To me it is, it embraces the original style of the old games and modernizes it without turning the game into a silly 3rd person shooter like 4, too bad they cut so much from the b scenario, the game was one step away from survival horror perfection. I had great hopes for remake 3, had the right template for greatness instead they decided to rush it so they could focus on a sequel to 7, which in my opinion should have been a new franchise.