/vr/ - Retro Games

>>10585514
In my experience, the RE4 hate was very much retrospective, after RE5 and especially 6 came out, perpetuated by fucking nerds online who act like the survival horror genre wasn't getting stale and overdone as shit before RE4 revitalized it. I feel that Amnesia: The Dark Descent and the enshittification of horror movies played a big role too. Bunch of loud hippies decided only slow, atmospheric horror was heckin' valid and shooting zombies and making heads explode was 'not muh horror.' Maybe a few people disliked RE4 from the get-go but its current 'contested' status is very much rewritten history. At the time most everyone agreed it was great.

>>10587997
The rife is a far better weapon for firepower and instakills. It's as powerful as a magnum really.
I played RE4 both Normal and Professional this year. On Normal I would sell my handguns at the first opportunity and buy the TMP so I could be lazy and pump enemies full of bullets quickly. On Professional, I recommend sticking with the punisher. Its ability to penetrate 2/3 bodies at once is an absolute godsend.