Resident Evil GameCube game

Resident Evil

2002

Overall rating: 4 out of 5

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Please note that this rental is sent with two game discs in one sleeve

There?s an ongoing debate in video games as to which game created the genre we have all come know and love as survival horror. Some people trace its history back to the text-based adventures of the seventies and eighties, but most consider the original Alone in the Dark the game that started it all. This may be true, but Capcom?s 1996 munchfest Resident Evil is responsible for making the survival horror game one of the most mainstream and popular genres of the 21st century. Conceived by Shinji Mikami, Resident Evil continued to thrive for another five years under the watchful eye of its creator as three sequels and several gun-based spin-offs were produced. But with the series now spanning some ten titles, Capcom decided Resident Evil should remain on a single platform for the foreseeable future. That platform is GameCube, and demonstrating the company?s commitment to the platform, Capcom has released a complete remake of the 1996 original. So you?re ready to play? Disconnect the phone line, close the curtains, turn off the lights and, if possible, rig your GameCube to any loud speaker system for maximum effect. Place the first of two discs into the console, close the lid and switch on. Choose New Game, be chilled as an eerie voice shouts ?Resident Evil?, choose to play as either Chris or Jill and be awe-struck at the following cinematic introduction. After being chased by several flesh-eating zombie dogs, you?re only retreat is into a seemingly abandoned mansion. Your survival horror begins here... The first and perhaps most amazing aspect of Resident Evil on GameCube that jumps up and bites you are the visuals. Despite its pre-rendered backdrops, Resident Evil is simply one of the most stunning titles we?ve witnessed on a next generation console. Most of the technical prowess can be seen in Resident Evil?s light-sourcing and shadow effects. The trailing shadows of Chris and Jill ripple as you race down a flight of stairs and even stretch along the ground accordingly as you stroll past a nearby lamp. But the 3D elements of Resident Evil are equally stunning. All characters, including giants sharks, mutant spiders and king size plants have been beautifully rendered, right down to the hair on a spider?s legs and the dripping fangs of an oversized python. Character animation is perhaps one of the few aspects of the original that was slightly overlooked, but here, walking, running, shooting, and even turning on the spot is more realistic than it ever was. But without great gameplay, all games are nothing more than a graphical and technical showpiece for developers. Fortunately, Resident Evil is more than adequate in the play department. The adventure is split into two distinctive playing methods - combat and puzzle. Between rooms, players will frequently and unpredictably encounter zombies, super zombies that run for the player, rabid dogs, and six-feet mutant frogs. This provides the excitement and genuine fright you?ll expect from a game of this stripe. Puzzles can be found scattered throughout the mansion and its surroundings, and many of them must be completed to progress. Puzzles are sometimes simple, such as piecing together small jigsaws, but many are cryptic and require significant intelligence. The rewards are often worthwhile, though. The GameCube version of Resident Evil will be widely recognised as the hardest in the series, not because of the frequent zombie encounters, taxing puzzles and sometimes awkward controls, but because of the reduction of supplies, particularly weapons and ammunition. Bullets are scarce in the mansion, and those that have been left lying around are often hidden under bookcases or are easily missed. Players must be thorough in exploration if they are to stand a fighting chance. Health supplies are also limited, and inevitably you?ll be attacked at some point by a hidden zombie lurking quietly around a corner. Fortunately, there?s a new emergency defence system in place that allows you to fend off the walking dead without being bitten. Using small knives and a battery powered tazer, you can disable the creature by pulling the L1 trigger. This buys the player valuable seconds to draw a weapon and finish the zombie off. Resident Evil is, at least in part, an excuse to show off the capabilities of the GameCube hardware, but it is much more than a graphically enhanced replica. Around 30-40 percent of the game is completely original, and offers a new challenge for die-hard followers and veterans of the original release as well as newcomers. Resident Evil is more than a game, it?s a nightmare.

Resident Evil details

Format:	15 GameCube
Players:	1
Genres:	Adventure, Puzzle/Board/Casino, Shooter
Collections:	The Ultimate Resident Evil Collection
Developers:	CAPCOM
Rental release:	13 Apr 2008

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Amazing game!

By a customer from London, England , 29 Dec 2006

[Highly rated reviewer]

This game is great. I never played resident evil the first time around on the PS, but tried to play the PC version only to give up as it was hard to control and very dated. Then I was pleased to hear that the game had been remade for the gamecube. So I went and got myslef the game and console (the games are almost as much as a pre-owned console!) and I haven't looked back since. For the last 3 weeks I have been exploring every nook and cranny contaied in the game and haven't become bored in th slightest. Infact I am still so excited as to what is coming next! Really recommend this, buy/rent it ASAP, you wont regret it!
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survival horror untouched

By l3gend (1 review) , 17 Oct 2012

whoever made 5 and 6 needs to look at where they have gone wrong. this remake is best ever needs to be made for 360 like they did for resi 4.
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reident evil

By arshid (136 reviews) from Woking , 25 Jan 2011

the game is hard like your health recovery as when you progress through the game you can die by one hit apart from that the game is good and save as possible as if you die its game over and if you have gone alot of the game you may lose it puzzles are good grafics are amazine for a gamecube rent not buy long game i say from the beginning of the mansion if you have the pation of when you die and end up restarting from the beginning then have a ink ribbon on hand ammo is limited and so is health as you can die by a single it from a zombie hard game even on easy so be prepared to turn the lights off and begin you journey as this must be the hardest r.e. in the serious
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Brilliant

By Splint07 (32 reviews) from Portsmouth, England , 28 Apr 2008

I have this on Gamecube and have done for the past 3-4 years! Not sure why taken so long to come out onto LoveFILM though. But this game is a remake of the original version on the Playstation 1/Nintendo 64 and Sega Dreamcast. In my own views, this game really does put you in their position, puts you into the movie. Late night, lights off, volumn up and get ready to put yourself into one of the S.T.A.R.S team! You can choose either Jill Valentine or Chris Redfield. Both characters have the same storyline but each goes in different paths, which you have to solve in order to get to the end of the game. Puzzles which need you to remember clues from notes/letters as well as intense zombie action. How will you pass the game? Facing the fear or running away?
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Amazing game!

By a customer from London, England , 29 Dec 2006

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This game is great. I never played resident evil the first time around on the PS, but tried to play the PC version only to give up as it was hard to control and very dated. Then I was pleased to hear that the game had been remade for the gamecube. So I went and got myslef the game and console (the games are almost as much as a pre-owned console!) and I haven't looked back since. For the last 3 weeks I have been exploring every nook and cranny contaied in the game and haven't become bored in th slightest. Infact I am still so excited as to what is coming next! Really recommend this, buy/rent it ASAP, you wont regret it!
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