Resident Evil 3

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  1. Noriyuki83
    Apr 9, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The opinions is very mixed, some loved this new "Resident Evil 3", some not, but who dont loved this game must be considered a t***c fans? I think it's wrong, but let's start in order.

    The series of Resident Evil started in 1996, the strongest theme of this series was "survival Horror"
    A misc of action, exploration, solving mysteries and variations of puzzle, with sense of suspense and tension, it also took a lot of strategy for reach to the goal.
    Another strongest impact of this series were the particular characters and backgrounds designs, they gave a strong impact and make them unique, different from any videogames.
    The first 3 titles, plus Code Veronica, after so many years, they still continue to fascinate, Shinji Mikami still a genious.

    We all remember the first Remake of "Resident Evil" for Gamecube, it had not only an graphics improvements, but it has kept the original features and designs of the first game with additional contents and stories, it had surpassed all expectations, still a masterpiece, probably the one of the best "Remake" of the history.
    After the success, many fans hoped for a similar remake of 2 and 3, like the first game, with many improvements, but unfortunately the years passed without news.

    From RE4 on, many things changed, the series becomed much action and moved a bit away from the original theme and concept that was the series, however RE4 was a enjoyable title, an enjoyable new experience, RE5 was decently fun too, but i think RE6 was gone a little further...

    Resident Evil 7 was a surprise, the "return to the origins of the Survival Horror", if i remember correctly, the devs also said "the series had becomed too much action".

    After RE7, a Remake of "Resident Evil 2" was unexpectedly announced, but the first impressions were mixed, because of the new characters designs, too much realistic, also the modernized gameplay system without fixed camera, completely different from the "Remake" version that many people was expected, but thanks to the release of the Classic Costumes and the return of the minigames, even the skeptical fans decided to give a chance.
    Though the game was not so long and modernized for the current generation, the Remake version of RE2 maintained his spirit, the thrill and suspense, with puzzles and misc of action, very close to the original, great balance for the new and old generations!

    After the Remake of RE2, many fans has very big expectations for a future Resident Evil title, especially for a possible Remake of "Resident Evil 3"!
    But after the Remake of RE3 was officially announced, after hearing about some cuts, difference from the original version, changes of the designs and more, the fans were again very skeptical, bute the "classic costumes via pre order bonus" had attracted attention, but after the release of the game, many realized that the classic costume was a "bait"...

    The new Resident Evil 3, has a very high quality of graphics and visual, cinematic stories level with more detailed characters, almost everyone agrees on this, but the problem of this game is the less spirit, contents and love for the fans that this game doesnt have...
    This game removed the most important part of the original version, the original game was supposed to be a "city version" of the mansion (RE) and RPD (RE2) with many exploration, variations of puzzles to solve, sudden appearance of Nemesis and creatures with scary tension and suspence, people has very big expectations after the latest titles in recent years, included Monster Hunter World and Devil May Cry 5.
    But this game go completely against the original version of what "Resident Evil 3" was, it becomed an absurd modernized action videogame than "survival", clearly adapted for the new generation and different public, unfortunately even the difficulty of the game doesnt change the fact.
    This game doesnt have the most iconic places of Raccon City, not expected an open world level but something close.
    No exploration and no puzzles, the area of the demo was the most fun and interesting part of the game personally.
    The most thing you do in this game is "keep going" in a railways, so many linear route, you experience only the "moment", not like in the previous game that you are able to return for discover and explore something new (the most stuff that you unlock is weapons and munitions)
    No Jill at RPD also no interaction of her and Marvin.
    From half part of the game seem to playing an modernized TPS game than a RE.
    Also the hospital is modernized and different from his original design, it becomed flat without any creativity, it lost his vintage / retro style and the lab clearly recycled from RE2 but more big (with live action movie reference maybe?)
    There are still so many negative things, the game is "good", but its NOT a "Remake" version that fans expected.

    The point is not about the "taste" but "what a Resident Evil are supposed to be"!

