Resident Evil

 PC
Metascore
84

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Just Adventure
    May 5, 2021
    100
    Resident Evil is a rare commodity in several ways. First, it is one of the few titles that can jump from a console to the PC and back with no loss of quality or experience. Second, it a game that can be picked up three years after its release and still have the same impact it did on day one. Finally, very few games can claim to have spawned a genre. Resident Evil can make this claim, as well as the unique claim of near perfection on the first try.
  2. Game Revolution
    May 5, 2021
    91
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  3. PC Gamer
    May 5, 2021
    87
    If you can overlook the minor niggles, Resident Evil comes highly recommended. [Nov 1997, p.215]
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  5. PC Zone UK
    May 5, 2021
    83
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  6. GameSpot
    May 5, 2021
    72
    In the end, Resident Evil is a rare gem that has not only been able to make the jump from a video game to a computer game nearly flawlessly but has done so almost two years after it was originally released. Console gamers may want to check out Resident Evil on the PC - it is the only true uncut version of the game, featuring scenes not even in the recently released Resident Evil Directors Cut. If you aren't too squeamish, you should definitely give Resident Evil on the PC a look.

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User Score
9.8

Universal acclaim- based on 716 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 688 out of 716
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 716
  3. Negative: 4 out of 716
  1. MDmohammad
    Sep 5, 2022
    10
    The first version of this masterpiece series is the best version of this series, Resident Evil 4, but version 1 is also a masterpiece
  2. Arthurmorgan7
    Aug 3, 2022
    10
    The first Resident Evil game was revolutionary, not just for effectively setting the stage for survival-horror games to this day, but also forThe first Resident Evil game was revolutionary, not just for effectively setting the stage for survival-horror games to this day, but also for what it didn't do. Resident Evil didn't need huge armies of zombies, crumbling skyscrapers, or a bunch of super-powered, giant monsters to instill fear. Instead, it took a "less is more" approach to horror, delivering its scares and twists slowly to make the more impactful.… Full Review »
  3. hwanin
    Sep 17, 2021
    7
    Interesting to see there are no reviews for this title yet.
    I played it when I was a teen 20+ years ago. The game videos were definitely    Interesting to see there are no reviews for this title yet.
    I played it when I was a teen 20+ years ago. The game videos were definitely there!
    The cut-scenes were scary and atmospheric.
    The graphics were quite alright, but the controls were not really.

    There was 1 aspect of the game that made the gameplay really difficult if not gamebreaking.
    When I played it first time, I choosed certain path in the mansion and I did not understand why the game is so difficult.
    I read a playthrough where the writer provided a different path which led me to different scripts and weapons in the same mansion. Quite bullsh*t coding, I must say. I mean if I go to a house, the same objects are in the house no matter through which door I choose to go in, right?

    So if you plan to play this game, first, read a proper walkthrough.

    In summary: I enjoyed this, it was maybe the first horror game I ever played. Could have been better experience on console.    … Full Review »
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