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Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (PS3)

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4 star:		(14)
3 star:		(12)
2 star:		(7)
1 star:		(13)

 

 

I was really looking forward to this game. I pre-ordered it back in December. I've been playing it since I arrived home from the store with it and I am incredibly disappointed.

The first thing is that Capcom may have its name on this game (and in retrospect may wish they hadn't), it is in fact the offspring of a company called Slant Six. I am informed that Slant Six has been responsible for some of the worst games available.

It is a team based game, but you can play it alone if you really want to put yourself through it. If you do play solo then you get a team of semi-useless AI characters. It is possible to complete the game this way, but it isn't easy. Yes it is a little better as a multiplayer, but not much.

The "story" takes place during the time frame of Resi 2 and 3.

You start off with the "Wolfpack". Remember them, the team that went in with Hunk (the Grim Reaper) to recover the G-virus that Birkin was going to hand over to the US government and was wiped out by the G-Birkin, the only known survivor being team leader Hunk himself. Sadly, you can't play Hunk himself; you are just one of the team. All of that is Resi Law it's in RE2 - Leon and Clare go running round Raccoon City and run into Ada and the Birkins, and a lot of zombies.

It should have been interesting, the whole story from the Umbrella side - like with Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles where the whole story was told through Albert Wesker's eyes. In this case there was no story, not even the old ones to follow through - even in what should have been the story mode.

Game choices are casual, normal, veteran and professional, but game play is appalling (regardless of multiplayer or solo play). There are a lot of bugs, and I do mean a LOT of them.

I took cover behind a barrier (as prompted) and the guards (human beings, not zombies) could still shoot me and those with me.

I tossed grenades in the enemy's direction and they never went off.

You can only carry 2 weapons - hand gun and one other, and you cannot pick up or store ammunition for later use. Not that it really matters as you can have an enemy dead-to-rights and suddenly find you're shooting at the ceiling or the gun targeting is travelling upwards or sideways away from what you're trying to kill. Auto targeting is even worse - it doesn't lock on to the enemy.

We had cleared an area of enemies/zombies and suddenly there was a spawn and dozens more appeared out of no-where surrounding us.

I was trying to get round behind the Boss and suddenly found that I couldn't move. This also happened in general play when several of us could be heard screaming abuse at the game as our AI became stuck in one place for no particular reason.

Worse is the fact that any AI comrades in your team are dire. When they are wounded, you have to chase around after them in order to use a health spray on yourself and one of them. Also there are a number of green health herbs you can use (but the AIs won't come near you so you can't heal them too) and you cannot collect them for later use.

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Please CapCom, I beg you, don't hand over control to Slant Six again. They obviously don't have a clue.

This game is so bad, I'm left questioning whether or not to cancel my Resident Evil 6 pre-order, especially if it is to be another team/multiplayer only game.

As a fan I would like you to relaunch the previous games, up-grade them and give us all a treat for our PS3s. They've done it with Tomb Raider and Silent Hill and you did it for the Wii with RE0, RE, RE:UC and RE:DC. As a fan I've handed over my hard earned cash for them without a second thought and would do the same for the RE series on PS3.

Please listen to your fans, before you ruin this well loved franchise completely.

Firstly this is NOT a true Resident Evil game. i.e, it is not part of the series.

It is a sub-story telling how the umbrella spec-ops feared during the 2nd and 3rd installments of the game. In short you won't care as none of the playable characters have any substance to them.

I've played through it twice now, it is just too glitchy! Rubbish gun control, special abilities that do very little, appalling AI characters that will just kill themeselves over and over. The list goes on.

There are not enough models of zombies, you find yourself shooting the same one over and over again... It's as if Racoon City was inhabitited by twins and triplets!

In the game you encounter bigger BOs like Hunters and Lickers (I was excited too), but they are awful. The Hunters are more or less invisible and the lickers seem to hover as if they dicovered levitation in one of the labs underneath Racoon City.

This game could have been so much better if Capcom had just done it themselves. I believe Slant Six (I've not played anything from them before) are the ones to blame here. They were given one of the leading game titles to use and didn't take much care in delivering a good product, they rose on the success of the brand.

Resident Evil sells, we all know that... But only a good Resident Evil game is remembered.

My advice... Wait for RE6

Resident Evil 6 (PS3)

There's nothing wrong with an all out action game, but you need a solid combat system with decent weapons and firefights to keep you coming back for more. I haven't played this in a few weeks now, because the game is relentless in terms of action and it's not particularly fun action either. I tried playing it online and no-one is joining my game at all, so it's a bog standard single player game to me now. I will complete it at some point when I can be bothered, but just don't bother buying it, the shooting mechanics are pretty poor and take a lot of bullets to kill, you'll end up reloading more than once to kill someone at a distance for example, unless it's a sniper rifle, the game is apparently extremely short, you can finish it within 6 hours or less and you wouldn't want to come back to it. I'll be sticking to the main franchise if I continue to buy Resi games. Resi 6 is a pretty fun game, much better than this in terms of fun and value for money.

