Pretty much have the exact same feelings about this as I do with Resident Evil 4, I don't love it - rather - I just think it's sturdy enough at what it does. Though if you asked me which one I prefer, I'd say this one without much doubt - not just because it isn't affected with a primitive control scheme and obviously looks a whole lot better too, but imo RE horror > RE action. And while this still doesn't have quite as much of the former as I'd prefer, it still takes the edge on that front. Maybe it's those forebodingly lit hallways, or those fucking Lickers and their lunge attack - but realistically it's because of Mr. X, who just steals this entire game right from under everything else. When you hear his boots slam closer and closer out of the darkness and the music spikes up before he just starts rushing right at you... oh man, it is scary. I'm usually not a fan of unkillable enemies but he's a premier ripper. The side segments with Ada and Sherri are fine, the story is okay, the side content kind of sucks, a lot of it is conventional and just kind of okay imo but after something like Resident Evil 5 'okay' is an improvement. Far from one of the best remakes but it's decent as hell.