Why I Hate Stalker Enemies in Resident Evil Games
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- Опубліковано 6 лип 2024
- Resident Evil, known in Japan as Biohazard, is a Japanese horror video game series and media franchise created by Capcom. It consists of survival horror, third-person shooter, and first-person shooter games. The franchise has expanded into a live-action film series, animated films, television series, comic books, novels, audio dramas, and other media and merchandise.
The first Resident Evil was created by Shinji Mikami and Tokuro Fujiwara and released for the PlayStation in 1996. It is credited for defining the survival horror genre and returning zombies to popular culture. With Resident Evil 4 (2005), the franchise shifted to more dynamic shooting action; it influenced the evolution of the survival horror and third-person genres, popularizing the "over-the-shoulder" third-person view. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (2017) moved the series to a first-person perspective.
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you literally cry in every video about stalker enemies. they are coming in RE4 and that's a good thing. take a tissue and deal with it
@@jhfgujfgfgjufgj4173 facts, this dude is clearly just being a contrarian. I'm pretty sure the majority of the RE fanbase want stalker enemies just implemented better. There's not much talk of fans saying they don't want stalker enemies.
I agree with almost everything, I do think that Re4 doesn't need a stalker enemy... enough is enough... What It bugs me a lot is that there are sometimes when you just want to enjoy the scenery and explore for items, but then these stalker enemies ruin that moment... If they put one on RE 4... I would like if you could actually take it out of the fight for a decent amount of time... Like Jack but longer.
we get it... you break out in tears everyday about it. now stop, it's getting embarrassing
Big Cheese will be a Stalker
it's too late
The thing with Resident Evil 4 is, the villagers are already a heightened threat to any zombies - they will actively pursue you up ladders and can actively cut you off - so is a stalker enemy even really necessary? I think if they restrict it to only certain parts (like the verdugo in the sewers) then it could work - but do we need someone chasing Leon through out every area? No thanks! XD
No thanks, bro
@@gameproadvancesp148 my my, we got a feisty one
Bingo!
Actually, the villagers are already similar to stalker enemies. They intelligently attack you, search for you, corner you, and chase you for long periods of time. I consider the villagers stalker enemies because they are intelligent in the way they approach you.
I think in some Areas a Stalker enemy could be a nice thing
I think they done MR.X perfectly. For new fans they had never even heard of MR.X and were completely caught off guard when he appeared. Even for veterans of the series, the MR.X reveal was surprising, since in the original MR.X is only in the B scenarios. Literally no one expected it. MR.X is also the only one to actually stalk you for A LOT of the game.
Yeah, but there were times were his AI wouldn’t piss off and let you just do a puzzle.
I understand it from the selling point of view, but I hate the way game designers think. Yes, everybody loved the stalker Mr. X from the RE2 remake, but then they created this pattern that every damn game that came after that HAD to have a towering stalker enemy (Nemesis, Lady Dimitrescu, now Dr. Salvador), otherwise it seemed like it wouldn't please fans
@@julioaugusto1529 Yeah you're totally right about not every RE game has to have a stalker enemy. But like you said Capcom will always do it from now on because it sells. What they really need to do is actually innovate in a meaningful way to bring back the magic MR.X brought. If you never innovate on something it can get stale and if RE4R has MULTIPLE stalker enemies to could become exactly that...STALE.
@@iREVENTONZ Yup, it's like Silent Hill after the movie came out in 2006. Everybody was so amazed by Pyramid Head, that almost every game that came after the movie just had to have a giant-man-carrying-a-huge-blade type of enemy
@@julioaugusto1529 you’re bent
I find stalker enemies to be more annoying than scary. At first, Jack was terrifying, sure, but after a few playthroughs, I just got tired of dealing with him and Marguerite. Mr. X followed the same arc. I spent more time in save rooms waiting for him to leave so I can go on with my day.
Nemesis...was a pain. Lady D and the mutant baby made me loathe their respective parts of the game.
Unfortunately stalkers are not conducive to multiple playthroughs. Their welcome gets worn out the moment you learn the quirks of them and can avoid them easily, and on repeat playthroughs they become unfun to deal with, like an annoying fly buzzing in your ear. The only game I can think of where the stalker didn't eventually just become an annoyance is Metroid Dread, and its got a lot to do with them being in a confined space, and when you kill them they stay dead so you can clear the area of them eventually
You didn't have to wait for him to leave. In fact, Capcom intended for you to rush your way to different areas. If you always waited a long time for him to leave, that's not how you were supposed to avoid him in the long run. You just have to always run from area to area especially when Jack is chasing you. I remember trying to complete a puzzle as fast as possible because Jack was right behind me. That adrenaline is what makes stalker enemies worth it. So the game consisted of rushing yourself around environments when Jack comes for you, it's like a speedrun. To me the molded are the worse part of the game. Every enemy is a molded, eventually i got frustrated with the molded because they usually appear in large numbers, and when that happens you get cornered in small places. I was facing 8 molded at the same time in a smaller place, and they managed to attack me on loop, meaning, one molded attacks me, the next one follows, then the next and on and on, leaving me unable to move because Ethan's damage animation kept playing, as i said, in loop.
Mutant baby was so cringe, it felt like an enemy that you should be scared for out of pity rather then actually being one, like at least make it's voice demonic when it's in attack range so it makes it a creative stalker that is going for the false sense of security approach.
Nemesis was a pain? All his appearances are scripted lol
@@denji5368 except in the downtown area.
I think stalker types work best like in the og RE3 when he'd show up randomly, some parts scripted but some nope lol
every single nemmy encounter was scripted there too, but I know what your saying, it feels like it isn't
@@Spitfire77077 but when he appears he actually follows you, and there is that jarrying music that plays when he is looking for you but doesn't know where you are.
@@joaolima7131 I know, I'm also in favor of the original over the remake, but it's still all scripted, you get splitting paths, but if you were to repeat those choices, they still remain the same each playthrough where nemesis shows up. That's what I mean when I said 'it feels like it isn't''
@@Spitfire77077 I think what people really mean when they say he wasn't scripted is that it was scripted done right. 3N had that unpredictability about it and the branching paths and choices to make it feel scary. 3R strips all of that away and Nemesis becomes a glorified Ustanak. Not scary, most sequences where he really brings out his arsenal are like the on rails running in RE6 and then to top it all off you're either waiting for the QTE or the right time to hit the dodge button. There isn't that freedom the original game allowed.
