Resident Evil 6 for Xbox 360 Reviews by Gamers

I loved the fact that even with the limited amount of buttons the controller has, there a ton of things you can do including cover, jumping backwards into a supine position and shooting from the ground, hondo rolls, etc.

The story is typically Japaneese, meaning you'll fight the same bosses upto 6 or 7 times. There are laughable attempts at emotion here and there. But it's overall intriguing. I do like how playing through the same scene multiple times from different perspectives slightly alters the history, this could just be bad story telling, not sure.

Something about the way the camera moves makes my head hurt. Literally I'll get a headache if I play too long, I can't think of any other games I get this with. I had to sit way back to play this.

I am actually looking forward to RE7, although I agree with most people that it would be nice to get a little more horror and a little less action.

Resident Evil 6 was a well designed and all around decent game for the most part. As someone who has played each game in the franchise from the beginning this game was not disappointing. The overall feel of the game was reminiscent of RE:5 as far as general control. New features that have been added to the game primarily the feature of having more than one story line to play through is absolutely great! Almost like having three games in one. The re-addition of the all-famed zombies in the Leon campaign is something great to see back into this franchise; getting back to the roots that started it all. If you have enjoyed any other RE games, this is definitely a grab and an enjoyable title for anyone!

I don't even know where to start.
The storyline is uselessly convoluted. Okay, it's Resident Evil that happens.
The graphics... are sad. Darkside Chronicles looked better.
But, hey, graphics aren't that important.
GAMEPLAY.
Here, we have fail. So, so much fail.
At one point in Leon's campaign, you have to alternate hitting the right and left triggers to manually make the character climb a rope. Lovely. It's like gym class. And about as entertaining. The sequence carries on for FAR too long. I timed it as about ten minutes. Tedious. Did they play test this game? Also, at points where the camera shifts, Leon's state resets, and reverses his hand position... and if you don't immediately notice that, Leon drops a good ten, twenty feet. Which translates to two minutes of left trigger...right trigger... left trigger...
Also, there are not enough destructible environments. It's like you're walking a character through a doll house, where everything is bolted down. Leon doesn't feel like he's part of the brown and gray world he's stuck in. Also: there are colors beyond brown and gray, guys. Differentiate your settings, please.
Final objection: sexual content. I'm not talking about the femme fatale Ada. She's SUPPOSED to be sexual and I'm cool with that. What I'm not cool with is all the blatant "involuntary sexual contact" imagery. From "Deborah," who is pointlessly wearing a scanty nightgown when initially found (and what were the guards doing besides experimentation on her, hm?) and then wears NOTHING when transformed. She writhes sexually on top of Leon, who thrusts a tentacle through her lower abdomen to push her off. Lovely imagery there, guys. Then there's Sherry.... oi. Stop fetishizing the victimization of women, please. It's gross and unnecessary.
I play survival horror to shoot zombies and solve mysteries. Not to watch my player avatar get molested.

Ok so I've been reading a lot of negative reviews about this game so just hear me out before you trash it too. Yes, the RE franchise is no longer a survival horror game. Given the story development so far, it has become a lot more action packed. But you gotta realize, its impossible to keep scaring someone over and over and over again. You become used to the cycle of build up tension, let down guard, then pop up from out of nowhere. So while I do admit I miss the scare factor (especially from RE2, my favorite). It's developed into a new beast and you have to play the game understanding that.

The next thing that you gotta know is that the developers put a lot of thought into control options. I've seen a lot of people complain about aiming, which I'll also admit is a pain... IF YOU DON'T ADJUST IT! The default aiming mechanic they give you is slow and clunky but if you change it to the laser sight in control settings, the game become much more playable and you're quicker to react. Too many people overlook that option and give the game a terrible review. But the biggest improvement is that YOU CAN MOVE AND SHOOT! Ok, not reinventing the wheel or anything but its a big improvement from RE5.

Also, your friendly AI and online experience has been improved. It's a lot smoother to go from single player to multiplayer and you dont have to share ammo anymore.

Now for the bad, checkpoints are few and far between so if you die or get tired of playing, you might get screwed over. Also, you can only play one of the three stories at a time. If you want to play another story, you run the risk of losing all your ammo and guns in the previous. Not cool.

