Often Overlooked, but Absolutely Brilliant!
posted by andrewka (ROCKVILLE, MD) Jan 21, 2008
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I can see why this can fly below the radar of many gamers, the fact that it is thought of as a remake of the original Resident Evil implies that it is simply a better looking version of the original game, but this is a whole new game, and in my opinion, the best Resident Evil ever.
To start, this game is hugely scary, the aura this game creates is that of absolute horror and that is what you look for in a Resident Evil game. I am afraid to play this game alone at night. The ideas, the gameplay is classic Resident Evil but with improvements to all the quirks that have frustrated gamers with past Resident Evils.
What I love about this version over Resident Evil Zero is that it is much more flexible and not as linear and obvious. One thing that frustrated me about Zero was that if you see a locked door, the key or solution was somewhere in the same room or close by, it carves a very obvious path. This is not the case for this Resident Evil. Something you pick up early in the game for example, might not be useful until the very end of the game for example.
The camera quirks are still there, but that's what makes this game, and all pre-RE4 games so great, you never know what is around the corner as you only see what the camera lets you. It's a brilliant formula that works astonishingly well in this game.
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