It's the original on the DS, all right. The GameCube version is the better version in my opinion, but this is a fun way to play the game and it has some gimmicky DS exclusive mechanics that tug on my DS loving heartstrings. Pick it up if the Arklay Mansion is your favorite Resident Evil location.
My ideal way to play the original. You get some quality of life tweaks, plus, if you’re so inclined, the rebirth mode is a nice little extra for when you want something different. 2 is better, but 1 still holds up quite well.
We are about a fourth of the way through 2024, and so far this port of Resident Evil might be the only game I have played to completetion this year. I'm at the final stretch of getting my Bachelor's degree, so in the rare times I can actually sit down and play a game, it's typically something I can turn my brain off to while talking with friends. I have played the original Resident Evil games enough to be able run through them in my sleep, so I occasionally pop one in when I have a couple of hours to spare. However this particular version of RE1 has alluded me for a while, so I decided to give it a spin AND MAN, did I love this!
Beyond some of the more DS-specific additions, the minor tweaks Deadly Silence makes to the gameplay of Resident Evil probably makes it the best playing of any of the classic tank controlled entries.
You can do a 180° turn, the knife is bound to the left bumper and no longer takes up an inventory slot, you can reload mid-clip without having to go to the menu, you can switch auto-aim targets, and can SKIP DOOR ANIMATIONS AMD CUTSCENES! In terms of base gameplay, the is without a doubt the best classic RE games has ever played. It's so good that I'm legit angry that CAPCOM never did similar ports for RE2 or RE3.
The new Rebirth mode has a bunch of curveballs for returning fans like me. This includes stuff like new puzzles and remixed enemy encounters that now include multiple enemy variants in the same room, which never happened before! The only thing that isn't a straight upgrade (outside of the lower resolution and more compressed FMVs and backgrounds) is the music, which just sounds a bit to tinny to me.
It has always baffled me that CAPCOM hasn't attempted to make their classic entries more available. As cool as the remakes are, I don't believe they actually replace the originals (even if I think REmake is better than RE1), and people should be able to play them without having to resort to becoming a fucking nerd and setting up an emulator.
I know gamers think that just cause it's easy to set up that everyone could just emulate stuff, but I'm not gonna lie, if it wasn't for things like the PS1 Classics on the PS3, there would be no way my 12 year old ass would have gone through the effort of setting up EPSXE just to play RE1 back in 2010. Having a more convenient way for people to play older stuff is how new folks typically find classic games like these, and it's a real shame that older games are just left to languish on older hardware, which only really benefits folks selling this stuff on the second hand market to dorks with too much money to spend.
Rant aside, Deadly Silence is so good that it elevated a game that I only sorta liked enough to revisit occasionally, to one that I am itching to jump back into again! IT'S SO GOOD, DUDE!
Beyond some of the more DS-specific additions, the minor tweaks Deadly Silence makes to the gameplay of Resident Evil probably makes it the best playing of any of the classic tank controlled entries.
You can do a 180° turn, the knife is bound to the left bumper and no longer takes up an inventory slot, you can reload mid-clip without having to go to the menu, you can switch auto-aim targets, and can SKIP DOOR ANIMATIONS AMD CUTSCENES! In terms of base gameplay, the is without a doubt the best classic RE games has ever played. It's so good that I'm legit angry that CAPCOM never did similar ports for RE2 or RE3.
The new Rebirth mode has a bunch of curveballs for returning fans like me. This includes stuff like new puzzles and remixed enemy encounters that now include multiple enemy variants in the same room, which never happened before! The only thing that isn't a straight upgrade (outside of the lower resolution and more compressed FMVs and backgrounds) is the music, which just sounds a bit to tinny to me.
It has always baffled me that CAPCOM hasn't attempted to make their classic entries more available. As cool as the remakes are, I don't believe they actually replace the originals (even if I think REmake is better than RE1), and people should be able to play them without having to resort to becoming a fucking nerd and setting up an emulator.