    As a fan im very disappointed and sad.    … Expand
  2. Panxogs
    Apr 9, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La gráfica está increíble, entretenido y nemesis esta genial... Lo malo del juego es que esta bastante fácil, lineal, no tiene muchos puzzles… Expand
  3. Wolfireblue
    Apr 9, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. just in a few minutes in this remeke and I was already on the train! did it? in the classic you debuted me for the first time its 2 hrs to get there. and here were only minutes. nemesis is not scary! and it is very predictable !!.… Expand
  4. Leon4rdo-Nasc-p
    Apr 15, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bom mecanicamente, graficamente, teve mais profundidade em alguns personagens mas desrespeita e descarta totalmente o jogo original de 99. Descartes excessivos de cenários, inimigos, puzzles que praticamente não existem no jogo. Toda essência que existe em um Resident Evil clássico é inexistente nesse jogo. Perderam a oportunidade de fazer um jogo incrível e fizeram um jogo mediano com tantos descartes.… Expand
  5. Sku11K1d
    Apr 14, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es un gran juego , pero lastima que hayan sacado escenarios clásicos e históricos del juego. En cuanto a la duración sabemos que el original es igual de corto, pero igual siento que se podría haber aprovechado aún más la historia.… Expand
  6. Kuartazona
    Apr 14, 2020
    7
    Too short, too easy. This game was made without love, only with the background that left the RE2. Really disappointing
  7. VortIxx
    Apr 19, 2020
    7
    Да,игра сделана отлично, смотрится очень годно,но сравнивая с оригиналом,с серией в общем,не дотягивает до высоко поставленной планки.....
  8. Daminion
    Apr 17, 2020
    2
    The game is too short. And totally doesn’t looks like the original. It’s just a rip off
  9. DIoCruz
    Apr 18, 2020
    4
    Retiraram mapas, armas, trajes e tenham esse péssimo remake, não pela qualidade estética e de jogabilidade, que são incríveis, mas pela falta de conteúdo.
  10. smuky
    Apr 18, 2020
    1
    no clocktower no grave digger no nemesis with tentacles no cementery no death of brad cickers by nemesis no racoon park no dead factory no spiders no mercenaries no crows no decisions.

    RESISTANCE??!?!??? XDDDDDDD good joke of april fools ty capcom really ty for make a **** my nostalgic
  11. juldux
    Apr 19, 2020
    4
    dissapointing, it has a re6 vibe so that's terrible. no really game plus value, key scenarios were cut off from the original story
  12. danmaccoe
    Apr 19, 2020
    0
    This is not Resident Evil 3. It's like a Resident Evil 2's DLC. Capcom is a lazy company
  13. AlvinDownvin
    Apr 19, 2020
    4
    Unfortunately, the game did not live up to the original work and was much lower, especially regarding to the accelerated and lean storyline, since crucial points were presented without development or cut off. Iconic places and scenes that would need to be in the game have been removed. Another negative point was the easiness of the game: lots of checkpoints, lots of ammo, lots ofUnfortunately, the game did not live up to the original work and was much lower, especially regarding to the accelerated and lean storyline, since crucial points were presented without development or cut off. Iconic places and scenes that would need to be in the game have been removed. Another negative point was the easiness of the game: lots of checkpoints, lots of ammo, lots of savepoints that don't even need ink ribbons to be activated.
    In addition, one of the greatest villains of all time in games has been reduced to an non intimidating threat, completely scripted and with a less imposing look. It's really a shame, but this Remake was nowhere near as grand as it could be, following RE2 Remake, its great predecessor. It's not a bad game, it has fluidity and graphic beauty and it's fun, especially for those who don't know the original classic version, but as a Remake, it fails miserably. I hope Capcom, my favorite game company, receives more negative and constructive feedback to learn from their mistakes.    … Expand
  14. Angelo97
    Apr 19, 2020
    0
    The amount of things removed is a joke, not to mention the duration. Right now there are better games than RE3 like Final Fantasy, Doom Eternal, Persona 5 and Nioh 2
  15. JackLove
    Apr 20, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is gonna be a story so relax and listen to an old head explain why this is malarkey incarnate. The game begins in a typical way, starting with a slow, lore intensive opening in which Jill becomes the master of conspiracies and ptsd, and then Nemesis just shows up, busting through a wall. No ounce of subtlety, just big boom. Then, a heavily scripted chase sequence, which ends nonsensically as a doorway of rubble stops Nemesis, he could've easily continued chasing her. Anyway, brad dies, Jill gets her gun, a helicopter shows up and gets blown out of the sky. Now, I would like to say that this was the entire first hour of gameplay in the original game. The entire game has fallacies and shortcuts such as this, and the fact it is not a visual and technical upgrade from the previous game makes all of this unacceptable. The story is not only as inconsequential as the original, but they ripped scenes from other popular games (i.e. killing nemesis is exactly like killing the mastermind in DOOM 2016 no exaggeration.) The mercenaries mode is gone, and the thing I hate the most, the epic final line where Jill says "I'll give you Stars!" is quite literally a throwaway line in another bs scripted chase scene. This game has little respect for the source material, and turned it into the Resident Evil Vendetta of the RE game series. You may wonder what the 1 point is for then if I dislike the game so much? Drain Deimos. Look that up and you will have a good time. Either way, buy re2 before this one.… Expand
  16. TongueAttack
    Apr 24, 2020
    1
    RE2: Remake is one of my favorite games. The exploration has be drastically altered. Most areas are super linear, save for the city early on and, the still limited, hospital. It's a big disappointment.

    Loved the level design and Mr.X of 2 and how the two worked together to make going to new and old areas super stressful and tense. Nemesis doesn't really throw a wrench into exploring and    RE2: Remake is one of my favorite games. The exploration has be drastically altered. Most areas are super linear, save for the city early on and, the still limited, hospital. It's a big disappointment.

    Loved the level design and Mr.X of 2 and how the two worked together to make going to new and old areas super stressful and tense. Nemesis doesn't really throw a wrench into exploring and solving puzzles like X did in 2. It's all predetermined set pieces in this one :'(    … Expand
  17. Vader2114
    Apr 24, 2020
    2
    one of the worst games that i've played in 2020 at the time, i'm very sad that they had changed everything and make one of the worst history from RE series (sorry about my english)
  18. krnjak
    Apr 27, 2020
    0
    absolute garbage, to short, best parts taken out, game made just to earn some money on name, thats it.. DONT BUY IT
  19. Evan786
    Mar 25, 2021
    10
    Resident Evil 3 Remake is the best resident evil game I have ever played. Jill and Carlos's character are amazing. I like how Badass Jill is in this game. And those who says Mr. X is better than Nemesis are wrong. Mr. X was just annoying stalker. If Nemesis constantly chased you like Mr. X the game would have become too hard as Nemesis not only runs at you he drags you, he jumps right inResident Evil 3 Remake is the best resident evil game I have ever played. Jill and Carlos's character are amazing. I like how Badass Jill is in this game. And those who says Mr. X is better than Nemesis are wrong. Mr. X was just annoying stalker. If Nemesis constantly chased you like Mr. X the game would have become too hard as Nemesis not only runs at you he drags you, he jumps right in front of you and he can use weapons. The game was short I don't really mind it cause it doesn't have any unnecessary side quests. Which only makes a delivery boy/girl. Yeah they could have added the clock tower from the original. But still it is a great game.… Expand
  20. KoltDrews
    May 15, 2020
    0
    Random Nemesis encounters?...... GONE
    Clocktower?...... GONE
    Wormfight?...... GONE Split Scenarios?...... GONE 5 out of the 8 unlockable outfits?...... GONE Mercs?...... GONE 1 of the 2 unlockable outfits being a scam...... PRESENT Ignoring the player base asking for all of these things to be included in dlc... PRESENT The corners they cut so they could sell a crappy multiplayer game none    Random Nemesis encounters?...... GONE
    Clocktower?...... GONE
    Wormfight?...... GONE
    Split Scenarios?...... GONE
    5 out of the 8 unlockable outfits?...... GONE
    Mercs?...... GONE
    1 of the 2 unlockable outfits being a scam...... PRESENT
    Ignoring the player base asking for all of these things to be included in dlc... PRESENT

    The corners they cut so they could sell a crappy multiplayer game none of us asked for is what’s going to keep me from buying the next RE title from Capcom until I see some serious improvement and video proof from youtubers post release that they’re off their EA/Bethesda style high horse. RE2 remake was such a gem....

    What a 180 this cash grab was....    … Expand
  21. ChugDugg
    May 22, 2020
    0
    Rotting corpses, Mutated creatures, and large monsters chasing you is mainly what a resident evil game entails. This new installment has all these things but still falls short of being a great game, atg least on par with the rest of the series. Resident Evil 3 has a lot of small problems that add up to really bring it down for me.

    This game takes the same basic plot as the original game    Rotting corpses, Mutated creatures, and large monsters chasing you is mainly what a resident evil game entails. This new installment has all these things but still falls short of being a great game, atg least on par with the rest of the series. Resident Evil 3 has a lot of small problems that add up to really bring it down for me.

    This game takes the same basic plot as the original game and tries to update to a more modern way of characterization in characters and plot instances, but I feel that the changes they made in the minor details really throws off the plot and how the player feels about them. Characters die in diffrent ways that somewhat makes the Nemesis of the game seem not as menacing because it shows him as incompetent and thus being not scary. Other things are character differences with the main cast. Jill Valentine comes of as rude and bratty in this one while in previous entries she is more wary then outright spiteful in her dialogue. Calos is a pretty good new interpretation of the character that feels like the original even though there is new attributes to his character. All the other characters didn’t really have a personality in the original so automatically they are a step up as you can now kinda get a sense of who they are with the little screen time they get. These are some of the more positive changes, but plot points and puzzles from the original are cut from this entry, so it makes the game feel like a fast pace and seem like a short game. They really should have kept these things from the original to make the game feel longer and even out the pace to amore reasonable way. It also really irks me since these were the things from the original game I was looking forward to. Overall, due to a plot that cuts things that would lengthen the game, weird fast pace I didn't really enjoy, and the main character being really unlikable to me, this game was really only an okay experience.    … Expand
  22. roy_ruster
    May 29, 2020
    0
    Muy descepcionante, esperaba más de este juego, pero pareciera que les urgía más que saliera a la venta rápido a que estuviera bien, no siento que valga la pena comprarlo al precio de preventa, mejor esperar a que esté en oferta
  23. SraKarenina
    Jun 3, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Um desrespeito aos fans da saga! Criei essa conta pra pela primeira vez dar minha opinião aqui. Esse RE3! É uma VERGONHA. A Capcom precisa de umas aulas sobre o que é remake. O Remake do 2 foi ótimo, qual era a dificuldade de fazer o mesmo?… Expand
  24. snorkiss
    May 12, 2021
    4
    Lots of running around finding a key to open a lock only to have to find a security card to then open something else while irritating zombies try and bite you in the dark - 4 stars
  25. AldrinVinicius
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    Apesar de terem retirado algumas partes que no do PS1 eu gostava, ainda sim gostei! Primeiro jogo que consigo platinar no Ps4!
  26. 3g7s
    Jun 25, 2020
    9
    I love resident Evil 3, good story but it is way too short and its missing a lot content from the original.
  27. Gamma098
    Jun 27, 2020
    0
    When growing up the original was something I shared with friends and family, I love horror. My college degree is in horror movies.

    This is not horror, this is not resident evil. This is pandering to speed runner, competitive gamers who do nothing but spam views on twitch. the original story was an escape. In horror the protagonist is afraid, so that we the audience may relate, may    When growing up the original was something I shared with friends and family, I love horror. My college degree is in horror movies.

    This is not horror, this is not resident evil.

    This is pandering to speed runner, competitive gamers who do nothing but spam views on twitch.

    the original story was an escape. In horror the protagonist is afraid, so that we the audience may relate, may feel that emotion. Jill was not some super heroin, she was a survivor living in a city. She escaped from her apartment, her place of safety, ran to the police station, the pillar of society, and it was collapsed. she fled further and saw the city hall crumbled. The city's history, built on this mega corp, in the clock tower. the outskirts and how it affects people living outside the city, and the final escape from the docks.

    The characters, while with bad dialogue, had the heart of horror in the classic. The Remake characters had no soul, were shallow, one dimensional, lacklustre, and had no emotional involvement, even the villain mikhail, who was all over the city in the original.

    the game was promised to be massive, instead it was turned into an almost rail shooter for speed runner views, gimmicky bossfights of which there are very few and far between, and a lack of the city of racoon that would flush out a comprehensive story which spoke of a history and characterization in both the horror setting and dystopian setting.

    graphics were great, action was great. literally everything else fell through. And it shows. you can see where they had originall designed more areas to explore. more puzzles to be made. and more locations with newer monsters that fit the settings. All in the train station terminal room. It had several locations that were outright bypassed, a clever little puzzle, and notes all over the board. as the game went on less and less detail, like those notes, were put into the environment, even in the hospital which seemed fully fleshed out.

    it's good for a playthrough, and good for 25$, but as a remake and a triple A title. this was on of the greatest disappointments of my modern gaming life. and TLOU2 just came out.    … Expand
  28. Alx7
    Jun 28, 2020
    0
    No debió ser un juego, hubiera sido aceptado como un DLC, el juego queda muy corto.
  29. CRedfield98
    Feb 27, 2022
    8
    This game is incredible. The pacing, the gameplay, the characters, every aspect of this game is incredible. It is a little too short compared to RE2 and the price is a little bit high for a 5-hour game but it has a lot of replayability and it is super fun to play.
  30. Millymolly
    May 3, 2021
    10
    Очень интересная игра, к сожалению не играл в оригинал, но ремейк понравился, Немезис конечно задолбал, но видимо в этом и фишка)) графика, геймплей очень круто. Страшных моментов тоже много, атмосфера вообще огонь. Всем советую. Да игра не особо большая. Но это если просто бежать по сюжету, я на заводе прошел игру за 10 часов. Так что если вы любите все исследовать, то игра точно для васОчень интересная игра, к сожалению не играл в оригинал, но ремейк понравился, Немезис конечно задолбал, но видимо в этом и фишка)) графика, геймплей очень круто. Страшных моментов тоже много, атмосфера вообще огонь. Всем советую. Да игра не особо большая. Но это если просто бежать по сюжету, я на заводе прошел игру за 10 часов. Так что если вы любите все исследовать, то игра точно для вас и не будет короткой, если вы тупо пробегаете сюжетку, ну тогда вряд-ли стоит тратить деньги… Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 83 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 65 out of 83
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 83
  3. Negative: 0 out of 83
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jul 23, 2020
    60
    Even though it is a very successful game, you will feel a little disappointed. Compared to the remake of the second game, this one often loses its pace and it is impossible to get rid of the impression that there could and should have been more to this game. [Issue#303]
  2. Edge Magazine
    May 21, 2020
    60
    All we can say is that six hours of Resident Evil 3 is just enough - and we're aware that's both compliment and curse. [Issue#346, p.88]
  3. PLAY! Zine
    May 4, 2020
    75
    After a stellar remake of an arguably the best Resident Evil game ever made, Capcom has let down our expectations by giving us a more scripted, more linear survival horror action game that will probably be forgotten like so many sequels that have gone the path of less resistance when it comes to game design. RE3 make feels more like a DLC than a full-blown game.
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