It would be a very B&B thing to do to elect a game as being the greatest game of all time that not one single member actually thought was the greatest game of all time.

I blame not enough people playing Alpha Protocol. And Yoss.

Yeah, GC Remake and 2 are the definite pinnacles of that particular series. I still hope for a proper remake of 2, GC style.

I liked Resi 4, but for all the talk of a complete overhaul it struck me as a spit-shined Code Veronica with an over-the-shoulder view.  I got up to the bit where you had to protect the woman.

Childintime wrote:

@gman I get that. But I like 2 because, for me, it's the best type of sequel. It improved on the original in every conceivable way. Graphically superior, sure, but also with better characters, wider variety of gameplay, improved enemies (those lickers, yo), the best puzzles in the series, genuinely awesome pacing. 1 was tops, aye, and very special, but 2 knocked it out of the park with proper swagger.

Yeah, completely. For me 2 was where they actually managed what they were trying to do in 1 - which was a bit disjointed and actually didn't play that well.

Both are fucking awful, who cares which is worse.

It's an utter mish-mash of nonsense (fucking roomba bombs) but the gunplay and controls are on-point, the B movie feel to the ludicrousness of most of it is done brilliantly, and it's oodles more fun in co-op than 5, the true shit of the Resi main series.

I'd give it a 4 for single player and a 6 for co-op, there's still fun to be had when you aren't trying to shoulder the burden of Sheva
Oh, -1 for the entire section with those bug dudes in, +but 1 for punching a boulder at the end

Anyway, re: 4 having accrued more votes than any other game. It's simple: after Modern Warfare, it'd be my first pick for "looming spectre over the entire last decade of gaming"

It was weighed down with the soggy, bloody corpse of spectacle after spectacle, and it went for and executed its mish-mash of Mikami's favourite horror/action films with aplomb. It's certainly not my favourite, game ever, but every now and then I get the odd twitch that compels me to think about playing it, the superb power fantasy that it is.

It's also jam packed full of details, kinks and weirdness that stop it from feeling like a game that's been designed by committee. It does definitely go on a little too long after the Castle, but it's also the game that other games strive to be; inventive scenarios, enemies and bosses that keep you on your toes whilst rarely resorting to cheap tricks, accomplished in its presentation on all fronts with those delightful death animations and detailing, cinematic but filtered through the unique filter that only games can be, plus who doesn't wanna be Leon S. fucking Kennedy? He's a champ.



Plus he can fucking suplex a zombie and bust open his skull, COME ON NOW.

Bet the game still looks good too.  I used to stretch the borders to fit my widescreen telly.  I've only completed 1, 2 and Veronica.  As much as I loved my Dreamcast I wasn't overly enamoured with CV.  Never played 3, 5, 6, 0 etc.

I enjoyed CV at the time, but it wasn't really great though. Arguably where the series really lost its way.

Tempy wrote:

I can appreciate the Resident Evil vs 4 argument but I only ever played Re:make and it's such a different beast to 4. They're both sterling games but I think 4 did more, for bette or worse.

I think you really had to be there when RE first came out, and that's not meant as a slight.

I never had an issue with tank controls.

Tempy wrote:

6 is better than 5, but everyone is happy enough to just herd around common consensus that 6 was the worst, without actually thinking about it.

6 is probably the best

Reg put borederlands or whatever it's called. Wtf?

Loving the outrun love.