Top critical review
3.0 out of 5 starsNothing like the original RE games, but decent for a different franchise.
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2017
I am not a big review writer at all but I just want the let the Resident Evil fans from the 90s know that this game is nothing like the original games and the story does not have anything to do with the characters we all loved for over 20 years. I would actually have given the game more stars if it wasn't called Resident Evil. I agree with the other reviewers that the game doesn't play like Silent Hill but the monster bosses are similar to those that you would face in Silent Hill or The Evil Within. I don't consider people that mutate into monsters that then mutate into massively sized monster bosses, to be equivalent to the zombies we are used to as in the walking undead, especially if you played the earlier games. The scare factor is true as other reviewers have said, but you can go a lot of the way through the game before encountering the bosses walking around that you hide from mostly, who later on mutate into the monster bosses you have to kill to progress in the story.
Again, I am not knocking the game itself, it is fun due to the scare factor and you do have to find items and figure out puzzles to progress in the story like the old Resident Evils, but I miss having zombies everywhere that you have to kill and try not dying to or waste all your ammo on. But I could just be one of those 32 year olds that have yet to adapt to the change in video game franchises that I have played for years and years. Similar to how Call of Duty has changed immensely to resemble Halo/Destiny and other futuristic games and is a lot less about modern warfare, but I digress. Could just be me but I will forever miss how the original games played such as RE0, RE, RE2, RE3, RE Code Veronica. RE4, RE5, RE6, and RE Revelations 1 and 2, were good games in their own right too, but it wasn't like the originals. However, these had zombies everywhere so it felt more like RE. This one just feels like a total different franchise I am playing.
Just my opinion, not trying to influence you either way to buy this game or not. As I repeatedly said, it is fun and interesting and worth a play through. But I wouldn't play it again and the older games I have replayed more than 100 times. Have fun and enjoy!
Edit: Forgot to mention the graphics for the Xbox One version do not look that good. Not sure what it looks like for the other versions but there are some parts in the game where it looks decent then other parts where it looks horrible, Mia's hair for one thing (haha you will see) and the grass in the Yard part looks like it all blends to one. I was surprised since the previous RE games weren't bad at all especially for their times when they came out.
