this is the best game ever made and a masterclass in game design

>>714603836 (OP)
Eldenring holds that title now

>>714603962
Who says this place doesn’t still have a sense of humor?

>>714603836 (OP)
thats a weird looking poster for Civilization IV

>>714603836 (OP)
Too many QTEs and artificial difficulty

>>714603962
>rollslop
>good game design

>>714604404
>artificial difficulty

>>714603836 (OP)
Dead Space did RE4 better

>>714604404
>reflexes of a newlyborn fetus
how do you even play video games being so disadvantaged

>>714604646
yes, the difficulty is not real and changes over time
ammo management for example is a non issue because if you miss every shot the bullet drops increase
>>714604813
Who are you quoting?

>>714604725
less replayability, less mechanical depth, weaker level and encounter design and the enemies are more samey than RE4's

how does he do it?

>>714604462
To be fair, you have to admire how fromsoftware was completely saved and then elevated to stardom by one simple thing
>i-frame roll button
This gave them money, fame, straight up CULTISTS that worship them and ONLY them and their games, and it gave them a good reputation in the entire video game industry to the point where now almost everyone wants to include a spammable i-frame roll button in their game even if it doesn't make sense. It's not good but it's admirable how they tricked an entire industry for more than a decade into thinking it's good design.

>>714604896
It has perfect difficulty because it adapts to you. If you miss shots, you're bad, and the game will adapt for your lack of skill.
If you want to play with the difficulty locked to max even if you aren't good enough, professional mode exists.

Agreed
>>714603962
Lmfao

this is not better than ESPN NFL 2k5, bro

>>714603836 (OP)
>>714604725
Evil Within beat both of them

>>714604404
How is the difficulty artificial?

>>714605159
This. Dead space doesn’t hold a torch to re4. Don’t forget the unskippable cutscenes and limited playstyle variety

>>714605343
i still can't believe he made God Hand in a year just cause he thought Final Fight Streetwise sucked.

>>714605874
That is not perfect, it just punished you for playing well and rewards you for playing poorly. it's the same as rubber banding in racing games
>professional mode exists
After you suffer through a playthrough of boredom
the actual peak of action game design are the build engine games, with shadow warrior being the peak. Very intentionally designed enemy, pickup, and secret location

>>714603836 (OP)
How can it be the best game when it isnt even the best RE game?

>>714603836 (OP)
Meh. It's good but it tapers off over time. The village is a great start and the castle is a solid ramp-up, but the island's not a great sendoff overall. The best parts of the game are masterclass but overall, I'd give it like an 8/10. Also, way too many QTE's. Fuck that shit, and thank God the remake took them out.

>>714606341
>fixed camera sloppa
disqualified

>>714606407
Imagine still being filtered by fixed cameras in 2025. That shit's not even hard to adapt to.

>>714606287
>punishes

It’s not a punishment. It’s called challenging the player. If someone boots up the game and is headshotting all the enemies without getting hit, why wouldn’t it naturally up the difficulty itself? It’s the same how in some games, you get an earlier checkpoint if you die a lot in the same area. Adaptive difficulty is a fine mechanic and re4 implements it perfectly

>>714603962
Fucking lmao

>>714606551
I hated it in Onimusha when i was a kid and i still hate them today, that feature needs to be wiped out

>>714603836 (OP)
dead space 1 and 2 are better over the shoulder action games and re4 is single handedly responsible for killing survival horror resident evil games. Its a good game but its a dog shit resident evil and everything that followed it has been cancer.

>>714606649
You need a motivation for playing well. If the game just gets harder you are actually motivated to intentionally miss shots and take damage to game the system in your favor
In shadow warrior mitigating ammo use and damage taken rewards you with an abundance of resources which act as a buffer for future encounters. Good game design

>>714607015
Saying it’s a dog shit resident evil stems from the idea that every re game should be the same. It’s good that they decided to change the direction of the series. That’s what makes it so enjoyable to begin with. It wouldn’t be nearly as unique and remembered if every re was like re1.

>>714607210
You’re not motivated to miss shots just because the game gets difficult, unless you WANT to make the game easier.

>>714603836 (OP)
>Masterclass
>We got bored making the same game so we started making a haunted house simulator
>That was shit so we started making devil may cry
>We then realised we were supposed to be making a resident evil game
>So we created and arcade shooter using the left over assets like suits of armor as enemies
>Took us a fraction of the time and we ended up ignoring our deal with Nintendo and ported it to the PS2 anyway

>>714607439
you can enjoy your console game, just don't pretend it's good game design. Need For Speed Underground 2 and Oblivion are other games right up your alley, always a challenge for all skill levels ;^)

>>714607015
The Dead space series seriously sucks, how often do they recycle that shitty battery "puzzle" and do you even remember a single weapon besides the plasma cutter?
It's carried by the necromorph designs, everything else sucks about it

>>714603836 (OP)
Questionable.

>>714607618
I liked the contact beam in 1 and the seeker rifle in 2. Made a seeker rifle/galvanizer with stasis in 3 and that gun FUCKED.

>>714605343
WE LOVE YOU GOAT

>>714603962
facts

>>714604725
Dead space has a better first run, but RE4 is far far superior in replay value