... and I really, really want to play through it again. I absolutely adored it.
Years ago, I played through the original Resident Evil with a friend at his house, having never owned a Playstation until the PS2 era. Resi 2 and 3 had therefore become games that I was informed by through pop culture, their various remakes in stuff like Darkside Chronicles etc, as well as references in the (ugh) movies and further other games.
So, a month before the Resident Evil 2 remake came out I played original Resi 2 and thought it was fantastic. I still love the camp, the tank controls, the puzzles etc. Though aged, all those things still felt great to me. And then the remake came out and I played it and of course loved it, but with a real newfound love and respect of the original Resi 2.
Resi 3 however was a different matter. I'm not sure what I can really constitute it to but my feelings on it over the years were that it wasn't especially great. That as a game originally developed as a spin-off that was then turned into a numbered entry in its last two months of development, it was therefore a compromised game on the whole. That it was too short and nowhere near ambitious like Resi 2 with its A's and B's and C's etc plotlines. That Nemesis was just a reskin of Mr. X and a chore to combat throughout the game.
Well... having played through it all over 9 hours for the first time a few days ago, I'm so glad to be wrong. I thought the game, frankly, was fucking fantastic. The things I loved about 2, like the tank controls and puzzles, are things that I still loved here. However, I had no idea about the choices system, which I thought was wonderful. I didn't realise that events in the story can play out differently depending on when you arrive at certain locations first, or late. I also didn't think the game was going to have good atmosphere because I heard for so long that it was more of an action game. Well, to be honest, between the original trilogy I honestly think Resident Evil 3 might have my favourite atmosphere of all three games.
All in all I was just really blown away by Nemesis. After so many years of treating it, from a distance, like a lesser experience the biggest surprise was how much I adored it, and how fresh it still felt, all these years later. And not only did I enjoy it so much, I also actually think I'm going to replay it one more time before the remake releases...
Years ago, I played through the original Resident Evil with a friend at his house, having never owned a Playstation until the PS2 era. Resi 2 and 3 had therefore become games that I was informed by through pop culture, their various remakes in stuff like Darkside Chronicles etc, as well as references in the (ugh) movies and further other games.
So, a month before the Resident Evil 2 remake came out I played original Resi 2 and thought it was fantastic. I still love the camp, the tank controls, the puzzles etc. Though aged, all those things still felt great to me. And then the remake came out and I played it and of course loved it, but with a real newfound love and respect of the original Resi 2.
Resi 3 however was a different matter. I'm not sure what I can really constitute it to but my feelings on it over the years were that it wasn't especially great. That as a game originally developed as a spin-off that was then turned into a numbered entry in its last two months of development, it was therefore a compromised game on the whole. That it was too short and nowhere near ambitious like Resi 2 with its A's and B's and C's etc plotlines. That Nemesis was just a reskin of Mr. X and a chore to combat throughout the game.
Well... having played through it all over 9 hours for the first time a few days ago, I'm so glad to be wrong. I thought the game, frankly, was fucking fantastic. The things I loved about 2, like the tank controls and puzzles, are things that I still loved here. However, I had no idea about the choices system, which I thought was wonderful. I didn't realise that events in the story can play out differently depending on when you arrive at certain locations first, or late. I also didn't think the game was going to have good atmosphere because I heard for so long that it was more of an action game. Well, to be honest, between the original trilogy I honestly think Resident Evil 3 might have my favourite atmosphere of all three games.
All in all I was just really blown away by Nemesis. After so many years of treating it, from a distance, like a lesser experience the biggest surprise was how much I adored it, and how fresh it still felt, all these years later. And not only did I enjoy it so much, I also actually think I'm going to replay it one more time before the remake releases...
