Resident Evil

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Summary

Resident Evil was planned for a GameBoy Color adaptation in a project outsourced to British company HotGen Studios, Ltd. Intended for an Autumn 1999 release, it was repeatedly delayed due to programming issues, and ultimately cancelled in March 2000 in favour of M4, Ltd.'s alternate proposal for a new game made from the ground-up for the console, which became Resident Evil: Gaiden.


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Review by hwanin [user]
September 17, 2021

Interesting to see there are no reviews for this title yet.I played it when I was a teen 20+ years ago. The game videos were definitelyInteresting to see there are no reviews for this title yet.I played it when I was a teen 20+ years ago. The game videos were definitely there!The cut-scenes were scary and atmospheric.The graphics were quite alright, but the controls were not really.There was 1 aspect of the game that made the gameplay really difficult if not gamebreaking.When I played it first time, I choosed certain path in the mansion and I did not understand why the game is so difficult.I read a playthrough where the writer provided a different path which led me to different scripts and weapons in the same mansion. Quite bullsh*t coding, I must say. I mean if I go to a house, the same objects are in the house no matter through which door I choose to go in, right?So if you plan to play this game, first, read a proper walkthrough.In summary: I enjoyed this, it was maybe the first horror game I ever played. Could have been better experience on console.

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Review by Bradaloop [user]
July 29, 2021

Thrilling and mysterious, a fantastic game and a fantastic experience. Only gripes I have are the controls (though control issues areThrilling and mysterious, a fantastic game and a fantastic experience. Only gripes I have are the controls (though control issues are practically unavoidable in a game with a fixed camera like this) and the fact the difficulties have such ludicrous names that I ended up playing the entire game on Easy without knowing. Other than that Resident Evil 1 Remake is basically the pinnacle of survival horror. Can't wait to play it again as Chris.

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Review by MediaFreak [user]
July 11, 2021

Resident Evil is most certainly a game that belongs back in the 90s. It's no longer scary, the dialogue is terrible, the controls areResident Evil is most certainly a game that belongs back in the 90s. It's no longer scary, the dialogue is terrible, the controls are terrible, and the item management is horrendous. On top of that, bringing it to a portable console is just madness. With any portable console game developers need to take battery life into account, and they haven't. Ink ribbons are hard to come by, so using one to save 30 minutes progress while on a train or having a longer play session, seeing your red battery light come on and having no ink ribbons or a typewriter to save is simply unforgivable. This will always be a "classic" and will be alot of people's first ever memory of the survival horror genre, but you want to battle against the games puzzles and enemies, not the controls or inventory management. You can't even drop items.For dienhard fans of the original only. And even then, you might wonder why you even enjoyed it.

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Review by Just Adventure
May 5, 2021

Resident Evil is a rare commodity in several ways. First, it is one of the few titles that can jump from a console to the PC and back with no loss of quality or experience. Second, it a game that can be picked up three years after its release and still have the same impact it did on day one. Finally, very few games can claim to have spawned a genre. Resident Evil can make this claim, as well as the unique claim of near perfection on the first try.

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Review by GameSpot
May 5, 2021

In the end, Resident Evil is a rare gem that has not only been able to make the jump from a video game to a computer game nearly flawlessly but has done so almost two years after it was originally released. Console gamers may want to check out Resident Evil on the PC - it is the only true uncut version of the game, featuring scenes not even in the recently released Resident Evil Directors Cut. If you aren't too squeamish, you should definitely give Resident Evil on the PC a look.

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Game Information
Release Date March 22, 1996
Publisher Capcom, Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Westwood Studios, Capcom Planning Room 2
Content Rated M (Mature)
Game Modes Single player
Player Perspectives Third person
Genres Puzzle, Adventure
Themes Action, Fantasy, Horror, Survival
Platforms PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation