Re: Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
My thoughts of the game that I posted on DeviantArt:
Alright just to start off I'm a HUGE Resident Evil fan. I love the series because the gameplay is great and the story is so in depth and well done.
For those that don't know about Resident Evil: ORC's plot, the plot is that the game is a what-if scenario. You play as Umbrella's special operatives in story mode and your goal is to eliminate all of the evidence that would let people figure out that Umbrella started to zombie outbreak (in RE1, 2, and 2). This includes killing survivors! Yeah you heard it right, you will be playing as the baddest of the bad.
Well that's story mode which of course is going to have coop since there are 6 types of characters/classes in the game.
Vector (Recon)
Lupo (Assault)
Beltway (Explosives)
Four Eyes (Field scientist)
Bertha (Medic)
Spectre (Surveillance)
So after hearing all this I was like "Well it seems cool. I'm going to get it either way because it is a Resident Evil game."
But then the multiplayer trailer came out and hero mode was announced.
THIS IS WHY I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE GAME
Hero mode is a multiplayer game mode where each team (U.S.S [Umbrella Security Service] and the US Special Forces) have to protect their iconic characters to win.
Each team has 4 iconic characters who true Resident Evil fans will be able to recognize all of them:
For the US Special Forces:
Leon S. Kennedy
Jill Valentine
Carlos Oliveira
Claire Redfield
For the U.S.S:
Ada Wong
HUNK
Nicholai Ginovaef
Lone Wolf (A highly trained soldier/pilot)
Here is the trailer for hero mode characters:
I cannot wait because the idea of playing with iconic RE characters at your side is awesome and I cannot wait to play as Leon. Resident Evil 4 was my first Resident Evil game so Leon has always been my favorite character. It is going to be odd seeing Ada shooting at Leon though.
All the heroes have their special abilities that I can't wait for all to be revealed. Maybe characters like Leon and Jill will have special tools because I believe HUNK is going to have a invisibility/speed ability like Vector's. Hopefully Leon, Jill, Claire, and Carlos will receive abilities to balance out with Umbrella's special attacks.
What bothers me is that Lone Wolf is basically a place holder because they probably couldn't think of anyone else to put on the U.S.S. Don't get me wrong, playing as Wesker would be awesome but it wouldn't make much sense ALTHOUGH wasn't Wesker trying to escape Raccoon City in the Umbrella Chronicles? So it could have worked if he was in his S.T.A.R.S uniform maybe.
I can't wait for all the noobs who roll in and have no idea who Carlos, Nicholai, and HUNK are. They are going to complain that they have to play as them when in reality they should be happy that they didn't get Lone Wolf.
So all in all, I am very excited for the release because of Hero Mode. The game looks like it requires a lot of teamwork and I love those types of games. There is no "I" in team. When I get the game I will probably do a review for youtube since I got a new camcorder.
U.S.S: "Failure is not an option."