Nemesis is scripted in the original based off of which areas you go to first & sometimes which choices you make when they appear.
My main issue with them is after the first playthrough they become more of an annoyance than anything else.
Yes, I wish Mr. X would just go away while I’m trying to complete objectives.😂😂
Exactly
@@brian_b_music you just bring a single flash grenade when you need to push the library shelf, other than that part he is irrelevant after your first playthrough.
@@RyuSaarva I always move the bookcases before he shows up. I try to do as much as I can before he starts chasing me
Thank you. That's what I've been feeling with these guys. I want to explore the game and fight zombies. I don't want some big doofus pursuing me when I want to look an admire the environment.
Personally, I don’t think Jack’s lines made him scary, if anything they made him funnier and more likable. I think a good way to fix the stalker enemies is to have them all be like Mr. X, but once you “defeat” them, they will stay down until you completely leave the area and get far way, then they de-spawn and spawn decently far from you after a few minutes. This would give you incentive to take them out as you would buy yourself infinite time to complete whatever task you’re doing in the immediate proximity, and still a decent amount of time when you get far from their “downed” body, yet still making running away a viable option to save on resources.
This is how it was in the original RE2 and 3. I don't think that would be good for the games, because that would make those enemies a lot less scary. Their whole deal is you can't kill them but they can kill you, so you have to run, but if you must the option to put them down is actually still there. If you get Mr.X on his knees, he stays like that for an entire minute, that's more than enough to finish whatever you were doing the area and get the fuck out.
Yes! Agreed 👌🏻
Idk i think his lines add to the immersion of the game like if you were in this situation frfr and you heard his lines yeah we laugh because we are the player but in real life we would think “ oh he’s a lunatic”
This is why og nemesis worked so well and re3r felt so hollow in comparison
@@itsofficiallypluto3670 oh yeah absolutely I agree. It’s also preference, some find realistic serial killers scarier than monsters since serial killers actually exist whereas monsters don’t and that breaks some people’s immersion
A stalker enemy will conflict with RE4’s pacing and design. RE4 as a linear game hinges on its pacing. It takes the player from one combat encounter to the next while giving you a breathing room (or “quite time” as some call it) in-between. The ebb and flow of the game is masterfully done. Adding a stalker enemy will ruin this type of “peaks and valleys” pacing of RE4. The reason why a stalker enemy worked with RE2/RE2R and the original RE3 is because those games have a lot of backtracking and more open and interconnected areas. Most of the time the player will be exploring the same areas over and over again looking for keys and solving puzzles. So having a stalker enemy works because it means that the player will be on his toes all the time and will not get bored of going back and forth in the same areas. Also, there isn’t a clear indication of when a combat encounter occurs (except for boss fights) because enemies are present all the time and you can either choose to fight them or avoid them. RE4 on the other hand is more focused on combat arenas and set-pieces. There’s a clear indication of when it’s time for the player to fight enemies and when it’s the time for him to take a breather and look for ammo, health, and money/treasures. RE4 has a different design philosophy than those games.
Its a remake. If they make changes then hopefully theyd change how the game progresses so that pacing isnt an issue. Theyve already said that while keeping the nature of resident evil 4 this is a remake and therefore they want to increase the horror factor of the game...its resident evil 4 in a different lens or resident evil 4 with a different flavour. Saying no it will affect the pacing is implying that its just going to be resident evil 4 original and adding these new things and changing stuff around will ruin it, well yeah obviously it would but this isnt resident evil 4. Its a remake so things are gonna be different.
Re4 have a lot of enemies that could play the stalker enemy for the remake they could choose 1 or use all in different moments
You're assuming the environments of the Remake will be exactly the same as in the original in design. New Gen consoles are able to handle much more complex environments, so i expect that many areas will be bigger while others will be smaller.
People would come up with their own excuses as to why stalker enemy is the best approach for 4 like the re sub reddit. Those guys seriously have trash tastes.
@@deepmind5318 you responding to me or the other guy because I'm not assuming anything
Temporary stalkers are fine, but when they dont ever go away i just get sick of it.
it doesnt need it or not need it. The point of stalker enemies is largely to be annoying, so you not wanting them... is the point of them.
It’s not that I don’t want them, it’s that I simply hate them at the moment because they’re getting boring. I need to see something new, not the same recycled enemy over and over again lol
@@RapidCrafter I think there is a way of keeping it fresh... people hate on RE3 remake because that part of nemesis was short lived... but honestly I think it worked for what it was. If there is a few moments like that in an overall bigger and more complete game, i think it could work. Agree lady D was pointless and too easy.
Personally I love them because they give me the same vibes that a slasher movie would give me, a cat and mouse type horror which I find adrenaline rushing and scary at the same time
Usually i would agree, but resident evil has so many hidden things and riddles, items to find etc. that i usually walk around exploring everything. Always having a stalker behind you for the majority of the game is just annoying
It would be different if you could kill them like maybe throughout the game you find notes of how to maybe kill it to get rid of it and somewhere in a location has the tools you need to kill it but make the players find it and also optional to kill it other games made it feel repetitive and forced RE4 is not about that I don’t think it’s a good call
i love them too. They don't have to be in every single game, but i can't say that they bother me or that i find them to be annoying, because i don't. It does serve as an adrenaline rush when they're after you.
That stalker enemy is getting old and borring .
@@No__Vanity that's why they let you put them down or sometimes let you have a break like after the first fight with jack you can explore the house freely or if you make Mr. x kneel you can do what you need to do until he gets back up
My love for Stalker enemies started with Alien Isolation and that terrifying AI the Alien had. That's part of why I'm so fond of Jack and Mr. X. Those two are definitely the gold standard for Resident Evil stalkers imo.
Glad to finally see someone say in words how I felt about Lady D's AI. I like the character, but everytime she's in stalker phase, she just feels so lifeless. I don't feel like Lady D herself is chasing me. It feels more like a robot made to look like her is chasing me. Just replace her with the mannequin that is wearing her dress that you find in her chambers and pretty much nothing changes. I can forgive Mr. X and Nemesis being like that since they're meant to be nothing more than mindless bioweapons who are only able to do what they were tasked to do. But Lady D is literally an entire person with a much more complex personality than those two and has the ability to talk. She shouldn't feel that lifeless.
