I will take the expert's word on the subject. That hat tells me he knows what he's talking about
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I'm surprised to hear this since from what I recall the publisher forced Creative Assembly to continue the series in some sort of mobile slop format instead which then predictably fizzled out
Nah, this specific sort of nerd doesn't hold online military shooters in much regard, thinking they're for kids and normies. They consider themselves as having more patrician, refined tastes. (Insert wanking motion here) Their ideal game would be made in Japan, be mechanically complex and have lots of fan service aimed at horny straight dudes
It doesn't look as good as it could because Capcom didn't have the source files for the REmake. They did for 0, which looks better as a result, but since both remasters were released in 2015 I'm not even sure if they remastered them in 4k
Pre-rendered backgrounds are neat but they're not very futureproof at all
Just look at this assault on the senses 
That's what's always made the focus on realism in Rockstar's post-San Andreas output feel hollow to me. All of these cool things exist but they're just there for you to amuse yourself with. Maybe one day I'll try some of those ultrarealism mods for GTAIV
I haven't dared to start playing RDR2 yet, but how much of a simulation is it actually? The thing that frustrates me about Rockstar games is that for all the insane level of attention they put into the most minute of details, the simulation elements just kind of awkwardly float on top of incredibly loose arcadey gameplay and can safely be ignored because the games need to be able to be completed by dads who only ever buy like 3 games for their consoles
In a just world Rockstar's budget and resources would be redistributed to like the Stalker devs to create the most lavish Slavjank game in existence
Meanwhile I, as someone who actually did play on PS1 as a kid, always try to get rid of polygon warping, dithering, etc while also cranking up the resolution when emulating PS1 games. Like the things that I liked about old games weren't that they ran at 20 fps and were rendered at a postage stamp-sized resolution
Maybe you should try the first game since it's a bit more cartoony/GTAy in its tone
Revelations is probably the silliest Resident Evil game which is saying a lot. Everything's cartoony and ridiculous
They dedicated a whole subplot to two bumbling over-the-top comic relief sidekicks, one of whom talks in an exaggerated nerd voice and is named Jackass 
But at least Wesker just dresses like he's in the Matrix
It's not a little anime, it's a lotta anime. My problem with it is that it looks like it's from the 1930s or 40s, just wildly out of place in a modern setting
A scuba suit with built-in high heeled boots... well, boot is certainly an inspired design
This lady has several outfits and they're all preposterous. She's supposed to be an elite anti-bioterrorism operator, btw 
They just went all anime on the character design in Resident Evil Revelations for some reason to the extent that it's jarring even when compared to the whackier installments in the series. Just look at this collection of awful hairdos and weird faces
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METAL GEAR - PRODUCTION HOTLINE #01 with EN subtitles (METAL GEAR OFFICIAL) | KONAMI
(www.youtube.com)
It's so weird seeing Konami being this public-facing after all the stuff that went down with Kojima and them pulling out of the console game business. They go out of their way to mention that Kojima and the other original devs will still be credited- the fact that this needs to be clarified says a lot about how bad the situation was
I know it's just a cultural thing but there's something kind of funny to me about how rigidly formal all these Konami events are, though I guess do prefer it to the corporate 
vibe you get from a lot of American game marketing
They even show and read some pretty negative comments at one point
Everything's just so densely packed with detail, both large and small scale. These exterior city scenes are massively helped by them being set at night and being lit mainly by neon lights, but there's just so many lights and signs everywhere it really makes things pop. All the interiors are jam-packed with all kinds of little props and wall decorations, and I really like the cramped, dirty and run-down apartment complexes you visit in the game despite them not being all that much fun to play in. They just feel really immersively lived-in.
Here's a really cool location from Chris' campaign that you only visit for a brief boss fight and have no reason to linger in. I didn't even remember this place from my previous playthroughs and probably assumed it was a generic video game dungeon level, but it's really interesting:
You have this dark, grimy and trash-filled inner courtyard in an apartment complex. It looks like it's underground, but it's actually an open-air space that's covered by a netting with sunlight being blocked by the massive amounts of garbage accumulated on said netting, and you also have a dense tangle of electric cables and wires crisscrossing from building to building. Most of the courtyard is taken up by an older brick building that looks like it predates the apartment complex.
It must've taken tons of artists tons of work to design this intricate space that the average player is going to spend less than ten minutes in, and who aren't going to notice the nice environment art anyway since they're too busy trying to electrocute a giant boa constrictor while they're there
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I started replaying RE6 after my last post about it and I think that 12 years after launch I'm coming around to forgiving the game
His movements are so dainty
I also appreciate his incredibly period-accurate 1598 drip and pocket watch accessory (not pictured), but I guess he's a god so he can wear whatever he wants
Onimusha Dawn of Dreams ended up being a game about defeating god with the power of friendship, like they literally charge a McGuffin with friendship juice which allows the protagonist to go SSJ3
10/10
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The character of the President is introduced and his deep friendship with Leon established in quick cut flashbacks in the same scene that begins as he is already shambling towards Leon moments before he's killed. Just amazing writing 
How many first families is Leon personal acquaintances with? He's chummy with whomever Ashley's dad was who was POTUS in 2004 as well as the zombie president in office during 2013. I guess he works for the Secret Service so he gets invited to all their barbecues
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All the RE games since RE7 as well as Devil May Cry 5 have used real mocapped actors/models for all of their their characters, though the performance might be split between face model and motion capture actor