Games made by Rockstar are like Tarantino's movies - the setting might be different, but the distinct vibe is there. There are tons of open world GTA-likes out there, such as Sleeping Dogs and Saints Row, but none of them brings me the same kind of joy as actual GTA games. This one, despite being less similar, does. Never was a huge fan of westerns and horse riding, but loved it in this game. The gun shooting is super satisfying, didn't hear such amazing weapon sounds for so long. The story wasn't really long or complex, but meaningful and brutal, kinda like in GTA IV. The console controls kinda sucks - thumbstick aim is godawful by definition, also hated clawing my pointer finger to adjust the camera angle while mashing the A button to accelerate. Other than that - the best game I've been playing lately, hope RDR2 holds the bar.

Resident Evil, but the final laboratory part lasts the entire game and all the enemies are hunters. Is it fun? Yes, and the gameplay feels more different than I expected.

In RE you could run past enemies if you knew the game well, but for the first playthrough you'd better clear each room, so you can safely search every nook and cranny for the files and supplies. Dino Crisis is more dodging oriented - dinos are less numerous and clingy than zombies (thus easier to avoid), but have a lot of HP, respawn, and move between rooms, so you can't always create a safe zone and it surely won't be permanent. You have guns from RE: upgradable pistol, shotgun and grenade launcher, but darts are more relevant most of the time, because although they only pacify the reptile for a few seconds (unless it's poison), taking one shot, grabbing what you need and running away is easier than loading bullets and turning your encounter into a mini boss fight.

To match the more dynamic gameplay mentioned above files and supplies became more visible than in RE - files are always big colorful books and supplies are usually big floating boxes (except for some hidden ones, usually in safe areas). Mixing health items and darts became more complex and interesting. Same for the storage system, although not everyone would like this change. Just like RE required ink ribbons to save, you need plugs to activate new item boxes in DC, and considering that quest items don't take space in your inventory, I'd say it's a fair trade off between the challenge and convenience. Either way, I didn't mind neither of these mechanics.

The environment is now 3D and looks good, especially for a PS1 game. You might say that pre-rendered backgrounds from RE are more diverse and detailed, but the actual models look more convincing to me, especially on resolutions higher than native. Same high tech labs might get a bit boring after a while, but IMO they look cool and make a nice contrast with pre-historic dinosaurs. Also, the game more leans towards puzzles and codes than RE, and since the files you read don't get recorded anywhere, you gonna write down or memorize a lot if you don't want to run back and forth.
The characters are cool, the dialogues have that humorous charm from RE1, and the game sometimes lets you choose between Rick's and Gail's plan to get through certain parts. This, multiple endings and also some other minor details you certainly won't notice in one playthrough add a lot to the replay value.

Overall I still prefer Resident Evil a bit more, but Dino Crisis is surely worth it for survival horror enjoyers.

One bullet to the head or a shitton of lead to the ragdolling body - so that's where GTA Online enemy NPCs actually origin from. At least in this game they melee rather than laser accurate marksmans.

The story is good and the dialogues are hilarious - meeting familiar characters under different circumstances was a lot of fun. The gameplay - way too repetitive IMO. Very few actually new scripted missions, most of them just reuse free roam activities of defending towns and clearing cemeteries and some make you find and bring specific items, such as flowers or hogtied undeads. I don't usually like zombie shooters and enjoyed the main RDR much more, but this was a nice alternative take on the game world.

Played it as the first part of the Oracles story.
Great soundtrack and visuals, similar to Link's Awakening DX. Loved the characters design and references to the 1986 game.

Gameplay wise it's a solid Zelda, the changing seasons gimmick is neat, although it didn't keep my attention as much as the previous games. Not sure if the problem is in the game tho, probably just burned out from Zelda.

The story is rather simplistic and typical for the franchise - visit X dungeons and find X items to beat the evil guy who imprisoned the princess. But it's not a bad thing, all the dialogues and interactions with characters, learning their stories and solving their problems were charming as usual.

Played this one as a linked game, enjoyed it even more than Seasons.
It's own story is good and richer than the Seasons one, the overall conclusion that appears in the linked game is even better. For that reason I think it might be worth it to play Ages>Seasons to balance out the amount of interesting plot, although I didn't play this way myself yet.
I also really liked both new characters and returning ones from N64 Zeldas.