Anyway with the reintroduction of zombies and the development of new enemies, I find RE6 to be a pretty good game with a little something for action and horror fans. So if you pick up this game, please dont toss it right away and DONT FORGET TO CHANGE THE AIMING TO LASER SIGHT. You'll have a lot more fun if you do

I just got done with Leon's game on coop and it was a blast. It wasn't like i thought it would be but it was fun none the less. The intro is so good, it is like a movie. I thought that it felt short for some reason, either way i don't care i like this game. it seemed easy on veteran but still fun. the only real problem i have had so far was with the tutorial they make you play. i felt held back but it was cool. i just wanted to go guns blazing and start killing zombies. The last boss seemed too easy, but again fun. Now i don't know if it because i haven't installed the game or what but the graphics sometimes look shakey in the cutscenes. i don't know it it is worth full price of admission because it is so easy but it is def worth a rental. i will give it an 8 overall. There is basically a horde mode also where you kill as many things as possible. Hooking up with another player seemed quick and easy. I am going to go play the other campaigns now but i just thought i would put a better perspective than the other reviews on here before anyone got the wrong impression. I will say rent it first though because it did seem short but that doesn't make it bad because i want to go replay Leon's campaign now with my new game +. Fun game. don't listen to the critics unless it is game informer who gave it a fair review unlike all those haters.

Never before have a played a game with such a loss of identity. If this game can be classified as survival horror then so should all over the shoulder shooters. Where is the scare factor? This game does nothing in the way of new ideas to expand the Resident Evil realm. Nothing about this game is scary. If anything it should be classified under overly frustrating, driving, shooting game. Game play wise, it was your run of the mill 3rd person shooter. I found myself actually using melee more than shooting. Bosses were dull simple "Shoot the Glowing Red Spot" characters. Graphically it did not impress at all. It seemed as if Capcom spent more time trying to get the shooter elements down and rushed the overall look of the game. On the bright side, the way they split off all the characters into three separate quests where nice. It would have been nice to fight some zombies in more than Leons campaign. So, simply put, if your looking for puzzles, scare factor, and a great story then look somewhere else.

Honestly, I went in to play this game with an open mind. Read a lot of mixed reviews overall, so I decided to see if the game could suit my wants..
All in all, I gave an 8 for review because I really really enjoyed Leon's campaign because it brought back the memories of the old Resident Evil's ability to scare the heck outta you when in darkness. Upon completing Leon's campaign, I tried out Chris' campaign and was disappointed that it turned out the same as Resident Evil 5. So I stopped without even completing the first chapter of Chris'... Nevertheless, I enjoyed the game very well to play a good 15+ hours worth.

I have loved resident evil and have played everyone starting from one and even read the books on the series. Which are well written but this game is just awful the franchise is nothing what it started out as 3 was the last good game although 4 was amazing they weren't zombies anymore and it was still fun but by god this is a load of (I can't say what I want). racing? having to climb a rope? and the story is awful I just can't make excuses anymore I am done with the series

For fans of Resident Evil it is obvious that the horror element is nearly gone from this series. It is trying to go the way of an action series now.

Sadly the game fails at this and it is not just a simple fail. But an epic, glaring, red hot poker in the eye kind of fail.

The controls are VERY rigid and hinders the gameplay. Storytelling is weak since you are thrown in and have to "unlock" items to the go back to read about story.

One strong point of this game is the graphics. They are incredible. If the controls and storytelling were better this very well could been one amazing game.

Sadly, the flaws are too great with this game to really bring it back (pardon the pun) from its slow and fustrating death.

Unless you are a hardcore Res Evil fan this game is only worth even trying if there is nothing left to play. Honestly, hardcore Res Evil fans may be forced to admit the flaws are too much.

File this game in the coulda, woulda, shoulda been great category.

I'm a big resident evil fan and was looking forward to this game for years. i was amazed in the first chapter! every flaw that resident evil 5 had was fixed in this game and 5 was amazing too! this game is entertaining and exciting the whole way! Don't know why it's getting bad reviews with me being a long time resident evil fan i like the old and the new games! the only flaw it has is that the camera gets a little frustrating sometimes because it's a little too zoomed in but other than that everything is perfect! 10 out of 10!

First just let me say that while I normally can respect differences in taste/opinion but in this case, to the people giving this game a 7-10 what were you smoking to make RE6 seem good?

Right off the bat you may as well forget the name Resident Evil is anywhere in this because of all the games since 4 this is the least RE game yet. Gone are scares and tension because you you will always have a partner, and that is one of the fastest way to kill any fear or tension. This is just another action third person shooter that happens to have zombies and other monsters in it. Conserving ammo and health will almost never be an issue and the game pretty much expects you to kill every enemy in your path. The only time I ever was in danger of running out of ammo or health was during boss fights and that only because they are bullet sponges that take forever to put down.

The camera is pulled in too close, clunky when in tight spaces, and doesn't auto turn when you do a quick 180 turn with character. Even if you switch aiming settings to laser sight it still feels stiff and awkward.

But the worst thing about the game is just how unpolished and poorly designed it is. During Leon's campaign I lost count of the number of instant deaths from something I had no way of seeing coming, a subway rain from behind and an ambulance outta nowhere being the most egregious.

