So I'm not really sure what to think about the demo. It was fun... I guess. I'll point out negatives 'cause that's easier:
- Camera lags behind character when aiming for a little too long. Not a deal breaker, but it took getting used to.
- Character aims WAY too slowly. Very disappointing. I had "aiming speed" set to fastest and it was still slow as hell. Fastest made it playable, but I have no idea what they were thinking when it came to aiming speed.
-Sheva is going to destroy single player. Seriously, what a retarded chick. Big giant axe guy is chasing me and obviously will not go down in a few shots. I run away, she decides to hang around and shoot the guy from two feet away? She dies. Same problem with Chainsaw dude. I really hope they touch up her AI a bit before release. Although I suppose if there was some sort of "formation" option that I missed it is my fault, but I didn't notice one. Unless the game expects me to yell "come here!" every two seconds to keep her from kamikaze-ing every mini-boss.
- Character models. Seriously, WTF? Obviously the big one is Chris' roid arms that are bigger than his face. He looks like the fucking Hulk and it is both funny and sad that the creators did that to him. Besides that, though, every character seems to have contracted a bit of "Next Gen Shiny Skin Syndrome", and the blood is now light red and SUPER SHINY. Again, maybe this is just 'cause it's a demo release and it's not fully touched up yet, but I doubt it.
- Real Time Inventory. Seriously this is going to be a pain in the ass. I suppose it makes sense to keep the intensity up and to not interrupt your partner during co-op play, but navigating the menu is way too complicated to do in a split second at times, and a pain in the ass when you have like fifty plag-asses in your face. Maybe it is just something that needs getting used to.
Now for some Pros:
- Sheva is kinda hot.
- Hulk Chris is funny.
- Once you get ahold of the controls to an acceptable degree, it's still fuckin' Resident Evil and has enough of the RE 4 influence to keep me in the game. Not sure what control scheme I'll be using most of the time yet, but so far I've been using Control Type D. Just seems a little better for a controller where your thumb actually rests on the right thumb stick. If I got the PS3 version I might just stick to the straight RE 4 style.
So does anybody know if the merchant is making a return and how that will all work? I would imagine so since I kept collecting money and a few jewels in the demo. One of my favorite parts of RE 4 was upgrading weapons, so I certainly hope that's still in the game. I don't know how they're going to do jewels though since you don't have an "artifacts" option in your real-time menu. At least as far as I saw.