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Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles Has "Shakey Cam"... A Good Idea?

June 16, 2009 in Blog comments 4

Many previews have shown concern over the addition of a "shakey cam" in Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles. But while it might create tension in a Hollywood horror movie, is it a good idea to have "shakey cam" in games? Or will it just cause frustration?

[Discuss in the Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles forum]

As you may have read, or seen, Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles has adopted a "shakey cam" style to the player's perspective. Is this good, or bad? Some written previews from e3 stated how the way the camera moves makes it extremely annoying and hard to pull off critical shots. So how will gun survivor pros be pulling out head shots left and right like they did in Umbrella Chronicles? I for one am very excited for this camera style, and as the title of this post suggests, I feel it gives the game a more "horror movie" feel to it.

So what do you guys think? Will the "shakey cam" benefit the game? Or like many preview are implying, will it harm the overall experience?
Miss Razz via rehorror.gameriot.com »
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    Dramon Knight Jun 16, 09
    The game will get a mix of thumbs-ups and thumbs-downs for it. Some people, will love the new idea as it makes the gameplay more realistic and that's what they are looking for.

    Others, are going to get really frustrated because it will raise the difficulty and make it harder to shoot enemies.

    I personally give it a thumbs-up though. I prefer it being more realistic with more of a challenge. Helps you picture yourself in the game more.
  • 0
    Miss Razz Jun 17, 09
    Maybe if my character was holding an actual camera while running, "shakey cam" would make sense. But judging from the trailers, it just looks annoying and headache-inducing. Half the time the characters miss shooting the zombies because the camera's moving. That should not happen in trailers (@_@)

    On the bright side, at least Capcom are going back to their roots by bringing back a shitty camera system
    • 1
      dwg14390 Jun 17, 09
      well thats a start

      zombies, bad camera, claire redfield, capcom is really bringing RE back to the old ways.

      ....now I wanna see it without the on rails.
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    McClubbin Jun 17, 09
    I suppose the people who got nauseous watching Cloverfield probably won't be picking this game up.

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