I recently got a Steam Deck, and have heard great things about the Unreal Engine and games in general running smoothly on Deck.
Where should I start with Resident Evil on Deck? I’ve never played any RE games, but I do know a bit about Leon, Ada, and of course —Lady Dimestricua, or however it’s spelled.
Similarly, would you recommend playing FF7 or the FF7 Remake first? Haha
Regarding FF7 Remake, I’d say it might be fun if you just want to play an action RPG, but once you get to about the midway point of the first game, the story gets impossible to follow if you’re unfamiliar with the plot.
The remake definitely assumes you’ve already played the original, as it’s not a 1:1 replication at all. There’s a ton of foreshadowing and specific story deviations, which won’t make any sense if you don’t know how the story first played out.
Without giving anything away, you can kind of think about it as if you were seeing the same story from another vantage point. Most stuff overlaps, but you also get new information, and some old information is only hinted at or isn’t mentioned at all.
Lots of stuff from the original has been cut for pacing, and new stuff added, so it really does feel like a completely different experience. Of the remakes, I’ve only played the first game, but Im waiting for the whole thing to be done so I can get the collection.
I played Remake before OG FF7, and I didn’t have a hard time following the plot. The ending scene definitely foreshadowed things that made no sense to me until I played the original, but that was it.
You might be able to get away with playing FF7 Remake without knowing much about the original, but the ending and the one after it (FF7 Rebirth) pretty much demands you understand the story of the old games.
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Regarding FF7 Remake, I’d say it might be fun if you just want to play an action RPG, but once you get to about the midway point of the first game, the story gets impossible to follow if you’re unfamiliar with the plot.
The remake definitely assumes you’ve already played the original, as it’s not a 1:1 replication at all. There’s a ton of foreshadowing and specific story deviations, which won’t make any sense if you don’t know how the story first played out.
Without giving anything away, you can kind of think about it as if you were seeing the same story from another vantage point. Most stuff overlaps, but you also get new information, and some old information is only hinted at or isn’t mentioned at all.
Lots of stuff from the original has been cut for pacing, and new stuff added, so it really does feel like a completely different experience. Of the remakes, I’ve only played the first game, but Im waiting for the whole thing to be done so I can get the collection.
I played Remake before OG FF7, and I didn’t have a hard time following the plot. The ending scene definitely foreshadowed things that made no sense to me until I played the original, but that was it.
You might be able to get away with playing FF7 Remake without knowing much about the original, but the ending and the one after it (FF7 Rebirth) pretty much demands you understand the story of the old games.