Resident Evil vs Silent Hill vs Luigis Mansion vs TLOU (you can only keep one)

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dhaabi:

--- Quote from: bikingjahuty on November 17, 2024, 10:12:07 pm ---Resident Evil, no question. I'm not a fan of all the games in the series, but I'd say 80% of them I either really enjoy or I absolutely love them.

I enjoy Silent Hill, at least the ones I've played, but to my understanding, the series is essentially the first three are great, 4 is good depending on who you ask, and then the rest range from wildly mediocre to complete trash. Giving up Silent Hill 2 would absolutely pain me though, just saying.
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It wouldn't be controversial to share your thoughts about Silent Hill but toward Resident Evil instead. From what I've seen, RE, RE2, RE3, REC:V, RE0, and RE7 are the only standout entries in a franchise with thirty entries. As far as Silent Hill stands, I actually enjoyed Origins for what it is, though it retreads common ground. I'm looking forward to playing Shattered Memories—which actually earned positive reviews—as the next entry for me to play, too.

But people obviously have their own preferences. Hopefully the rumor going around about RE9 releasing soon is true and meets expectations.

marvelvscapcom2:

--- Quote from: dhaabi on November 17, 2024, 09:52:53 am ---
--- Quote from: marvelvscapcom2 on November 16, 2024, 10:35:41 pm ---Which of these 4 survival horror franchises is the survival horror king? You can only keep one.
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Two of these franchises aren't even regarded as survival horror. A more interesting topic about survival horror specifically would have been comparing the former two options alongside Alone in the Dark (the series most popularly recognized as the introduction to the genre but certainly not the first title ever), Fatal Frame, or Clock Tower.

With that said, Silent Hill is easily my preferred franchise for P.T. alone, though I've not yet played Resident Evil games while instead only spectating.

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I respect the inclusion of clock tower. I just worried it was too niche so I chose mainline icons. But I do love clock tower. Perhaps I took liberties with Luigis mansion. But TLOU is a survival horror game no doubts about it. Plays like a hallway shooter, for the most part. Linear. Jumpscares. You have to scavenger resources like first aid kits, medicines, ammo and weapon upgrades. You have to solve puzzles to access new areas. And you have to be stealthy to avoid certain hoardes of undead. Just like resident evil. Even a lot of the monsters are similar. The collectibles and weapon upgrades. Parts system. All similar.

Even the official fandom for tlou ps3 wiki says

The Last of Us is a third-person action-adventure survival horror video game created exclusively for PlayStation 3, and was later remastered for the PlayStation 4.

I just sometimes feel like these categories are so vague and then people exclude worthy entries. RPG does this more. So many games are RPGs. A game can be both first person shooter. And an RPG. Fallout for example.

marvelvscapcom2:

--- Quote from: bikingjahuty on November 17, 2024, 10:12:07 pm ---Resident Evil, no question. I'm not a fan of all the games in the series, but I'd say 80% of them I either really enjoy or I absolutely love them.

I enjoy Silent Hill, at least the ones I've played, but to my understanding, the series is essentially the first three are great, 4 is good depending on who you ask, and then the rest range from wildly mediocre to complete trash. Giving up Silent Hill 2 would absolutely pain me though, just saying.

TLOU is an amazing game, and while it has some fairly annoying narrative issues, I am actually one of the people that liked TLOU2. However, neither the first game with how well made it is, or the best parts of Part 2 can hold a candle to RE for me.

I've never played a Luigi's Mansion game so I can't really judge them. However, I will say I'm still somewhat bitter that Luigi's Mansion was Nintendo's follow up to Super Mario 64, and not a game that felt like more of a direct sequel. I have a hard time saying Sunshine is a sequel, even though it technically is. I really don't think a proper successor happened with Super Mario 64 until Super Mario Galaxy.

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I cant reccomend Luigis mansion enough. Esp 3. An absolute chef's kiss. I just recently picked up RE2 remake and almost feel like I was reborn lol. Cant believe I went that long with the glory of that game not gracing my life.

Mr. X. Is truly the scariest game character ive experienced. His situational awareness and how he always seems to be so aware of the player characters position regarding him is haunting. He's so menacing. The game does such a good job of giving you barely enough to fight. So even the simplest NPC feel like these terrifying squadrons of fear and retreat. Then the narrowness of it all. You just feel smothered at all times. I can see why the franchise became the standard.

dhaabi:

--- Quote from: marvelvscapcom2 on November 19, 2024, 10:44:41 am ---
--- Quote from: dhaabi on November 17, 2024, 09:52:53 am ---
--- Quote from: marvelvscapcom2 on November 16, 2024, 10:35:41 pm ---Which of these 4 survival horror franchises is the survival horror king? You can only keep one.
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Two of these franchises aren't even regarded as survival horror.

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I just sometimes feel like these categories are so vague and then people exclude worthy entries. RPG does this more. So many games are RPGs. A game can be both first person shooter. And an RPG. Fallout for example.

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I was rather opinionated in my first post. Genre classifications are never black and white, and people are quite divisive about survival horror genre in particular as a label altogether. For instance, many do not consider Resident Evil 4 to be a part of the genre. In the end, creative works often exhibit a catalog of descriptors, and they're never just one thing. We've just got to appreciate works for what they are. Labels help, but they're just as restrictive too.

bikingjahuty:

--- Quote from: dhaabi on November 18, 2024, 08:52:07 am ---
--- Quote from: bikingjahuty on November 17, 2024, 10:12:07 pm ---Resident Evil, no question. I'm not a fan of all the games in the series, but I'd say 80% of them I either really enjoy or I absolutely love them.

I enjoy Silent Hill, at least the ones I've played, but to my understanding, the series is essentially the first three are great, 4 is good depending on who you ask, and then the rest range from wildly mediocre to complete trash. Giving up Silent Hill 2 would absolutely pain me though, just saying.
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It wouldn't be controversial to share your thoughts about Silent Hill but toward Resident Evil instead. From what I've seen, RE, RE2, RE3, REC:V, RE0, and RE7 are the only standout entries in a franchise with thirty entries. As far as Silent Hill stands, I actually enjoyed Origins for what it is, though it retreads common ground. I'm looking forward to playing Shattered Memories—which actually earned positive reviews—as the next entry for me to play, too.

But people obviously have their own preferences. Hopefully the rumor going around about RE9 releasing soon is true and meets expectations.

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I definitely feel like the majority of RE games I've played rank above average to some of the best games I've ever played. The only RE games I've played that ranged from meh to absolute crap are 5, the Outbreak games, Dead Aim, and Survivor. I've never played supposed stinkers like Operation Raccoon City, so I can't say on that one, but I have a hard time thinking of any outside that, that are considered bad by most people. I know a lot of people hate 6, and when I went into playing it for the first time earlier this year I thought I'd feel the same, but I actually found it to be a pretty good game overall. Certainly no masterpiece, but definitely far better than the internet led me to believe for the last decade.

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