Bit isnt that her lifeless feature what makes her scary? I mean look at her, hsr skin color is not normal, shes white as a ghost she literally looks like a person who just died amd rose from their grave momemts later, i feel she has a bit of a supernatural aura about her, mr. X was just an annoyance, nemesis was off the rocker. Jack was a little cheap at times, if ya dont hear him and you walk right by him he will give you a cheap jump scare.
If re4 was gonna have a stalker enemy it shoulda beem chief mendez, he coulda been the perfect combo of mr. X amd Jack Baker and maybe nemesis if he was able to run at certain sections or if you damaged him enough to down him, like if you were halfway through with his health then hed start running to try and kill us quicker. I think that woulda been perfect.
The problem I had with Lady D is just she got played out before the game released and didnt live up to the hype.
As we all know, her and her daughters blew tf up online because 'mommy milkers cumbrain coomer', and people got more turned on by her than was afraid of her. She's just not scary at all anymore
Autistic
She made a kinda cool enemy, it’s sad how close re8 was to bring really great
In my opinion these stalker enemies are basically something they throw in a game when they are out of ideas. They can get away with it though because they are technically a scary element of the game. But when they are in every single game like this it gets suspicious. It would be nice to get some newer RE games without this exact thing in every new game. It gets old.
I don't think it's so much out of ideas, as it is it's an idea and mechanic that gets old quickly, especially when you get used to them. Mr X and Jack managed to get me a couple times, but I've never died to Lady D, and it's because she's got no complexity and is just a slower Mr X with big ol boobs and a wider hat. (slower. much slower)
@@EpicGamerSetzuna I think there is a time and a place for them, for sure. It's just bothersome that now it seems like Capcom thinks they have to put them in every release. It's not necessary. And they need to get a little more creative with them.
@@jkidd7608 I 100% agree. It feels like they're trying to recapture what Mr. X and Jack made people feel, and it's just stale now. Here's hoping 4 doesn't have a stalker, and if it does, it is done well
@@EpicGamerSetzuna I heard 100% it will. We'll see. Probably Verdugo. I did like Jack though in 7. He brought the fear. He was well done.
It was old by the end of Nemesis on PS1... seriously lol, a lot of us found Nemesis overbearing and annoying in that game and it's a large part of why 2 shines above it. I don't want to rush through sections of the game. Scary at first, an annoying chore after the 4th time the bastard drops into your area and diverts your plans.
The best stalker enemy is the original Nemesis in RE3 1999
That cunt scared me so much on the GameCube
💯 most underrated RE in the series. Capcom did us dirty with the remake. We should demand a remake of the remake!
@@filippo1852he is not underrated bro
@@mayonnaise3959to be clear I meant the Nemesis from the original RE 3 Nemesis, not the remake. Nemesis from the original took the stalker element to the next level as compared to Mr. X in the original RE 2.
@@filippo1852 do you know what underrated means?
No one gives enough credit to The Baby from Village. That's f**king scary
It isn't a stalker bro. It's an event.
Big difference.
Interesting topic here. I definitely get how stalker enemies can go from scary to just kinda irritating after a play through. My personal favorite Stalker enemy in a horror game would either by Ruvik from the evil within ( mainly the screen going blue and that strange music) and the Fetus creature from village. That particular encounter had fantastic atmosphere and the creature was genuinely disturbing to look at in a series full of grotesque monstrosities that have already kind of desensitized the player base. Oh and we can’t forget the demonic cooing.
"what instrument do you play"
"baby wailing sounds"
"you're in"
FINALLY. I thought I was alone on that. I feel like the only genuinely well implemented stalker enemy was Nemesis. Ever since then, Capcom has been shoehorning attempts at it, with the worst offender (in my honest opinion) being Mr. X from REmake 2. Hearing that Capcom would try to force stalkers into the RE4 remake reminded me of Pyramid Head being shoehorned into the Western-made Silent Hill sequels.
Honestly thought I was alone in thinking that 4 Remake didn't need another stalker type, or multiple. Besides personally not liking them, I just think they're being over done. If they really want one, just stick to one
I hate stalker enemies like I could beat any horror game but I can't do stalker character games
there should only be 1 stalker enemy. it should probably be chief Mendez in his house, and only that. nothing else.
also maybe for the Ashly segment in can be longer, and have it's own stalker enemy where you have to trap it occasionally instead of kill it.
I think an option to enable or disable a stalker enemy would be a good feature because I find them annoying when I’m just trying to explore an area but can’t because that thing is rushing me
I agree. Stalker enemies imply less action and i wanna play an RE4 remake, famous for bringing fast paced and action packed gameplay. I'm not tryin to play RE2 or RE3
Same. I’m trying to play badass Leon who dodges lasers and suplexes foos, not some rando who’s scared of a basic ganado and can barely fend for himself, let alone Ashley
@@yakthekuza7296 Which is precisely where this franchise lost its identity and began chasing the CoD crowd lol.
Fake resident evil fan. 4 isn’t a true resident evil game.
@@EQOAnostalgia you again?
@@GeorgeZimmermen wtf
🔥🔥🔥. I feel like dr salvador or the hookman have the potential to be just as good as Jack baker, they just gotta implement new mechanics to make them stand out and make them as terrifying as possible.
I 100% agree 🔥
Not even wtf. Leon isn’t some Joe Schmoe like Ethan who is threatened by some crazy hillbilly and has to run away. The “hookman” and dr Salvador get a clean roundhouse kick to the face or a get a nice visit to suplex city
I feel like Mendez would be a better stalker enemy than Salvador. Could function like Mr. X, but what if he tried to be stealthy? Since he’s the last boss before you leave the village, it would work even better for you to survive him attacking you before t he big fight. Verdugo would be a great stalker for the castle, I don’t think I need to elaborate. And what if we got a new kind of Regenerator for the military base? And also give rewards for defeating them, like Nemesis does. An incentive to fight back is always nice.
