(no subject)
Apr. 15th, 2011 09:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
geebsSo, I didn't realize there was a new trailer out for Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City:
Actually, I had seen mentions of this game, but didn't really delve into it until now. So with the recent popularity of the Left 4 Dead franchise and the popularity of zombie scenarios in FPSes, Resident Evil is delving into this genre? It makes sense, it is a franchise about zombies. Though it seems there's a vocal portion of the fandom that hates what they see. Its like geez, they're just trying to get a piece of the pie, this isn't the new direction of the RE games, so calm the eff down. Also, they're upset because Leon gets killed off in the trailer back in Raccoon City. And the pedantic nerds are all, "How can Leon die, it changes history?" Its a friggin' "What If?" scenario! Its like you can never please anyone. They don't change anything, they get accused of being stale. But once they make radical changes everyone freaks the freak out and are all "How dare they change things!"
In any case, I think its pretty cool. Its a squad based shooter, where you play as members of a USS (Umbrella Security Service) team, like the one Hunk was on in RE2. But rather than looking like generic SWAT guy like Hunk did, they have more personalized outfits and abilities.
First off, you have the leader, Vector, who has a personal cloaking unit and is pretty handy with a knife. He seems bad-ass. There's the big guy, Beltway, who is obviously the tank and can also lay down explosives. Spectre is the sniper, don't know too much about what he can do. And finally there's the medic, Bertha. Who apparently talks like an evil German hottie scientist chick. I think they're an interesting addition to the RE universe.
Hmm, I was totally unaware until M told me that they're finally releasing the 4e version of the Assassin class in next week's D&D supplement release, "Heroes of Shadow". I hear the assassin class is basically just a reprint of the stuff in Insider, with minor tweaks. But this book isn't just about them anyways, its for all characters using the Shadow power source (as opposed to Martial, Divine, Arcane, Primal, or Psionic). So in addition to them, you have variations on warlocks, a vampire "class" (it does make sense mechanically, since any pc race can be turned into a vamp) plus the Blackguard.
I've always liked Blackguards, they're like Paladins, only not lame and stupid. I never understood the appeal of playing Paladins. "Oh, I'm so good! I'll help the weak and helpless for no reward other than the satisfaction of a job well done!" Ghey! All those bad-ass abilities are wasted on them. Which is why I like the Blackguard, you get Paladin-ish abilities, but with a cool black/death theme, and you're not restricted to being a goody-goody holier than thou zealot jag-off.
Actually, I had seen mentions of this game, but didn't really delve into it until now. So with the recent popularity of the Left 4 Dead franchise and the popularity of zombie scenarios in FPSes, Resident Evil is delving into this genre? It makes sense, it is a franchise about zombies. Though it seems there's a vocal portion of the fandom that hates what they see. Its like geez, they're just trying to get a piece of the pie, this isn't the new direction of the RE games, so calm the eff down. Also, they're upset because Leon gets killed off in the trailer back in Raccoon City. And the pedantic nerds are all, "How can Leon die, it changes history?" Its a friggin' "What If?" scenario! Its like you can never please anyone. They don't change anything, they get accused of being stale. But once they make radical changes everyone freaks the freak out and are all "How dare they change things!"
In any case, I think its pretty cool. Its a squad based shooter, where you play as members of a USS (Umbrella Security Service) team, like the one Hunk was on in RE2. But rather than looking like generic SWAT guy like Hunk did, they have more personalized outfits and abilities.
First off, you have the leader, Vector, who has a personal cloaking unit and is pretty handy with a knife. He seems bad-ass. There's the big guy, Beltway, who is obviously the tank and can also lay down explosives. Spectre is the sniper, don't know too much about what he can do. And finally there's the medic, Bertha. Who apparently talks like an evil German hottie scientist chick. I think they're an interesting addition to the RE universe.
Hmm, I was totally unaware until M told me that they're finally releasing the 4e version of the Assassin class in next week's D&D supplement release, "Heroes of Shadow". I hear the assassin class is basically just a reprint of the stuff in Insider, with minor tweaks. But this book isn't just about them anyways, its for all characters using the Shadow power source (as opposed to Martial, Divine, Arcane, Primal, or Psionic). So in addition to them, you have variations on warlocks, a vampire "class" (it does make sense mechanically, since any pc race can be turned into a vamp) plus the Blackguard.
I've always liked Blackguards, they're like Paladins, only not lame and stupid. I never understood the appeal of playing Paladins. "Oh, I'm so good! I'll help the weak and helpless for no reward other than the satisfaction of a job well done!" Ghey! All those bad-ass abilities are wasted on them. Which is why I like the Blackguard, you get Paladin-ish abilities, but with a cool black/death theme, and you're not restricted to being a goody-goody holier than thou zealot jag-off.
