Before playing this I couldn't really understand how it could be badly received when it has the bones of the RE2 remake. They did it well the first time, so why not again? Now I understand.

It really does feel like they didn't want to go above and beyond for this one and the result feels more like a really solid DLC for RE2 remake rather than its own full sequel. It seems to be entirely linear and lacking in interesting puzzles. The story is really predictable and doesn't stand out at all. The game likes to throw large groups of zombies at you at once in lieu of more interesting encounters. I'm actually mostly fine with how it's structured until the end where enemies are at their most annoying. The boss battles are not great which isn't necessarily a surprise, but there are some uniquely bad ones here.

I knew absolutely nothing of 3 other than Nemesis exists before this, so I am totally unable to make comparisons on that front. I get the impressions that Nemesis is all this game has going for it as far as memorability goes.