NOTE: Vague-ish spoilers in this review, nothing plot related though
This game is really unique in the RE series in that so many aspects of it draw from previous titles, to both positive and negative effect.
The early portions are easily the best and scariest parts of the game (although I really like the Lucas stuff too) and feel very "resident evil-y" with the classic survival horror/puzzle elements. There's some RE1/RE2 influence here, but all in all, the game carves its own identity pretty well. As it went on, though, I noticed that this began to fade--the boss fights and level design progressively took more and more from RE4 (sometimes a good thing, sometimes not so much). The boat portion, AKA the weakest part of the whole game, takes heavily from RE Revelations 1, a video game that is the EPITOME of mid. Things sorta pick up once you go back to playing as Ethan at the end, but never quite reach the same highs.
Overall though, this game is really solid. I had a good time playing it, and am definitely looking forward to Village. Resident Evil in 1st person is a bit of a trip but I'm a fan. If i could give it a 7.5 I would, but I'll be generous with the 4-star.
This game is really unique in the RE series in that so many aspects of it draw from previous titles, to both positive and negative effect.
The early portions are easily the best and scariest parts of the game (although I really like the Lucas stuff too) and feel very "resident evil-y" with the classic survival horror/puzzle elements. There's some RE1/RE2 influence here, but all in all, the game carves its own identity pretty well. As it went on, though, I noticed that this began to fade--the boss fights and level design progressively took more and more from RE4 (sometimes a good thing, sometimes not so much). The boat portion, AKA the weakest part of the whole game, takes heavily from RE Revelations 1, a video game that is the EPITOME of mid. Things sorta pick up once you go back to playing as Ethan at the end, but never quite reach the same highs.
Overall though, this game is really solid. I had a good time playing it, and am definitely looking forward to Village. Resident Evil in 1st person is a bit of a trip but I'm a fan. If i could give it a 7.5 I would, but I'll be generous with the 4-star.