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Got some friends together to play through both Files and it's been a blast so far. If you like the old Resident Evils but never had a chance to play Outbreak online or if you did play it online and want to play it again I recommend checking out the fan server on a PS2 emulator.

I run out of shotgun ammo at around 0:30. Watch as I spend the next 20 seconds going to get some more but pick up the wrong box of ammo as I fiddle with the inventory chefs-kiss

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[–] angrytoadnoises@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Have such fond memories of this game, played it all the time as a kid, but was never able to get onto the internet due to the family being clueless about internet connections at the time. when we did get it connected, the servers had shut down.

File 2 was my jam, specifically. I could speedrun the zoo and the hospital level with my eyes closed. absolutely hated the subway scenario.

this is your reminder than Kevin, the cop character, has his AI preference to dislike one of the two black characters, and both black characters share a dislike of Kevin in return. Jim is the GOAT.

[–] TheronGuard@hexbear.net 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I, uhh... kinda like Kevin since he's a very simple, noob-friendly character with his potshot ability, strong starting pistol, kick and good speed & health stats obama-sad. Is Jim the one he dislikes? I know the two of them have a funny special ending in the final scenario in File 1

I never really got into the game that much because it felt lacking as an offline experience. 20 years later I'm finally enjoying it in co-op, and I encourage you to give the Resurrection server a shot if you still want that itch scratched. You could probably have both File 1 and 2 running in less than an hour. The hardest part would be finding people to play with, though I think you can look for people on the Outbreak Resurrection forums and Discord. Maybe there's enough RE fans on Hexbear to get a game going thonk

[–] angrytoadnoises@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

You of 20 years ago had good taste, the game is dreadful offline. It's a testament to how easy it is to love trash as a kid though, that I fell in love with it despite of that. All they had to do was remake the RPD in 3D, and kid-me was happy.

This post totally got me looking into that project and how I might be able to finally get that online experience in.

And it's actually Mark that Kevin dislikes. Kevin's a great character mechanically, I just think it's funny that those Japanese devs, either intentionally or not, painted a very realistic picture of these characters relationships...

Yoko's another great character for beginners. 8 inventory slots is a game changer in this game

[–] TheronGuard@hexbear.net 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

And it's actually Mark that Kevin dislikes. Kevin's a great character mechanically, I just think it's funny that those Japanese devs, either intentionally or not, painted a very realistic picture of these characters relationships...

To be honest, I don't think Kevin's a particularly realistic-feeling rendition of an American cop. He's way too friendly and laid back, and he reminds me more of Dante than your typical the-pigs, not that I'm complaining

Yoko's another great character for beginners. 8 inventory slots is a game changer in this game

Funnily enough, the two noobs in my group are Kevin and Yoko while the veteran is using characters like Jim and Alyssa.

If you're looking into setting up the games, this video's pretty good, but you can skip all the stuff about iso patching since CdRomance has the required English-patched Japanese isos ready to go. Honestly, waiting for the roms to download is probably the longest part in setting the game up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFVibXHwP7A

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 7 months ago

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[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

David! David! David! David!

Yeah. Yeah.

No!

Son of a bitch!

HI

[–] TheronGuard@hexbear.net 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Jim is so funny, I love his little noise he makes when he plays dead.

HMPH!

Kiss my ass bitch!!

[–] TheronGuard@hexbear.net 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Kiss my ass bitch!!

You can even hear him say this in the video. Was that the Jim player actually using his ability? I didn't see what was happening so I thought he was just getting pummeled by the boss

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 2 points 7 months ago

Yeah I think he says that when he does his play dead.