Have you still got Resident Evil: Survivor stuck in your mind from the PS1 days? Do you still burst out with frantic cold sweats at night? Have you attempted a lightgun game since? If I were you my answers would be something like: “YES”, “YES” and “Hell NO!” If a Resident Evil franchise goes off the track (that being what it’s known for – survival horror) like these lightgun games or cough Resident Evil: Online cough one expects the worst. However, PS1 days are gone and it seems the terrible lightgun games, featuring this franchise, left with it. Yes, it’s a good news day son!

I’m personally a massive Resident Evil fan and have played RE: Zero, RE1 (Remake), RE:2, RE3: Nemesis, RE: Code Veronica and RE4 and loved every bit of each those games. If you missed out on several of those games I am glad to tell you that this game follows the history of the franchise. It might be told in haste (squeezing 40 hours into 10), but for those waiting for RE5 next year that have no idea who Chris is and why he’s in Africa; this will help explain many of those things, as there is an overabundance of secrets to discover in the game. It even gives us veterans more details on the horrific happenings in this story. It’s a completist’s dream!

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