Halloween Special

Happy Belated Halloween readers! I bet you're wondering what I'm looking at in celebration of this spooky and spectacular holiday.

Well the inspiration, weirdly enough came from Facebook.

In this world of social media it has become impossible to lose touch with someone. Every friend that you, let's be fair, grow out of can easily find you. And sure, they were a barrel of fun at ten years old.... But then they never STOPPED being ten years old and you grew up. You'll look back at the early days with nostalgia, but it mostly depresses you, knowing he grew up into someone you don't want to know.

This reminded me of Resident Evil.

The recent titles of the Resident Evil franchise have been looked upon with much deserved scorn. Mostly for impenetrable plots and horrible characters. However people forget the first game which was quite exceptional and rests proudly on my top ten favorite games list.

You are one of two members of a group of investigators checking out a house in the suburbs of Raccoon City. You soon discover that the house is infested by zombies and GOD knows what else.

You can either play as Jill Valentine, the Hot, intelligent, gun wielding character, or Chris Redfield, the dumb, douche haired, knife wielding plank of balsa wood.

So you see how HE lasted this long and now is the main character!

I know of no one who picked Chris, because as soon as you get to your first zombie you had to get it's very hungry mouth right net to your very chewy neck, because Mr. Thickness didn't bring a GUN to the monster infested death mansion.

The reason why this game worked was because of the fact that it was scary in a way that usually isn't for me, I.E. Jump scares. Sure you know that something will leap from a cupboard to attack you but there are eight different cupboards, seven filled with innocent kittens and one filled with the giant attic dwelling viper, spoiler alert.

It's also the first "every action has consequences game I've ever seen. Open the wrong door at the wrong time and the hallway you have passed through fifty times already will permanently have wall to wall carpeting made of giant spiders.

The zombies are actually the least interesting thing about game. They get out shined by the snake, the spiders, the dogs, Audrey II, and the alligator dog thing keeping you from leaving the house.

And that's the thing, it FELT like a horror-action game, it was MEANT to scare you. Resident Evil 5 was an action game, meant to suck. It's a game worth a replay....

BUT I've been spoiled by CurrentGeneration graphics and I can't look at it anymore.

This is a game that BADLY needs a graphical update, mostly so that the zombies don't look like drippy origami men.

Also so that I can recapture the spirit of that treasured period in my life and not look at Resident Evil 6 and see somebody that I used to know.

And now that that song is stuck in your head and mine, I will bid you a buenos Dia de Los Muertos and bid farewell!

(But'cha didn't have to cuuuut me off..)