Resident Evil 3 Remake (Xbox One)
Resident Evil 3 is set amidst the nightmarish outbreak of the t-virus, a biological weapon developed by the pharmaceutical company umbrella Corporation. The game marks the debut of nemesis – a towering humanoid Bio weapon designed for both brutality and high-functioning intelligence – whose dogged hunt of S.T.A.R.S. Member Jill Valentine made him an icon of the Resident Evil series. Armed with an arsenal of high-powered weaponry and wrapped in a black suit to hide his mutilated features, nemesis will maim, pulverize or destroy any obstacle on the path to his target.
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| Jill’s harrowing escape takes place in the panic-stricken hours leading up to and following the events of the acclaimed best-selling Resident Evil 2. | Manipulate the environment and Wield a deck of cards to place vicious creatures, set traps and weaponized security cameras to snare hapless survivors. | In turn, four survivors must effectively work together, making the most of a variety of weapons and each player’s unique special abilities, to stand a chance of escaping the experiment before time runs out. | Intense combat and puzzle solving combine to deliver the heart-pounding final chapter of Raccoon city’s collapse. |
| Dimensions: | 13.4 x 17.1 x 1.5 cm; 70 Grams |
| Model: | 5055060968017 |
| Origin: | Austria |
his game has received a lot of criticism but i still think its a good game. they got the nemesis relentlessly pursuing Jill right right. took me a little while to get into it but once i was hooked i could not get enough. loved the nemesis boss fights
While it does feel bare compared to the original game, 2020’s Resident Evil 3 is a damn good time in its own right. From the streets of Raccoon City to the shady underground Umbrella laboratory, this RE3 game is ideal for loading up and bashing out in one sitting. And with five different difficulty modes and a wealth of unlockable items, there’s plenty of reason to replay it time and again.
Perfectly packaged amazing game too short in my eyes! Either way as a resident evil fan..this is worth every penny.
he game isn’t long but what is there is perfect. it feels like playing a movie and that’s the best way to describe i
TLDR: Very short & not as good as RE:2, but still fun.
This game is a logical continuation of the Resident Evil: 2 remake.
The graphics, characters, monsters, gunplay and set-piece moments are great. If you are an RE fan you should buy this but at a <20 price tag, as there are some caveats to be aware of.
1. This game is VERY short. I finished it within 7 hours, and I took my sweet time exploring each area. This is perhaps the biggest offence, but is maybe a tad more forgivable at the current price.
2. If you liked the original RE:3, the above may annoy you further as I understand several original sections have been cut out of the remake (I have not played the original).
3. This game is mostly action orientated compared to RE:2, I was rarely low on ammo. If you are expecting a horror experience, I would look elsewhere.
4. The main monster, Nemesis, is a bit of a joke. He does not stalk you through the map like Mr. X does in RE:2, it is all very scripted. His boss fights are tense, though.
5. 'Resistance', this is a tacked on 4v1 multiplayer game that is essentially dead. You get this with RE:3 whether you want it or not. I can't help but feel like more resources should have gone into the actual game, instead of a DBD rip-off. Capcom, please stop with PvP Resident Evil, no-one wants it.
Having said all of that, there is a lot of fun to still be had in the main game.
You can earn points to unlock extra items, meaning subsequent playthroughs will give you bonuses such as new weapons, player buffs or unlimited ammo which can be fun. Enemies and bosses are fun to fight, the (limited) open areas are fun to explore, and Jill / Carlos are great characters (in classic RE fashion).
Not bad overall, but don't buy it at full price.
Juega o, me encanto el 2 y este me sigue sorprendiendo, por el momento genial!
Incredibly entertaining with exceptional graphics, a good story line and amazing gameplay. This game really is fun to play and I think I am enjoying it more than the original RE3 game (not sure if everyone would agree with me though). The zombies are detailed and scary looking and the game can be chaotic and a real challenge in places when there are multiple enemies to evade/kill. Nemesis is relentless and will beat the living daylights out of you if he catches you. Thorougly entertaining and I probably enjoyed this more than the RE2 remake.
Video game arrived brand new and sealed. A cheap price, too. Excellent service
Amazing game. I remember playing the original back in the day. I’m giving it a 4 star review given that the game is a bit short. All in all, this is an excellent remake with jumpy scares throughout the story. Great voice acting. Highly recommended.
