Comments on: [Ghosts Of Gaming Past] A Review Of ‘Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles’ https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3247205/ghosts-of-gaming-past-a-review-of-resident-evil-the-umbrella-chronicles/ Horror movie news, reviews, interviews, videos, podcasts and more Thu, 29 Aug 2013 13:04:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.10 By: Sporadiq https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3247205/ghosts-of-gaming-past-a-review-of-resident-evil-the-umbrella-chronicles/#comment-177209 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 13:04:12 +0000 http://bloody-disgusting.com/?p=3247205#comment-177209 Hate I missed the initial debate. T. Blake & Adam, as much as I am a TRUE, DOWN-OUT-RIGHT, HARD-CORE, DIE-VERY EXTRA-HARD, R.E. Fan since the first release 15-16 years ago when I was only 14-15, I’ve played every game since. Even I have to admit that sometimes they strike out. Umbrella Chronicles wasn’t a complete strike out, but, I can’t say they won the game on this one. It served its purpose, giving it between 55 & 60 on a scale from 1-100 from me. Always wanted a 2 player R.E. game (check), as mentioned, it gave depth to Resident Evil 0’s shallow story (check), it allowed you to re-live the ULTIMATE GREATNESS of Resident Evil 1 & 3 Nemesis w/out having to fire up the reverse compatible PS3 and deal with the now grainy graphics & extra slow, choppy game play from the actual disks from the 90’s (check). And Now Ladies & Gents, I bring to you, the other side of the spectrum. The zombies have never taken 80 shots to kill (why so hard?). Head shots have to be DIRECTLY to the middle of the forehead to count (WTF?) where they do that at? You have to rank B or better to advance to/unlock some if the mini games (again, WTF? considering the game’s level of difficulty). You can’t save your herbs for when you really need them (I mean, why not? That’s how its always been, I don’t smoke more chronic when I’m already high, its a waste). Come on, don’t act like y’all don’t notice the pun with that in R.E., think about it, in the first games, when you mixed the “herbs”, they broke down to shake on folded brown (blunt) paper. Lmfao, I’ve always gotten a kick out o’ that. Anyhoo, the way they handle the weapons on this one was sketchy too, only being able to carry two to start with & pick up the ready on the way was terrible, not to mention the headache of the upgrade process was like the modern cell phone games that takes forever and/or a whole lot of hard-to-come by stars. Capcom did a great job at fixing these errors on Darkside Chronicles, which was still way too short and lacked good mini games after you beat it. If love to know what you guys thought of that one. Review please.

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By: T. Blake Braddy https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3247205/ghosts-of-gaming-past-a-review-of-resident-evil-the-umbrella-chronicles/#comment-175725 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 01:50:42 +0000 http://bloody-disgusting.com/?p=3247205#comment-175725 In reply to ThunderDragoon.

That’s one of the best / worst aspects of reviewing things. It’s a totally subjective endeavor. I feel like I made a case for why the game was subpar, but you might have liked the things that I found repetitive or whatever. What did you like about the game? I’m always looking for a convincing argument so that I can see things differently. I love the Resident Evil franchise, but this game just didn’t do it for me.

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By: T. Blake Braddy https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3247205/ghosts-of-gaming-past-a-review-of-resident-evil-the-umbrella-chronicles/#comment-175724 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 01:47:22 +0000 http://bloody-disgusting.com/?p=3247205#comment-175724 In reply to Ultrazilla.

Yeah, I’ve totally got to take the lumps on this one. I do like that they included more than just zombies and infected dogs, but I kind of wish they had done more with them. Some of the enemies were just re-skinned versions of other monsters, and the attacks varied only slightly. Maybe my expectations were too high, considering the name Resident Evil on the cover, but I think I just wanted more from the game.

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By: T. Blake Braddy https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3247205/ghosts-of-gaming-past-a-review-of-resident-evil-the-umbrella-chronicles/#comment-175723 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 01:45:29 +0000 http://bloody-disgusting.com/?p=3247205#comment-175723 In reply to REmake.

I agree that the bonus missions filled in some of the narrative gaps, and it does get some points for being a competent rail shooter at home, but the nostalgia wasn’t enough to carry me through. I found the game to be quite repetitive, once the novelty of being in the old universe wore off. However, I wouldn’t have disliked the game as much if the controls weren’t so inconsistent.

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By: ThunderDragoon https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3247205/ghosts-of-gaming-past-a-review-of-resident-evil-the-umbrella-chronicles/#comment-175616 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 05:46:52 +0000 http://bloody-disgusting.com/?p=3247205#comment-175616 I fucking love this game. Screw this guy lol.

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By: Adam Dodd https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3247205/ghosts-of-gaming-past-a-review-of-resident-evil-the-umbrella-chronicles/#comment-175598 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 23:57:32 +0000 http://bloody-disgusting.com/?p=3247205#comment-175598 In reply to Ultrazilla.

I didn’t write this, T. Blake Braddy made your soul cry! I would NEVER do such a thing. I actually enjoyed this game quite a bit.

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By: Ultrazilla https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3247205/ghosts-of-gaming-past-a-review-of-resident-evil-the-umbrella-chronicles/#comment-175595 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 22:23:24 +0000 http://bloody-disgusting.com/?p=3247205#comment-175595 Adam, you’re making my soul cry! This game was a blast to play! I loved the boss battles, the secret areas, the crazy number of enemies, unlocking things…it was actually much more than I was expecting.

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By: REmake https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3247205/ghosts-of-gaming-past-a-review-of-resident-evil-the-umbrella-chronicles/#comment-175592 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 21:17:48 +0000 http://bloody-disgusting.com/?p=3247205#comment-175592 This game definitely deserves more than a 5. The narrative and multiplayer was much more interesting and fun in Umbrella Chronicles over Dead Space: Extraction. Playing through old haunts in Resident Evil in a new perspective was pretty marvel and the the Bonus missions filled in a ton of wholes in the Resident Evil story in a great manner. For a zombie rail shooter on home console, the only thing that beats Umbrella Chronicles is House of the Dead: Overkill

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