Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles (2007)

Cavia

PlayStation 3 · Wii · Wii U

3.07 from 394 ratings

949 members have it in their collection · 15 playing now · 235 backlogged · 131 wish listed

How long? Main story 2h · with extras 7h (from 7 logged playthroughs)

Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles is an on-rails light gun shooter video game developed by Capcom and Cavia as part of the Resident Evil series. The game exposes the Umbrella Corporation's meddling throughout the Resident Evil series through narration from Albert Wesker, a former Umbrella scientist, and hidden documents pertaining to the organization's secret motives and actions. The game is … Read more
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles is an on-rails light gun shooter video game developed by Capcom and Cavia as part of the Resident Evil series. The game exposes the Umbrella Corporation's meddling throughout the Resident Evil series through narration from Albert Wesker, a former Umbrella scientist, and hidden documents pertaining to the organization's secret motives and actions. The game is composed of five scenarios that recapitulate the events of Resident Evil Zero, the Resident Evil remake, and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, as well as new material pertaining to the Umbrella Corporation's downfall. Read less
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Details

Developers
Cavia
Publishers
Capcom
Genres
Shooter
Themes
Action, Horror
Franchises
Resident Evil
Series
Resident Evil
Event
Nintendo E3 2007 Press Conference

Release dates

  • Nov 13, 2007 (Full Release) (North_America) Wii
  • Nov 15, 2007 (Full Release) (Japan) Wii
  • Nov 30, 2007 (Full Release) (Europe) Wii
  • Jul 17, 2012 (Full Release) (North_America) PlayStation 3
  • Jul 18, 2012 (Full Release) (Europe) PlayStation 3
  • Jan 22, 2013 (Full Release) (Japan) PlayStation 3
  • Nov 10, 2016 (Digital Compatibility Release) (North_America) Wii U
  • Jul 05, 2017 (Digital Compatibility Release) (Japan) Wii U

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Rating distribution

5 stars
24
4 stars
88
3 stars
189
2 stars
75
1 star
17
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Gamer_at_Law

Status Gamer_at_Law Jan 9, 2024

Having a lot of fun with this game. It's a shame that it's not easily available on something like PSVR, because it's a great way to get up to speed on the RE lore covered by the early games. Only quibble is the difficulty, which mostly comes from throwing fast moving targets at you throughout a level that effectively require …

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Having a lot of fun with this game. It's a shame that it's not easily available on something like PSVR, because it's a great way to get up to speed on the RE lore covered by the early games. Only quibble is the difficulty, which mostly comes from throwing fast moving targets at you throughout a level that effectively require using your shotgun to prevent damage, and then ending the level with a boss fight where you have insufficient shotgun/machine gun ammo to make quick work of him. Since I only care about my ranking on the levels where you need an S or A to unlock a special bonus story chapter, this isn't too much of a problem for me at this point. Glad I can use this game to get my RE fix while I otherwise take a break from the series to catch up on 2023 games.

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LeoKings777

Status LeoKings777 Sep 22, 2023

this game was so hard, i was stuck on talos for almost 2 years, finally beat him, and finished the game

Dallen

Status Dallen Dec 12, 2021

It's possible it's because of the emulation but this game is basically unplayable...

SIGINT

Status SIGINT Apr 15, 2021

This game seems surprisingly good, both in its presentation and gameplay. They recreated the RE game environments and characters really nicely and streamlined them for the on-rails light gun FPS format. This is my first real experience with PS Now streaming, and that held up pretty well too.

Unfortunately, it’s going back on the metaphorical shelf for now, since aiming …

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This game seems surprisingly good, both in its presentation and gameplay. They recreated the RE game environments and characters really nicely and streamlined them for the on-rails light gun FPS format. This is my first real experience with PS Now streaming, and that held up pretty well too.

Unfortunately, it’s going back on the metaphorical shelf for now, since aiming with an analog stick instead of the PlayStation Move controller that I don’t have is almost as much of a nightmare as any monstrosity that Umbrella ever came up with.

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NotRegret

Status NotRegret Jun 30, 2018

Absolutly gorgeous levels and a huge variety of enemies and bosses. You're also given a much larger arsenal compared to other rail-shooters with grenades and limited ammo shotguns/machine guns/rocket launchers (several types in fact) in addition to the infinite ammo pistol. The game also features a ton of levels, all visually distinct too! as well as some interesting bonus objectives …

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Absolutly gorgeous levels and a huge variety of enemies and bosses. You're also given a much larger arsenal compared to other rail-shooters with grenades and limited ammo shotguns/machine guns/rocket launchers (several types in fact) in addition to the infinite ammo pistol. The game also features a ton of levels, all visually distinct too! as well as some interesting bonus objectives (replaying old levels to get higher ranks allows you to upgrade your guns).

The game's combat is much slower and more methodical compared to something like HoD where every moment is about twitch reaction. It's more about using the right weapon and managing ammo can take you pretty far, the basic pistol is pretty pathetic which leads to some weird balanced moments (too much ammo and you can just break out the machine whenever things get tricky, too little ammo and you're left without adequate offensive capability). The game's slow walking also sometimes leaves you with nothing to do on screen. These are more of annoyances than game-breakers though.

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