Resident Evil Megathread: COMPLETE GLOBAL SATURATION! - Games

[QUOTE=MightyLOLZOR;51767116]Could be that he's completely unaware of what[sp]Umbrella[/sp] is, and just figures it's some random rescue team. From the looks of things, [sp]Umbrella had their eyes on the Bakers for a while, and were observing from afar until shit got out of control[/sp][/QUOTE] [sp]Given you hear their radio chatter in the mine Ethan literally meant why did they wait so long to sweep in.[/sp]

So, since this happens in 2016, does the world know about everything else that happens in all the other RE games? [editline]3rd February 2017[/editline] While I have not played the game, videos I have seen show enemies to be kinda boring and bland. In a game where you're either solving puzzles or shooting monsters, I feel like shooting monsters should be solid as steel.

[QUOTE=gk99;51769503]Yeah the facial structure of that model and Mia line up really well.[/QUOTE] 99% sure it's the same face model [thumb]http://orig09.deviantart.net/f733/f/2016/363/d/e/resident_evil_7___ghost_girl___normal_head_by_luxox18-datdjqs.jpg[/thumb]

So someone told me [sp]that RE7 is a reboot is this true?[/sp] Ah thanks guys didn't think so. [sp]Im glad they didn't since every time someone I know says they should reboot it I always just telll them that they should just make a new game with a whole new character disconnected to the larger events and I guess that's what they did so I WIN[/sp]

[QUOTE=SpartanXC9;51771369]So someone told me [sp]that RE7 is a reboot is this true?[/sp][/QUOTE] Short answer - no Longer answer - no, it's just first person.

[QUOTE=massaki;51771404]Short answer - no Longer answer - no, it's just first person.[/QUOTE] Ah thanks man

Reboot is kinda true. It goes back to the roots of the series with a bigger focus on survival horror.

[QUOTE=Antimuffin;51771677]Reboot is kinda true. It goes back to the roots of the series with a bigger focus on survival horror.[/QUOTE] But it doesn't throw away 20 years of lore like most reboots do.

[QUOTE=Antimuffin;51771677]Reboot is kinda true. It goes back to the roots of the series with a bigger focus on survival horror.[/QUOTE] Reboot implies that it retconned everything and started anew, and that's not the case. [editline]a[/editline] Also thankfully it's not just called Resident Evil so that we'd have [I]three[/I] different games with the same name.

Its like a "soft" reboot, keeping the lore but going back to the original games style presentation.

[QUOTE=gk99;51771722][editline]a[/editline] Also thankfully it's not just called Resident Evil so that we'd have [I]three[/I] different games with the same name.[/QUOTE] I'm sure as heck that some illiterate is going to call RE7 just "Resident Evil" due to how the 7 is designed.

So RE7 takes place after RE6 then yeah?

[QUOTE=SpartanXC9;51772221]So RE7 takes place after RE6 then yeah?[/QUOTE] Yep, the game takes places in 2017

It's not a reboot at all, just a 'love letter' to the orginal game. You pretty much alone stuck in an old house that's filled with secrets, puzzles and monsters.

[QUOTE=Fr3ddi3;51772312]It's not a reboot at all, just a 'love letter' to the orginal game. You pretty much alone stuck in an old house that's filled with secrets, puzzles and monsters.[/QUOTE] [sp]With a few of the same themes and a puzzles. Shotgun with weight trigger, animal-based key doors, etc.[/sp] It's a straight up throwback to RE1. I wonder what they'll do for the next game. I can't imagine they'll ditch the perspective or themeing, but they can't just do "big mansion house thing" twice in a row, can they?

It's probably going to take place in a small town a la RE2.

[t]http://i.imgur.com/Bkacsb6.png[/t] tried a semi speedy runny but i did poorly

[QUOTE=PotatoArmada;51772407]It's probably going to take place in a small town a la RE2.[/QUOTE] I sincerely hope so.

[QUOTE=Fr3ddi3;51772312]It's not a reboot at all, just a 'love letter' to the orginal game. You pretty much alone stuck in an old house that's filled with secrets, puzzles and monsters.[/QUOTE] But.. that is... rebooting. Going back to familiar places while opening new ways for the future. Minus the retcon thing. It would be a loveletter if they said: "lulz, we go back to making bad third person shooters with no survival horror for the rest of the future"

[QUOTE=Antimuffin;51772515]But.. that is... rebooting. Going back to familiar places while opening new ways for the future. Minus the retcon thing.[/QUOTE] The defintion of rebooting in this scenario (entertainment medium) is to disregard all current continuity to this point. RE7 does not do that. it is not a retelling of an original story neither does it retcon anything either, hence why it's not a reboot, it's just borrowing previous estabilished themes / ideas and combinbing them with new things to continue the story.

[QUOTE=Antimuffin;51772515]But.. that is... rebooting. Going back to familiar places while opening new ways for the future. Minus the retcon thing. It would be a loveletter if they said: "lulz, we go back to making bad third person shooters with no survival horror for the rest of the future"[/QUOTE] So its not a reboot. [editline]3rd February 2017[/editline] At most, you could consider it a soft reboot, keeping the continuity while resetting the actual presentation, as ive mentioned.

Personally I really dislike the term soft reboot because it's just a throwaway blanket term for people who absolutely want to put method labels on everything even when there's no need to.

[QUOTE=Ganerumo;51772607]Personally I really dislike the term soft reboot because it's just a throwaway blanket term for people who absolutely want to put method labels on everything even when there's no need to.[/QUOTE] Perhaps a better term would be reset?

It's literally a sequel. Just because it's first person doesn't means it needs a new word. It's the same universe, is canon, takes place after the latest game. It's by all definitions, a sequel or a continuation of the series.

[QUOTE=Antimuffin;51772515]But.. that is... rebooting. Going back to familiar places while opening new ways for the future. Minus the retcon thing.[/QUOTE] You should probably google "reboot definition fiction" If Resident Evil 4 isn't a reboot, which is sure as shit is not, neither is Resident Evil 7.

[QUOTE=PotatoArmada;51769123]The ghost girl is not in the main game. Dude in the demo was on LSD.[/QUOTE] [sp]Or was he?[/sp]

I'm glad I read that post about kiting the molded with the knife. Horror goes out the window when you can make heads explode with a knife

[QUOTE=gk99;51769503]Yeah the facial structure of that model and Mia line up really well.[/QUOTE] Plus, it could very well be Mia spying on the Sewer Gators team before their demise, in her mind controlled and deranged face mode. [url]http://residentevil.wikia.com/wiki/Mia_Winters[/url] Caution, spoilers! Even says its her on the wiki, and it honestly makes sense anyway.

[QUOTE=Rocâ„¢;51773032]Plus, it could very well be Mia spying on the Sewer Gators team before their demise, in her mind controlled and deranged face mode.[/QUOTE] Eh, I don't think so. She straight-up disappears from thin air, it's not like she has a walks-out-of-view animation or anything. It seems more like hallucinations caused by the dude from the demo being on LSD. [editline]a[/editline] After all, she isn't in the tape in retail.

any one got a link to the current speed run route info? or a video of it? i'd love to give it a shot and try to find some optimizations.