Just finished too! I am going to new game + next with higher difficulty, and try get everything I missed. All the Castello dolls etc.
Use the tier tool I posted earlier
Reached chapter 7 yesterday, still having a blast. I only wish they'd let you store ammo and herbs, I haven't yet decided on my weapons and I'm forced to haul all that stuff while struggling for inventory space sometimes.
So far, I'd agree with TNA. I think I also prefer it to the original at this point. It's just a bit more serious and atmospheric and expands on good elements while getting rid of silly stuff like the rolling boulder and QTEs.
We'll see how I feel after I finish it but, while still not a proper RE game, it's undoubtedly the best out of the remakes so far and something that actually deserves to be called that (looking at you, RE3).
EDIT: Except the old merchant, that guy is irreplaceable, I'm sorry
Yeah, I did, it's mostly the green herbs that I keep hoarding to combine them with red ones which are quite rare
I got the Legendary Striker Charm
Yeah, as I've said, I feel this is noticeably harder than the OG, especially on pad.
I got all S on the shooting range yesterday but because they went with sway AND crosshair bloom AND no hitscan at the same time, aiming can be really wonky. Yeah, it's "realistic" but also not that fun sometimes
I'm only on standard so it's all perfectly doable but I don't remember having this much trouble in the other remakes on HC or the OG. Some sections were somewhat annoying. It's probably also because I retried a lot to get a perfect run when I made the slightest error, if I just pushed through I probably wouldn't feel that way.
Salazar got a golden egg in the face and didn't put much of a fight but I did get eaten by him once
I love the game overall and I'll still attempt a fresh save HC with pistol+knife only but not sure how that's gonna go. NG+ first though to grab missed collectibles and stuff.
Professional S+ might be too much bother for me, I might try it one day just because the game is so good but we'll see.
And done. Not only has my nostalgia been satisfied but the game actually exceeded my expectations. This is a remake done right. They trimmed all the fluff without trimming half of the game, fleshed out the characters and improved their interactions, certain story bits have much more sense now, the level design leaves the original in the dust and the overall feel of the game graduated from a B movie romp to something more serious and closer to a survival horror. It successfully weaves in and out of action sequences and tenser more horror-like moments and it does all that while displaying a tonal constistency that's the complete opposite of something as all over the place as RE Village.
The new Ashley is great, so different from the old 16-year-old looking brat and her interaction with Leon is much better. Leon has been improved as well and so have all the characters, Luis etc. Definitely a step in the right direction, even though RE isn't exactly known for deep plots and multilayered characters. Both Krauzer's characterisation and the fight itself were good enough that I thought I was playing a Metal Gear game for a while, perhaps fighting some long-lost member of the Cobra Unit from Snake Eater
I had planned to play something else after this, but here I am listening to the save room theme and itching for another playthrough. Maybe straight into handgun/knife only HC? Or standard NG+?
For something that has so much content on a fresh playthrough, the replayability seems insane.
Easy 9/10 from me and a glimmer of hope that even RE5 could potentially be saved if they remake it with such care and attention.
