Funny that elitism was brought up in this topic............
At the end of the day, there's no "objective" when it comes to the quality of games, outside of technical problems (like crashing and what have you). Everybody is entitled to like and dislike whatever they want, for whatever their reasoning is, and it doesn't make their opinion "wrong" because an opinion can't be right or wrong to begin with. Somebody can like or dislike an older game without it being a matter of blindly following the herd or whatever, and somebody can like a modern game (or specially a modern remake) for reasons beyond it being brand-new or because most modern games supposedly suck (which in itself is a totally subjective opinion that countless people would disagree with, people who, again, aren't necessarily blinded by shallow reasons or thinking). Really, I gotta wonder why some of you even visit the Modern Gaming section of this forum if you're seemingly so anti-modern games.
As for Resident Evil, all of the games seem like a mix of seriousness and camp to me, including the modern releases and remakes. I don't really get this mentality that some are all one or the other. But games that mix themes always seem to get a lot of flack, since, no matter what the balance is, there are always some who'd prefer the scale to be tipped in the other direction. For example, Star Ocean has always been a mix of sci-fi and fantasy, and I've seen many complain that some of the games have too little of the sci-fi elements. Yet other games in the series pumped up the sci-fi, and personally, I found those a bit too heavy on it. Then you got series that evolve over time, like how Castlevania started off as all camp, as a parody of B-tier classic horror movies, but then it became practically all gravitas later on, to the point that some fans see it as this dark, gothic series where they take the canon and characters super seriously, yet my mindset is to continue taking the series with a sense of humor (which the later games still have, but it's definitely toned down). So with these kinds of scenarios, there's no pleasing everybody, and it sucks if a series is going in a direction that isn't to your tastes, but we can't expect every game to be catered specifically to any of us. If any of us got exactly what we wanted out of every single game, then that would mean a lot of other gamers wouldn't be getting what they want. So the best solution is to have a diverse market so everybody can find some games that work for them, and I think the industry is succeeding at that better than ever. Between mainstream AAA games, niche games, and indie games, you can find practically anything. It's just a matter of putting in the time and digging through what's available, but some are closed-minded and don't bother to look past the big-name stuff.
Reply With Quote