Resident Evil is my favorite series of video games. I have played almost all of them except the Umbrella shooters and the ones that uses a light gun. They all vary in terms of quality, but there is not a Resident Evil (mainline) game that I would call downright bad and unplayable.
Resident Evil 3 Remake had a lot to live up to following the masterpiece Resident Evil 2 Remake. I feel that REmake3 is a good update to the original game but it does have some flaws that keep it from being a total masterpiece.
* FIRST off, don't let the other online reviewers lie to you, this game it NOT a BAD GAME. Whoever is saying this game is terrible is just trolling or looking to jump on the hate train (ahem, Steam forum users). The Critical Drinker's review was nothing but fan service and he was just trying way too hard to be funny and appeal to the masses, same thing with Angry Joe giving this game a low 6/10. Sure this game is only less than 5 hours, but not every games needs to be padded out to 100+ hours you unhealthy fools!
+ The graphics are even better than REmake2 and the environments in the first 1/3 look amazing. Getting a chance to explore the city while it is in ruins is awesome and eerie. Imagine the beginning of RE2 but a lot bigger.
+The voice acting and sound effects are great too. You can actually hear music now and it gets you pumped to blow some zombie brains out.
+Fun fast pace gameplay with lots of different guns to kill the undead with.
+A lot of different difficulties to choose from (more than 5, compared to RE2's 3 difficulty).
+Some fun stuff to unlock including special items, costumes, artwork, character models, and special weapons.
+A lot of challenges to complete.
-The first thing everybody will tell you is that this game is very short, I beat it in 4:45 my first time playing it.
-The Nemesis character is greatly disappointing and nowhere near as scary or intimidating as MR.X was in RE2. Nemesis is very scripted (even though Nemesis was also very scripted in the original too), and he only appears during certain times in the first 3rd of the game.
-Nemesis changes his form too quickly. In the original game Nemesis did not mutate until very late in the game, but in this game Nemesis mutates about 1/3 of the way and he becomes some sort of four legged beast monster.
-As of release, there are no extra modes after beating the game. Usually Resident Evil would give you a mini-game to play around with after beating it (Battle Mode, 4th Survivor Mode, or Mercenaries). You do get Resident Evil Resistance though, which is cool. They will probably release stuff down the line as DLC (hopefully free).
Overall this game is NOT THE BAD GAME some Steam reviewers are claiming it to be. It does not deserve a 53/100 from PC Gamer. This game is very fun and very fast pace. It feels like an action movie honestly. It is not scary and I only jump maybe once or twice when I wasn't expecting an enemy.
8/10 (maybe a 9/10 if Capcom releases DLC for it)
