Yeah, this game kind of sucks. As an action game it's totally serviceable—at times I'd even agree it's pretty enjoyable—but as a Resident Evil game it completely falls short of the franchise's core themes and values: There is no complexity to puzzle solving; No ambiguity to objectives; No backtracking to uncover new secrets; No discretion to the plot; No player choice; No time to stop and let the story breathe; No replay value and, honestly, you can breeze through this in 2-3 hours on your first playthrough. The whole thing is a beautiful, underwhelming roller coaster ride from start to finish. It's an enormous regression from the previous remake.

Resident Evil 3 is an explosive theme park adaptation of its source material. Much like the original trilogy, it's my least favourite of the remakes so far.

"You want STARS? I'll give you [two] STARS!"

Reviewed on Aug 16, 2022


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