Clearing my backlog, I may be some time.

I must admit I am struggling getting into Resident Evil 4. The controls are a bit jank and combat is terrible. The FoV and aiming makes it near impossible to deal with multiple enemies and I absolutely hate escort missions, and the one I am on is notoriously one of the worse. I have been filling my time bringing some of the Dark Souls 2 characters up to scratch, and feel I need a break from the backlog. Also, as I have a PS5, I am still getting free monthly games, so decided that I need a break from RE4 and clear some of the PS5 games while my subscription is still active. I think I will start by finally finishing the PS5 version of Hollow Knight before moving on to The Last of Us (already done on PS3, but you know) and part 2. Looks like it is time to make another spreadsheet. 

OK, so this was not the original 1999 release of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, but the remake. While I had strong nostalgic feelings for RE1 and RE2, which meant I quite disliked RE2 remake for various reasons, this was not true of RE3, but I still felt the same. Both RE2 and RE3 seem to be cash grabs off the back of RE7 success using its engine and assets. Mia is still floating her hair about in these games, first person aiming just feels wrong to me somehow, especially with fast moving enemies such as lickers and dogs, and the small changes to the story or gameplay do not really add much to the remakes. I did however love the obvious reusing of RPD and the street behind it when it was applicable. I had not really felt it early on in the game as many of the street scenes look completely different, and less on fire. But getting to Kendo's, seeing the street outside, hearing the discussion between Kendo and his daughter before Leon got there was awesome. And while it was never really ex...

It has take me a while to finish this one, but not really. I started this a couple of weeks ago, and have been very on and off. Once again, as a PS1 Resident Evil game I played the original to death. But back in the day, I never played the Claire story, cannot remember why now though. However, I have fond memories of it and still play it from time to time, still just the Leon story, still no idea why. I did prefer the story of this to that of the original, and it was actually the first Resident Evil game I played. Having recently finished the 2015 remake and liked the style of that remake, specifically the fact that it kept the main feel for the originals, while adding a few new elements and better graphics. However, this remake does not fill me with the same nostalgia. While I am fine with the overall progression and story tweaks made to the game, the combat, and most of the assets just feel like a complete lift and shift from Resident Evil 7. No, don't get me wrong, I love RE7. I...