Yeah it's not like this is an occasional thing for review threads, most of them end up like this so I really don't see the point in them. Just an opportunity for the community to show their asses which they never pass up.
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Resident Evil 3 Review Thread
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Yeah it's not like this is an occasional thing for review threads, most of them end up like this so I really don't see the point in them. Just an opportunity for the community to show their asses which they never pass up.
I don't personally think it's coming any time in the foreseeable future anyway
yep also those rumours about a expanded clocktower (like it would be the new re2 RPD) and playable spencer mansion flashbacks
man such wasted potential, it really hurts because i love the og re3 and i love jill
Clocktower was THE iconic location in RE3. Of all locations to cut that wasn't it. Unbelievable.
Those areas weren't particularly expansive in the first place and presumably to go with the pacing of this project.
Nah, I remember it being just as short, with the added benefit of encouraging replays with the choice system. Resident Evil in general, the originals, were always shorter experiences bolstered by the replay-ability. Not 12+ hr games. RE2 included.
Sucks for the many cut parts, it seems like developers were given a deadline to deliver the game one year after RE2 no matter what.
I'm actually happy that Nemesis isn't used everywhere because I don't like the mechanic, same for MisterX, being forced to run away from invincible enemy having to guess where developers want me to go to resume normal gameplay becomes quickly boring to me.
This game was bound to have lower reviews than RE2 just like happened with the originals on Psone.
Fatigue is a thing, when you launch pretty much the same thing just a year later cutting also on expected things/features...it was just bound to happen.
Still seems a great 8/10 horror game, not every game is supposed to be GOTY, masterpiece category to be worth playing.
I'm actually happy that Nemesis isn't used everywhere because I don't like the mechanic, same for MisterX, being forced to run away from invincible enemy having to guess where developers want me to go to resume normal gameplay becomes quickly boring to me.
This game was bound to have lower reviews than RE2 just like happened with the originals on Psone.
Fatigue is a thing, when you launch pretty much the same thing just a year later cutting also on expected things/features...it was just bound to happen.
Still seems a great 8/10 horror game, not every game is supposed to be GOTY, masterpiece category to be worth playing.
Have you ever read a review thread on this site? Literally every single one goes the same way.
Solid scores! As a huge fan of old RE3 I'm disappointed that they cut so much stuff but I'm still looking forward to blasting through this over the weekend.
The upside is that it is nice to know I will probably be finished with the game before Final Fantasy 7 comes out. And the $46 price at GMG is probably not going to be beaten for a while.
It's the kind of purchase I would probably pass up if all were normal in the world......but right now I've got so much time that I can spend with games, I might as well take advantage.
There's still save points but you can save indefinitely. I still felt the tension while playing but obviously I always had that thought at the back of my mind that I had a safety net.
It's fucking strange that being in an intense hot spot for coronavirus is gonna delay my purchase of my favorite series about dumb zombie/monster viruses. I legit can't bust my ass to move money around for a pretty ok/truncated RE game that'll last me 2 sittings when I need to stand in hour long lines buying food in bulk (but not stockpiling like other assholes.)
Scores are fine imo, but what I read coupled with the price makes it non-essential sadly.
Scores are fine imo, but what I read coupled with the price makes it non-essential sadly.
The length is fine. The stuff you read about Nemesis being incredibly inorganic and annoying is more of a concern. Klepak's review I don't really connect with-- he calls the original also a "mediocre retread of a better game," which is enough for me to know we don't share tastes on the series, but in general it sounds like a bit...sloppy maybe.
I've noticed that internet gaming communities tend to gravitate towards the (arguably) flawed, less popular entries in long-running series.
Ocarina of Time vs Majora's Mask
Silent Hill 2 vs Silent Hill 3
Resident Evil 2 vs Resident Evil 3
Final Fantasy VII vs Final Fantasy IX
Either that or it's just a vocal minority.
REmake managed to remain super faithful while still remixing and adding new content. Both this and RE2make chopped a lot of stuff for no particular reason other than to save development time. I love RE2make, but if it was trying to be on par with REmake than the A-B scenarios would have been expanded and reworked into canon scenarios rather than eliminated.
Why not use the spoiler thread, to spoil stuff. 🙄
It's going to get one, Its inevitable, I'm hoping it's completely reimagined.
Here's my opinion on those reviews. As I'm a fan of the RE series since RE one PS1 (well Saturn in fact) and have played all the main games of the series on day one (RE1/2/3/CV/4/5/6/RER1/RER2), so I have good memories of what was being said on the release of those titles.
RE3 came out at the end of the PS era and few months away from Resident Evil : Code Veronica, everyone only had eyes for this one and RE3 was treated like "meh, it's so old gen". When it was reviewed, people said that it was short, and yes it really felt short. For a single reason : it had only One story to be played. No Chris Story / Jill Story of RE1, no Leon A / Claire B and vice versa of RE2, juste Jill/Carlos story, and it was over.
