Ziggy587 wrote:I just can't get into Resident Evil. Everything I've ever heard about the game sounds awesome. And all the video footage looks amazing. But every time I try to play it, I don't know, I just can't get into it. But I really wish I could!
If you can, try the NDS port. It’s a really fun version of the original game that’s easy to turn on and off. It has some great quality-of-life features including, if I recall correctly, a mode that doesn’t limit your continues. (I may be wrong about that, but regardless, you can always hibernate your system.) It also has a version that employs the touch screen for extra puzzles and combat.
Resident Evil never really clicked with me until I played the NDS version, but I absolutely loved that game, playing through both the original game and remixed version with touchscreen combats and puzzles. When I finally “got” it with the limited continues, I realized that you have to play it a bit like a die-and-retry platformer. You sacrifice a few lives grabbing items, figuring out what you’re supposed to do, where you’re supposed to go, how to avoid monsters and conserve ammo, etc. Once you’ve got that, you just execute a good “run” to the next save point. The game is actually really easy once you know where to go and what to expect, and once you spend a few minutes figuring it out (and not worrying too much about dying), you can get from one point to the next really efficiently and with ink ribbons (and ammo) to spare at the end of the game.
I’m also playing the original Silent Hill right now for the Summer Games challenge, and I’ve found it to be really accessible. It’s probably a great introduction to the genre, and you may want to give it a shot if you haven’t already.
I hope that helps a bit!
