Resident Evil has definitely gone through an identity crisis.
Fans of the series had no idea what is was because the series itself didn’t know what
it was.
Is it a tense survival horror game or is it a fast paced action shooter?
Resident Evil 6 tries to solve this by going with, heck it can be both and tries to give
the player multiple ways of getting the Resident Evil they want.
For everyone wanting a return to the old style, with limited ammo and more running from fights
than looking for them, well it didn’t go that far.
RE 6 tries to tip-toe the line, and in my opinion, it succeeds very well.
Resident Evil continues the main series with a major entry.
Everything about this is game is bigger than life, from the story, the characters and the
gameplay.
The game is practically three games in one, with plenty of additional content.
There are three campaigns, each with their own protagonist and each plays very differently
from one another.
There is Leon Kennedy, who must survive an outbreak of the new C-virus in a small college
town.
Chris Redfield, who is battling memories and a bioterrorism attack in a fictional Chinese
city.
And Jake Muller, the son of Albert Wesker who must escape authorities and is maybe the
key to solving the whole mess.
Each protagonist comes with an AI partner, and own style of gameplay.
Leon’s in more paced and gripping while Chris’s campaign is more intense and action
packed.
But in all of them you will be doing a majority of shooting.
The gameplay has seen some big changes that make it feel more complete.
For one, you can now move while aiming, but you don’t move so fast that it turns into
a military shooter.
Also, the co-op mechanics are greatly improved.
You no longer share ammo with your partner, so you don’t cringe every time they just
blast away and never hit anything.
Also their AI has been fixed to make them actually hold their own.
And everything looks absolutely incredible.
This is how Resident Evil games should look, dark and creepy, making that next corner even
that more intense.
Resident Evil 6 is going to be one of the most polarizing entry in the long series.
Some will love the multiple campaigns and the touches of survival horror added back
in.
While other are going to feel there is not enough horror and this is too much of a shooter.
While it may not reach the greatness of Resident Evil 2 or RE 4, it is still one of the more
enjoyable ones of the series.