Resident Evil 0kay. The most attractive looking pre-rendered-era RE peddles a story that just doesn't do enough with its setting or namesake. I think this has since rightfully been regarded as sort of a Resident Evil-lite, more like an expansion pack of the original rather than its own deal and in that sense it works a little better. There's still worthwhile things offered here, the train section is as awesome as reported - and again the visuals are a knockout, the lighter puzzle with the animals is one of the best in the series, plus the partner system here really works as smooth as butter (no idea how they downgraded so goddamn bad in Resident Evil 5). I'll even defend the insanely cockamamie, much-reviled inventory managing to an extent as sort of a puzzle within itself; but it's laid on a little thick here - especially with that dumbass hookshot you always have to carry around with you which of course eats up two of your already limited inventory slots and it's never actually clear you have to use it past a certain point let alone as much as you actually do. Still, I wouldn't mind that quite as much if everything else didn't feel so tacked-on and formulaic.

Reviewed on Aug 16, 2022


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