HonestGamers - Masters's Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City review

Jonathan Stark Mar 23, 2012

I almost feel like Capcom is making bad zombie games on purpose just so they can point to a bunch of evidence and say "see?! we told you no one likes survival horror any more. Every time we go back to making classic zombies the enemies, everyone complains. Now let us go make another action game involving militant africans."

Note to gamers: when someone shoots you in the face, they aren't "gay." They are "psychopathic."

Rhody Tobin Freelancer Mar 23, 2012

Zombies aren't really any more creepy than the manjinis or whatever they're called in RE5. Operation Racccoon City is also significantly less survival horror than modern mainline RE games.

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Wolf Queen Mar 23, 2012

Great review, Marc. I hate this game already and I haven't even played it! Man, that's disappointing to read how bad this one is.

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Jonathan Stark Mar 23, 2012

Majinis are far less creepy than zombies. And zombies are far less creepy than Police Chief Irons.

Note to gamers: when someone shoots you in the face, they aren't "gay." They are "psychopathic."

Sise Neg Mar 24, 2012 edited

You know what upset me about ORC as well - not only did they put the movie version of Nemesis by having him controlled by a computer and giving him a potato head and a gatling gun in the beginning, but they butchered his voice. It's even worse than the voice they gave him in Umbrella Chronicles.

Look at 9:00 to hear what I'm talking about. It's painful to hear him say "STARS".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Za7M7rLBno&list=PLA915B207CE84FA45&index=9&feature=plpp_video

Everything begins and ends with Sise-Neg!

Marc Golding Staff Mar 24, 2012 edited

Yes, the way they handled the RE2/3 guys was brutal. Nemesis aside, your encounters with Claire and Leon are ridiculous. Leon, not particularly interested in taking cover, shoots at you from above. If you hit him about five times in the face with the highest powered rifle in the game, he will calmly walk away. Really? There was so much that went wrong here.

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Jonathan Stark Mar 24, 2012

Ouch. He should have said "hyuk" after STARS.

Note to gamers: when someone shoots you in the face, they aren't "gay." They are "psychopathic."

Rob Hamilton Staff Mar 25, 2012

Majinis are far less creepy than zombies. And zombies are far less creepy than Police Chief Irons.

EVERYTHING is less creepy than Police Chief Irons.

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Jonathan Stark Mar 25, 2012

"To think that taxidermy used to be my hobby... sigh...."

Psychic vampires with sunglasses and little sexual twins with ant fetishes still couldn't beat out the creep factor of Irons. Who designs a police station like that?!

Note to gamers: when someone shoots you in the face, they aren't "gay." They are "psychopathic."

Marc Golding Staff Mar 26, 2012

I missed your message the first time 'round, Leslie--thanks.

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