Resident Evil 6 (Switch)

Continued on with the sixth game in the series. Haven't played this game since back in 2015 as well. And I gotta confess, I never finished it, I played to the final stage of Jake's Campaign and just gave up. I believe it was due to the final mission being the same stage as Chris's so I didn't even bother and I probably guessed Ada's would be the same chapter she already show up to... which turned out to be true. And I guess I lived back home with my parents then so sisters home and hogging the TV... or another fun game turned up. My guess on the clone of Ada Wong was also correct just by picking it up by pure logic. But I also was a bit better this time in finding the serpent emblems so I even got some more of the story this time around.

So people don't like this game... and I agree with them. I had to play some rounds of Tetris and RE5 between each chapters to just stomach it. They changed a lot of things that just make the game boring in comparison. First off they got rid of the treasure system and the upgrade system from RE4 and 5 and instead an all composing skill system. Not bad per say, but you only can have three active skills at once and you change between the skill set ups. Hate it. Firstly it is hard to get the skills since it comes from drops of enemies and finding "treasures". No grade points like in RE5 after each mission. Which is another problem since why replay the missions if you can't get something out of it in a constant manner? Also, the chapters are too damn long. I found out you can start them from the different points, but it doesn't work as well as in 5, and since you can't see where you missed the emblems you guessed, look at a guide and it's kinda important this time around to get the emblems since they unlock files that tells you what is really going on. No reading reports, memos or letters in the chapters. So if you missed certain parts you don't get that Derek Simmons (one of the bad guys) was the guardian of Sherry Birkin or that the name of the President of the United States is Benford. Also, rather interesting in the Covid-19 times is that it takes place in China, and that the C-virus (not making this up) was manufactured there from the beginning. And this game was released in 2013. 

As I noted for RE5 they gave you an auto-function for the quick-time events and it made the game easier (I would even add tolerable), but there is still a lot of insta-death traps that one could almost not figure out. For example, Ada's chapter in the graveyard where you burst through the floor and into an underground tunnel with spinning blades. If you don't move down instantly you die, but pushing the crawls fast button made me constantly spin around and get caught in the blades, killing me instantly. I think I died 5 times before emerging on the other side. Also, they really went all in on the online multiplayer aspect of the game cause I have to turn it off at every single instance when starting a chapter. Also, replayability isn't as good as 5 since there you could chose different weapons and adjust your playstyle the way you wanted, here, you get a predetermined set up and you gotta stick to it. And since you can't upgrade the weapons, there isn't that feeling of satisfaction that occurs when you downed the first boss that kicked your ass in beginning with just one set of shotgun rounds. They even put the infinite ammo as an equipeable skill, so waste a couple of upgrades for taking away the stress off saving the ammo for the good weapons. I get it that you should use the 8 different set-ups so you can change them and with it the playstyle. But they are so damn expensive as well which means I have to play even more. Funny how I spent 40 hours in RE5 and replayed the early stages over and over to gain money and points, but I can't stomach the 20 hours to just finish RE6 just once.

So no, I really didn't like to replay it. I tried playing it some more just to get the emblems and gather enough points to unlock enough of the infinite ammo cheats so I can blast through this. Guess what? Even that is a chore since I thought, maybe try it as the other characters, Helena, Sherry and Piers? You gotta play all the chapters with them since they have to recollect all weapons so they actually stands a chance in the later chapters. 5 had it perfect, shared armoury and just equip what suited you best (which reminds me, probably should get a double set of every weapon so that there is no conflict whatsoever in co-op). Also, how the hell does one get local co-op without getting online... you know, like in RE5? God, so many stupid decisions. At least Matthew Mercer is fun to listen to as Leon.