Surprisingly fun light gun shooter that does a really good job at condensing the plots of RE2 and Code Veronica into short more cinematic experiences. For example in RE2 Claire and Leon are together the entire time which allows for fun character development between them and keeps the experience nice and tight by eliminating the need for two scenarios which would probably be a bit much for this kind of game.
Biggest standout and the only reason I’m bothering to write this review is that this games retelling of Code Veronica fixes everything that was wrong with the writing acting and directing in the original game and actually produces an engaging and enjoyable story with fun chemistry between Steve and Claire and a more restrained Alfred Ashford. Steve is still kind of a brat but is actually likable in this game instead of being a a cartoonishly angsty teenager that might as well have been yelling “shut up mom!” whenever Claire spoke to him.
Biggest rec is for fans of Code Veronica so they can see an actually good version of that story. Wish this had been the case for the original game because gameplay in CV is great but it has by far the worst writing of any RE game I’ve played so far - to such a degree that some people say it ruins the game for them, which is saying a lot since this is a Resident Evil game. The standard for an RE story to be passably good is generally pretty low.
Play this if you’re one of these folks or someone in the mood for a pretty good light gun game that’s surprisingly challenging at points and has nice replay value and the option for 2 player couch co-op, which seems fun and likely adds to the feeling of playing an actual arcade light gun game.
Biggest standout and the only reason I’m bothering to write this review is that this games retelling of Code Veronica fixes everything that was wrong with the writing acting and directing in the original game and actually produces an engaging and enjoyable story with fun chemistry between Steve and Claire and a more restrained Alfred Ashford. Steve is still kind of a brat but is actually likable in this game instead of being a a cartoonishly angsty teenager that might as well have been yelling “shut up mom!” whenever Claire spoke to him.
Biggest rec is for fans of Code Veronica so they can see an actually good version of that story. Wish this had been the case for the original game because gameplay in CV is great but it has by far the worst writing of any RE game I’ve played so far - to such a degree that some people say it ruins the game for them, which is saying a lot since this is a Resident Evil game. The standard for an RE story to be passably good is generally pretty low.
Play this if you’re one of these folks or someone in the mood for a pretty good light gun game that’s surprisingly challenging at points and has nice replay value and the option for 2 player couch co-op, which seems fun and likely adds to the feeling of playing an actual arcade light gun game.
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@miramiraotw yeah I was really pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the pared down stories of both games. The renewed interest there seems to be right now for adapting video games into movies or tv shows and had me thinking a lot about how different games can be adapted and how difficult it would be to do so for a lot of them. Very intrigued so see how the live action Legend of Zelda movie turns out because I tbh can’t think of many series that would be more difficult to adapt. I’m assuming it’ll be bad but curious to see how the writer / director tries to adapt it. Anyway this game honestly serves as a good example of adaptation done really well. it’s essentially adapting the original games into a very different much more cinematic genre, which certainly requires a lot of good judgement and creativity and could have been done really poorly.
MiraMiraOTW
2 months ago