Superb audiovisual overhaul
Classic Resi gameplay
Enjoyable puzzles
Cumbersome pace
especially inventory management
Two character setup and limﷺited saves can both be annoying
PT has made Resi feel as scary as PaRappa
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What? What is this? No, not blood - it's an HD conversion of the 2002 Resident Evil prequel, which covers the origin story for the original Resi, which got 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:its own HD conversion last year. But where that conversion seemed rushed, Zero's is much more convincing, looking passable as a modern release. But it's more important than that. Since Zero represents the last entry in the 'classic' series (before 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Resident Evil 4 came out and changed everything), 🧸yet was Nintendo-exclusive until now, it might be the last taste of old Survival Horror left in the rusty faucet.
In case you're not familiar with vintage survival horror, you spend your time piloting (and I use the word advisedly) your characters through creepy, pre-rendered environments, attempting to solve puzzles to pro♏gress deeper into the game. It's almost like playing through security cameras, which restrict your view of the lumbering zombies and other monsters trying to chow down on your innards. And while you can shoot them, you have to do so from that detached, third-person viewpoint (no over-the-shoulder aiming here) and with extremely limited ammo.
Sometimes avoiding conflict is better than getting involved, which is something the modern games elected to forget, focusing instead on gunplay, headshots and crowd management. But if the classic formula sounds too familiar to you, there is a slight twist in that you have two playable characters available to you for most of the game. Yℱou can switch between them, trade items and elect to split up.
It's worth mentioning that escaped convict Billy Coen is the most early-noughties character ever devised🎃, complete with tribal tattoo down his arm. But he's a decen🦄t counter for Rebecca Chambers' headstrong rookie personality. The management of two characters and their respective inventories is arguably more hassle than it's worth, but at least it's something different in a very familiar template.
A side-mode unlocks once you finish the main game, replacing Billy with Wesker. In it, Wesker harnesses the power of Uroboros from Resi 5, with which you are able to sprint down hallways (Shadow Dash) and charge up your glowing eyes (Death Stare) to pop zombie heads. Yes, really.✤ It's super-daft and definitely not canon, but at least offers long-term fans something genuinely new to enjoy/speedrun.
| Genre | Survival Horror |
| Description | Resident Evil Zero gets the HD modernisation treatment as Resident Evil did, with shiny new visuals, improved audio fidelity and new control options. |
| Franchise name | Resident Evil |
| UK franchise name | Resident Evil |
| Platform | "Xbox One","PS4","Xbox 360","PS3","PC" |
| Release date | 1 January 1970 (US), 1 January 1970 (UK) |
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