3.43 from 1301 ratings
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How long? Main story 9h · with extras 15h (from 37 logged playthroughs)
Review Duskwind 4/5 · Jul 10, 2022
Gameplay: 7 /10
Presentation: 7/10
Story: 7/10
Gameplay= Mechanics, gameplay options (freedom), repetition, goals, difficulty
Story= plot, engagement, characters, world-building
Presentation= graphics, animation, environment/character design, Art direction, Script, music
Review DirtyMidnighter 3/5 · Oct 26, 2020
The idea of a full-fledged Resident Evil game coming exclusively to the 3DS was pretty wild at the time, an exciting proposition that was a huge factor in my decision to buy Nintendo's new handheld. So when RE:R came out, I was honestly a bit underwhelmed. It's not necessarily a bad game, it's just not a great Resident Evil game. …
Read moreThe idea of a full-fledged Resident Evil game coming exclusively to the 3DS was pretty wild at the time, an exciting proposition that was a huge factor in my decision to buy Nintendo's new handheld. So when RE:R came out, I was honestly a bit underwhelmed. It's not necessarily a bad game, it's just not a great Resident Evil game. For starters, the 3DS is not an optimal way to enjoy this type of game. The small, angular handheld is a hand cramp waiting to happen. It's not exactly a highly immersive horror experience when you're staring at a screen the size of a post-it note. Also, the story is unfortunately pretty forgettable. Despite filling in a pretty important period of time in Jill Valentine and Chris Redfield's timeline, it just comes off as filler that needlessly complicates the RE lore by adding yet another city-wide outbreak disaster scenario that doesn't come close to Racoon City in terms of build-up or believability. There's also some really disposable side-characters who show up with the sole purpose of getting killed off. I do appreciate the emphasis on classic survival horror mechanics in Jill's sections on the cruise ship, but they are frequently interrupted by bland actiony shoot-em-up levels that were already done better in RE4 and 5. Anyway, they released a better version of the game on consoles so go play that version. After all, it is canon, so you'll need it for your full Resident Evil series playthroughs. But yeah, this is my bottom of the barrel mainline RE game.
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Review skinnyapples 3/5 · May 16, 2020
The first time I wander away from the main Resident Evil series to see what else has been made in the franchise. Overall, it does feel like an afterthought which is a shame since it was interesting at first. I found the lack of enemy variety, a serious lack of variety fairly tiring as the game progressed. The setting was …
The first time I wander away from the main Resident Evil series to see what else has been made in the franchise. Overall, it does feel like an afterthought which is a shame since it was interesting at first. I found the lack of enemy variety, a serious lack of variety fairly tiring as the game progressed. The setting was interesting and really made me like the premise until the ship sank for like a 4th time, talk about a repetitive story. Oh yes the story, good luck trying to follow along to this confusing and dull mess. While I loved playing as Jill and Chris separately at first eventually I grew bored with their new partners and just wanted them together. But honestly, not much happened with the characters, they only served as pieces moving along the story, pretty by the numbers. The only thing that really shined for me this game was the gameplay which was really well made and truly did not get dull. I prefer horror resident evil to action resident evil, but the action in this entry was pretty solid. Overall, eh, it's a fine game, not that impressive as other entries in the series but I have seen really awful resident evil games, so nowhere near that either.
