March 21st, 2012
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This has been a bad month for old school franchises and reviews. First we had Silent Hill Downpour not living up to expectations, receiving many average scores from gaming publications around the Internet. Damn.
Next up on the list of disappointments is Ninja Gaiden 3, which IGN awarded a 3 / 10 saying the game’s combat has turned it into a Dynasty Warriors clone (many other reviews seem to agree). That one really hurts.
Finally, it’s Resident Evil’s turn. RE: Operation Raccoon City was released yesterday, and if you haven’t heard it’s getting some pretty terrible review scores as well. Have a look below to see what a few sites are saying.
IGN – “The terrible AI, the lackluster locations and the complete lack of atmosphere or memorable characters destroy what could have been a brilliant offshoot. In the end, Operation Raccoon City is little more than a poor man’s SOCOM, and a destitute man’s Resident Evil.” 4 / 10
Games Radar – “Not only does Raccoon City not deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as Valve’s zombie-killing masterpiece [Left 4 Dead], a number of poor design choices, narrative missteps, and technical issues combine to make this one of the worst Resident Evil games to date.” 3 / 10
Joystiq – “Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is everything I hoped it wouldn’t be: a mediocre shooter hoping to be bolstered by the Resident Evil name. It takes what is arguably the series’ best setting and wastes it, forcing players to plod through generic underground facilities and the occasional, oddly vacant street from one boring encounter to the next.” 4 / 10
We’re the first to tell you not to judge a game based on a review, but its the whole majority thing here that’s pretty unsettling. Good thing we’ll always have our old school classics to fall back on.
Source: Metacritic
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as i thougt : no chance against the great l4d series
in terms of zombie games no game can match with l4d
From what I have heard from people playing the game that it isn’t as bad as the reviewers are making it out to be, but I personally am not about to go and buy it just to find out and I am a huge RE fan. I will wait till this hit bargain bin.
I know two people who bought it day one, shooter fans, and both say it’s crap. I can actually trust review sites on this one.
Like I said i’m not gonna take the risk and buy it and it be garbage, but I have been seeing more and more negative consumer reviews.
No surprise, maybe if the didn’t whore out the ResidentEvil name and call it “generic Zombie shooter” it would have scored a 4/10 rather a 3/10.
I was one of the first to put my hands on this title, thinking it was a survival horror game, 10 mins after I was bored, honestly it is the same crap as LOST PLANET 2
I bet my balls this game has ondisc DLC!!
Not only does it have on disc DLC, the DLC was up for purchase on xbl 7 days before launch.
Praise capcom. They are the new wave. Whos ready for on Day -7 On disc dlc!
The second I heard Slant 6 was making it, all hope was lost…
Ninja Gaiden 3 was another game Ive got early.
Disgusting and extremely dissapointing, battle are dull and a complete dissaster with enemies screaming shit, repetitive, not the acrobatic ninja combat that used to be using weapons and a huge
List of ninja combos, dull scenarios, that big breasted babes are gone and not exciting at all. Honestly the lack of Itagaki’s talent is evident….ninja gaiden is crying for Itagaki.
I am more annoyed by the fact that there are ROCKET SPAMMING ASSES. Seriously, I got in one of their faces and they fired IN FRONT OF THEMSELVES. I have to dodge all that crap while they get to stand their looking pretty.
i dont know what the hell is wrong with the developers these years,they are releasing more and more crapy games.there are only 2 developers that will never disappoint us, the great ROCKSTAR and hidio kojima production.the others should fire all the new kids that they hired and get the old ones back,coz these new people really suck
…And valve
…And relic
…And CD Project Red
…And Vigil
Guess there are more than you thought. The more they are invested in PC dev, the more they care about the gamer.
cd project red is a very good example
And Naughty Dog.
I really don’t know what some of these reviewers were expecting. It’s not like they advertised RE:ORC as a survival horror game. It has always been promoted as a run ‘n gun game. If they were looking for something revolutionary or genre-defining, they should’ve known better and looked elsewhere.
Personally, I’ve had a blast playing RE:ORC and that’s what matters- not what some reviewers say.
I completely agree with you when it comes to the last part. But the reviewers were not expecting crappy AI and poor game mechanics. The game is decent, at least a 7 when it comes to the way I review games, but no better then a 7.5. Most of my scores are based off replay value and enjoyment of the game as a whole. Graphics, Mechanics and AI effect the game less.
I bought the game yesterday, and finished it a while a go, I have no interest in replaying the game nor the multiplayer, I’ll sell it and get another game, it’s been a real disappointment, even my wife, “fangirl” of resident evil series, didn’t want to play further than the first level.