IGN review:
http://wii.ign.com/articles/105/1054674p1.html
Closing Comments
For those among you that consider yourselves diehard Resident Evil fans, this port of the original Resident Evil Zero technically works fine (besides the aforementioned freezes). If you can somehow look past the franchise's many flaws, which stubbornly cling to the series like t-virus parasites, then Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil Zero is a cheap way to experience the original GameCube game.
With that said, there are recent survival horror games built on much more elegant gameplay mechanics, so it's difficult for me to recommend Resident Evil Zero. When you couple the awkward tank controls with horrible item management, poor pacing and a lack of scares, you'll come to see that Resident Evil Zero is better left on store shelves.
| Rating | Description |  |
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| out of 10 | click here for ratings guide |
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| 4.5 | Presentation Resident Evil Zero stutters before certain scary events occur in-game, which destroys the scare. Story is nearly unintelligible to Resident Evil newcomers. Poor character development. |
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| 6.0 | Graphics Pre-rendered backgrounds occasionally look nice but are ultimately dull. Let's just say you can tell that Resident Evil Zero used to be a GameCube game. |
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| 5.5 | Sound Very little in the way of music, and voice acting leaves something to be desired. This is more a result of poor scripting, however, and not a fault of the actors. |
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| 4.0 | Gameplay Archaic controls, bad item management and crummy pacing. |
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| 4.5 | Lasting Appeal Resident Evil Zero's many faults will not help draw players back in for a second playthrough. |
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| 4.5 |
OVERALL (out of 10 / not an average) |
IGN (AU) review:-
http://wii.ign.com/articles/892/892279p1.html
Closing Comments
The question we keep asking is ?Why?? Why even bother to re-release an old game on a new(-ish) format, and at a price not far off from that of a new game, without doing anything to bring it up to speed? For once, you can probably be thankful that a Japanese publisher has no plans to bring one of its releases to the West. We?re certainly not going to lose any sleep over Capcom?s decision, although we can?t help wondering why Capcom Japan sanctioned this release in the first place.
| Rating | Description | |
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| out of 10 | click here for ratings guide |
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| 6.0 | Presentation Menu and inventory screens are in keeping with the game?s theme, and the cutscenes still look cool today. |
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| 5.0 | Graphics Not too shoddy, but underwhelming because we?ve (literally) seen it all before. |
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| 6.0 | Sound Strong, atmosphere building music and entertaining dialogue, if not always for the right reasons. |
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| 5.0 | Gameplay Miles behind the freedom of Resi 4. |
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| 5.5 | Lasting Appeal This really depends on how many times you completed the GameCube version earlier in the decade, but first-time players will get good value from what is a fairly long and challenging game. |
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| 5.4 |
OVERALL (out of 10 / not an average) |
