Today’s game is Resident Evil 2 Remake. I’ve been wanting to play this for a bit for this month and finally got around to it these last few days. I made it as far as when the Big Grey Guy in the trench coat shows up. He really threw a wrench in everything because i went from having a few safe spots too not being safe anywhere.
The guy is constantly up my ass and there’s like nowhere to hide from him. He makes it a lot more stressful, which is probably good for a game like this. It creates a sense of unease because nowhere really is safe it feels like.
Right now the current puzzle i’m working on is getting across this gap. I’m struggling to cross it right now because i need some sort of h-shaped handle to get across the bookcases on another hole. It’s definitely one of those puzzles where you have to suspend your disbelief. Like, you’re telling me Leon can’t jump that gap?
The portable safe was an interesting challenge. It took a few tries and i struggled to remember the pattern, i got it though. It felt a bit like brute forcing the code. Honestly i was expecting a hint somewhere for it. But i managed to get it without.
Overall, The game is doing an amazing job of creating tension too. Like there’s this constant ambience going on and you’re never quite sure whether it’s a zombie or just the wind. This alleyway especially i hear a lot of zombies. There’s also the scarcity of ammo. The handgun doesn’t seem to do much except stun them, so my only real option right now if i want them dead dead, is too blast there head off with the shotgun. Ultimately it helps create a good deal of tension because i can’t kill all my problems and have to run a lot (like with the Big Guy).
That “Big Grey Guy” is one of the major reason I haven’t tried the game. And well the fact that I don’t like horror, but I am going to blame the Big Grey Guy!
I feel that lol. He really is a terrifying threat. I’m not used to my horror games basically throwing a big invincible enemy at me, especially for such a long period of time
If you’re playing on PC then mods are your friend here.
Remove him entirely or reskin him as Thomas The Tank Engine. Your decision.
Mainly play on console, but I’ll keep this in mind for future. Thanks for the tip.
I’ve replayed this game maybe 4 times, I love it! Hope you enjoy your time with it all the way through.
FWIW, you do have safe spots.
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Any room with a typewriter he cannot get into.
Thanks for that. It’s reassuring to know there are some safe places.
Is the main lobby area of the station excluded from this? I went down to the typewriter there and while i was saving he snuck up on me clocked poor Leon in the face.
Yea, that’s one of the ones that is excluded. Usually just the smaller contained rooms.
Ah. Okay. That makes sense. I looked it up on online and saw the same thing and just assumed it was something limited to the original game since the lobby doesn’t seem to protect him. It’s reassuring though to know there’s places for me to catch my breath
Have yet to play the remake. Played the original on PC in 99 or so. It was a very novel experience at that time (I had mostly played cRPGs, RTSs, city-builder/tycoons etc.). A lot of the puzzles were challenging for young brain though.
Even now some of the puzzles (in the remake at least) are a challenge for me. It took me a minute to recognize the pattern of the safe.
