I've never played Resident Evil 3: Nemesis so my disappoint here doesn't come from this serves as a remake but more as it serves as a remake of Resident Evil 2. Sure, all the things that make Resident Evil 2 are here - the game feels great, the game looks great, the game sounds great (probably better music) but everything that Resident Evil 2 exceled at is lacking here. Hardly any exploration or puzzle solving, it's mostly a linear roller coaster that occasionally will give you a street to vaguely explore - but here they really smother you in resources. Never once did I feel overwhelmed by the enemies because I always had at dozens of bullets at my disposable, and combined with the sheer amount of save rooms and checkpoints really make Resident Evil 3 pretty easy and not at all scary.
Nemesis is lame as hell. Annoying and not at all scary - just a worse Mr. X that became very tiresome from literally the opening. That being said, the second to last boss fight with the fella was pretty fun and challenging, but the actual final boss fight was such tacked on bullshit that it really soured the game overall - like the last 20 minutes or so was such a slog. Speaking of which, the first half an hour or so is also pretty terrible, like you don't go more than a few seconds without a cutscene at points - which have literally no tension cause like you cant exactly die in a cutscene. Man.
Also for how short this was it feels very bloated somehow. Maybe it's because of the repeated locations and lack of enemy variety - especially coming from 2 where everything felt fresh. The ending suffers from this the most where these flat characters are spewing the least charming one liners against some major bullshit. Also Jill and Carlos were pretty boring protagonists. I mean, Carlos is kinda funny at times and I probably enjoyed his sequences the most but he's still generic military man at the end of the day.
Oh well. From what I know this seems to be the black sheep of modern Resident Evil, so hopefully I'll enjoy the other games a whole lot more. On to 7 next. Or 1.
Nemesis is lame as hell. Annoying and not at all scary - just a worse Mr. X that became very tiresome from literally the opening. That being said, the second to last boss fight with the fella was pretty fun and challenging, but the actual final boss fight was such tacked on bullshit that it really soured the game overall - like the last 20 minutes or so was such a slog. Speaking of which, the first half an hour or so is also pretty terrible, like you don't go more than a few seconds without a cutscene at points - which have literally no tension cause like you cant exactly die in a cutscene. Man.
Also for how short this was it feels very bloated somehow. Maybe it's because of the repeated locations and lack of enemy variety - especially coming from 2 where everything felt fresh. The ending suffers from this the most where these flat characters are spewing the least charming one liners against some major bullshit. Also Jill and Carlos were pretty boring protagonists. I mean, Carlos is kinda funny at times and I probably enjoyed his sequences the most but he's still generic military man at the end of the day.
Oh well. From what I know this seems to be the black sheep of modern Resident Evil, so hopefully I'll enjoy the other games a whole lot more. On to 7 next. Or 1.
VCgalaxy42
10 months ago