Pretty god awful Resident Evil game that does away with all the liminal eeriness and meditative downtime even 5 had shimmers of in favor of some prime-cut ham and questionably intentional campiness. Tragic as that may be, why shouldn't this series reinvent the wheel as it's so often done? Resident Evil was basically an Eastern game company's attempt at rivaling western horror sensibilities anyway; why shouldn't that grow to involve American military shooters so popular during the 7th generation? Why can't Leon Kennedy jump between skyscrapers while fighting a kaiju-sized eugenicist with generic a 9mm pistol to avenge the president? Had Capcom continued down this trajectory of co-op campaigns instead of retreating to the safety of remakes we'd probably have some of the finest to talk about right now.

Reviewed on Jul 04, 2023


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