Mr X is a far better stalker enemy than Jack Bakers. The main reason why is because Mr X can chase you in the entire RPD building besides the garage, and he chases you in a much longer part of the game, Jack Bakers on the other hand starts chasing you right before you’re about to go to the basement and he can’t go there. The only you go back to him before killing him is to get the shotgun and then you go kill him and its over.
I want a stalker like the alien from alien isolation witch is completely random on what is dose you can't predict it movement you can only prey especially in the vr where you can have outside sounds alert the alien where you are at just soo cool I wish they would do that in re 4 remake if they have a stalker
The xenomorph wasn’t random.
I was annoyed when I read the title, cause Jack Baker imo was a great stalker enemy. So the fact that you said you don't like stalker enemies because they progressively got worse after Jack Baker, I just had to like the video
The best starker enemy is nemesis 1999
Jack had way more character than Mr. X did which makes him scarier but I find Jack had one bullshit factor which was his speed, I think a mix of Jack & X is the way forward. X's Movement Speed & Stomping Boots with Jack's Charisma is the way forward.
Although RE4R doesn't need a Stalker and here's why RE4 Classic is a Remarkably Linear Game and judging by the first trailer the village looks really faithful to OG RE4 so a stalker just won't work. The reason why; Jack, Mr. X, Nemesis, Lady D & The Baby work as stalkers is because the Level Designs Are built for them and you to be in the same map. RE4 Classic as I said earlier is linear so having a ton of enemies to deal with whilst also dealing with a Stalker is just going to be a pain in the ass honestly. However a couple of missions built around the Hook Man Stalking Leon could be cool but those should be self contained kinda like out running a Regenerating Necromorph in Dead Space or The Scarecrow Missions in Batman Arkham Asylum.
Just imagine as you are exploring & gathering items. Suddenly you hear somebody mumbling stuff to themselves and it sounds close by. Perhaps you block a door or retreat upstairs, suddenly a chainsaw revs up & cuts down the barricaded door & Dr. Salvador sees you & goes into this violent rage while yelling “I’m going to kill you” in Spanish before rushing at you with the chainsaw. We know from the original he is a tanky guy, so maybe shooting him in the face could stun him or piss him off more. If he loses sight of you he could flip out like Leatherface at the end of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre & runs off but the sounds of that chainsaw will be a constant reminder that he is always lurking.
I think the crucial aspect of what makes Jack Baker so scary is the environment he is in. The creepy halls of his house give you no room to run anywhere or dodge easily. If they implement a stalker Dr. Salvador reving up his chainsaw inside a dark house with small rooms and hallways while saying stuff like "te voy a matar" (I'll kill you), I'm gonna shit my pants
My favorite thing about Jack is that there's a special interaction where if he catches you trying to get down the hatch he can cut your foot off and he will set a first aid across the room as he laughs at you crawling for it to use. I didn't see it the very first time I played 7 but replaying it this time I tried to be a little cheeky getting down there and that happened. Jack is such a cool character and he's actually in my top 5 re characters in general
Honestly I think mr x is perfect for RE2, as someone who didn’t play the original and only the remake I was terrified. I played RE3 nemesis and he was such a badass, but the remake pretty much ruined him compared to how he was. He’s still good, but he’s not *nemesis* to me
>but the remake pretty much ruined him compared to how he was.
Played the original RE3. The REmake's rendition of Nemesis was one of the few things they did right.
He was an actual threat throughout the game, not someone you can just waive off the moment you get a grenade launcher or magnum like in the original.
@@LamborghiniDiabloSVPursuit it was more of how the characters reacted to him. Nobody was scared and there was no build up it was just them calling him a bitch & everything from the start in the remake and I was just sitting there like -_- any thought of him being this big scary stalker enemy went away within the first hour or so for me in the remake, but it was there the whole time in the original
Like nemesis himself in a vacuum is pretty good in the remake and I love his design. It’s just everything around him makes him not scary
@@tank_dempsey That was just the english dub which made jill into a manly man, while in the original japanese voice acting she is still feminine though she still has that horrible face.
@@RyuSaarva what are you talking about
@@tank_dempsey Talking about how Jill was a completely different character in japanese than in the english dub.
Jack baker is scary until you realize you can dodge a lot of his sweep attacks by just crouching
Lady Dimitrescu may not be good in 1v1 chases, but she was a great addition to rooms with enemies. I still remember when i got sandwiched by multiple zombies and her in the dining room, it was really intense. As a pressure point, additional consideration while planning your route, it was still a good addition to the game. Jack was on another level because in his sequences he's the only enemy the player is facing, so he needed to be menacing and pose actual danger. Mr.X had additional enemies around the map waiting for you so it was fine to make him almost useless by himself but deadly whenever the player is slowed down by something else. Dimitrescu was almost like Mr. X, the difference is really in the map itself and not the AI, the mansion isn't that big and there are not that many areas where you'll be caught in a bad position. Less enemies too.
When Mr. X is tailing on your left and there's a licker on your right, you are in a classic rock and hard place.
@@szechuon6971 That's when you pull out your magnum and tell the licker you're sick of tip toeing around it.
My issue with Stalker enemy's is that once you figure out their tricks they pose no threat. Jack can have his attacks dodged with a crouch. Mr x cant ever catch up and if you run to a safe room he will just leave, same with Lady D. Also since stalkers are invincible and take lots of ammo to stun it makes you want to run to a safe room and when you are there you can just wait them out. It can also be a bit immersion breaking to see somebody like Lady D refuse to go into a room in her own house.
I think the best option for the future of this enemy type is rather than them losing interest when you enter a safe room, they still can come in and attack you, the only way to lose them should be to hide like in the baby boss from RE8 or to trap them temporarily behind a fallen bookshelf. Another idea is that you could lock doors behind you but it means if you find yourself on the other side again you will need to re-unlock it, which could mean a trip back to a box to retrieve the key.
Holy shit, how did i not thought of this earlier? We need the stalker to follow you to save room. Dr. Salvador better be revving on that old typewriter.
Lady D's path was set in the castle. She walked in a square path. As long as you got out of it, she wouldn't chase you. She was super avoidable and boring for that reason as a pursuer. Jack Baker was the scariest. Hands down one of the best jump scares in RE7 is when you are about to leave the bathroom and he just walks right in and grabs you. He was very scary. Mr. X is still very scary as well, but you do get use to him after a while. Hands down, the first time you play RE2 Remake, Mr. X terrified me. He still puts me on edge. Nemesis was just so trivialized in the remake and predictable, that he was more of an annoyance which is sad because in the OG RE3, he was waaaaaaaaaay more threatening and random. I'm playing through the OG RE3 right now, and oh boy... he is a scary boi.
