[Resident Evil 2]: Suffer like G did?

Peewi

BionicPenguin wrote: »

Peewi wrote: »

I've been playing with the infinite ammo pistol a bit, so I've been shooting downed zombies without fear of wasting ammo. You can shoot off the limbs of zombies that are playing dead, but it seems like you can't pop their heads if they aren't walking around.

You definitely can. It can sometimes take A LOT of shots, though.

That makes more sense.

I guess the shotgun and magnum probably still pop heads of downed zombies in one shot.

el_vicio

In the last two playthroughs, I shot the remaining three limbs off the zombie that follows you into the safety deposit room. Poor wiggly angry torso. He's so slow!

klemming

You can get all four.
I'm a little disappointed that there's no trophy for that; 'Okay, we'll call it a draw'.

el_vicio

Yeah he comes in with just one arm, so he's just a torso when I'm done

Tube

Claire is more badass than Leon why would he have it

what are you saying

Tube

Now that I have the infinite ammo pistol I'm going to reap a fucking harvest on those shitheads in the library

BionicPenguin

I'm doing a B run with the infinite pistol and it felt so good to kill those 3 zombies in the lobby. They were my bane on my first B run.

King Riptor

Tube wrote: »

Now that I have the infinite ammo pistol I'm going to reap a fucking harvest on those shitheads in the library

They are kinda the clique zombies

Tube

So one of the things about Mr X is this: Mr X will basically never kill you. That's not what he's for. His purpose, in the game design, is to disrupt you enough that something else kills you. He fucks up your game plan, he presents an issue that you absolutely have to address. You know how to deal with zombies, you may even know how to deal with lickers, but Mr X changes all of the rules around those things.

Did you just realise that lickers are blind? You can ignore them almost totally in most situations by not running! Stupid lickers! Except now Mr X is here, and you have to run. He's not as fast as you, but the lickers are, and now they know where you are.

The library is the example in a microcosm: if you have all the time in the world, the library is easy. Lure the zombies away (they're dumb and predictable), climb down the ladder (that they can't use) and move the stacks. Easy. The library is easy. Now add Mr X. He moves towards you and never loses focus on that goal. He can climb up the ladder. He can climb down the ladder. You can't kill him or distract him. He's predictable and slow, so you can kite him away but... remember the zombies? They remember you.

The reason he doesn't follow you into dead ends isn't even really a mercy thing, it's that he has no purpose in those rooms. You'd kite him around and get away, who gives a shit. He's there to force you into a fuck up, not just kill you. If other monsters are going to get you, Mr X will literally just sit there and watch, he doesn't give a shit if it's him that kills you and you generally can't trick him into running interference on your behalf.

Mr X is a fantastic, fantastic piece of game design. Once he's introduced, he's always a factor in the station (which you just got done memorising) and his audio cues are extremely effective at making sure you're aware of his location at all times.

Tube

This is in the wrong thread so I guess I'm cross posting it now

Johnny Chopsocky

It's welcome here anyway, because that's an amazing summation of why Mr. X was effective at terrifying me without seeming absolutely unfair and cheap.

Wyborn

SilverWind pointed out to me that the idea that the police station used to be an art museum, that's bunk

Now, that it was a big escape room...

Johnny Chopsocky

And that's my first survival horror Resident Evil campaign beaten (ie not 4, 5, or 6). Great fun, and super nerve-wracking in a great way.

Pretty sure I set a world record here for Standard Leon A. 12:21:54 with 58 saves.

Who wants to bask in my mediocrity and cowardice? *poses wildly*

King Riptor

Wyborn wrote: »

SilverWind pointed out to me that the idea that the police station used to be an art museum, that's bunk

Now, that it was a big escape room...

In the backstory I think its being remodeled but it was a private art museum. I figure Umbrella donated it so Irons could multitask and direct security for the lab complex and maintain his public face

Undead Scottsman

Wasn't the police station supposed to be designed by the same architect as the RE1 mansion?

King Riptor

Undead Scottsman wrote: »

Wasn't the police station supposed to be designed by the same architect as the RE1 mansion?

Man Umbrella really got their mileage out of that poor guy

Undead Scottsman

King Riptor wrote: »

Undead Scottsman wrote: »

Wasn't the police station supposed to be designed by the same architect as the RE1 mansion?

Man Umbrella really got their mileage out of that poor guy

Apparently I was thinking of the mansion from Code Veronica, not the police station.

