmobiles off cliffs and even jumping a ninja bike off a 40 story building AND LANDING haha. and lets not forget what makes all bond games SHERRY!!

too bad it fails hard at it all

Eyeco4213d ago

Its a game series that's finally lost its identity, you can't even call it a survival horror, let alone a Resident Evil game.

But that would be fine if it was at least a good action game but its not, the game is completely generic and forgettable.

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RivetCityGhoul4214d ago

"What's With All the Dismal Resident Evil 6 Reviews?" its pretty obvious reviewers don't like the game idiot.

CoryHG4214d ago

And its pretty obvious this site is trying to cash in on hits. I didn't click it. I like how troll articles get approved on here constantly that are basically duplicates

miyamoto4214d ago

First of all they ruined Chris Redfield's integrity & character.

Carl_Shocker4214d ago (Edited 4214d ago )

I think Piers was the problem aswell, he sucked, he's just a bland, boring character that I just couldn't care for, just like Sheva in RE5

Same goes for Jake and Helena...they all brought other characters down

Barry should of been Chris's partner along with Jill and Rebbeca in his team and Claire should of been with Sherry/Leon...maybe a small helping hand from Carlos.

Seriously adding pointless characters to the series when others who fans like havent been used for ages bugs me about Capcom

Glad they wern't used now though since the game was so crap.

Kratoscar20084214d ago

Ark thompson (RE survivor protagonist) should be with Leon.

MasterD9194214d ago

I liked Helena more than the other allies...At least she had a bit more to offer. Piers is another story though. I'm hoping he meets his demise in the campaign, although I haven't had a chance to see yet for myself.

Jake as a character is cliche to the max as well.

Sevir4214d ago

Enjoy the game for yourself, the great thing about this medium is that there will be things you love and others will think its either ok, dislike or Hate and on the flip side for you. It's all subjective opinion.

Me personally, I enjoy it. There are plenty of questionable design choices but a few bad implimentations of controls but not enough to mar the experience totally for me. And at this point I'm ok with it. It isn't broken but it isn't polished either. What it is is solid enough for enjoyment for me.

Anon19744214d ago

That's what the bulk of reviews seem to be saying (aside from Gamespot and the plethora of wordpress blog sites out there). When you check out metacritic, the majority of reviews are positive, a handful of mixed and one negative review. It certainly isn't the slaughter that some of these sites are painting it as.

But that's the internet for you. As I stated in another post, if I let internet over-reaction dictate what games I played, I wouldn't play anything at all. I had a blast with the co-op in RE5. If 6 is anything like that, I see no reason why I'd pass it up. Sure they aren't the RE games of old, which is too bad, but it's not like that suddenly makes them bad games. Same happened with Dragon Age 2 in my opinion. On it's own merits it's not a good rpg, but held up against the original it doesn't compare, and most of the posters you saw just couldn't deal with that. Personally, I had fun with DA2. The only really problems I has with it was when I was comparing it directly with DAO.

I'm sure RE6 is much the same. From what I understand, there are moments in this game that are sheer brilliance but there are also a number of lows. To me, that sounds worth a play-thru.

aquamala4214d ago

Enjoying it too, has flaws but no way this is a 3/4/5 out of 10 game

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Every Resident Evil game Leon is featured in, ranked

GF365: "The iconic survival horror franchise Resident Evil boasts a great number of popular and memorable characters. Arguably, Leon S. Kennedy is the most popular and recognizable character aside from Jill Valentine. In this article, we'll be counting down every Resident Evil game Leon is featured in, ranked."

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Babadook7229d ago

Yeah I figured it would be ordered like this. For me Leons best game was his debut. RE2.

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Resident Evil Games Ranked: Mainline Series

The modern entertainment industry has witnessed the rise of the Resident Evil franchise as one of its most renowned and celebrated multimedia phenomena. With numerous video games released across multiple platforms, it can be daunting for newcomers to determine where to commence their journey. So here is every main mainline Resident Evil Games ranked.

In preparation for the highly anticipated Resident Evil 4 Remake, let’s take the liberty to rank each of the mainline story instalments, providing players with a fundamental comprehension of the Resident Evil universe.