Great video! You are spot on about the mechanics. I think with RE3R and Village, they might have learned the wrong reasons for why Jack and Mr. X were amazing.
Lady D is easily the worst stalker of all the RE stalkers. With the others you could actually defeat them if you were brave enough to stand your ground, but with her it's literally just a waste of ammo
The chainsaw guy in re4 is scary though every time you hear the chainsaw
And whats more it can 1 shot you
Also I hate how they are only in the game for like 1 minute
True LOL
Not really. Your first playthroughs of 7 and 2 Remake, Jack and Mr. X are around for a while as you’re figuring out what to do and where to go. Lady D shows up right before her boss fight and Nemesis was a bigger waste than the chicken I bought and forgot about and left in my fridge for a few days.
I hope we might get stalker AI on the level of Xenomorph from Alien Isolation. I don't want another dissappointment like Nemesis, he is in the main menu of the game but we barely meet him
Honestly I like to play around with the stalker enemies in my other playtroughs of Resi 2,3,7 and 8.
And I have the feeling that at least Mendez will be a good stalker. But verdugo with camouflage could be cool as well I mean he had a stalker/Bossbattle Combo in the original as well. The only one that I'm a little bit doubtful is Dr. Salvador. I would leave it like the original with scripted encounters for one area where he can follow and fight you, but you can kill him and he stays down until the next time.
Stalkers are just plain shit, no fun in fighting enemies that just dont die
they are not even scary just plain annoying
I agree. It’s a trash mechanic and RE4 Remake will be worse than it needs to be if they decide to add stalkers to it.
I think that while yes all 4 stalker characters are fairly similar on the fact that they..ya know stalk the player, their differences come from how they were intergrated into the concept of their games...
Jack Baker - yes his the most aggressive one besides nemesis (but nemesis is mostly scripted and never really stalks you autonomously) but jack only ever stalks you when his alone. Theres no enemies to deal with or navigate around while jack is in the area so it makes sense to have the only danger to the enemy at that moment be very threatening
Mr x is the opposite to this and personally my favourite. Yes mr x isnt as fast or aggressive as jack, especially jack on madhouse but mr x as a threat doesnt come from him alone, it comes from how he works as a presence in the station that switches up how the player navigates through it and deals with the other threats, zombies and lickers. A licker for instance that you ledt alive earlier to save good ammo and that you learnt to comfortably respond to by moving past it silently now becomes a dangerous variable. Those windows you forgot to bar up...those corridors are again a dangerous variable. You can decide to deal with these threats the same way you would in the past but what if mr x comes down...this is how jack and mr x are different to each other. Jack is an immeditate threat to either run away from or take head on, mr x is a wild card forcing you to adapt on the go or prepare in advance, both perfect for their respective games. I think its unfair to compare the two because of this.
Nemesis is just scripted and while a massive letdown works for how action oriented 3 was. Lady dimitrescu was the weakest but was also accompanied by the sisters which were more of a threat and treated lady d on her own as a threat again isnt fair when whenever she is on her own chasing you its either a short set piece or the last 2 mins of the castle before her boss fight after beating the last sister. Lady D works in the sense that 8 is a jack of all trades theme park ride through different gothic horror tropes and resident evil scenarios.
I think 4s best bet is to have a wild mash up of all 4 of these. Have moments where the stalkers alone chasing you aggressively like jack in a small area then ramp things up to an open area with enemies like mr x while you solve puzzles and things slow down then have a crazy nemesis style set piece where shits going down and then if it is true that have multiple stalker enemies have like a lady d and the daughters type scenario.
Maybe this is too much but considering resi 4 will more action oriented with more defensive or eveasive options still like r3make then the increase of pressure from stalker enemies i feel isnt an issue. Like you and other people have said nemesis felt to easy to dodge and avoid while too many complain about mr x being unfair. Having the ability to avoid and dodge these stalker enemies while increasing their aggression and variety of encounters would make things interesting if they are going to go down this route. Im for it but you wont please everyone.
There needs to be consequences being chased by a stalker in RE4. Program multiple gruesome/gore one hit kill if caught from the stalker . Have the ganodoes help by blocking save rooms /slash exit points. Place traps (barely used in the original . Up the stalkers aggression based on difficulty settings.
Agreed on Jack Baker being the best stalker enemy. He’s also my favorite character I love him
Personally like Lady D the best short unique and many hidden dialogue if you’re not too afraid to be in the same room. Want the same for Mendez if you have a stalker get over it in one scenario probably at his house. Jack is only good because there is no other enemies the molded are garbage enemies tbh.
I think there should be an easy mode where there isn't any stalker enemies, then a normal mode where there are stalker enemies but are easy to deal with, then a harder difficulty where the stalker enemies are as they should be
I hate stalker enemies too. It takes away from the horror aspect and being engulfed in your surroundings because all you’re doing is running away from one particular enemy.
If they’re gonna do multiple I really hope they do it right and make them all unique. It could make some of the original encounters a lot scarier I think
I personally think Mr. X is the best, he feels genuinely intimidating when you first deal with him, his loud footsteps, his calm gait as he speed walks at you, and the complete lack of anything verbal makes him so imposing, and his stalking area is massive.
Jack gets a close second due to being Jack. His character is so great, he's definitely intimidating to deal with but has so much personality that it makes you uneasy, it's great. And in Madhouse he's always right on your heels. Overall, a fantastic stalker, and a fun one to boot.
Lady D gets #3, because while her design is really cool and she is arguably THE most imposing at 9 feet tall and having that massive hat that makes her seem larger, and I'm sure in VR that'll make her even more intimidating, she's also really easy to avoid, and personally, after the first encounter, didn't feel threatening to me. I can't think of any occasion where she killed me outside of her boss fight, and the few times her arrival were actually spooky is when you go through the same door as each other.
Last place is Nemesis, by a mile, and it's painful to say that since I loved him in RE3 OG, but he's a complete non issue in 3make, especially with the perfect dodge function and being able to down him immediately with grenades. His encounter areas are few and far between, and are generally very small areas. He barely registers as a stalker, he's more of a set piece.
