Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (New RE Game)

[zoobernut]

The red screen thing is very specific and doesn't happen very often. It isn't just from taking damage. In the 10 or 15 minute demo we played it didn't happen to me once.

[Dmitry]

I hope it doesn't say "You are bleeding - zombies hunger for you" every time it happens because that is retarded

[Insanecyclone]

[6souls]

Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D (Machinima review)

Publisher: Capcom / Developer: Capcom / ESRB: Mature (Blood and Gore, Violence) / Played On: Nintendo 3DS / MSRP: $39.99

With Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D, Capcom has taken the popular mini-game extra from Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil 5 and expanded it into a full retail release. You control any of series stars Chris Redfield, Claire Redfield, Jill Valentine, HUNK, Jack Krauser, Barry Burton, or Albert Wesker and embark on the ultimate offensive against the zombie horde.

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Graphics

At first glance, Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D is one of the better-looking 3DS games of late courtesy of its detailed character models and 3D effects. Thankfully, when the 3D effect is turned on, the frame rate and on-screen action don’t suffer. However the 3D causes the anti-aliasing to take a hit, making objects and characters look jagged.

The 3D effect isn’t necessary to play this game. However, if it is used, judging distance between your character and enemies becomes easier. All of your character animations–like jumping–are canned, so you don’t need to gauge distance with 3D turned on.

Besides the detailed characters, there isn’t much that graphically impresses in Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D. Environments are static and recycled; there are no moving components. The only interactive objects in the levels are oil drums, treasure chests, boxes and ladders. Also, enemy animations and explosions are choppy from a distance.

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Control

You control your character in this RE title with the same clunky controls that were used in RE4 and RE5. Thankfully, you run by default and have to hold a button in order to walk. The frantic pace of the game will prevent you from ever idly strolling when zombies are on your tail, though.

One major improvement on the controls is that aiming is now in first-person. This makes aiming a breeze. Pulling off limb and headshots are completely natural. Plus, you can now move in only four directions (forwards, backwards, left, right) while aiming. The change to this perspective was a wise decision on Capcom’s part, because a third-person view would cause your character to take up too much space on screen. However, make sure you watch your back, because when you aim down the sights, it’s vulnerable.

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The touch screen on the 3DS is useful, with six slots (three for items and three for weapons) and a mini-map. Another saving grace is you can now reload while moving by simply tapping the icon of your equipped weapon. The A-button on the 3DS is a hot key for health herbs, but I wish that another button was used to reload instead of the system’s second screen.

The major issue with the controls is that they don’t belong in an arcade shooter built around combos and a high score. These controls were meant for survival horror. Mapping this type of control to this genre was like putting 18-wheeler handling in a kart racer.

Stopping to shoot is cumbersome and can cause frequent deaths, which I found frustrating. Most of my deaths felt like a fault of the controls and not my lack of skill. The controls always keep you on edge and can impede you from enjoying your experience.

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Gameplay

The game fundamentals are simple in RE and that’s a not a great thing. You kill enemies in quick succession to build combos, which yield points. There is a time limit within each level, but there are time extensions placed around the environment to lengthen your available potential for kills. In order to progress through the game you have to make a final grade of B or higher on each level.

You do this for the entire game. There are no other modes or varying objectives. You simply kill the same enemies over and over. Needless to say, this is generic. The only hook that kept me coming back were the unlockables: new characters, costumes, abilities, and achievements. However they didn’t keep me engrossed for long.

Abilities play a minor roll in the gameplay and do little to diversify the tired game mechanics. There are only four characters to unlock and most can be attained before the end of the game. Achievements aren’t clearly defined, so acquiring them is always a surprise occurrence.

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Bottom Line

Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D is stunning because of its lack of content. The game would work better as a downloadable from the Nintendo eShop for a quarter of its retail amount. Put simply, there is not enough game for the hardcore gamer.

5.5/10

http://blog.machinima.com/insidegami...ies-3d-review/

[fantasticdan]

A bit off topic, but are the first two dino crisis games worth playing? Up until recently I assumed they were all just lightgun games, I had no idea they were originally "resident evil with dinosaurs".

[Odesseiron]

A bit off topic, but are the first two dino crisis games worth playing? Up until recently I assumed they were all just lightgun games, I had no idea they were originally "resident evil with dinosaurs".

I thought part 1 was great at the time. Now, I dunno how it'd hold up. I guess if I can play the original RE< this would still be okay. Dino Crisis 2 made the game a lot more of an action/adventure game, but from what I remember it was still worth playing. 3 on xbox was complete shit and should not have even been named Dino Crisis

[Insanecyclone]

This seems to be 'Resident Evil General' lately.

[Gokulo]

Nice, me wants.

[Salodin]

So it's only veronika and 4 that are being remastered?

[AoE]

The only two that's been ported to hell in back. lol

Won't lie though, wouldn't mind seeing a remake for RE2 and RE3. My first was RE2, played only a small bit of RE3 (because I played like a scared bitch) and then really got into the series with the RE1 remake and beyond.

[Insanecyclone]

[Salodin]

The hunters look bad ass. This is actually all looking rather good, it looks like it has a little of the atmosphere of RE2 with the fast action of RE5

[Dmitry]

That looks way better than RE5's action. I wish they would make games where you can customize who you play as with different loadouts, hate getting stuck playing chicks cuz they have what I usually want.

I did notice that they were moving the joystick when they got grabbed, why the fuck wasn't that available for The Mercenaries? Fast paced action (lol) lead to slow 3 button sequence that was formerly moving the joystick.

[Katlan]

well it obviously has the atmosphere of RE2.. calling out the obvious here... I mean its designed to take place during the events of RE2

[Insanecyclone]

[Insanecyclone]

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/29/re...leon-on-march/


Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City chasing down Leon on March 20, 2012

Grab your vial of T-Virus antidote and a swath of bullets, as Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is set to launch just five short months from now on March 20, 2012. Unfortunately for PC owners, the wait will be a bit longer, as the game will initially launch on just Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, with the PC version launching at an unnamed date after that.

Beyond revealing the launch date, Capcom also ran down the contents of the game's "Special Edition," which contains a "Steelbook with exclusive art," an "Umbrella Security Service" patch, a "stylized foil sleeve" (what?), a "Spec Ops Field Unit" patch, and eight bonus weapons. And hey, if you pre-order at GameStop, BestBuy, or Amazon, you'll snag yourself a bonus outfit for each of the game's playable characters. Maybe it'll make Bertha look less creepy, eh?

[Insanecyclone]

[BadKarma]

Game looks fucking tight.

[Dmitry]

I'm still skeptical about all this, but that trailer was pretty good. I'll probably get the collector's edition because those patches sound like they'd be cool.

[Insanecyclone]