Capcom’s shiny new remake of Resident Evil 3 launched this morning, inviting us again to Raccoon City to benefit from the outbreak of zombitis once more – now with excellent high-fidelity brands. 1999’s game noticed the survival horror tackle extra of an explosion-y motion film vibe and that’s amplified in 2020’s remake, however it’s nonetheless fairly trad and comparatively rad.
There’s Jill Valentine once more, saddled with the Umbrella Corporation’s errors once more, which this time embody a burly lad in a bin bag who pops up every so often for a rumble. RE3 is definitely set shortly earlier than RE2, at a time when there are extra residents nonetheless alive – although not many. At instances we play as an Umbrella merc too, however one.
The remake provides the entire game a contemporary new look, with modernised controls and a few story tweaks too. It additionally consists of Resident Evil Resistance, a brand new 1v4 multiplayer mode the place survivors face off towards monsters directed by a naughty Mastermind. Weird.
Resident Evil three is out now on Steam for £50/€60/$60. It does nonetheless have a demo so you’ll be able to take a peek and see the way it runs totally free.
Our Nate, who’s not had a lot expertise with RE, stated in his Resident Evil 3 review that he wasn’t positive he £50-liked it however he did prefer it.
“More than I anticipated to love it. But on the identical time, after six hours of it, I’ve had sufficient. The spider labyrinth was astonishing, however it’s not likely a large number I’d get myself in twice, when the actual pleasure was in escaping it. I may have spent extra time discovering secrets and techniques and backtracking for loot. And there’s actually an enormous replay potential to RE3 for completionists, and people who’re keen on problem challenges. But that ain’t me. I used to be exactly within the temper for a reasonably linear, day-long collection of setpieces, and that’s precisely what I received.
For a second opinion, right here’s Matthew’s video evaluate, which additionally touches on issues like Capcom including extra connections to the Resident Evil 2 remake:
