Fun game! But not really a true resident evil experience
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles is a first person, on the rail’s shooter, light shooter arcade game for the Wii that tells a non-canon recap of the original Resident Evil 0, The Resident Evil 1 GameCube Remake and the original Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. It also lets us play side stories and mission that took place in between these games and a full extra story mode about the downfall of umbrella at the end, which all of those extra stories are considered canon, so before the new “RE2 Remake style REmake” universe started that currently as of the time of writing this includes RE2, RE3, RE4, RE7 and RE8. So, playing these before those came out was a great way to experience the full story in a cinematic way and get extra stories that happen in the universe on the side and although the missions that remake the events of 1,0 and 3 aren’t considered canon they still are a great way to see the old games story without having to buy an old console, of course now you can just download the originals on pc or like I said these don’t really retell the story well anymore considering these games have been getting remakes that seem to fit into their own universe anyways its still great fun to play these if you are into arcade on the rail shooters or just simply want to see these bonus side stories. As on the rails shooter there is no puzzle solving or anything like that, as the player you go along for the ride and see everything from your characters perspectives as they rush though the retold levels of the classic games and shoot at whatever comes on screen. The monsters are mostly all classic versions of creatures from the older games with some new characters and enemies in the bonus missions and the Umbrellas End story is an entirely original story about umbrellas downfall. You have an infinite ammo basic pistol and a weapon wheel of regular guns from the series that require ammo that you can get by aiming over items on screen and collecting them as they come up. The environments are also breakable and allow for you to find hidden objects and healing items. This game can be a bit frustrating towards the end especially if you are playing it alone, so I suggest playing it with a friend, it’s a lot more fun. The way they retell the stories of the original games is pretty spot on most of the time but also has moments where they go off the rails so to speak and do their own thing, but the general story is pretty accurate. One minor thing that irked me was the RE1 remake story in this game just ignores Barry for some dumb reason and doesn’t mention or show him ever even though he’s supposed to be there, and I couldn’t tell you why. I also wasn’t a huge fan of how they told RE3s old story and that’s more of what I’m talking about when I say it goes “off the rails” but again as a shooter game whatever its fun, I’m pretty sure the new universe they are making in the Remakes are what’s canon now anyways. The bonus stories were really cool, and I wish Umbrellas End was its own game but that will probably never happen and as fun as it is obviously the real resident evil games especially a lot of the remakes are much more fun and worth the time but I do wish this game would get a remastered port or a remake or something because I did enjoy it and if you are a new comer and want to experience it unless you have a Wii or a PS3 you probably won’t be able to experience this, though I’m sure it’s probably playable on a PC with the right emulators but I’d much rather get a remastered port for the switch or something. This game did get a sequel called “The Dark Side Chronicles” and I will go over that one next. Overall if you like Resident Evil, on the rail arcade shooters or just have a Wii and wanna experience something new I do highly recommend this game its just not a true survival horror game it’s a fun action shooter like something you’d see at a Dave n Buster or round 1 machine but on a disc.
7.5/10
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles is a first person, on the rail’s shooter, light shooter arcade game for the Wii that tells a non-canon recap of the original Resident Evil 0, The Resident Evil 1 GameCube Remake and the original Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. It also lets us play side stories and mission that took place in between these games and a full extra story mode about the downfall of umbrella at the end, which all of those extra stories are considered canon, so before the new “RE2 Remake style REmake” universe started that currently as of the time of writing this includes RE2, RE3, RE4, RE7 and RE8. So, playing these before those came out was a great way to experience the full story in a cinematic way and get extra stories that happen in the universe on the side and although the missions that remake the events of 1,0 and 3 aren’t considered canon they still are a great way to see the old games story without having to buy an old console, of course now you can just download the originals on pc or like I said these don’t really retell the story well anymore considering these games have been getting remakes that seem to fit into their own universe anyways its still great fun to play these if you are into arcade on the rail shooters or just simply want to see these bonus side stories. As on the rails shooter there is no puzzle solving or anything like that, as the player you go along for the ride and see everything from your characters perspectives as they rush though the retold levels of the classic games and shoot at whatever comes on screen. The monsters are mostly all classic versions of creatures from the older games with some new characters and enemies in the bonus missions and the Umbrellas End story is an entirely original story about umbrellas downfall. You have an infinite ammo basic pistol and a weapon wheel of regular guns from the series that require ammo that you can get by aiming over items on screen and collecting them as they come up. The environments are also breakable and allow for you to find hidden objects and healing items. This game can be a bit frustrating towards the end especially if you are playing it alone, so I suggest playing it with a friend, it’s a lot more fun. The way they retell the stories of the original games is pretty spot on most of the time but also has moments where they go off the rails so to speak and do their own thing, but the general story is pretty accurate. One minor thing that irked me was the RE1 remake story in this game just ignores Barry for some dumb reason and doesn’t mention or show him ever even though he’s supposed to be there, and I couldn’t tell you why. I also wasn’t a huge fan of how they told RE3s old story and that’s more of what I’m talking about when I say it goes “off the rails” but again as a shooter game whatever its fun, I’m pretty sure the new universe they are making in the Remakes are what’s canon now anyways. The bonus stories were really cool, and I wish Umbrellas End was its own game but that will probably never happen and as fun as it is obviously the real resident evil games especially a lot of the remakes are much more fun and worth the time but I do wish this game would get a remastered port or a remake or something because I did enjoy it and if you are a new comer and want to experience it unless you have a Wii or a PS3 you probably won’t be able to experience this, though I’m sure it’s probably playable on a PC with the right emulators but I’d much rather get a remastered port for the switch or something. This game did get a sequel called “The Dark Side Chronicles” and I will go over that one next. Overall if you like Resident Evil, on the rail arcade shooters or just have a Wii and wanna experience something new I do highly recommend this game its just not a true survival horror game it’s a fun action shooter like something you’d see at a Dave n Buster or round 1 machine but on a disc.
7.5/10