Maddoc

I really just kind of want to play Code Veronica again

Maybe I'll try to find my Dreamcast copy

EDIT: Or apparently I could just play Code Veronica X on PS4, huh

Wyborn

So I did a thing where I fooled around and spent some resources unwisely. Coulda gotten those flame grenades and gotten out without waking the zombambos, but no, I had to be a trigger-happy fool. You know if you get bitten from behind you might get knocked right down to Danger, even on Standard difficulty? Shit's real. And then in the morgue I got grabbed and used a grenade, which would have probably saved my behind against a Licker, and... it was a whole thing.

So I pressed forward without saving to see what was ahead of me, so I'd be prepared. And I doused the helicopter.

And that's enough for me tonight!

darunia106

So at first I disagreed with Tube that Claire is more of a badass than Leon. But I'm about 2 hours into run B and...

Nope. Yup. Claire > Leon. 100%

BionicPenguin

Claire's definitely my favourite of the two, but I'm also a sucker for Leon's dumb one liners.

"Chew on that."

I love it.

Dark Raven X

Tube wrote: »

Claire is more badass than Leon why would he have it

what are you saying

Speaking of, I got grabbed and tackled to the floor by a zomber while playing as Claire, it chomped her, then she grabbed it and smashed its head into the ground. P.sure it popped.

Librarian's ghost

BionicPenguin wrote: »

Claire's definitely my favourite of the two, but I'm also a sucker for Leon's dumb one liners.

"Chew on that."

I love it.

Leon 2nd run end.

I am sad he doesn't say "Game Over" when shooting Mr X with the rocket launcher like he does in the original.

Jasconius

so speedrunners have found that knife damage is tied to framerate

if you uncap your framerate and can get it up to about 120FPS, there are certain bosses that will die to the knife in as little as two hits

Tube

BionicPenguin wrote: »

Claire's definitely my favourite of the two, but I'm also a sucker for Leon's dumb one liners.

"Chew on that."

I love it.

Yesterday a dog jumped at me and Claire went “Jesus!” Just like I would have done

Wyborn

The incidental reaction dialogue for the characters responding to things enemies do is uncanny enough to be genuinely very funny

I shot a guy in the head like six times and when he didn't even fall down Claire just says "Oh you asshole" as she's reloading

Munkus Beaver

Jasconius wrote: »

so speedrunners have found that knife damage is tied to framerate

if you uncap your framerate and can get it up to about 120FPS, there are certain bosses that will die to the knife in as little as two hits

That is the weirdest gat damn thing

Veldrin

You know, with all these posts and memes I thought I was prepared for the stress that Mr X introduces to the game, but I 100% was not.

Hobnail

Nearing what must surely be the end of Claire's run I think I'll turn on the Japanese VO so I can learn what the Japanese words for asshole and shit and fuck off and son of a bitch are

Lars

William Birkin is voiced by Frank West's voice actor in this.

So hey Capcom, if you want to toss Frank West into a bonus mode of some kind, I'm cool with that.

In regards to the knife/framerate thing, if I had to take a guess it's that the game is calculating damage every X frames, and if the knife is in contact with an enemy on that interval, then deal damage. So more frames = more damage. They probably just balanced it at 30 or 60 or whatever the console standard is and didn't think about it too much.

Depressperado

clomp clomp clomp clomp CLOMP door opening sound CLOMP CLOMP CLOMP

Beef Avenger

Veldrin wrote: »

You know, with all these posts and memes I thought I was prepared for the stress that Mr X introduces to the game, but I 100% was not.

It's really something

Jasconius

i would like them to let you link your spotify account into the game and choose any song whatsoever to overlay X's presence

the possibilities for comedy are truly endless

klemming

Depressperado wrote: »

clomp clomp clomp clomp CLOMP door opening sound CLOMP CLOMP CLOMP

I have my phone alarm set to wake me up with louder chimes every five minutes.
I'm wondering if I could set it up with stomps getting closer and closer until the chase music kicks in.
Pros: It'd wake me up.
Cons: I would never go back to sleep. Ever.

Depressperado

I had a similar problem when I set my text alert to

ba-ba-dook-dook-dook

Endless_Serpents

On a scale of 1 to 10 how good does the man say “Resident Evil... 2” on the title screen?

Depressperado

that's the problem with the newest Resident Evil games

nobody says RESIDENT. EVIL. on the title screen

klemming

He does, but you need the original soundtrack music option. (Deluxe edition DLC, dunno if it's available separately yet)

Depressperado

aw dangit

Olivaw

Depressperado wrote: »

I had a similar problem when I set my text alert to

ba-ba-dook-dook-dook

Jesus dude, when did that sound like a good idea