3DS Resident Evil: Mercenaries 3D game saves can't be erased

[Malacite]

Re: 3DS Resident Evil: Mercenaries 3D game saves can't be erased

From what I heard, Revelations is supposed to have the fixed control schemes of RE4 & 5 with the classic gameplay of 1~3 - ammo conservation, puzzle solving etc.


Still won't buy it though (I don't have a 3DS anyway) until if & when Capcom stops being total asshats with their products.


That's the difference between Activision (Blizzard specifically) and Capcom - At least Blizzard puts out quality products worth buying and SC2 gets regular free updates + UGC

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Re: 3DS Resident Evil: Mercenaries 3D game saves can't be erased

That's the difference between Activision (Blizzard specifically) and Capcom - At least Blizzard puts out quality products worth buying and SC2 gets regular free updates + UGC

What Capcom did with Mercs 3D is practically benign in contrast to what Activision and EA do on a regular basis. I'm still not convinced this is was intended as an anti-used measure as SSFIV3D does not have this feature and you can reset data there.

You can choose to ignore that Blizzard is part of Activision, but you're supporting someone doing far more damage to the industry by doing so. Capcom is no angel, but as far as evils go, they're most certainly on the lesser end.

EA and Activision seem to love online passes and withheld content, Capcom at its worst is selling aesthetic frivolities most of the time.

[Kailea]

Re: 3DS Resident Evil: Mercenaries 3D game saves can't be erased

I will be buying both 3DS RE games.....why? Because I love RE...is that not reason enough?

The save file thing does not bother me, I planned on buying it new anyway and since it is part of my Horror collection, I wont be trading it in.

I do think it is a little on the edge though, but if you really like RE, and wanted to support Capcom by buying it, I don't see the problem here.

[Malacite]

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Again, at least DICE & Blizzard put out quality stuff - Battlefield gives out FREE DLC MAPS REGULARLY as opposed to charging $15 every 2 months, I love Dead Space (haven't gotten into mass effect yet) and Starcraft & Diablo are still 2 very beloved franchises of mine that have yet to disappoint.


Capcom, by contrast, has been pissing me off for some time now (years and years) going all the way back to around DMC3. The quality of their games has been declining steadily overall, with a few exceptions (RE4, though I still debate that as it's not really survival horror but a "zombie" action game) and I've just finally reached the point where I've had enough.

I point out again that Mikami, Kamiya and Inafune all left them for similar reasons. That alone should speak volumes.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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Battlefield 3 is doing exclusive preorder bonus items for an ONLINE SHOOTER with Gamestop.

I kind of find that to be a problem. But it can't really be a retailer exclusive without the help of EA as a publisher.

DMC3 is widely considered to be the best installment of the series, so I kinda fail to see the problem there. RE4 has the same jump scares, survival elements and sense of dread most REs are known for, I don't know how it was a low point for anyone. RE5 took what RE4 did and took it too far.

Inafune joining Compile Heart shows he has a lot to prove to stay relevant now. Mikami makes lots of games - but do you honestly buy them. I mean, I can get behind Bayonetta and Shadows of the Damned, but Vanquish just isn't worth my money.

[Malacite]

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DMC3 is widely considered to be the best installment of the series, so I kinda fail to see the problem there.

It was great and I loved it, but it wasn't without it's flaws. Moreover I was using that as a reference point as it was just after that game was released that they began to slide into crappiness. RE4 was not scary, at all, and it's what began the whole stupid Arcade-revolution of the series moving away from survival horror. It was fun and a good game, but it just didn't feel like RE.

Vanquish was amazing. I wouldn't buy it because there's much replay value, but it was by no means a bad game. I've yet to see any other game keep that high a pace of action consistently while still being fun.

As for the BF3 pre-orders... I read somewhere that everyone is getting the Back to Kanarkand pack now. Besides everyone's doing the whole pre-order crap now, so why single out BF3 just because you don't like EA?

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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More to the effect that exclusives on an online shooter make for an unbalanced game. When you're gunning for the top like Battlefield 3 is, you don't toss things off-balance like that. EA did it with the first game and caught shit for it, so when the media caught wind of them trying it again, EA got shit over it again.

If they have reversed the decision - its because the gaming press gave them shit. Don't dare assume that "everybody's doing it" somehow makes it OK, I don't need to sound like a parent.

I don't see Nintendo, Atlus and a great number of other companies pulling that pre-order bonus horseshit.

[Malacite]

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More to the effect that exclusives on an online shooter make for an unbalanced game.

I seriously doubt the pre-order bonus is anything significant like that. Admit it, you're just hating on pre-order bonuses.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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I seriously doubt the pre-order bonus is anything significant like that. Admit it, you're just hating on pre-order bonuses.

You really need to make up your mind what I'm hating on.

Pre-order content is stupid fucking shit. Most people with any shred of sense have grown to hate the practice because its and attempt to control when and how you buy on the publisher's part and who you buy from on the publisher's and retailer's part.

That I buy used rather than new, that I choose to buy from one place rather that another - these are not things I should be deprived of content for and not decisions to be made for me by the publisher or retailer.

I'm ok with physical pre-order bonuses because those are actual rewards - art books, CDs, collectibles - but pre-order game content is rubbish regardless of the publisher that engages in it. I pre-ordered so I'd have the game and now you're going to chop off little bits to make sure I do?

[Malacite]

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Pre-order content is stupid fucking shit. Most people with any shred of sense have grown to hate the practice because its and attempt to control when and how you buy on the publisher's part and who you buy from on the publisher's and retailer's part.

I don't entirely disagree, but sometimes the pre-order stuff is pretty cool. I do agree with you, however, that it's stupid to use exclusive in-game content as bonuses. Like when I pre-ordered Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles for my PSP, it came with a nifty Simon Belmont statue - that rocked. Vs my Halo 3 ODST that came with Sgt. Johnson... yeah that wasn't so cool, given how shitty that game turned out to be (especially for its price).


I'm not 100% against pre-orders, just stupid ones and it looks like we agree on that part.