Looks like, Capcom did not dissemble when she said that Resident Evil: Resistance included in the remake Resident evil 3 to increase the value of new items. Critics, in general, have the same opinion.
The main consensus among journalists is that the developers got a good game, but the overall level of performance turned out to be much lower than last year’s and excellent Resident evil 2, which many nominated for the title of the best game of 2019.
To begin with, the quiet passage of the third part, which has only one scenario and lacks branching from the original of 1999, will take about six hours – this is less than the second part, where there were also two main characters.
Secondly, many complain about the pace of the narration and the gameplay: the developers seem to be unable to decide what they are doing – a horror with elements of survival or an ordinary action. As a result, rather, it turned out to be a rather bright, but walk-through action movie, where there is rarely a shortage of supplies.
Thirdly, apparently, it was not in vain that the game lost the subtitle “Nemesis” – according to critics, the local mutant turned out to be “none”.
Yes, it is much faster and more dangerous than Mr. X from the Resident Evil 2 remake, but Nemesis relies much less on its artificial intelligence and much more on developers’ scripts. In addition, he has much less “screen time”.
This is most likely due to linear locations where there is nowhere to turn around. The Rakkun City police station from RE2 allowed to deceive or bypass the tyrant, while in RE3 you usually either have to escape to the script or fight in a closed location.
Among other problems are called linearity, the absence of puzzles, the inability to study many previously covered locations, many intrusive and unnecessary videos, as well as the increased rhythm of the gameplay, which seems to break the excellent combat of the second part.
In general, some critics note that the Resident Evil 3 remake partially fell victim to high expectations – after Resident Evil 7 and Resident Evil 2, many expected to see another great Resident Evil, but the third part remake, like the original at the time, was simply worse.
The novelty was supposedly rushed to release so that players with still fresh memories of the beautiful RE2 would rush for the sequel.
At the same time, you should not think that the game turned out bad. She’s just worse than her two predecessors, who until recently returned Resident Evil to his glorious name. RE Engine, for example, produces an amazing picture that impresses even more than the second part.
Remake of Resident Evil 3 is a series of action scenes glued together with a weak story with many videos. It is similar to what the series turned into after Resident Evil 4, when we eventually came to the terrible Resident Evil 6. I do not want this to happen again.
PC Gamer (58/100)
Many put reviews, however, without taking into account Resident Evil: Resistance – an asymmetric multiplayer, where four survivors have to confront a villain who sets traps, opponents, and the like.
Resident Evil 3 arrives April 3 on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
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