I really want stalker enemies to have more randomness to them instead of following specific events like tall lady did most of the time. If they can do that I will PREFER a stalker enemy in 4. I never disliked them in the first place and honestly some of the games just wouldn’t be the same without them so with that in mind I think they can actually become a solid addition to any new resident evil game if they make them more random and intense imo that’s really all it takes.
I don't hate Stalker Enemies, but a lot more could be done with them.
I agree. I really don’t hate the concept of stalker enemies, I just kinda hate them right now since they’re getting old and recycled. I wanna see something new
But still, I can’t wait for the next trailer.
I disagree completely with the opinion that stalker enemies are over rated. I think the only disappointing stalker is nemesis from the remake, they did him so dirty. Yes lady D isn't scary by design but Jack and Mr X were fantastic at making you fear their approach and pushing you away from objectives. I think stalker enemies add so much to the game and repeatability but they do need to be implemented well. So long as we get stalker enemies on par with Mr X and Jack, I think they add so much tension.
I don't think Capcom has gotten lazy by making progressively worse stalker enemies. In fact, Capcom once mentioned that too many people got too scared because Jack Baker was too intelligent and fast. And Jack searches for you nonstop for a majority of the game. So Capcom is implying that they dumbed down the artificial intelligence of future stalkers in response to complaints. In my opinion, Jack is also my favorite, but on my first playtrough on normal difficulty, i was absolutely overwhelmed. I would stay hidden in one spot for long periods of time because i could hear jack somewhere nearby, eventually, i had two options, quit playing or face right through jack. I learned the hard way that i simply would have to run towards Jack especially when i was cornered. Hiding for too long means that progress through the game becomes too slow. So i could understand why many people couldn't complete the game because the A.i was too smart. Unfortunately though, every stalker enemy since, has only become more predictable, slow, and inferior in terms of artificial intelligence.
I think he should be a hybrid of enemy and stalker where yes, the chainsaw guy will chase you like mr x but he can be killable. However, he has really high health and you have crappy guns in the beginning, that it’s better to avoid him. That way, when you replay it on new game plus, you can kill him if you choose to mid-difficulty
Nah just leave it how it was. Put in Dr. Salvador and make it him killable to the same level as the original. If he has that much health while we have crappy guns that's basically the same as making them non killable. 99% would rather just run away
In retrospect, lady D doesn't spawn as a stalker until your half way through the castle and already well acquainted with about 50% of the area. By then you're familiar with the area, able to unlock doors to find the circle around routes etc... that combined with the fact the castle is just a little too small, I wish the area was maybe 25% longer. She had so much potential but those above 2 things killed her potential sadly
The problem I have with stalker enemies is that they are more of an annoyance than scary. Some games can pull it off and really scare you with them, but at this point, I would only like them if they are beatable and you can get a cool item from beating them. I wouldn't like a stalker chasing me for more than a few minutes. Mr. X was annoying as hell for a good chunk of the game and then you don't even get to kill him.
You do get to kill him.
This is well put and, I see your entire point which I agree with majority of it (despite the fact I do like stalker enemies) you did leave out a minor stalker enemy which was Margarette Baker. She stalks you when you play Daughters as Zoe in the main house she also stalks you as you play Mia on tape 2 and does patrol the Old House looking for Ethan after you grab the crank. She's also one of the main villains throughout RE7 if you include all the DLC + the main game. Overall, she is in RE7 quite a bit. Other than that I agree that Jack Baker is pretty much perfection when is comes to him stalking the character.
It would be too much of a missed opportunity to not have Verdugo be a stalker throughout a slightly lengthened Sewer section. Verdugo has a fantastic design and is underused in the original, they now have the perfect way to get more use out of them. They just have to make sure whatever stalkers they do, they do them very well. It seems that the big cheese will become a stalker and I’d be fine with that as long as he’s not so oppressive that it’s hard to search for treasures. Stalkers are probably best as either being a very high threat in a smaller section of the game (Like Jack) or a lower threat but persistent throughout (Mr X). Lady D and Nemesis were both extremely non threatening and had extremely short sections (For a while I thought it was actually impossible for Lady D to actually hit you with her attacks unless you walked into them because she would constantly completely miss me)
Lady Dimitrescu isn’t there for the horror factor, she exists to entertain the player. That’s why I think she’s not really a stalker enemy.
As I said before, there was no reason for lady Dimitrescu to be a stalker.
I belive she could've been a better enemy if she was some boss we encounter multiple times like Jack or Nemesis.
But, that part of the game already has multiple bosses.
You forgot about Forrest in the RE remake Once Again mode. Maybe this idea where the stalker appears after a couple of playthroughs to spice it up when you know the game quite well would be a better bet?
I don’t mind a stalker enemy in the game but it definitely depends on the type like monster that can break through walls but if they do a human stalker then they should make him act like Jason , pyramid head or Michael Myers ,and not talk .
There's honestly a lot of characters in re4 that could make good stalker enemies. Have the big cheese stalk you in some sections of the village until you beat him. Maybe have Salazar be more about traps and puzzles during the castle. Then have Krauser be more about hiding and taunting leon. Special forces vs secret service.
Honestly I hope they do something unique with the stalkers like have the castle one pop up outta some hiding places hidden behind paintings or cupboards
I like the idea of Dr. Salvador as a stalker enemy through out parts of the village but you have the ability to do enough damage to take him down temperarily and each time he re appears, he's more mutated than the last. Same goes for the Big Cheese being more of a stalker up until the final battle in the barn
Having seen a lot of possibilities for RE4r it seems they are potentially going overboard with the stalker enemies. I have heard about at least 5 in game stalker enemies and I really bloody hope these are all wrong because that's ridiculous! Like the over the top qts 😒
if we’re gonna have MULTIPLE stalker enemies, i think it would be really cool for them to be Haunting Ground-style. they kind of evolve in difficulty as you go on, and each has unique attacks and ways for you to slow them down or escape. they also each have their own boss fight that forces you to think differently, and i think that’s really cool
I mean I can see Verdugo being a stalker in an extended version of his encounter.
