alugell
Joined Dec 2013
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With generic 'horrors' that rely purely on jump scares apparently being churned out year after year, I was becoming increasingly pessimistic about the future of the genre. I saw Sinister not long ago, however, and I have to say I was surprised at how good it was by comparison.
Better than Insidious and The Conjuring, Sinister succeeds at being genuinely scary. Yes it has a few jump scares that feel a little contrived, but it's a film that effectively unnerves you and stays in your head for at least a few days after (I can't think of many modern horrors that I could say the same of). The murder clips were genuinely disturbing, made all the more so by the great uses of cinematography and music. It's properly harrowing stuff that will keep your attention right until the end.
And about the end- not going to spoil anything, but I was as surprised as I was shocked by it. It has its flaws, but as a whole, Sinister succeeds where most of the horrors of the last 10 years have failed. For any fans of the genre, I'd definitely recommend a viewing.
Better than Insidious and The Conjuring, Sinister succeeds at being genuinely scary. Yes it has a few jump scares that feel a little contrived, but it's a film that effectively unnerves you and stays in your head for at least a few days after (I can't think of many modern horrors that I could say the same of). The murder clips were genuinely disturbing, made all the more so by the great uses of cinematography and music. It's properly harrowing stuff that will keep your attention right until the end.
And about the end- not going to spoil anything, but I was as surprised as I was shocked by it. It has its flaws, but as a whole, Sinister succeeds where most of the horrors of the last 10 years have failed. For any fans of the genre, I'd definitely recommend a viewing.
I'll break this down and try to keep it brief.
Pros: + It looks great, even better than RE5. + Features most of the main characters from the series in a single game. + A large amount of content. + Combat is more fluid than ever. + Leons's campaign is good...
Cons: -...Chris's one is not. Jake's is meh. So that's near enough saying only 1/3 of the game is actually good (should have made Leon's 3 times longer and taken off the other 2). - Waaaaaay too many quick-time events. A lot of the game was broken up because of them. - Far too much action (thanks a lot, Chris). And if you are going to do an action/shooter thing, do it right. The cover system sucked. - Totally throwaway bad guy (at least RE5 had Wesker, but hey, he's dead now).
Bottom line: RE6 is the worst in the series. By trying to appeal to all audiences Capcom have shot themselves in the foot, and totally silenced anyone who still tries to claim the series is survival horror. It's not a bad game, but compared to the others, it's just really disappointing. Capcom should really just think about rethinking the series as a whole, because at the moment it feels like it has nowhere left to go but down.
Pros: + It looks great, even better than RE5. + Features most of the main characters from the series in a single game. + A large amount of content. + Combat is more fluid than ever. + Leons's campaign is good...
Cons: -...Chris's one is not. Jake's is meh. So that's near enough saying only 1/3 of the game is actually good (should have made Leon's 3 times longer and taken off the other 2). - Waaaaaay too many quick-time events. A lot of the game was broken up because of them. - Far too much action (thanks a lot, Chris). And if you are going to do an action/shooter thing, do it right. The cover system sucked. - Totally throwaway bad guy (at least RE5 had Wesker, but hey, he's dead now).
Bottom line: RE6 is the worst in the series. By trying to appeal to all audiences Capcom have shot themselves in the foot, and totally silenced anyone who still tries to claim the series is survival horror. It's not a bad game, but compared to the others, it's just really disappointing. Capcom should really just think about rethinking the series as a whole, because at the moment it feels like it has nowhere left to go but down.