Chris's story (aka "Gears of Duty") was better in that regard but had its own glaring issue. This is when the game gives any illusion of survival horror and becomes a shooter. The problem is despite the increase in enemies (with guns usually) they didn't increase the ammo drops in kind. Towards the end of his campaign I was getting swarmed with enemies but constantly running out of health and ammo. The culmination of this being his final boss fight where I was down to just a knife and one bar of health!

This game is just a sub par, unpolished mess that tries to appeal to everyone and fails in every respect.

I was expecting it to be something like RE5 with gun upgrades and such (which you cant do). I was also disappointed to find that you can only have 3 upgrades at a time even though there are so many to choose from!

The other Big Let Down was that headshots dont do anything, I found myself hitting the zombies multiple times in the head to have them still come at me.

I guess it just wasnt my cup of tea.

So I finally got my hands on with RE 6 and I had to hold my self back from comparing it to the other Resident Evil games. The look is impressive but the gameplay make me wonder. I aim for a zombie's head and all I get is it shuffling backwards I mean zombies and head shots are the one way to put the little suckers down. With that I still had fun kicking my way thourgh hoards to the ifected freaks which made gunplay almost useless. I found myself blasting at zombies just for fun, but don't get me wrong it was kinda fun if you don't take the game serious. I found myself dropping the controller in frustration when I had to find three keys which happens in every story line making it difficult to even burn through one story. I will say this one thing it had some tight controls it felt great to move and shoot other than that this is not a buy more like a last ditch rent when you are bored of the rest of the game q.

Excellent game, storyline ties together great. You get a better experience from co-op gameplay but single player is fun as well. Though The Mercenaries game mode isn't impressive, still is an all around good game.

I wish I could give it more of a review, but I can't. The controls are broke.... I don't understand how this game got out of test. The control scheme is horrible. I spent more time thinking about how bad the controls were that I could not get immersed in the game. It totally ruined the game for me.

From what I could tell in the 3 torturous hours I played, the story seemed like it was going to get good, but I gave up.

After the RE5 disappointment, and getting suckered into buying the worst game of the year(followed by re6 in a close second) Operation Racoon City, I am done with RE games.

Capcom = FAIL

For a true horror game experience like the old RE games, go to Dead Space for your gaming needs.

Longtime RE fan... When I played the demo, I hated it. Didn't like the "zombies" wielding weapons, didn't like the controls, didn't like that it wasn't survival horror. After a few hours of playing, it got better and better. Once you get used to the controls, the game gets much easier. Unlike RE4 and RE5, the aspect of "survival horror" also plays a part (not like I initially thought) since you have to rely on melee or hand to hand combat quite a lot in the game. Ammo doesn't just fall from the sky like the last 2 RE games.

I don't get the people that rate the game at 1. One reviewer said that it's a "slow jog" all game. I guess that gamer know that there's a sprint button in the game. Another gamer, who also rated the game a 1, stated that the cursor is too slow. I honestly think it's at the right speed, if you think it is too slow, then you are a horrible gamer and just need to stop playing games that requires shooting and aiming.

Some reviews also rated it lower due to too much button-mashing sequences and cut-scenes. The people that say this obviously have not played the game more than 10 minutes.

Does it deserve a 10? Nope... but giving it a 1 is absurd. I would give this game an 8 because they could have added things to make it better. The only reason I rated it a 10 is to counter some of the undeserved 1's out there.

3-4 years to create this game was wasted. Mass marketing appeal to western gamers has ruined everything that made RE good in the 1st place. It's core gaming experiences have been completely ripped apart and are replaced with some generic garbage that Japanese developers think we Americans want.

RE6 more than anything resembles some over-the-top Michael Bay explosion film. It takes you through 3 campaigns - Leon, Chris, and Jake. Each is more ridiculous than the next, filled with nothing but horrible plots, boring timed button sequences, boss battles, and more explosions. There is no open world, no exploring, and no side quests, no intense zombie moments, or anything that resembles what RE is.

How do you hack up a great franchise this bad??? I'm no RE fanboy, but now I see why all the critics ripped this game a new one. All the character dialogue is just filled with terrible meathead one-liners that Japanese developers think we Americans talk like.

RE5 proved co-op play works in the RE model for game design, but this is no fun at all even with a partner. I can't think of a single positive element to the game. Even the new cover system they developed is horrendous and awkward.

You're going to be wondering what the heck is going on half the time too. You'll be walking and then some giant Gears of War like skyscraper of a zombie boss will appear out of nowhere, leaving you saying "what is that, where did that thing come from, and how do I kill it?"