I avoided this game for a year because of reviews and how dumb I feel now.
Firstly yes the game is shorter and yes the nemesis is more of a continual boss fight compared to mr x on resident evil 2 but GOOD!
Resident evil 2 is great but let’s face it the pacing can be a bit dull and mr x just gets annoying. Resident evil 3 is pure chaos, raccoon city is falling and you feel it. In resident 2 you clear a room of a zombies it stays clear in 3 you clear an area and more zombies appear crawling out from under cars, it’s relentless. Yes nemesis doesn’t continually wander around but they have made it different, nemesis appears in some amazing cut scenes that play like a QTE leading to a traditional boss fight and I don’t mind, in these scenes you see him cause carnage and destruction the likes that mr x never did.
I played the originals back in the day and my biggest issue with resident evil 3 was that nemesis was just another mr x, now he is different massively so.
Ok the biggest complaint with 3 is that you can’t “choose” a path like in the original..so what? Those choices didn’t make a big impact and now the game has a more story drive narrative and it works great, the abandoned hospital was creepy as hell until it all literally goes to hell and it’s something the game should push you towards. Additionally this game has a real wesker style villain throughout and it gives the whole game a better movie like story. That was something 2 lacked, no real villain other than monsters.
This game is around 20 now and worth that price, yes it is short, but honestly it’s a faster paced experience with some amazing details that I couldn’t wait to pick up and play again as I know there’s shops I missed exploring when in raccoon city. You don’t spend hours wandering around for medallion puzzles, great that’s a pain in the backside it was in the 90s and it is now.
Don’t listen to critics, games used to only be a few hours not 100+ like everyone expects them to be today.
This is a great resident evil experience.
I love this game, well remade. I like the extra challenges, I’ve played it over and ove
L’articolo arrivato oggi per questi corrieri devono dare le dare di consegna pi precisi ok per sono contento lo stesso
Un classico che non delude . Rapido ed intuitivo permette di raggiungere in breve all epilogo.
I Loved it, it has a great story and amazing graphics
Another gorgeous remake of a classic. Both RE2 and RE3 are quality made games and definitely worth the money. Well written story and has a Tomb Raider feel to it with the action scenes.
Great value for money can’t wait for the person I brought it for to play i
Bought the outrageously expensive Collectors Edition from Game for 215! Expecting a similarly outstanding experience as RE2… I was wrong to have raised my expectations. Resident Evil 3 released during an actual global pandemic except in the “real world” they weren’t coming back to life and shuffling in the streets. Ironically our streets were “dead” because no-one was on them. Anyway, much loved franchise main protagonist Jill Valentine returns with Carlos Oliveira.
Jills gameplay is more traditional survival-horror and definitely the better part of the game. Carlos gameplay, equipped with an assault rifle is pretty mundane action oriented gameplay involving just shooting large quantities of enemies at once and has no tension whatsoever and can actually be quite frustrating and a little boring. Much was made of the seemingly indestructible Nemesis in the trailers. He relentlessly pursues Jill and you engage in mini-boss battles. After each one he transforms into an even more grotesque monster. Even despite bundling in Resident Evil Resistance, four survivors working together in various scenarios attempting to escape the traps and enemies introduced by the Mastermind is a poor attempt to try and justify selling this game for 50 when it was released.
I actually think the silent Mr X who silently stalked you throughout the RE2 remake was scarier than the tentacled Nemesis who was more annoying. RE3 doesn’t reach the heights of the brilliant RE2 but it is enjoyable, I just wished there was more of it. A short but enjoyable game. Bring on RE7 Village.
Okay, I wasn’t that interested in this game when I first heard about it. Then I played RE2 remake, and I wanted more. I played RE2 Remake to death. I played it to the point where I’d 100% maxed out my gamerscore from it. This was as good, well nearly as good. Well… VERY nearly as good. Trying to explain why I don’t think I enjoyed this as much as RE2 might not actually be very easy.
The scenario in this game is that you’re playing as Jill from the first game come to Raccoon City to look for your brother (Also from the first game) Chris. Instead of exploring just the RPD, you find yourself exploring the whole city and the police station and NEST2, a second secret lab. Sounds exciting right? Well, yes. This all sort of implies you’re going to have a much bigger area to explore, but strangely you don’t really feel that. RE3 remake feels more linear, more like a narrative on rails, whereas in RE2 remake part of the fun was working out the most efficient way of completing your tasks and moving onto the next area.
