There's a selection of good things here, stranger, though the game hasn't aged as well as I'd hoped - in particular the movement options compared to recent RE titles - but back in 2004 this was absolutely groundbreaking and I spent countless weeks churning out playthroughs. Yeah the story is paper-thin and Ashley is a one note damsel-in-distress, and the dialogue in terrible (though this does loop right around into comedy gold at points) - but goddamn the bread and butter gameplay of this game is just superb.

It starts to drag in the last chapter, but the Village & Castle sections are fantastic with great encounters and plenty of variety in enemies and setups. There's less scares than you'd expect from an RE title, but it really followed the direction of RE3 so can't put too much criticism here. This is a stone cold classic and an almost required play for anyone interested in the more modern TPS genre.

Reviewed on Nov 24, 2021


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