Resident Nostalgia
Jan. 16th, 2019 12:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
singedsunI just finished up the half hour trial/demo for the Resident Evil 2 remake. The first and second Resident Evil games are some of my favorite games. I specifically remember replaying RE 2 over and over and over again to get all four variations on the game. I did find it funny that the demo doesn't actually start you in the beginning, because I remember how hard the beginning of the game is. I know people that never got past that initial scene and just gave up on the original game. So the demo focuses on the proper start of the game, Leon's arrival at the police station.
There was such a wave of nostalgia on that first scene. For all the updates in twenty-plus years since the original RE2 came out, it felt like I was back in the bedroom in my dad's house, staring at the television in the middle of the night. I used to sit on the floor in front of my bed and play games (where the controllers could reach) and this felt like the same game. I was excited to try it out, knowing how much I loved the original. I guess what I hadn't really expected was to get hit with such a real memory of having done it all before. It felt like revisiting an old school. It's all familiar, different and the same at the same time.
Playing just that half-hour demo tonight made me SO excited for the full game. I know it won't be exactly the same because they've gotten rid of the zapping a/b game where the game changes based on your previous Leon or Claire game. Instead they'll each get their own version of the story, but it won't be impacted by player choices in the other. That's too bad.
Checking out the demo also made me really grateful that Matt updated my very old motherboard and graphics card for me before Christmas so I have a system that can run newer games. Plus, that new graphics card he got me is the reason I'll be able to play the remake when it comes out in a few months. For registering my graphics card, I'll get the game for free. SO COOL.
There was such a wave of nostalgia on that first scene. For all the updates in twenty-plus years since the original RE2 came out, it felt like I was back in the bedroom in my dad's house, staring at the television in the middle of the night. I used to sit on the floor in front of my bed and play games (where the controllers could reach) and this felt like the same game. I was excited to try it out, knowing how much I loved the original. I guess what I hadn't really expected was to get hit with such a real memory of having done it all before. It felt like revisiting an old school. It's all familiar, different and the same at the same time.
Playing just that half-hour demo tonight made me SO excited for the full game. I know it won't be exactly the same because they've gotten rid of the zapping a/b game where the game changes based on your previous Leon or Claire game. Instead they'll each get their own version of the story, but it won't be impacted by player choices in the other. That's too bad.
Checking out the demo also made me really grateful that Matt updated my very old motherboard and graphics card for me before Christmas so I have a system that can run newer games. Plus, that new graphics card he got me is the reason I'll be able to play the remake when it comes out in a few months. For registering my graphics card, I'll get the game for free. SO COOL.