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There Will Never Be Another Resident Evil 6 (And That Sucks)

A rough gem that may never get the proper treatment it deserves.

Terry_B398d ago

^^ I don't want what the author was smoking.

-Foxtrot398d ago

It’s this thing where after enough time people start coming out to defend bad games for some strange reason

I mean hey if you liked it good for you but it was a f****** awful RE game.

Capcom are finally back on track and now people are crying about their shitty mistakes? No thanks.

RpgSama396d ago

I'd take a full blown remake of RE6 based around a GREATLY expanded Leon part and make it even more horror.

That might be something I would be interested in, do not care about any of the other parts of that game.

MadLad396d ago

I couldn't even get through the demo.
Years later I bought it for $3 for PC. I played about 5 minutes into it and uninstalled it.

babadivad396d ago (Edited 396d ago )

RE6 was better than 5. RE6 just took the series to the conclusion that started with 4.

RE4 was the inaugural title in the action game trilogy.

RE9 will be the likely end of the first person psychological thriller trilogy.

They'll switch it up for RE10 or more likely titled RE-X.

hotnickles396d ago

5 is vastly better than 6 imo

TheEnigma313396d ago

RE5 is way better than 6. Stop lying to yourself

FallenAngel1984398d ago (Edited 398d ago )

“But all this is solely with respect to how fans felt back in 2013 when Resident Evil 6 had just been released. The game resulted in the series getting indefinitely killed off until 5 years later when we got Resident Evil 7 and balance was restored yet again. ”

1.) Resident Evil 6 came out in 2012, not 2013

2.) A series getting killed off means no titles at all released in a time period. Silent Hill, Dead Space, Dino Crisis, Parasite Eve & Siren fans would love to see how you can say RE was on the same level of dormancy. In that 5 year time period we had a number of remasters that kept the series alive and kicking. RE1 02ms remaster even broke sales records during the period between RE6 and RE7.

3. Way to disrespect Resident Evil: Revelations 2. It was released during that RE6-RE7 period. It along with its predecessor were mainline titles that kept the horror roots of the series alive in comparison to RE5 and RE6. RE: R1 in particular even introduced the ability to walk and shoot into the series, a feature we can all be grateful for that in modern RE titles. The director RE: R1 later went on to direct RE7 and the director of RE: R2 later went to to direct the RE2 & RE4 remakes.

Immagaiden398d ago (Edited 398d ago )

“Resident Evil 6 is often maligned as the worst entry in the Resident Evil series and is cited as the cause behind the long death of the franchise.”

Titles in the Resident Evil series such as Survivor, Gaiden, Dead Aim, Outbreak, Operation Raccoon City, Umbrella Corps, & Resistance we’re received far worse than RE6.

And death of the franchise?

RE6 was still one of the most commercially successful games in the series, guaranteeing the franchise’s future. Compare how underwhelming sales of Dead Space 3, Silent Hill: Downpour. Alone in the Dark: Illumination, Dino Crisis 3, Fatal Frame: Maiden in Black Water, Castlevania: Lords of Shadows 2, and Metroid: Other M which caused their respective series to go into a long period of dormancy without any rereleases to even keep activity up.

RE however still had a significant number of titles released and rereleased after RE6. Not only that but development for RE7 started a short time after its predecessor came out, meaning there was never a development time that the series could be considered dead. There hasn’t been a single year that Capcom stopped either developing, releasing, or rereleasing Resident Evil games. Let’s not act like the 5 year period between RE6 and RE7 is such a longer time compared to the 4 year period between RE4 and RE5 as well as RE7 and RE8. We can pretty much expect RE9 in either 2025 or 2026, and you can be certain that Capcom will still release other RE tiles leading up to it

TheEnigma313396d ago (Edited 396d ago )

Man go some where with this. Only a few like this game. Why would they remake a garbage game no one likes risking money because it won't sell? RE 6 is dumpster drippings, sorry.

MIDGETonSTILTS17396d ago

It wasn’t that good, even if you enjoyed it like me.

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