The graphics and sound are beautiful of course and the voice-acting is fine. I enjoyed the actress who played Jill, I thought she did a great job. Carlos’s actor, I thought was let down by writing in places. Some of the periphery characters in this game didn’t make as much sense either. All in all it was very serviceable though.
One difference I DID notice, was that while cut-scenes interrupted the action in RE2 Remake, in RE3 remake it was set pieces. Parts of the game where control was taken from you and you were forced to deal with something in a way which was outside of the scope of normal gameplay.
I also didn’t think the Nemesis character lived up to his potential. Whilst he can stalk you in parts of the game, for much of the game he appears in set pieces. He doesn’t have the organic, looming threat that Mr. X in RE2 had. His boss battles also became somewhat repetitive.
One thing I did like about RE3 was that knives don’t break. Knives breaking (Infinite knife aside) in RE2 was quite an annoying feature. I know why they did it there, to stop people using knives to check every corpse without any cost – but I’m glad they dropped that idea.
Another area which varied from RE2 was difficulty. In RE2 you have three difficulties I think? Easy, Normal and Hardcore or something. In RE3 these went further two levels above Hardcore with the hardest level called inferno.
Now, the difficulty levels DO make a massive difference, but and this is a big BUT, there wasn’t the same sense of achievement to beating them as there was in RE2. In RE2 getting an S+ rank was seriously tough. Getting the infinite cat ears from the ‘No Way Out’ scenario was really hard. In RE3 you can basically force your way through by simply playing a lot. The way this works is you play through the game earning in-game (Not Xbox) achievements and earning Umbrella Credits for them. Then between runs, you can go to the ingame store and buy things such as a manual that makes a perfect dodge easier, costumes, medals which make you take less or deal more damage. A medal which makes you regenerate health and weapons. In the weapons category you can buy the infinite rocket launcher.
Now I’ll be honest, getting the infinite rocket launcher is really NOT that hard. You just have to play a lot and save your credits. Once you DO buy the infinite rocket launcher the game becomes quite laughably easy. You still need to master the dodge manoeuvre for the boss battles and certain set situations, but it becomes incredibly easy otherwise. There are no S+ ranks to earn in this game. If you play it to death and empty the shop, then it makes the game a doddle. Is this a good thing? Well, I don’t know. You can max out this game purely by putting time in and without necessarily increasing your skill, tactics and knowledge of the best routes through. There’s only one scenario – Jills. There’s nothing to separate the men from the boys. In RE2 if you want that S+ Rank you have to work for it and there’s no saying you’ll get it then. Sure you can look at guides, but it takes practice, skill and a bit of luck. In RE3 as long as you’re prepared to pour the time in you can unlock everything!
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In addition to the main game RE3 ships with a multiplayer game called Resistance. This is a fun team game where one player takes on the role of an evil mastermind controlling the environment, setting traps and unleashing creatures while the players all work together to solve puzzles, kill monsters and escape to the next area. This mode is a fun distraction to try after the main game. I can’t put my finger on why though, but I find it a bit clunky. It doesn’t quite have the polish of the main game. It DOES however mean you can get your Resident Evil kicks for long after you’ve finished the main game and play with your friends. Personally I wouldn’t have bought Resistance if had a retail price, but as it was included free – I appreciate getting it. It is fun, it is worth playing, but personally I don’t think I’ll put the hours into it that I put into the main game.
All in all, a cracking game. One of my favourite games ever, but I think it’s overshadowed by the overall better ‘Resident Evil 2 Remake’ But go on – treat yourself. Buy both! You may as well. You revisit so many locations in these games that RE3 actually answers some interesting questions you might have found yourself asking in RE2. Like why was the shower room wall smashed through? How did Marvin get bit? That sort of thing…
Martyn Stanley
Resident Evil 3 remake is game that takes place before, during and after Resident Evil 2. If you played that game, this one is important. It ties up loose ends and continues the story. Just like the original Resident Evil 3, this game is shorter than Resident Evil 2, very short, my explorative playthrough took me about 6 hours on Standard difficulty. Therefore some may say this should be a cheaper title, however it more than makes up for its length with quality.