First of all, the games itself is pretty good. The storyline is good, gameplay is ok, sounds are good, but the fact that they expect you to buy the other half of the game AGAIN is just a 'Major Rip Off', let me explain.....
You play through the game as the USS, yeah theyre cool but once you complete the game, you have to BUY another 7 missions just so you can see the perspective of the Spec Ops. which makes no sense, you should be able to decide at the start which side you want to play as, and be able to stop and start with the other team.

I finished the game in like, a day (totaly not worth the £30 i paid for), although i enjoyed it, i was very 'glitchy' and seemed like they rushed the development of the game. Ive experienced, grenades not going off, zombies taking to long to blow apart (like 15 seconds after i blasted them with a riot gun) and before i went to fight nicholi outside the mansion, i was locked out of the gate and was unable to fight, and as i was playing online my teamates cound not find me :(

So basically Campcom is trying to squeeze more money out of us (as if £30 isnt enough for such a crappy game), obviously you can choose to buy the Spec Ops Mission, and i did becasue i wanted to see their side. (in total it cost me £16 for their 7 misions)

CAPCOM MUST LISTEN AND NOT MAKE US PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD ALREADY HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE GAME, RESIDENT EVIL 6 BETTER BE WORTH THE £40 OTHERWISE IM RETURNING IT AND NEVER BUYING ANOHTER RESI GAME AGAIN!!!!!

Mikey Mike

I am a big fan of the Resident Evil series and II have been known to go into a near fan boy rage in defence of some of the games that have come out stamped with the Resident evil seal, admittedly the quality of past titles made this quite an easy thing to do. But then along came RE5 and which for me was the worst of the main RE titles along with the Outbreak games which to this day I still have never finished due to a lack of playing rather than not being able to complete I might add.
This aside I was looking forward to this new squad based spin off and even after hearing some less than favourable reviews I still held out hope that this game would be great, unfortunately all that hope was in vain as Capcom have seen fit to rubber stamp this truly shocking title that was developed by another company.
Now don't get me wrong this isn't Blacksite bad but considering the legacy of the Resident Evil brand this is easily one of the worst titles in the illustrious series.
Where does it go wrong? Well take your pick everything from the poor team AI, the shocking controls and the bland graphics. I could go on but you get the general idea, the only thing this game does well or less painful is the introduction of online squad team mates which means that you don't have to suffer at the hands of your AI squad mates.
The overwhelming issue which does not bode well for RE6 due to be released Q4 2012 is Capcoms obsession with CoD and attracting more of their audience. It has become somewhat of an obsession at Capcom as hardly an interview goes by without them mentioning CoD or taking some of its market share. This in turn has lead them unsuccessfully into using western developers on this game to give the game a more action orientated twist. This would have been fine if they just managed to get the basic mechanics right squad members pushing you out of cover or your character refusing to go into cover (this is an automatic process) while happily getting shot I might add and AI squad mates running around like headless chickens refusing to revive you just adds to the frustration.

It is hard to recommend who would get the most out of this game, RE fans would get a little out of it spotting locations and familiar faces whereas newcomers to RE will get a poor introduction to the series. If you are going to play this I would advise playing online only as this way you will get the most out of it and it will be more enjoyable and less frustrating than playing with the ridiculous AI.

loved the game more fun online then on ya own but all in all fantastic game wish it was longer!

Very disappointed in product it is not like a resident evil game and controls were awful, usually when i play any resident evil game i get hooked but with this one i just wanted to quit

Questo gioco mi è piaciuto molto, anche se la campagna principale è molto breve.
Lo consiglio a tutti gli amanti della serie

It seems to me that is a very good game. I really liked it. I recommend this game without hesitation.

Not a bad game at all, would probably say I enjoyed the storyline aspect alot more than Resident Evil 6.

The story is set around Resident Evil 2 and 3 which is in my opinion the best in the series. Not a big fan of the actual gameplay but be warned this is not a game for puzzles etc.

The game is action orientated and there are a range of weapons and skills, no 180 degree turn is a little frustrating but it doesn't exactly spoil the game. Plenty of downloadable content (1st one is free) and is longer than most games. The graphics are very good but are by no means excellent, I did expect better from Capcom but then again it probably reflects the game style.

Main Point!

Don't be expecting a Resident Evil survival horror style game!