![]() Just wait until you see "Leechman" (usually known as that ****ing Leechman ****), the protagonist of "The Hive" scenario. You can trade these points in at the Resident Evil shop for the said unlockables, although 500 points for a picture of an ingame character ? 13,000 points for a costume ? There are also new game modes to unlock too (though you have to purchase them after you have unlocked them) That aside though, the graphics are truly, amazingly beautiful, PC quality. They also annoy because they run into a room ahead of you and steal all the best ammo in the room, and then do a runner in a fire-fight, leaving you to fight on your own (some of the zombies now move like a cat with a rocket up its bum, and attack en masse (10 at a time at the end of the 1st level!)) Once a scenario is completed, you are graded and scored depending on countless factors, and then you are awarded points and unlockables. Don't EVER pick Jim, when he plays dead, his virus infection rate skyrockets like no nobodies business) The squad control system can be frustrating, and the NPC's often forget to heal themselves and die even though they have several health packs. The character choices are pointless, the ONLY character you could possibly complete the game with is Yoko who is the only person who can carry 8 objects the others carry only 4. The time limit is not the problem you initially think it will be, and you can thankfully, reasonably easily complete the levels with a good percentage left to spare. These characters can be instructed to follow, wait, help you, give you items, give items to, basic squad control stuff. Then once the game begins you are accompanied by two other of the characters in order to complete the scenario. For example Alyssa can pick locks, Cindy has medical skills, Jim can play dead to escape monsters, David can create new weapons from scratch etc etc. Hey, and guess what, you really have a RELOAD weapon button this time, and you can use the left analogue for directional control) You also have the opportunity to choose from 8 different characters with different abilities. There is also a time limit of sorts, in that you are infected with the T-Virus, it starts of at 0% and constantly rises, the more injured you are, the quicker it rises. ![]() ![]() And don't mention the cut-scenes ! Beautiful though they are, after they have played, the PS2 has to load the game engine back into memory, and it takes an absolute age !! The main differences between this and the other episodes of the franchise is that firstly it is divided into seemingly unconnected scenarios. ![]() Just to prove it IS possible, in two locations in the game, there are no loading screens, and you go out of one door and instantly go into the next room. It is SO frustrating to traverse a room that is 2 or 3 steps in size, to be confronted with another loading screen of 10 seconds. Whilst this was necessary in its' original incarnation due to PS1 technical limitations, it is wholly unacceptable on the PS2. Although far from 'perfect', it carries over all of the main annoyances of the series that show its' PS1 origins namely the loading times between rooms and passages. This was a fun Resident Evil game in the main series with a lot of replayability and seems like Capcom is creating a saga that will continue in future titles and I can't wait to see what they do next."Outbreak" is the final Resident Evil instalment to appear on the PS2, released in the Autumn of 2004, and in many ways it is the perfect swansong. There are some moments in the game where you'll be feeling like you're playing a different game which drags on for awhile and parts of the story will start giving you more questions with little answers to which is kinda the reason why I rated this game 8 stars. It's one of the most interesting but bizarre experience to be ever play. I always see the Resident Evil series having a story but focus on the little things and mostly focusing on the aspects of their games, RE VIII is has more story that balanced out the horror and action to its gameplay. Resident Evil Village is, so far, one of the best video games of 2021. This was a direction I didn't expect Capcom to take the series, and I wasn't on board with it at first but it grew on me. I'm not going to lie, I was having hard time rating this game to 8 or 9 stars.
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