There are a few reviews here giving the Director's Cut version of RE1 shit, getting it mixed up with the Dual-Shock DC that has the clown car music. That one deserves everything it gets but I believe the original DC is the definitive way to play classic Resident Evil 1 aside from the DS port. What a fantastic game and start to the franchise.
Assuming you're already comfortable with the tank controls that the series utilizes up to 5, RE1 DC holds up fantastically. There are some PSX era flourishes that could be changed for quality of life purposes (quick map button, auto-knife equip with button-press) that the DS version introduces but this version still plays very well for being close to 30 years old. More than any other game in the series, it feels like one big puzzle that becomes an absolute joy to put together quickly on replays. Ammo, healing, items, and enemies are all placed and paced in an almost perfect, deliberate manner. The Spencer Mansion is beautifully simple, and the environment expands in scope without ever feeling overlong. Quick to navigate and quick to beat, even on a first playthrough, it naturally encourages while rewarding you for learning and replaying with that knowledge.
The DC having arrange mode expands replayability in interesting ways after becoming grotesquely familiar with the game's placements. My only real complaint about this game is that hunters fucking suck. I can appreciate backfilling the mansion after I assume most people have essentially cleared it out but I never want to see that head-rolling end game screen again.
Assuming you're already comfortable with the tank controls that the series utilizes up to 5, RE1 DC holds up fantastically. There are some PSX era flourishes that could be changed for quality of life purposes (quick map button, auto-knife equip with button-press) that the DS version introduces but this version still plays very well for being close to 30 years old. More than any other game in the series, it feels like one big puzzle that becomes an absolute joy to put together quickly on replays. Ammo, healing, items, and enemies are all placed and paced in an almost perfect, deliberate manner. The Spencer Mansion is beautifully simple, and the environment expands in scope without ever feeling overlong. Quick to navigate and quick to beat, even on a first playthrough, it naturally encourages while rewarding you for learning and replaying with that knowledge.
The DC having arrange mode expands replayability in interesting ways after becoming grotesquely familiar with the game's placements. My only real complaint about this game is that hunters fucking suck. I can appreciate backfilling the mansion after I assume most people have essentially cleared it out but I never want to see that head-rolling end game screen again.
brockreiher
1 year ago