As someone who played every single Resident Evil game, even the portable ones, I decided to write this review, to help others, who are hesitating whether to get the game, or not. Ever since its release, and Resident Evil 6 has been a subject of controversy among those who enjoyed it, and the faithful old school fans, who have been hoping that the game would be the survival horror comeback they have been eagerly waiting for. Same as Resident Evil 5, you get a partner, which can be controlled either, by computer if you enjoy playing offline, or by someone else if you wanna play online, however, unlike all previous entries Resident Evil 6 story is made up from 4 intersecting campaigns, where each campaign is made up from 5 chapters, and due to the apparent differences between the campaigns, I will be scoring each one individually.
LEON/HELENA Campaign
Leon's campaign is definitely the most survival horror based one, and even so, the survival horror elements fail to impress as much as one would expect, as they are mostly based on "cheap scares ", where a zombie is thrown at you, or over you. It has the most variation in environments compared to the others, where you could end up visiting more than three, or four different locations within the same chapter, also, first aids are unnecessarily abundant, and easily accessible. Puzzles are limited and very easily solved, while stealth isn't incorporated, or encouraged at any point, quick times events are very heavily, and well integrated, apart from climbing the ropes, which can be tedious, and frustrating. Due to the location variety, and the well done story progression the campaign manages to be greatly fun, and keeps you interested at all times, the best one in the game.
SCORE: 9/10
CHRIS/PIERS Campaign
Chris's campaign is definitely the most action based one, which works both well, and terrible at times, the first two chapters are solely based on taking orders, following directions, shooting, shooting, shooting, arriving to target location, then copy, paste, and so on, however starting from the third chapter, the game picks up, and starts throwing challenges at you, with some epic boss fights, and chases, leaving you thoroughly satisfied, while the ending is not for everyone, some will love it, while others will loathe it, it does however shed a light on what Capcom had in mind when they decided to include Piers, instead of Jill. Variety in this campaign is annoyingly low, as four of the five chapters take place in China, story also unfolds in a quite straight forward manner with no twists, but even so, when all is said and done, Chris's campaign inclusion is more than justified.
Score: 8.5/10
JAKE/SHERRY Campaign
Adding a new character to a franchise as popular as Resident Evil is not an easy task, but Capcom pulled it off perfectly, as Jake is definitely one of the coolest, and most bad ass characters to be introduced this gen. This campaign is unique, and can't be classified exclusively under a single genre, it does involve survival horror, vehicle chases, fist fights, stealth, and many others, but what stood out for me was the Ustanak, a creature similar to, yet more bad ass than nemesis. Campaign had the best character development, while the story progression, and location variety were almost on par with Leon's, however, it could have used a better intro, or a prequel to shed light regarding Jake's, and Sherry's pasts.
SCORE: 9/10
ADA Campaign
Ada's role in Resident Evil 6 is integral, and it becomes obvious the more you play the other campaigns, and the more the story unfolds, that her campaign will connect ties, fill the missing pieces, and explain everything, something, which it did very well, but the way by which it did so, wasn't great. For starters, campaign felt more of a tacky " separate ways " add on, than a standalone one like the others, even with all the variety in the previous campaigns, they managed to work, but Ada's struggled with its identity, stealth was very very poorly integrated in a lame and unnecessary manner, while the puzzles were straight forward and ridiculous at times, even the most anticipated moment of the entire game, ended in one of the lamest boss fights in the game. There is some fun to be had here, and story wise, it is the most important one in the game; also, its addition is very generous from Capcom, as the other three would have been more than enough.
SCORE: 7/10
Like all previous entries, Resident Evil 6 offers other modes, such as the mercenaries, and the newly added agent hunt, where you can play online as one of the creatures to kill the good guys.
Against all odds, and harsh critic reviews, Resident Evil 6 is a very well done game, a thriller from beginning to end, Capcom tried something outrageous, and new, and I for once think it worked out great. Everyone must give this game a try before dismissing it, there is something for everyone in there.
GF365: "The iconic survival horror franchise Resident Evil boasts a great number of popular and memorable characters. Arguably, Leon S. Kennedy is the most popular and recognizable character aside from Jill Valentine. In this article, we'll be counting down every Resident Evil game Leon is featured in, ranked."
Yeah I figured it would be ordered like this. For me Leons best game was his debut. RE2.
The modern entertainment industry has witnessed the rise of the Resident Evil franchise as one of its most renowned and celebrated multimedia phenomena. With numerous video games released across multiple platforms, it can be daunting for newcomers to determine where to commence their journey. So here is every main mainline Resident Evil Games ranked.
In preparation for the highly anticipated Resident Evil 4 Remake, let’s take the liberty to rank each of the mainline story instalments, providing players with a fundamental comprehension of the Resident Evil universe.
TG: “In the past few weeks I’ve sensed a disturbance in the discourse. The Resident Evil 4 remake is now less than two weeks away, with fans sinking into the stellar Chainsaw Demo to learn exactly how the combat system works and what the full experience has in store. It’s amazing how it improves on the original with more nuanced movement, weightier gunplay, and mechanics that allow Leon to parry enemies even in the most frightening of situations. However, certain fools (to be polite) are claiming it reminds them of Resident Evil 6, and how that’s actually a good thing.”
Man what it coulda been though. They definitely put in too much hollywood action and Micheal Bay feels to it. I....wonder if they'll decide to remake 5+6? As the most controversial and worst received RE games....would they remake or completely rewrite both?
If they can just retain the survival horror feel into those games somehow. I still like the idea of an optional co-op for 5 and playing three separate routes in 6.
But...I wouldn't mind it at all if they made them much more like 4 going solo in some very creepy setting that makes you feel like your in a horror film....but a badass at killing zombs lol.
I'd just rewrite both and continue the franchise from there
Resident Evil is getting onto number 9 now and it feels after some story decisions in the past games they don't know what the objective / goal is anymore. If they do RE5 they should keep Wesker alive, none of the volcano bullshit and just continue the franchise from there by going off the remake timeline and dropping the numbers completely.
That would be an unprecedented move for a developer to make and I have to imagine the chances of them doing a rewrite like that are zero.
I guess you could say RE has been in it's 'zombie' phase since Mikami left after RE4. The franchise was too lucrative for it to be abandoned, but the original vision had run its course. The new games still have good qualties, but no point pinning your hopes on a giant retcon
A proper remake of 6 would require them breaking it down into 2 to 3 different games if you want them to actually succeed at what the previous devs attempted
It was ok to campaign co-op with a friend but after that the game just stunk like a pile of shit I thought.
RE6 will never stop being an enjoyable game that I revisit from time to time