Or honestly the Stalker could be in the section you play as Ashley (if they keep that)
I might be late on this but i honestly wanna feel the past RE4 nostalgia, if you think about it all the enemies are basically stalkers in RE4 waiting for you so adding actual stalker enemies won't give much of breathing room to enjoy the scary vibe and great mechanisms of the game.
I think stalker enemies make more sense in RE than Silent Hill… but they’re kinda getting overused in general. Overexposure is a thing. And when you keep getting stalker enemies… you kinda get used to them in general.
My man’s be turning around to make sure nobody jumps out and stalks him when exiting the bathroom.
I feel stalker enemies become a nuisance on repeat play throughs.
Wow I just realized Jack was a stalker enemy. I must've been super lucky on my play through since I NEVER ran into him except for scripted areas. I personally assume Mr.X to be the best stalker enemy. Mainly because of like mentioned his footsteps and the layout of RPD I think is more conducive to the chase than the baker house
I agree about Jack Baker being the best. I kinda wish he appeared more because if you know what you're doing you only need to encounter him twice while exploring. (excluding boss fights)
honestly i find mr.X more annoying after the first playthrough, and found nemesis inferior to mr.x despite in the RE lore he was supposed to be an upgrade. jack was the best since the OG nemesis in 99.
I would say that nemesis was better because while nemesis didn’t stalk you that much throughout the game the parts where he does he is an absolute monster keeping you on your toes and in terms of lore and boss fights it’s amazing at least that’s what I think sure the second and third fights are pretty similar but the first and last where really good at least on hardcore and probably up I personally have’t played the harder difficulty’s but that’s what I think if you disagree then that’s fine and I respect your opinion and GOD bless you!
@@chrisspeed270 sorry I was referring to remake Nemesis.
Only stalker that works was MR.X, didn’t seem too forced and really added to the atmosphere to the RPD building. His foot steps always put me on edge every time. But then again I jump scare easily. Would of been nice if most of his encounters were scripted, he always caught up to me when I’m in a small room scavenging for ammo or keys. (Especially the small storage room where you get the crank in the OG PS1 RE2 game)
Idk, I actually like the stalker enemies. It makes the experience scarier for me. Mr. X literally terrifies me. His footsteps scare me, sometimes I scare myself thinking Claire or Leon’s footsteps are his 💀 There’s just something about being stalked by an enemy scares me. Lady D is another great example, she terrifies me too.
I'm really looking forward to how they make Dr. Salvador a stalker enemy. Here's how I'm imagining him:
Voice: Dr. Salvador speaks spanish, sure. But perhaps they'll give him english dialog lines for when he's aware the player can hear him. Perhaps broken english with bad grammar and cussing. Commenting on your state (health, ammo, whether you are retreating, holding ground, missing shots, collecting items), commenting on his state (whether he knows where you are, whether he spotted you, when he takes damage, when he's low health). Makes fun of you, teases that he's coming for your girlfriend (Ashley), mocking Leon's reactions, swearing in frustration when he can't find you, getting enraged when his health is low.
Sound:
- The idling chainsaw engine when he's searching for you.
- Revving the chainsaw at random times to provoke you from coming out of hiding or breaking your stealth.
- Revving the chainsaw repeatedly as a show of force when he charges at you, doing so more agressively as he anticipates the kill.
Actions:
- When you're low on health, he "plays with his food" so to speak. Shuts off the chainsaw and sneaks around to ambush you. Doesn't always kill you if you're in range, might just mock your fear and hold the chainsaw in your face as he revs it, inflicting less-than-lethal wounds intentionally. He grabs weaker ganados and tosses them at you to fight one on one for entertainment (which you can choose to ignore as normal).
- When he's low on health, he's like "oh, it's going down now" and loses composure. Runs faster, starts attacking things randomly like Super Salvador, more likely to charge at the player, possibly falling over edges. Revs the chainsaw louder, breathes more heavily, making his location more obvious.
- These two together could act like dynamic difficulty somewhat.
- Starts attacking random objects (hiding spots, doors, door blocking objects, other ganados) when he's frustrated.
- Kills and wounds from Dr. Salvador must be graphic and disturbing to watch. Part of the fear in RE4 was not wanting to see what would happen if he caught you. If it wasn't traumatizing (like in RE5) then the fear would disappear.
- 1-hit kills must always be a concern. If you can think "maybe this time he'll let me live" you'll be more willing to risk getting close. But if you just get unlucky, you'll just get mad at RNG and keep grinding until you do get lucky. Whether he's going to insta kill or just torment you should be readable.
- Aiming the gun at his head for a crit should cause him to take the situation more seriously, i.e. he stops "playing with his food" to teach you a lesson, perhaps provoking an instakill.
I hate stalkers and in the original one we did not need it and we don’t need it for the remake and they are overrated and over used and I want to explore everything without being forced to rush
Mr X and nemesis are arguably the most iconic enemies from their respective games. Stalker enemies aren't there to make you rush through the game. They're there to add tension to environments you'll be spending a lot of time in. They push you off objectives causing you to either waste ammo or try to lose them. Most of them aren't there 100% of the time so you can take your time in the environments after they leave or before they appear. I think they just need to be implemented well. Lady D is the weakest by design but nemesis in the remake was just done dirty. No tension just poof he's there
The speed on Jack always made me feel annoyed more than scared.
I personally liked Jack the most because of his funny lines. I think Mr X not speaking is pretty menacing so it’s fine that he’s silent and Nemesis’s yells are pretty cool, but I think your reasons why you don’t like them is totally fair and can see why you feel that way. Respect your opinion and absolutely was a pleasure to hear. It’s insane how people get really upset that people don’t like others opinions that could actually improve the games
I think stalker enemies (or generally stalkers) are mostly scary in First Person View, cause u cant look behind easly and many times its just ur imagination or sound cues...
All the Ganados will basically chase you around for whatever map you're in acting as low health stalkers already.
A dog that doesn't die, now that is something that I can get behind. Just a smart psycho dog that will hunt you.
It should just be one stalker enemy cuase if there's on always chasing you you can't admire the graphics or take it slow/ explore so there should only be one.
I definitely felt like R3make Nemesis felt more like a Mr. X re-skin. He had new tricks but ultimately it felt the same. I wish they'd have put more sequences where you'd need to hide or something to make more tension, I just really didn't find him as terrifying and that sucks bc I never got to enjoy RE3 classic and he seems much more intimidating there!
