Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

[Deus Flux]

Tyrants are either retarded or,

Hahaha thanks, I like your bluntness about that. That bad huh? Do the Lickers still get "stuck" and don't move? I remember seeing that in a pre-release gameplay vid and I figured all this kinda AI nonsense would've been fixed before release. The blood thing has me curious now. I'll see if I can look at some more videos for the blood effects.

[Dracarys]

A single Tyrant cannot stun lock you until you die under normal circumstances I'm pretty sure (and this is from a -lot- of hours playing and it never happening), it takes multiple Tyrants to do that and even then they need get you into a corner, and if if multiple Tyrants are beating down on you then you probably should die, they are Tyrants. Of course teammates can free you from this unless they get downed, the one exception to the stunlock thing is a small office in campaign, technically the Tyrant could block your exit and the office is literally big enough for 3 people to fit it, but you gotta be stupid to walk into it with him near you, and he would need to never go after another teammate and stay fixed on you.

I've never experienced Tyrants doing nothing also, they are very aggressive. Blood is red, though like real blood if you look at it in darkness it isn't gonna be a bright glowing red, it will look dark.

[[STARS]TyranT]

Yeah I actually agree with that to be honest. Years ago if a Tyrant or something was in the way - you'd never attempt to go near it - because it can kill you, or put yourself into a situation where it can potentially be close enough to hurt you. You always maintained distance and safety - yet I think modern mechanics on games gives us the belief that we can rush a Tyrant and get past because in a modern game we should be able to.

[Dracarys]

I should point out as I have done in this thread before, even though the game is not deserving of the hate some people give it and can be really fun and enjoyable in parts...it isn't worth full price. More than bargain bin price though.

[MiLØ]

I traded in at Gamestop a bunch of older PS3/360 games without paying an extra penny for a new Operation Raccoon City when it just came out... and still felt kinda ripped of afterwards.

[Dracarys]

I traded in at Gamestop

... and still felt kinda ripped of afterwards.

You could put literally anything after the former and the latter would apply.

[MiLØ]

Haha I guess you right, God bless Gamestop.

[yurieu]

I'm considering buying this game. I know many fans are disappointed with this game but after doing research and watching videos (and also with the new patch out now that fixes several issues), I have a pretty good idea as to what to expect -- a Resident evil-themed TPS, nothing more nothing less, correct?

With that, my question is for people who like this game.. is buying the special edition worth the $45 - $50? The artwork looks a heck of a lot better than the normal retail version. I mostly play single-player and occasional multi.. is the campaign worth it?

i highly suggest you to rent this game. or borrow with a friend. or forget it, this ps2-like game's already past.

[Deus Flux]

Got the special edition a couple days ago. Perhaps a few tiny spoiler things in my post, so fore-warning. I've yet to play online, but i've played through the campaign about 4 times now and it's a lot of fun. This game has been a pleasant surprise for me. The game has a great atmosphere to me, more specifically the score -- levels 5 & 7 in particular ( I think it was 7) give off a serious Dawn of the dead (the beginning of the movie with the creepy house shootout) and even RE 1.5 for some reason.

Sure the single player campaign could've used a few more levels, but what's there is re-playable -- I like getting more xp to buy new guns and abilities. There's not much else I can really be disappointed about aside from the flamethrower can't be purchased in the shop that I know of, I wanted more cerberus' (I wanted packs of them coming all at once, and to see them eating corpses), and the sniper rifle doesn't seem to be able to zoom in/out.

And the Spec Ops characters are off-putting to me. They appear to be anything but professionals. And their characters designs are cheese, like they were originally intended to be scrapped in favor of Wolf pack in the actual game but then thrown online for $-grabbing dlc. And why does Jill look so greasy in this? Hahaha she looks like she hasn't bathed in a long time.

From reading about the game pre-patch, it does sound really bad.. but having only having played the game post-patch, I encountered very few issues so i'd say the patch probably did a lot of good. Probably my favorite character is Spectre and weapon is the Arbiter or Riot gun (depending on mission).

The metal case and patches are really nice, too. I've been with the RE series since the original game was released, and i'm really enjoying this one. Perhaps i'm a walking contradiction, like those Starburst commercials? But then again I gotta say this game is probably better to me than RE4, and so many people seem to love that one for some reason. Apples and oranges I say.

Thanks to you guys for your input, i'm glad I got this. It'd be nice to have this game for 3DS, similar to the Mercenaries treatment.

[Kaneco]

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[Deus Flux]

After thinking about it for a while I eventually got the Spec ops dlc and I like the characters a lot better now than I originally did -- but they're still nowhere as cool as the U.S.S. I've played this game a lot now (online & off) and I don't regret my purchase at all. I'd like a sequel. Anyone here still play online?

[News Bot]

I still don't know how anyone finds the character designs in this game appealing. "Cool" is the last word I'd use for them. They're a pretty sad case of trying too hard, which can be said for almost every other stylistic aspect of the game.

[MiLØ]

The development of Vector's cloaking suit cost more than the whole biowarfare research in Raccoon City.

[Det. Beauregard]

After thinking about it for a while I eventually got the Spec ops dlc and I like the characters a lot better now than I originally did -- but they're still nowhere as cool as the U.S.S. I've played this game a lot now (online & off) and I don't regret my purchase at all.

The USS squad look like bland cyborgs. 'Nuff said. A few of the Spec Ops are okay, and their missions are much more interesting (although I wish they included cameras to shoot out).

I still don't know how anyone finds the character designs in this game appealing. "Cool" is the last word I'd use for them. They're a pretty sad case of trying too hard, which can be said for almost every other stylistic aspect of the game.

With nine of the 12 characters, I agree. But I honestly don't think Willow, Tweed, and Shona are all that bad. The rest are pretty terrible, though, especially the USS ones.

[Dracarys]

After thinking about it for a while I eventually got the Spec ops dlc and I like the characters a lot better now than I originally did -- but they're still nowhere as cool as the U.S.S. I've played this game a lot now (online & off) and I don't regret my purchase at all. I'd like a sequel. Anyone here still play online?

What console do you own it for? I only play the 360 version since has Nemesis mode and I bought DLC on 360.