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Honest Review Of Resident Evil Portable

While Alone in the Dark may have been the progenitor of the survival horror genre, Capcom’s Resident Evil series perfected it, with each installment improve its predecessor with finesse and style. Now Capcom’s bread ‘n’ butter flagship series (no, not Street Fighter, silly) is back in the form of Resident Evil 3 Nemesis.

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It seems Jill Valentine just managed to get cleaned up from her adventures in the original RE. When she returns to Raccoon City, it looks as though the entire Umbrella incident has been swept under the carpet. Disillusioned, she finishes STARS force, hoping to catch Chris Redfield, who has already backpacking through Europe on course to investigate Umbrella’s European headquarters. But before Jill can get out of Dodge, the zombies come back in force, putting an abrupt end to her plans.

Takes place the day / night before the events that transpire in RE2, Nemesis, ironically, is the most sophisticated of all the RE games, both graphically and in terms of gameplay. While it stays true to the format with prerendered background of the previous games, RE3 is the most accomplished of the three. If you thought the graphics in RE2 were pretty sharp, Nemesis’ are even greater detail, with a higher resolution and get this – the loading times are faster. Jill Valentine is also easy on the eyes, looking light years ahead of the comparatively blocky models in the original game. Smooth light sourcing and practically flawless character models give the game a very sharp look.

As for gameplay, still controls roughly the same. Although it would be interesting to see how the Biohazard series will act with more of a 3D platform game-control scheme, all good with RE setup find RE3′s even better. For starters, Capcom has implemented an auto-aim feature that no damage whatsoever from the challenge of the game. What this means is to keep you from wasting your ammo trying to line up shots from difficult angles. There is also a defensive avoidance, so you can dodge when an enemy attacks you, something Nemesis (he has a rocket launcher, the rat!) Do with energy. Fortunately, during your travels, you will discover that the game’s puzzles are much more reasonable, and none of that “ooh, I’m about to die, go all the way across the mansion and solve difficult puzzles to get me one antidote, only to return and discover that I’m dead anyway “stuff.

Another new feature initiated in RE3 is the ammo system. Throughout the game you will encounter all types of gunpowder, which you will use to create a wide range of ammunition for various weapons you collect. Which powders you mix together will determine what kind of ammo you come up with (explosive, acid, etc.). And you’ll want to collect as much of it to you because you will definitely need it at the end of the game. Nemesis does not go down easily. There is also a new pick-your-path feature that lets you choose one of two choices in key points in the game. Which action you choose will dictate how the game continues. You can play through this game several times and not see the same things twice – which is fantastic, but it leads us to “negative” of the game.

Honest Review Of Resident Evil Portable

If you were spoiled by the two character system in the first game, and super-spoiled by the two characters, two-disc, four-scenario system of the second game, then you will be disappointed when you discover that there is only a character and a disc to play in RE3. While this is really not all that big of a deal in comparison, is played over a lot faster than the previous two games. Indeed, apart from a brief excursion as Carlos Oliveira (an Umbrella mercenary), which you basically make your way through the game as Jill and only Jill. Fortunately, there is a not-so-mini minigame that opens up after you beat the game that lets you win points and buy weapons with unlimited ammo, which you can use to play through the main game a second time.

Although it may seem as if Resident Evil fans get cheated on this one, it’s really not the case. Judged on its own merits, Resident Evil 3 is a really excellent game. Unlike other series (Street Fighter, Tomb Raider) that offer incremental “improvements” RE lineup continues to refine an already excellent premise. This is a series of legs, and each new chapter does nothing to reduce it.

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Although it may seem as if Resident Evil fans get cheated on this one, it’s really not the case. Judged on its own merits, Resident Evil 3 is a really excellent game. Unlike other series (Street Fighter, Tomb Raider) that offer incremental “improvements” RE lineup continues to refine an already excellent premise. This is a series of legs, and each new chapter does nothing to reduce it.

Honest Review Of Resident Evil Portable

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