Massive fan since the mid-90's here, which should out me as old for everyone discovering these games through the remakes. I bought (or more accurately, traded lots of Super NES games for) RE1 in the original long case (with the incredible lab scene on the inner casing) a few days after reading a review in GamePro and played it over and over throughout the summer between sixth and seventh grade. Or maybe seventh and eighth. Who knows. A few years later, when RE2 came out, I became so obsessed that I built a model of the police station out of cardboard and clay, complete with miniature green herbs situated in their appropriate locations. I had all the Toy Biz figures and later got most of the Palisades figures and, at some point, was making character art tee shirts with some of those rudimentary iron-on printing sheets for PC printers. I still probably have all of the figures at my mom's house, though I have a Toy Biz Leon and Palisades Leon in my apartment. Both have been displayed somewhere in my home since college.
I lost a lot of interest with RE4, since it deviated from a lot of what I loved about the series up to that point. RE5 really stretched my patience, and I never even finished RE6. I didn't play much of anything after that, though I've tried to at least keep up on what's coming out.
Recently, I got a PS4 after not playing any video games for years and years and my brother encouraged me to try the RE2 remake. I was skeptical, but I played it and fell in love with it all over again. As stubbornly devoted as I am to the original game, I have to admit that this new one is a pretty breathtaking feat and captures almost everything I loved about the old games while updating the visual presentation. I finished Leon's first run a few days ago and am almost finished with Claire's now; it's the first time I've finished a non-sports/non-fighting game since probably 2006 or 2007.
I've been looking back on what's been released since I lapsed and think I'm probably going to end up grabbing everything I missed, just for the sake of catching up on the storyline. I guess I have to try to get through RE6 and then the two Revelations games actually look more intriguing.
Anyway, looking forward to chatting. I suspect I'll mostly chime in about old stuff like the retro games and merchandise, but I'm hoping I eventually fall in love with some of the more modern additions, too.
I lost a lot of interest with RE4, since it deviated from a lot of what I loved about the series up to that point. RE5 really stretched my patience, and I never even finished RE6. I didn't play much of anything after that, though I've tried to at least keep up on what's coming out.
Recently, I got a PS4 after not playing any video games for years and years and my brother encouraged me to try the RE2 remake. I was skeptical, but I played it and fell in love with it all over again. As stubbornly devoted as I am to the original game, I have to admit that this new one is a pretty breathtaking feat and captures almost everything I loved about the old games while updating the visual presentation. I finished Leon's first run a few days ago and am almost finished with Claire's now; it's the first time I've finished a non-sports/non-fighting game since probably 2006 or 2007.
I've been looking back on what's been released since I lapsed and think I'm probably going to end up grabbing everything I missed, just for the sake of catching up on the storyline. I guess I have to try to get through RE6 and then the two Revelations games actually look more intriguing.
Anyway, looking forward to chatting. I suspect I'll mostly chime in about old stuff like the retro games and merchandise, but I'm hoping I eventually fall in love with some of the more modern additions, too.