I know gamers think that just cause it's easy to set up that everyone could just emulate stuff, but I'm not gonna lie, if it wasn't for things like the PS1 Classics on the PS3, there would be no way my 12 year old ass would have gone through the effort of setting up EPSXE just to play RE1 back in 2010. Having a more convenient way for people to play older stuff is how new folks typically find classic games like these, and it's a real shame that older games are just left to languish on older hardware, which only really benefits folks selling this stuff on the second hand market to dorks with too much money to spend.
Rant aside, Deadly Silence is so good that it elevated a game that I only sorta liked enough to revisit occasionally, to one that I am itching to jump back into again! IT'S SO GOOD, DUDE!
fun to see how they did it on the DS, but quickly not so fun anymore? ya know?
Arguably the best version of RE1 with stuff like a dedicated knife button and quick turn being great additions to ease into RE1's more adventure gamey roots. You do get noticeably worse looking backgrounds and FMVs than any other version, but it's not too bad on a DS screen
LA MEJOR FORMA DE JUGAR AL CLÁSICO
Resident Evil es un título legendario que dio a conocer los juegos de terror en el gran público y si quieres jugar el clásico por conocerlo esta es sin duda la mejor versión (obviando el Remake)
La pantalla doble está excelentemente implementada al usarla para ver el mapa en todo momento y se añadió que el cuchillo fuese un arma aparte sin gastar espacio en el inventario, dos detalles que hacen al juego más rápido y cómodo.
Resident Evil es un título legendario que dio a conocer los juegos de terror en el gran público y si quieres jugar el clásico por conocerlo esta es sin duda la mejor versión (obviando el Remake)
La pantalla doble está excelentemente implementada al usarla para ver el mapa en todo momento y se añadió que el cuchillo fuese un arma aparte sin gastar espacio en el inventario, dos detalles que hacen al juego más rápido y cómodo.
Primeira vez zerando o modo Rebirth e realmente, adicionam uma BOA parcela de coisa nova nesse replay de RE1, foi muito interessante.
Sobre o port, ele melhora muito a gameplay e adiciona muitas qualidades de vida, independente do modo que você tá jogando, uma pena que ele não é lá a coisa mais bonita do mundo, os cenários são muito estourados no contraste, mas na tela do portatil não fica muito evidente.
Enfim, recomendo demais.
Sobre o port, ele melhora muito a gameplay e adiciona muitas qualidades de vida, independente do modo que você tá jogando, uma pena que ele não é lá a coisa mais bonita do mundo, os cenários são muito estourados no contraste, mas na tela do portatil não fica muito evidente.
Enfim, recomendo demais.
Either my DSi is crap or the touch screen stuff is really hit or miss. Otherwise, it's Resident Evil, albeit the hardest version of this game I've played.
To me, this is the definitive way to play RE1 OG, it has all the enhancements that were also in the sequels (quick turn, your posture changing on low health etc), the OG soundtrack aaand you can touch your character! You wanna touch Jill or Chris' butt? Go ahead! You wanna touch Chris' hair or Jill's boobs? Go ahead too! Of course there is no truly defintiive RE1, as this doesnt have say, Battle Mode from Saturn, every costume from every version and so on but as far as playing RE1 goes, this is it. I tried many times on the PS1 version, PC version and hacks for PS1 attempting to fix the bad sides of the Director's Cut but it just wasn't working for me, it was hard to go to after having played 2 and 3 but DS did it the best for me, it goes to show that sometimes there is no true wrong way to play a game and it's best to seek a way and seek how you wanna play it yourself. I thought about skipping to REmake too but I didn't wanna do that, I wanted the original first, that I also wanna emphasize cuz one time I switched to Persona 3 FES instead of Portable and that wasn't so fun cuz I wanted Portable...anyway.
