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Reviewers Can't Agree On Resident Evil 6

Posted on Monday, October 1 @ 13:23:57 Eastern by

Capcom's own Dragon's Dogma way back in May received scores ranging from 40 to 90, with my review on the upper end, splitting reviewers left and right. I thought we were in crazyville... until now. Who knew that Resident Evil 6 would divide us even more?

At the time of this writing, Resident Evil 6 has an average Metacritic score of 69 (on Xbox 360) and a Gamerankings average of 70.19%. On the high end, two reviewers gave the game a 92, with Cheat Code Central calling it "immensely entertaining" and ZTGameDomain saying that it "is truly one of the best experiences I have had with a game this year". Considering that we had Journey, Mass Effect 3, and Borderlands 2, that's extremely high praise.

Destructoid's infamous reviewer Jim Sterling, however, was hardly as impressed, giving this "Michael Bay movie" a 3 and calls out Capcom for abandoning "any pretense of the survival horror genre". But it's hardly alone in its vitriol: GameSpot describes the gameplay as "so poorly paced, so utterly misconceived, so reliant on stick wriggles and button", and Polygon says that "it lacks a fundamental understanding of why action games are fun". Youchies...

Anthony Severino, who reviewed the game on sister site, PlayStation LifeStyle, gave Resident Evil 6 a fitting 6/10, said that the other characters' campaigns actually detracted from Leon's, leaving the game feeling "disjointed" and "diluted".

Game Revolution's Blake Peterson had more even-handed approach in his 3.5/5 review, praising the game's wealth of graphically awesome content and cross-over multiplayer sections but criticizing its "fragmented, poorly told story", equally "poor chase sections", and "average shooter gameplay".

We know the game isn't out yet until tomorrow, but for those who played the demo, what do you guys think so far? Even if you haven't played the demo yet, on which side do you think you'll stand?
Related Games:   Dragon's Dogma, Resident Evil 6
Tags:   Resident Evil 6, Capcom, hot


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  • LinksOcarina
    LinksOcarina
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Oct 1st, 2012 at 2:08 pm
    I hate to agree with Jim Sterling, who is perhaps the most pretentious and phony game reviewer on the internet, but I wouldn't be surprised if the title is as he described it.
    1 2
  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Oct 1st, 2012 at 2:09 pm
    All I know is the game is a big sausage pizza. NO THANKS!
    0 3
  • Noritama
    Noritama
    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Oct 1st, 2012 at 2:12 pm
    From playing the demo I think it deserves a 7.5/10. It's a fair game but by no means groundbreaking.It's another one of those cases where if this game was named anything else it would of gotten a better score.
    1 3
  • 213EDD
    213EDD
    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posted: Oct 1st, 2012 at 2:35 pm
    7.5 then he hit Chris's campaign...
    0 3
  • Anthony_Severino
    Anthony_Severino
    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Oct 1st, 2012 at 4:00 pm
    This. But I started with Chris's campaign. Big mistake. Then I switched to Leon's campaign which was ****ing fantastic. Chris's campaign is an utter disaster. Jake's is nothing to rave about, but isn't as bad as Chris's.

    It's a step backward for the series when you weigh it all in together. It would have fared better just being Leon's campaign.
    0 3
  • 213EDD
    213EDD
    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posted: Oct 1st, 2012 at 4:11 pm
    I agree 100%.
    0 1
  • blake_peterson
    blake_peterson
    Joined: Oct 2011
    Posted: Oct 1st, 2012 at 6:29 pm
    I'm right with you Anthony. It even feels to me like the game was Leon's and then got co-opted by executives in the development process.
    0 2
  • MattAY
    MattAY
    Joined: Mar 2006
    Posted: Oct 1st, 2012 at 2:17 pm
    I'm going to guess it'll be a single playthrough only. Entertaining but after I've played it once it'll probably collect dust.
    0 2
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Oct 2nd, 2012 at 4:29 pm
    Agreed. If I pick it up, it'll be a rental.
    0 0
  • Sourdeez
    Sourdeez
    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Oct 1st, 2012 at 2:40 pm
    They didn't even start working on the pc port until after the game was done. A different group is even doing it for them. It wont be out for at least a month, So I say MEH to RE6
    0 0
  • sandineyes
    sandineyes
    Joined: May 2008
    Posted: Oct 1st, 2012 at 2:40 pm
    I think it is all about expectations. I know very little about 6, since I became a disillusioned hermit in the aftermath of RE5, but the structure of the games has just changed. It seems like Capcom is just trying to move more and more to action movie gameplay with horror movie monsters. The result is that fans of the older RE games are left crying over grave of a very unique franchise, and fans of the third person shooter genre get yet another champion.