And that's why for the first time in the series it had a big "bonus mode" called Mercenaries, with many playable characters and plenty of hours to spend if you end up to like it. In RE2 there were the "Tofu bonus" and "Hunk bonus" but Mercenaries was almost like a full game, it was very long and tough.
And they know it, and that's why in RE3 Remake they added the RE Resistance mode, because they knew that the base story of RE3 is quite short. Resistence is the "Mercenaries" of this Remake.
About removing the Befray part of the game (or Bell Tower? I dunno in english as I played it in French), it's because it was criticized because it didn't feel natural at all, it felt like coming out of nowhere and many people disliked this part. It's obvious that they just wanted to reproduce the "RE Mansion" feeling in this RE3. So as I see they removed it and made the hospital part of RE3 longer.
So well yeah as I loved RE3 I'm still pretty hyped for RE3 Remake.
RE3 came out at the end of the PS era and few months away from Resident Evil : Code Veronica, everyone only had eyes for this one and RE3 was treated like "meh, it's so old gen". When it was reviewed, people said that it was short, and yes it really felt short. For a single reason : it had only One story to be played. No Chris Story / Jill Story of RE1, no Leon A / Claire B and vice versa of RE2, juste Jill/Carlos story, and it was over.
And that's why for the first time in the series it had a big "bonus mode" called Mercenaries, with many playable characters and plenty of hours to spend if you end up to like it. In RE2 there were the "Tofu bonus" and "Hunk bonus" but Mercenaries was almost like a full game, it was very long and tough.
And they know it, and that's why in RE3 Remake they added the RE Resistance mode, because they knew that the base story of RE3 is quite short. Resistence is the "Mercenaries" of this Remake.
About removing the Befray part of the game (or Bell Tower? I dunno in english as I played it in French), it's because it was criticized because it didn't feel natural at all, it felt like coming out of nowhere and many people disliked this part. It's obvious that they just wanted to reproduce the "RE Mansion" feeling in this RE3. So as I see they removed it and made the hospital part of RE3 longer.
So well yeah as I loved RE3 I'm still pretty hyped for RE3 Remake.
Yeah, cause that's what people are asking for, time fillers. Are you being purposely disingenuous?
Sorry but the length of the game is way too short for the price. I thought games this short was over and reserved to COD games. I understand the original was short and I remember beating it in 2 days back in 1999 but I didn't expect them to make it just as short again.
Also my opinion based isn't he reviews is just as valid in this thread.
Bummer, i have to guess some of the action sequences are maybe too frustrating to replay over and over without a nearby save on higher difficulties? but then again RE2 remake was pretty brutal on hardcore and Ink ribbons were there.
Nemesis not being a constant threat in a world post-Alien Isolation and post-Remake 2 is really disappointing. He was the most iconic stalker in gaming (together with Scissorman from Clock Tower imo). He deserved better.
Not totally terrible reviews but between them, the apparent length and the demo not doing a great deal for me im cancelling my pre order for now and getting it later when its cheaper.
But there are reviews in the 5/10 range and even more at 6/10 and such.
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I actually think the review scores are going to raise in the next few hours. Both Metacritic and OpenCritic have been kinda' frozen for the last 45 minutes, and there's a number of scores both sites count not counted yet, and a lot of 9/10s that came streaming in.
But those are an extreme minority. We're at 39 positive vs 7 mixed. Why are people treating the 7 mixed as gospel?
REmake made RE1 redundant. That much is true.
RE2R didn't make RE2 redundant. But I think RE3R mixes things to a new level. As far as I know RE2's locations were kept in tact, with some severely expanded and 1.5 areas added. Even the opening area with the bus and sports court is in the game, but later on.
RE3 axes some areas completely. And it remixes the progress almost fully. After the cinematic prologue which is new the game pretty much begins in the train. Then some areas are completely axed. It seems to me RE3R is a worse offender in terms of things shaken up.
Seeing that and then the reactions in this thread, man. People need to calm down a bit.
Not every game needs to be a goty. I actually like the action focus of 3 over 2 so I'm excited!
Why they didn't they gave this game more time? Seems unnecessary to release so close to RE2 for this.
Seems most problems could have been resolved with more dev time.
Is a shame, I will still buy it, but RE2 A and B routes were already botched in the Remake, RE3 was already more focused than RE2....it didn't need to be botched too.
Seems most problems could have been resolved with more dev time.
Is a shame, I will still buy it, but RE2 A and B routes were already botched in the Remake, RE3 was already more focused than RE2....it didn't need to be botched too.
I'd still like to play, but seeing reviews and playtime, I'll likely wait on a sale. I don't think price necessarily has to time it takes to beat it, but in this case I've got a lot of stuff to play for the foreseeable future, so I'm not extra thirsty for it.
Oh yeah, I'd rather they not cut content and just purely add new stuff but if it's a choice between Re2make and something like Links Awakening which seems obsessed with changing absolutely nothing as much as it can, I'd take re2.
I still enjoy the old versions, in particular the ds port. Don't think theres anything wrong or controversial with that. :P
They're coming
