Opinions on Umbrella Chronicles

[Parokki]

These are my first impressions that I posted in the game's comments:

I've been playing this game for a week now, and I must say it is HARD. Maybe it's because I've been playing pretty easy games lately, but dying several times during the first level, and having substantial trouble with the others even after figuring out the basics surprised me in a very good way. Not much trouble anymore, but it's still pleasantly challenging, and there's a sense of accomplishment when I realise I've had to learn how to play it.

So far I've clocked in 10 hours on the game, most of which was me and my roommate playing in co-op. I'm still pretty motivated to get all the unlockables and raising my score, not to mention playing this at parties with other friends, so I think I'll get at least another 10h out of it.

Heartily recommended to any fan of lightgun shooters or Resident Evil. It's not the most typical member of either genre, but great fun nevertheless.

Not much to add at this point, since I've been mostly playing my PC, except that I brought the game to my parents place when I went there for the holidays, and was surprised to see that my little brother loved it.

I never thought Umbrella Chronicles had any casual appeal due to the in-built assumption that everyone who plays it is a Resident Evil fan, and how hard (yet crucial) it is to get critical hits, but he clocked in some 4-6 hours with the game in a few days. Now he owned a PS1 and 2 back when we were kids (before they both broke), but he only ever played a few footballs games on them, so he's pretty much the average European gamer. He also loves Wii Sports, and is really starting to make me see just how wide the appeal of the Wii can get.