You can easily use melonDS to upscale it to the level of PS1 graphics, no need to worry about a tiny screen or lower than usual poly here! Only change that I think that strays away from the original a bit too much is that the knife doesn't take an inventory space anymore and you get it out by holding L just like in Resident Evil 4. I'm not crazy about this change but considering this is the only RE where you should have a knife at one point in your inventory, it saves a lot of backtracking to the item box (REmake can vouch for that for me personally) which I appreciate lol, also a speedrun advantage for those interested I'm sure
I got the best endings, first played Jill's campaign, then Chris', I did the opposite order for REmake when I played it later in the same year lol
You can easily use melonDS to upscale it to the level of PS1 graphics, no need to worry about a tiny screen or lower than usual poly here! Only change that I think that strays away from the original a bit too much is that the knife doesn't take an inventory space anymore and you get it out by holding L just like in Resident Evil 4. I'm not crazy about this change but considering this is the only RE where you should have a knife at one point in your inventory, it saves a lot of backtracking to the item box (REmake can vouch for that for me personally) which I appreciate lol, also a speedrun advantage for those interested I'm sure
I got the best endings, first played Jill's campaign, then Chris', I did the opposite order for REmake when I played it later in the same year lol
Très bon remake.
Oubliez pas d'appuyer sur eux avec le stylet :3
Oubliez pas d'appuyer sur eux avec le stylet :3
La mejor versión de BIOHAZARD sin duda alguna. Aparte de conservar el juego base y darle leves mejoras como el giro a 180° o el tener un botón especifico para el cuchillo (Aparte de que ya no ocupa espacio en el inventario), tambien incluye un montón de agregados divertidos y el modo renacimiento es una extraña cruza entre cosas que se han visto en el remake y la director's cut. Si, el juego se convierte mas que nada en acción lenta y visceral en este modo, pero eso lo hace tan divertido en un inicio. ¿Y YA MENCIONÉ QUE PUEDES TOCARLE EL CULO A JILL Y REBECCA?
JOGO FINALIZADO COM A JILL (Nintendo DS)
Ele replica tudo do Resident Evil 1 clássico porém portado para o Nitendo DS, com gráficos melhorados, e com novas mecanicas utilizando o microfone e a caneta Stylus.
Os problemas que o jogo tem são os mesmos que tinham no clássico, dublagem e atuação horrorosa e o furo de roteiro que tem mas não irei falar aqui pois é Spoiler.
No geral um bom jogo vale a pena conferir
Ele replica tudo do Resident Evil 1 clássico porém portado para o Nitendo DS, com gráficos melhorados, e com novas mecanicas utilizando o microfone e a caneta Stylus.
Os problemas que o jogo tem são os mesmos que tinham no clássico, dublagem e atuação horrorosa e o furo de roteiro que tem mas não irei falar aqui pois é Spoiler.
No geral um bom jogo vale a pena conferir
I was amazed when I saw this running on the DS, great game for the system!
Playing a full version of Resident Evil on the go was a hard flex back then on my friend's group
Melhor versão do Resident Evil 1, modos de jogo novos pro DS, mapa mais intuitivo de olhar e bons controles
Bom jogo! Até esqueço que zerei ele, finalmente pude ver como foi o primeiro Resident evil, zerei com detonado, pois não quis gastar tempo da minha vida quebrando a cabeça, também zerei no easy, mas cara, é o original né, a origem de tudo, para época foi um avanço slk, gostei do port, recomendo, mas é aquilo né, é um jogo datado, se vc não tem paciencia para jogar jogo tanque, vc não vai se prender muito.
I dont belive this game actually exists
Una buena manera de jugar al primer Resident Evil en una portátil.
kinda cracked
Playing this just for the original mode, re1 still holds up and is really fun to play through although some of the itembox and save point locations were really evil. Like no you cant save and have items in the same place GO walk for 6 minutes NOW
For a hardcore RE fanboy, the multi-player mode where you can play as the ill-fated Bravo Team members was a selling point for me.
The best version of the original Resident Evil. Multiple game modes, superb controls and visuals, they included the uncensored opening video and has no cut content from the console releases. A must play.