    The problem is when you polish a game down to the extent that RE5 was, you lose any real impact, and any stand out mechanics or scenes are all removed for fear that they might not work perfectly all the time.
    0 0
  • Heath_Hindman
    Heath_Hindman
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Oct 1st, 2012 at 3:28 pm
    39/40 in Famitsu, and as you'll recall, Famitsu is the best source of reviews in the whole world!

    gamerevolution.com/features/famitsu-sucks
    0 4
  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Oct 1st, 2012 at 3:43 pm
    Rofl my waffle.
    0 1
  • Noritama
    Noritama
    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Oct 1st, 2012 at 4:04 pm
    Not surprising. Not at all.
    0 1
  • tonygamble161
    tonygamble161
    Joined: Oct 2012
    Posted: Oct 1st, 2012 at 3:30 pm
    You got to be kidding resident evil 6 in my book earned 8.2
    0 0
  • damo_rox619
    damo_rox619
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Oct 1st, 2012 at 3:43 pm
    this is what capcom get for following trends. judging by the overall scores it's probably the worst game in the main series. they should stop trying to turn resident evil into gears of war and do what they do best, or at the very least go back to RE4
    0 1
  • Jessica_Vazquez
    Jessica_Vazquez
    Joined: Sep 2010
    Posted: Oct 1st, 2012 at 4:29 pm
    Having played co-op with Blake during the review process I have to say that I agree with him. I know there's a ton of people who are going to love this simply because it's a new Resident Evil game but if you really dissect the separate story arcs in the game it's meant more to cater to different gaming styles then help move the story along. Chris's campaign is essentially a COD 3rd person shooter with zombies, Jakes just kind of there.... because Wesker isn't, and Leon's there because if he wasn't they wouldn't be able to call it a survival horror game at all.
    0 2
  • UghRochester
    UghRochester
    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Oct 1st, 2012 at 7:47 pm
    I've played the demo (Xbox 360), but it's too dark for me and my god, that horrible camera angle. Also, these are zombies we're shooting up. No, instead we're shooting Alex Mercer, and they shoot back!
    0 2
  • UghRochester
    UghRochester
    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Oct 1st, 2012 at 7:49 pm
    Oh and the settings navigation. At first it was like playing Simons Says game, but I still don't know how to use it.
    0 1
  • Kakulukia
    Kakulukia
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Oct 1st, 2012 at 8:03 pm
    Based on the demo, I'm in Sterlingville. This is shite.
    0 1
  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow
    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: Oct 1st, 2012 at 8:40 pm
    Although I'm troubled by some of these reviews I'm picking it up tomorrow anyway. I loved 5, although it was the first in the series I ever played, and it got a wide range of reviews as well so here's hoping 6 is the same.
    0 1
  • drathbone
    drathbone
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Oct 1st, 2012 at 9:20 pm
    Haven't played the demo yet....haven't played any RE since Zero.

    I simply wanted to post that that pic is hilarious.
    0 2
  • Kassen
    Kassen
    Joined: Aug 2012
    Posted: Oct 1st, 2012 at 10:51 pm
    I dont understsand how people that love RE5 doesnt like RE6.

    Ive played both demos (and getting full version later today) and from the look so fit with Chris and Jake, it just looks like they took the RE5 formula and upgradeded the movement etc.

    I for one think the new melee system is very much fun.

    That being said. im kinda sad zombies only appear in one champaign...should have been in all of them.
    0 0
  • Ivory_Soul
    Ivory_Soul
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Oct 2nd, 2012 at 2:35 am
    I'll just rent it from GameFly. Saves me $60.
    0 1
  • Heath_Hindman
    Heath_Hindman
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Oct 2nd, 2012 at 4:49 am
    Wait, Gamefly is free? O_O
    0 0
  • Lien
    Lien
    Joined: Feb 2008
    Posted: Oct 2nd, 2012 at 6:39 am
    I'm guessing if you got a friend's request trial account. I think you get a week free when that happens.
    0 0
  • Ivory_Soul
    Ivory_Soul
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Oct 2nd, 2012 at 9:04 pm
    I wish it was free. Damn near free. 1 game out is $15 a month. If you play a game per week that saves you about $170 a month on not having to buy full priced games.
    0 0
  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow
    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: Oct 2nd, 2012 at 9:30 pm
    I would just like to point out it has a .5 (!) on Metacritic's User Reviews
    0 0
  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow
    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: Oct 3rd, 2012 at 8:29 am
    I blinked and now it's .4. Maybe I will rent first...
    0 0

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