Just like in OoS, both music and visuals are fantastic, devs could really make wonders on a limited hardware back then. I liked the puzzle focused gameplay of Ages more than combat focused one of Seasons, but it's good they made them different. I think two games connected into one journey was an amazing concept that I would like to see more often. The only thing I didn't like - linked game became way too easy with all the rings and upgrades from the first part.

I didn't like it on my first try, probably because expected something more action driven and this seemed clunky and weird. But when I gave it another shot few months later - absolutely loved it, even though usually I'm not into horror and zombie stuff at all.

It's an interesting mix of point and click with action and limited resources survival. Fixed camera angles and prerendered background were probably a workaround to save some processing power, make the game look better and run smoother, but it also created unique gameplay and nice horror effect. Tank controls is not a problem after just a little bit of practice, and it's also necessary for this game, so you don't run in a different direction every time camera angle changes.

The story is alright, the dialogues - basically a porn movie, they probably were written by a Japanese guy who isn't very fluent in English and voiced by random people. However, you shouldn't disregard them - it's a perfect example of "so bad that it's good" which gave birth to lots of memes and catchphrases.
For the serious story you probably should be playing the Remake - heard it greatly expanded the lore and delivered the plot better. But gameplay-wise it's different from the original, so I recommend playing both.

The Saturn version claim to have reworked backgrounds, but overall looks worse than the PS1 release. 3D models look bulkier and worse, the sound quality is lacking and transparen't objects are basically a checkers board, because Saturn can't transparency. However, it's worth checking out for the minor stuff like unique enemies in the caves (didn't notice any gameplay differences from the regular Hunters but still), second Tyrant while playing as Chris, and of course, Battle Game where you clear rooms of enemies in a sequence with a given supply of ammo. It's fun and pretty challenging, although not as tough as The 4th Survivor from RE2.

For the casual playthrough I recommend playing the non-DualShock Director's Cut version. It has both the good original music unchaged and the statandard difficulty is actually based on the simplified Japanese version with auto-aim on, weaker enemies and more ink ribbons. There is also Advanced mode with some tweaks and rearrangemets and even easier difficulty.

For the hardcore enjoyers and completionists - first Saturn or OG PS1 or PC version for the standard game (as they all have the original US difficulty), then Arrange game from Director's Cut DualShock (just to check out the different soundtrack, even though it's worse).

There is also Deadly Silence remaster for the DS. Didn't try it myself yet, but should be also a solid version to play.

The game is a gem. This rerelease is overall good and considered as the best version of the game by many, but it is much easier than the original: auto-aim that can't be disabled, more saves, late game enemies consistently die from just one magnum shot. For some people it's good, but they should've kept the original difficulty as an option.

Advanced mode is a nice addition for extra replayability. It has more enemies (that all have restored HP from the original release IIRC), tweaked key item spawns and some other minor stuff. It also lets you wear alternative costumes on your first run, so you don't need to replay the EXACT same game as the same character just to try them out.

This version claimed to be uncensored, but it isn't. No big deal tho - slightly different intro FMV doesn't make the experience any worse.

For the first playthrough this Director's Cut is more preferable than the DualShock version, because it has unchanged original soundtrack which is better.

"This game kicks, but the music ain't it, it really needs some orchestral kind of stuff. And the analog stick support without actual analog input would be great." - no one ever

The original game is amazing. Regular Director's Cut is a pretty good re-release - it adds Advanced/Arrange mode and the baby difficulty, but for some reason tones down "original" difficulty as well. And this re-re-release is the same, but also changes the soundtrack to the one made by a talented ghost composer for a talented liar who convinced everyone he's Japanese Beethoven.

New tunes are generally not as bad as you may think judging by the reputation of this edition, but they're just unnecessary and inconsistent as hell. Some of them sound really well and some aren't necessarily bad, but noticeably worse fit for the scenery than the originals. And some are the basement abomination everyone loves bringing out, but actually that's the only horrible one, seems more like a mistake.

And for some reason they cut the end credits movie, now it's just a text on the plain black background regardless of the ending. Not sure why, probably because it didn't really work with the new credits music or something. Still a shame.

This version might be worth it for replays, just for the different soundtrack novelty. But your first playthrough should be either the original release, or non-DualShock Director's Cut depending on the difficulty you want.