Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles

Unlike any other RE, this game is lame, you don't need any skill or any brain at all to play this game. You don't have to make absolutely no decision where to go or what to do, unlike RE4 where you can choose which path to take or plan some sort of strategy in order to defeat the enemy, this game is nothing but a lame shooting version of an arcade game from the '80s, the only thing you have to do here is aim and shoot. You want to go left, sorry you can't. You want to go back for that rifle you couldn't get, sorry you can't. If you have no brain or if you don't like to make your own decisions this game is perfect for ya, otherwise is just a big disappointment. The graphics in REUC is one huge step behind RE4 really awful game. The only good thing about this game is that I rented it before decided to buy it and I won't buy it, that's for sure!, RE4 way better game.

Umbrella Chronicles is nothing more than a fan service asset flip that does little to add anything to the lore. Unless you count a scenario where you go to Russia and fight a painfully generic boss as adding to the lore. The overall package is dull and boring and brings nothing to the table.

This game was never meant to be one of the main games in the series. However, it does have a lot of information pertaining to it, and as such fans should buy it. The game is done as an on-rails shooter, it may not seem appealing at first, but this game is the first Resident Evil game thats pick-up and play. The story inside the game is contradictory to the true events of the series, but in the extra notes you find, it explains things clearly. Sure, the game is only a shooter, but it succeeds at what it is, and was never advertised to be something more.

This game to play is much more fun than Resident Evil 4, and with the files collected in it, tell a much better, more solid story than Resident Evil 4, though neither games involve much thought to play. If you're a Resident Evil fan, and like the classics, buy it, you won't be sorry, but if you're simply one from the masses of Resident Evil 4 players, who think they know something about the series, don't buy it.

This game is one of the worst I've ever played in my life. Anybody who says resident evil 6 is the worst resident evil game ever has clearly never played this piece of garbage. Takes away you free will to actually look around and collect items. All you can do is shoot, try to pick up items while your camera view is being thrown in another direction, then you usually die!!! Worst resident evil game ever!!!!

This is a new sort of incarnation for the series in many ways. It eliminates the survival-horror and replaces it with running and gunning. Not that this is a bad thing - I quite enjoyed the change of pace from "how do I combine these things?", "what does this thing even do?" and "Oh, God, I forgot to use this back there, now I have to backtrack" to the much less frustrating "shoot, kill, throw grenade, listen to one-liner, shoot some more". There is no new story to absorb, just a refurbished stroll through the Resident Evil time-line, which makes storytelling as simple as replaying key events from throughout the series. It isn't groundbreaking or revolutionary in any way, just another installment in the franchise. However, I liked the added behind-the-scenes levels which told a bit more about the shady Umbrella Corporation and the backstories of certain characters, and the linearity helps to explain the sequence of events more. There isn't much about this game I can hold to fault, just don't buy it expecting any new story lines. All in all, it is a solid rail shooter without any serious defects save for the fact that Albert Wesker's cretinous voice seems to want to narrate the entire game.