There’s Jill Valentine again, saddled with the Umbrella Corporation’s mistakes again, which this time include a burly lad in a bin bag who pops up every now and then for a rumble. RE3 is actually set shortly before RE2, at a time when there are more citizens still alive - though not many. At times we play as an Umbrella merc too, but a good one. The remake gives the whole game a fresh new look, with modernised controls and some story tweaks too. It also includes Resident Evil Resistance, a new 1v4 multiplayer mode where survivors face off against monsters directed by a naughty Mastermind. Weird. Resident Evil 3 is out now on Steam for £50/€60/$60. It does still have a demo so you can take a peek and see how it runs for free. Our Nate, who’s not had much experience with RE, said in his Resident Evil 3 review that he wasn’t sure he £50-liked it but he did like it. “More than I expected to like it. But at the same time, after six hours of it, I’ve had enough. The spider labyrinth was astonishing, but it’s not really a mess I’d get myself in twice, when the real joy was in escaping it. I could have spent more time finding secrets and backtracking for loot. And there’s certainly a huge replay potential to RE3 for completionists, and folks who are fond of difficulty challenges. But that ain’t me. I was precisely in the mood for a fairly linear, day-long series of setpieces, and that’s exactly what I got. For a second opinion, here’s Matthew’s video review, which also touches on things like Capcom adding more connections to the Resident Evil 2 remake:
