Metascore
63

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 12
  2. Negative: 3 out of 12
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  1. Jun 29, 2016
    40
    In 2012, I forgave most of Resident Evil 6‘s failings, and I’m ashamed at my behaviour in doing so. I couldn’t, in good conscience, do that any longer. It’s an already dated game, worse now due to its chaos than ever before.
  2. Apr 12, 2016
    30
    This is the best version of a very bad, fatally flawed product.
  3. Jun 3, 2016
    25
    If you are hell bent on grabbing RE6, wait for a price drop. $20 is even too steep in my opinion.
User Score
7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 148 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 87 out of 148
  2. Negative: 24 out of 148
  1. Nov 16, 2016
    9
    I think Resident Evil 6 is one of the most under appreciated and underated game of the past years. It's true that, not unlike RE 5 (and maybeI think Resident Evil 6 is one of the most under appreciated and underated game of the past years. It's true that, not unlike RE 5 (and maybe 4), we are far from the gameplay the original fans loved so much.

    But it's important to highlight the qualities of said-gameplay.

    The dynamics of the controls have been refined since RE4 or 5. You could say that Capcom embrassed it's new approach to this amazing series. It's much more reflex orientated and allows us to perform stylistic actions, which I appreciate. Most of all, the controls and timing is very precise and fine-tuned and this creates a tight gameplay that can create fun challenges in high difficulty modes but remains accessible in the lower ones. You will find that for every situation and every enemies there is always the brute force strategy but there is also the subtle and often easier one that can beat the hardest enemies if you learn to time and chain your actions the right way.

    The game also offers 4 campaigns with 2 playable characters, each one offering it's own abilities. Each campaign is linked to a particular setting/mood and a type of gameplay/action too. So, depending on your feelings that day, you can choose to play one or the other. The Leon campaign is the closest to the originals RE (racoon city / manor environments), the Chris - punch the boulder - Redfield campaign is more a call of duty style of game with lots of gunfights and covers, and the Jake campaign is more experimental with more hand to hand combats and a Nemesis tracking you. Ada Wong was originally intended as a full solo campaign (which is probably the way to experience it), and is kind of a mix of the 3 other campaigns with a stealth approach to some situations.

    To make things more interesting, Capcom has included lots of challenges and modes to play solo or even drop in a player's campaign to fight alongside her/him or against! Like RE5, it's best to play the campaign in coop but the AI is smart enough that it will not be a burden to experience all this in solo. Like all Resident, the replay value is immense with abilities to unlock and modes and challenges to complete.

    I can't stress enough how Resident Evil 6 is an amazing game. It might not be what lots of people expect from a Resident Evil (I personnaly appreciate the evolution, but I know lots of people don't feel this way), but if you want a well crafted, rich and well polished game that takes you all over the world in various environments like deadly cemeteries, zombie infested campus, BOWs (Bio Organic Weapon) with machine guns in corporate headquarters in japan, submarines, american cities overwhelmed by the dead, churches, founderies, and more, look no further.
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  2. Apr 28, 2016
    9
    Played this on the Xbox 360 and whilst a game that is not without its flaws it's still a fantastic game with lots of very different missionsPlayed this on the Xbox 360 and whilst a game that is not without its flaws it's still a fantastic game with lots of very different missions and characters to play. I will pick this up soon so I can go back into multiplayer and kick some ***! Full Review »
  3. Nov 1, 2016
    3
    I use to really like this game until they idiots decided to make you over use ur analog stick like crazy, this game wrecked a few of myI use to really like this game until they idiots decided to make you over use ur analog stick like crazy, this game wrecked a few of my controllers until i couldnt even run anymore in other games, bad very bad Full Review »