Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Collection (Post impressions here)

[Dracarys]

Incase anyone missed it in news post, the pricing for UK store is in error, currently £16.99 instead of the £21.99 it meant to be, 10% discount on both (£15.29 for PS+ members).

[TheBatMan]

Can't really argue at that price. I just hope playing it with the controller isn't too much of a frustration.

[Smiley]

Gonna pick this up today I think. Haven't played the Chronicles for a few years so it will be fun to go through them again. I don't have PS Move though. Is it worth getting just for this? How frustrating is it to play with the controller?

They've mapped out the controls for the dualshock 3 accordingly, but it's about as well as you'd expect.

Change weapons with the D-pad.
Aim with the left or right analog stick for Darkside Chronicles (Umbrella Chronicles has the right stick for camera control).
Reload with the square button.
Shoot with R1
Heal with L1 (Darkside only)
R2 performs action.
Pick up items with X.
You can even use the six axis when prompted to shake the controller for any defense or QTE sequence.

I'm not good at maneuvering aim with the left stick so it's more difficult for me. It would take a lot of getting used to so I just use the move controller.

[Dracarys]

I find it easier with controller to be honest, Darkside Chronicles camera is just bullshit the way it jumps about and using a controller makes it far easier to get headshots.

Plus the PS move has the problem (as with ALL Move games, is a fault of the controller) that if you need 'waggle' back and forth quickly for something then the calibration goes to shit, the PS Move just isn't very good for rail shooters. PS Move is better used as a guide for an on screen reticle than it is for aiming it like a gun. The way the standard Wiimote works it doesn't have this problem.

@Smiley, you can flip which stick aims and what does camera in the options menu.

[Smiley]

That's good to know.

[Kaiser]

I've got both the Wii versions, but really want to get these? Anyone else have recommendations?

[Hcloud13]

I'm playing with the Move & Headshots seem alot easier in Umbrella Chronicles then the Wii version. Also I don't really notice a diffrence in the CG cutscenes,they don't look HD at all to me,just upscaled a bit. Havent played Darkside yet.

[Dracarys]

I'm playing with the Move & Headshots seem alot easier in Umbrella Chronicles then the Wii version.

The auto-aim maybe? Is turned on by default.

[MiLØ]

http://projectumbrella.net/articles/...s-Extra-Report

Cool. Don't think I'm buying Japanese edition then.

Also I don't really notice a diffrence in the CG cutscenes,they don't look HD at all to me,just upscaled a bit. Havent played Darkside yet.

So far I can only speak for Darkside Chronicles, but CGI cutscenes do look kinda up-converted. It gives an impression of being either a rather well done up-convert of Wii's original video files - or - a rather crappy compression of true HD video files.

Well at least it definitely looks better then FMVs from HD re-releases of RE4 and Code Veronica; those videos looked simply awful on high def TVs, cause all was done to it is boosting up the resolution making it look over-pixelated.

[ElusionM]

Well at least it definitely looks better then FMVs from HD re-releases of RE4 and Code Veronica; those videos looked simply awful on high def TVs, cause all was done to it is boosting up the resolution making it look over-pixelated.

I own a 55" Samsung UND8000, 3D and at 240hz. CVX-HD looks beautiful on my screen, both gameplay and cutscenes.

[Smiley]

Can't disagree more. I love CVX, but the FMVs in HD look like trash on all three of my HDTVs.

[MiLØ]

I own a 55" Samsung UND8000, 3D and at 240hz. CVX-HD looks beautiful on my screen, both gameplay and cutscenes.

Without going too deep into technical aspects, here are comparison screen shots from the game's intro on Gamecube and PS3.
These are original game video files, running in their native resolution. No conversion, transcoding, filtering etc.

Spoiler:

show spoiler

platform : Gamecube
file : mv_000.sfd (435mb)



platform : Xbox360
file : mv_000.wmv (126mb)



platform : Playstation 3
file : mv_000.pam (257mb)

Gamecube's FMVs had the best video quality, when compared to PS2's and Dreamcast's versions of Code Veronica.
Who ever was making the HD port could at least take those files and upscale them properly using all kind of modern day filters.
Instead they did an incredibly sloppy job, just look at the PS3's intro file size. Like they didn't give a damn.

[Carnivol]

^What? The PS3 version uses the Microsoft WMV9 codec for its FMVs?

Also, regarding the HD Chronicles; as nice as they are on PS3 in hi-res, I can't help but shake my head at how HORRIBLE the PlayStation MOVE controller is. Sure; it doesn't have the "flicker/jerkyness" you sometimes get with the Wii remote, but it's so HORRIFYINGLY unprecise for aiming (and getting it to track movement 1:1-ish is a lost cause) and it keeps losing track of its centerpoint so friggin often that every darned game has a re-calibration shortcut (if only more games were as awesome as Skyward Sword and just had its quick center "reset" function)

[Vito]

^What? The PS3 version uses the Microsoft WMV9 codec for its FMVs?

Also, regarding the HD Chronicles; as nice as they are on PS3 in hi-res, I can't help but shake my head at how HORRIBLE the PlayStation MOVE controller is. Sure; it doesn't have the "flicker/jerkyness" you sometimes get with the Wii remote, but it's so HORRIFYINGLY unprecise for aiming (and getting it to track movement 1:1-ish is a lost cause) and it keeps losing track of its centerpoint so friggin often that every darned game has a re-calibration shortcut (if only more games were as awesome as Skyward Sword and just had its quick center "reset" function)

Thank you, now I don't have to get one.

[BeefWellington]

I own a 55" Samsung UND8000, 3D and at 240hz. CVX-HD looks beautiful on my screen, both gameplay and cutscenes.

Well try it with only 60hz and youll see how despicable it is

[geluda]

These games are all about the controls, as nice as HD is I'm fine with Wii component, what good is a pretty experience if the controls suck?

[[STARS]TyranT]

Though the controls dont translate massevly well using a controller, they are better than I thought they would be. They do however look great and translate very well to HD. Very pleased.

Also never really realised before how obvious it is that Billy has two voice actors. Really poor.

[BeefWellington]

Though the controls dont translate massevly well using a controller, they are better than I thought they would be. They do however look great and translate very well to HD. Very pleased.

Also never really realised before how obvious it is that Billy has two voice actors. Really poor.

One of them of is Roger Craig Smith

[Vito]

Any tips for T.A.L.O.S? the fucker is hard as hell.

[MiLØ]

^What? The PS3 version uses the Microsoft WMV9 codec for its FMVs?

Whoops, my mistake. I used Xbox360's file as an example instead of PS3's one.
WMV is for Xbox360, while PAM (Playstation Advanced Movie) is for PS3.
Good that you pointed that out.

However quality wise - it's the same crappy upconvert.

I edited the previous post with screenshots.