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Resident Evil 3 Review Thread
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the irony of saying this and then ending up on everybody's ignore list via a ban. Imagine becoming this fucking unhinged over video game reviews. Get a fucking grip.
I'm not seeing any reviews saying the pacing is better than the original either though.
So it seems like they cut some of the most loved areas for no reason!
Damn dude, I'd tell you to go outside and get some fresh air, but considering the circumstances...
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Updated the thread tag, the Metacritic and OpenCritic scores are 100% frozen for some reason and have been since like 20 minutes after reviews started hitting, despite both sites having a number of reviews unaccounted for they both count. I've had to manually find reviews because there's so many both sites haven't counted yet and been frozen for over an hour now.
I'll update when they've updated, but expect both scores to shift around quite a bit still.
I'll update when they've updated, but expect both scores to shift around quite a bit still.
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis for PlayStation - GameRankings
For Resident Evil 3: Nemesis on the PlayStation, GameRankings has 47 reviews, 27 cheat codes and secrets, and 0 screenshots.
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The original got 88% on GameRankings (which was basically the predecessor of metacritic).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil_3:_Nemesis
Yeah clearly, but again, this is not what I read in the publications I read.
Can you tell people not spoil stuff. We have a thread for that. At the very least use the spoiler tag. :P
That seems oddly specific as none of the RE2 reviews mentioned "the pacing of this game is better than the original"
Sure, but you kinda kept doubling down on "the original game isn't exactly known as a great game." which wasn't/isn't the case at all.
Scores seem in-line with what i thought of the demo. Good but not great.
I'll wait for this one to drop in price
I'll wait for this one to drop in price
For 2 straight games I've complained that ibk ribbons should be an option for any difficulty and not hard exclusive. I never imagined they'd get rid of them entirely even for hard. Unbelievable.
I don't really get the complaints about the game's lenght from people that are not willing to pay 60$ because they will beat it in one weekend. Well, would it make such a huge difference if the game was 2-3 hours longer? Then instead of 2-3 you would beat the game in 3-4 sitting... big deal. I feel like you should only pay so much money for a game anyways, if you plan to get the most out of fit like replaying it in harder difficulties, going for better ranks, speedrunning it etc. and with this replayability it hardly mattters if your first sitting was around 5-6 or 7-8 hours.
As far as I remember, it wasn't considered as good as RE2 (which got stellar reviews) but it was considered a pretty good entry.
Yeah, this is accurate from what I remember.
This game had development issues, right?
I'm starting to see it reflected in the game, yes.
People being thirsty for bad review threads is almost as bad as bad review threads. Uncharted 4 review thread comes to mind
I'm not talking about RE2. I asked why RE3 cut content and you said because they weren't expansive (which is a weird point because you're in here arguing about how linear, non-expansive games are good and I agree), and to make the pacing better.
But if people are saying the game is too short and the pacing isn't anything to write home about and the cut areas are some of the best in the game I think it's fair to conclude it was a mistake to cut those areas, wouldn't you say?
On the whole, seems a sobering reception; the kind that journalists in this industry could dispense more frequently, being its rare presence what's all the more shocking when finally some highly-expected release from big developers or AAA series fails to reach the impossible standards, set by fans but also, and firstly, by those same reviewers' habits.
Needless to say, I think it's a good score, given the overdose of Resident Evil in recent years, the lack of significant changes compared to 2019's entry, plus the status of the original as one of the black sheep in the series. I expected a higher score, but no so much for its merits, but a force of habit with reviews.
Needless to say, I think it's a good score, given the overdose of Resident Evil in recent years, the lack of significant changes compared to 2019's entry, plus the status of the original as one of the black sheep in the series. I expected a higher score, but no so much for its merits, but a force of habit with reviews.
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So we're talking about a 8% difference? Hardly seems like something to lose your shit over.
Ink ribbons haven't really been a thing since RE4 dropped them. Even the RE2 remake skipped them outside of Hardcore. It's really not that big of a deal.
I'm just saying what I experienced back in the day: the publications I read and people around me weren't overly hot on it. Clearly the mainstream media love it so I'll accept that most people love the game. Also, I never claimed it wasn't known as a good game, just not great.
The majority of reviews mention the game's short length and how it's highly replay-able because of the store that unlocks challenges for replays.
Exactly what I'm saying. It's like Mario Sunshine; a good game, but not a great one even though it got stellar scores.
A tiny bit lower than what I was expecting. Not that 80 is a bad score by any means. I liked the demo so this is still an easy purchase for me. Wonder why it's not as well received as RE2.
Dude there is several posts deriding this game because of how short it is, I'm pretty sure you aren't speaking for everyone here.
Though to be quite frank I'm far more disappointed with scripted nemesis
I fail to see how adding a few short areas would change the store challenges or alter the length significantly.
Honestly the duration is worrying because is basically shorter than most main entries and I don't care about the MP stuff so is clearly on the short side.
whatever resident evil game comes next, they better learn from this. resident evil is just not meant to be a linear action series. it needs stuff like ink ribbons, backtracking and interconnected areas to make it great. i hope capcom finally gets it.
I'm 100% in on whatever Capcom does with RE, so this could last 30 minutes, have a 50 MC, I'm there day one.
I couldnt help but think of you upon reading that.
I remember your criticisms regarding the ink ribbons in RE2 and they actually doubled down and removed them entirely.
Imagine that.
Oh wow. I expected it to do worse than RE2R but not by this much!
This is still day one but these reviews definitely put a damper on my hype. The length is disappointing but not surprising. The OG was shorter than 2 as well and with only 1 playable character this was to be expected. but I was hoping that Capcom would extend it a bit, but it seems like they've actually done the opposite and cut out areas from the Original?
Also Racoon city being limited to what we say in the demo is a huuuge disappointment. I've been wanting to explore the streets of Racoon City since before 2 Remake and was happy to finally have a whole game full of it. But it seems like this will forever be denied to me.
This is still day one but these reviews definitely put a damper on my hype. The length is disappointing but not surprising. The OG was shorter than 2 as well and with only 1 playable character this was to be expected. but I was hoping that Capcom would extend it a bit, but it seems like they've actually done the opposite and cut out areas from the Original?
Also Racoon city being limited to what we say in the demo is a huuuge disappointment. I've been wanting to explore the streets of Racoon City since before 2 Remake and was happy to finally have a whole game full of it. But it seems like this will forever be denied to me.