Fanboys beware of RE6, and newcomers don't expect anything resembling a crumb of what Resident Evil has been in the past. Picture just running through narrow corridors, avoiding explosions, and trying to find ammo (unless you opt for the infinite ammo option in the game settings)...what the heck is a RE game with an option for infinite ammo?!? These games aren't supposed to be a breeze, rather a challenge of survival. SKIP THIS GAME and wait 4 years until the next one.

Milt Drucker
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Most Resident Evil gamers love the semi-hard and short chapters game play. It took me close to 2hrs to beat the 1st chapter. Way too many zombies, bad camera angles, and too much work/time to skill up my character. Hoping the game play would improve I kept playing onto chapter 2. Biggest waste of time ever! The skills that you earn are nice such as increasing your melee power, fire power, and items drop from enemies, but you can only have 3 engaged at a time…what is this about? In part 5, when I unlock something it was available at all times, not times like part 6. Maybe you can unlock more later on, but I was pretty much done after 6hrs game play. I started back playing RE-5, realizing I rather play this instead. I’m glad I rented RE-6 from GameFly instead of paying $60 for it at GameStop. This game will bring a new group of gamers to the Resident Evil series, but in return have put a bad taste in the Resident Evil collectors like myself. I will buy the game eventually, but only when the price drop below $25.

ok I've been playing resident evil forever I know those true fans out there will never get used too the action based series. Everything changes at one point I have no idea why the reviews are so bad on this one. Yeah its a little choppy in the aim area I think the camera view is a little too close but with all that said its still a pretty cool game.

I don't get all the negative reviews on this game. I think it is the best RE game since RE3. I do however agree with some of the other reviews that if you change the targeting sights to laser sight it does make the game more enjoyable. But for the mostpart I think the overall gameplay is very good. I also think the graphics are really good on this one. I have a friend that got it and we cant get enough of the co-op play. The coolest part is that the 3 different characters you can play from, all have different stroylines and gameplay. Nothing repeats with different characters, it just intersects with the story line. Although once you complete all the chapters i agree that the replay value may not be there, but I would without a doubt recommend this game to anynone thats a fan of it or the horror genre. I gave this game a 9 rating because i think it is very well done. I just cant believe Gamefly actually sent me a new release. It usually takes 6 months to get a new release. But if you can get it, this game is well worth it. I have been a gamer for years. Forty years old, and like i said...this is the best RE since the third one. Highly recommended.

THIS GAME IS THE BEST! IT WAS LIKE A LIVING MOVIE.

I should start by saying that I have been a fan of the series going back to the original PSone classic. Perhaps that is why this and the last entry are so painful.

It starts out promising but quickly devolves. The inventory has been overhauled and not for the best. There are skill perks available that can be purchased, upgraded and assigned at the end of each chapter. After playing through half the game i can honestly say that i could have cared less about any of them, and there was no noticeable enhancement in the gameplay as a result of equiping these "perks". Worthless filler in my opinion.

Worst of all would be the quicktime events. Nine times out of ten they are horribly implemented and the on screen prompt for each is placed in such a manner that it detracts from the visual action of the story. I don't know about the rest of you, but my gaze doesn't fall to the bottom of the screen when im watching events unfold within the narrative. Too often I died as a result of these shoddily placed segments, which are numerous. Each cheap death is held against you as your stats are added up at the end of each chapter. I quickly found myself not caring about what happened next as a result of this persistently poor game design. The quicktime events ruined the game for me, as well as the lack of direction. Often i was bewildered as i tried to figure out just what the heck it was i was supposed to be doing within a given scenario. It all amounts to a migraine.

This is all unfortunate as it has been some time since the last disapointing installment of the franchise. It's as if Capcom got together and decided to make the games as awful as the movies. Congratulations. If you like yourself, don't play this game. If you have any love left for the series, avoid at all costs. Resident Evil left me feeling bitter. Next time I will punch my own face and have some real fun.

This game takes me back to the good old days of RE2 for PS1. The opening is probably one of the best I have ever seen as far as a big bang goes. I felt like I was on a ride at Universal studios or something it was so explosive! I LOVE playing 2 player with my husband :) Finally co- op done right. The Leon quest is my fave by far! The others seem to be aimed back at the 4 and 5 titles, (Which 5 kindof sucked to me and 4 was awesome as far as gameplay goes... but didn't have the scary-ness of 2) ... so there is something for everyone when it comes to the game. Fist Game to actually scare me since the first Silent Hill :D

Granted that the only part you might actually be scared of is 1 part in Jacks story line with that nemesis wanna be and the Chris campaign kind of made me feel like I was playing a 3rd person CoD. But really this game is good. If you want to get scared don’t get it. If you want a uncharted with 99.9% more zombies thin yeah go get it.