Thank you!! That's all I always have thought about stalker enemies. I hate them, I don't want them in a game that never had them
thank you. i feel the same way.
mr x should've been an event, nemesis should've been a stalker. they mixed those up quite a lot.
and for baker vs dimitresc?
baker makes most sense. but the lady is a chaser for a whole nother reason (modding community). i'd say, she should've had more interaction, and only maybe one scene where she chases you with her daughter or max twice.
maybe she should've been after the fish and puppet as an enemy, so she could've had a bit more dialogue that would bloom out her character.
even her form. she's a freakng dragon, that sounds like last bossfight before the boss fight.
One of the best of president evil 4 is the enemies can talk so we have a life through the gameplay
You forgot to mention the king of the stalker enemies
"the Ustanak".
He literally went from Europe to Asia for Jake.
If that's not love I don't know what it is!
I agree mostly I loved jack in re 7 as a stalker but the others were mid . Hope they dont do it again because it's getting played out at this point or at least make it different then mr x or nemesis chasing you around but only being scary the 1st playthru
I love lady dimitrescu. But the way how it's making it sound how serious they want a good stalker makes it sound like you want to make the game 10 times challenging. First of all I hope the game is going to turn out good at least second I just can't wait for the game to come out
i hate all this stalkers, i hate the secrets to solve, i hate running out of ammo, i much hate the space for items running out fast.
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Agreed, haven’t even got caught once on my first play through on hardcore by lady D and once I finished the castle section I was like “wow! That’s it?”
I definitely hope Dr. Salvador isn't a stalker enemy type (He'd make a fine mini-boss who lurks around the village area but never re-appears after you kill him). Treat him more like a one-and-done version of The Evil Within's Sadist. U-3 should similarly be kept as a boss fight, players would definitely grow tired of him if he continually returned with new mutations to chase Leon.
Even Hookman, I think should be relegated to only stalk you during one level where the context for his appearance makes sense. Ex- A level with something in the air (maybe the castle underground) that affects the Plagas inside Leon, making him see/hear/feel things that aren't real. Thus, he must find a path back to the surface before the stress from the visions kills him.
The sequence could be sort of like RE 8's House Beneviento with Ethan hallucinating the infamous baby (Just don't give Hookman an insta-kill move for if he catches you, that mechanic is generally more frustrating than scary in my opinion and wears out its welcome fast). Likewise, I think Regenerators would work best if they remain exclusive to the laboratory levels.
The best candidate for a recurring stalker enemy would likely be Bitores Mendez. If done well, he can satisfy the conditions of horror factor, pursuit efficiency, and mechanics. With a competently programmed adaptive A.I., he could potentially work to the same success as Alien: Isolation's Xenomorph, appearing three times (each in a new form) before finally dying.
His concept combines the imposing stature of Mr. X & Nemesis with a brooding personality that could be expanded with sinister dialogue to give him more character (Essentially, just make him a taller, Spanish speaking Jack Baker). To keep him from getting repetitive, each new mutation he appears in should change up the dynamics of both chasing and fighting.
His appearances wouldn't all be scripted, but I wouldn't randomize him to the point that he can appear literally almost anywhere at any time in the story. Realistically, that would be too ambitious and his mechanics wouldn't lend themselves as well to certain environments. I'd compromise, limiting him to one main area per appearance but letting his A.I. move freely.
The game would learn how you play, adjusting Mendez's A.I. according not only to the surroundings or form he's in but also to your strategy up to that point. Ex- If you had Leon jump into dumpsters a lot previously, then the Mendez in your playthrough will look through and/or destroy dumpsters in the next encounter. This would increase both tension and replayability.
Every stalking sequence would shake things up with obstacles that make it harder to keep him off your scent, as his different mutations allow for expanded abilities. He'd start off relatively easier to sneak around, only busting through doors & walls and throwing foes (dead or alive) at you. By his final mutation, he'd be significantly stronger and more relentless.
Fighting & hiding from him should become like a survival-horror Chess game, pushing players to re-think their approach. He'd get more aggressive, eventually starting to tear entire roofs off of small structures you hide in, throw explosives, sense you through walls at close range, etc. Every form would also have new weaknesses, each tougher to exploit than the last.
The best comparison I can make off the top of my head would be Mr. Freeze's boss fight in Batman: Arkham City. Imagine stretching that battle across three different fights. While Mendez wouldn't change tactics at the same pace every time you land a hit, you'd have to learn how to get around every new defense & attack, observing and setting up openings to do damage.
Of course, by New Game+ when you've unlocked the best stuff, you could defeat him with less effort. But the first playthrough, as intended, would keep you on your toes, every encounter ideally feeling fresh and leaving you in suspense. Players should be wondering at every chase's conclusion "How many more times will he return? When? Where? How will he mutate next?"
Mr. X, William Birkin, Nemesis, Ustanak and Jack all succeeded at this to varying degrees, but Mendez must be more balanced on the spectrum of extremes. His forms shouldn't get as over-the-top as Nemesis (especially in the remake), nor should they all be a one-trick pony whose patterns you can quickly figure out. He needs to be more sophisticated overall than past stalkers.
the perfect stalker enemy was the original nemesis , being able to chase you anywhere was scary, but what made it perfect was being able to take him down each time, and him staying gone for awhile after that, and also getting special rewards for it,
the next best/least annoying one for me was in dead space,
a lot of those other's were just annoying, especially X,
because you can so easily break them by running into safe room's ,
but x was just annoying all around,
but if they do a stalker, I hope they make it where you can take them down, and they stay gone for awhile, and you get really good rewards for it,
I really hope they don't cut a ton of content this time, like they did with 3, an 2,
so much got cut from both of them,
we should get more in a remake not less,
so hopefully there is a lot more enemy types, weapons, unique new bosses, stuff like that,
and hopefully they don't over do it with the stalker because I like to search areas good before leaving them,
i think instead of a stalker like the big cheese they should focus on the chainsaw sisters since i found them terrifying imagine being in a tight space with two crazy ladies laughing their heads off whilst taunting you as they try to cut your head off. the only issue is the in my opinion the awful block mechanic which will take the fear away the second Leon blocks an attack