The characters are extremely likeable and dialogue is well written, Carlos and Jill’s relationship is very believable. Nemesis is an incredible villain, I do prefer him over Mr X due to his expanded move set. I just wish he had more of a presence in the game. After about an hour or an hour and a half, depending on progression speed he is only seen then on out in boss battles.
If I wasn’t a huge resident Evil fan I would give this game a 3.8 – 4.0 out of 5. Just due to the short length, lack of nemesis and technical drawbacks. Now when I say technical drawbacks, this is subjective, the game looks phenomenal. However due to the expanded location size and more enemies on screen they’ve had to remove ragdoll effects from Resident Evil 2, by this I mean in that game zombies would trip over other zombies bodies, fall against objects in the world, their limbs would hang off. They still have dismemberment but it’s just dialed back due to current gen hardware restrictions. It does however run at 60fps on the Xbox One X and PS4 Pro.
The game itself is a good remake, the graphics are amazing. My only gripe is the game can be way to dark in some places to the point where I cant see where I am. Tried adjusting the brightness but doesn’t really make a difference. Other than that I will enjoy finishing the game at some point in this lockdown. Plus it adds to my vast collection of RE games.
Great interpretation of the original game. Graphics on point, more action oriented than 2
Full disclosure – I’m a huge Resident Evil fan – but this is another excellent remake from Capcom. It looks stunning and plays extremely well – overall it is very similar to the Resident Evil 2 remake, with a few exceptions.
This time there is only one campaign where you play as Jill mainly, with some small sections as Carlos, as opposed to two campaigns with two characters in RE2. Also, there are much less puzzles and a bit more action – though it is still scary. Last of all, and importantly, it’s shorter than RE2 – it has been designed to be played multiple times, and you earn points each playthrough which you can use to buy items for your next playthrough. The length of the campaign is the only reason this is 4 stars for me, not 5. It’s an excellent game all told.
It also comes with RE Resistance – an online 4v1 multiplayer game. Your mileage of this will depend very much on if you like this sort of game, but I think it’s extremely fun, whether you’re a survivor or the mastermind. It’s difficult to win but the challenge is fun, and it’s quite chaotic but in a good way!
Overall, the single player game and multiplayer are both great, just do remember the single player game is short and is supposed to be played more than once. If you liked RE2 or other horror action games, you should like this too.
you get your usual achievements for playthrough and completing various tasks during the playthrough most can be done easy if your a veteran player, make sure you check the list before you start.
you will be rewarded with a shop on completion where you can buy items to help you plus alternate costumes.
the game can be played on easy to hard depending on your skill.
PROS:
– Great to be back in Racoon City once again
– Gameplay is enjoyable
– Storyline fillers are great eg seeing why Marvin gets bitten in the first Resident Evil 2 and how he ends up with a stomach bite
– Switching between Carlos and Jill is cool
– New points system by earning in game points only by completing challenges eg kill 200 zombies or complete on Standard in exchange for the coins that give extra armour or weapon damage and these can be carried between games in the chest on your profile to make Hardcore easier to achieve an S rank. Infinite ammo weapons available like this also
CONS (I hope Capcom learn from this) Please play first before reading
– It feels too short by about 45mins-1 hour
– Not much involvement at all from other members of UBCS
– Much of the Nemesis scenes are animated rather than playable
– Nemesis is actually really annoying rather than a menace. When you look at the movie and the first game, it’s different with the style.
– Boss battles aren’t as engaging as normal Resident Evils
– Feels very rushed and compacted instead of detailed like Resident Evil 7 or even the original
– It feels like you don’t get much of Carlos’ story or the fact that his surname is Oliveira. The phrase “not leaving you in a Carlos-less world” is a bit stupid. There’s plenty of Carlos’ in latin countries. Even I am a Carlos from Venezuela actually reviewing this.
– not as much of racoon City is available as it was in the first game in 1999 or 2000 or whenever it came out.
– Dodging the Nemesis is just almost impossible until you get the power up from the store that unlocks after you complete the game the first time.
– not many safes as compared to last time
– Achievements have been set up to make you need to play the game 3-5 times just to get them.
– Price of 49.99 is too high by 10 if you ask me
– The back story of Umbrella is lacking
– Not enough clips of the Nemesis programme (they could have even used Resident Evil Apocalypse footage cleverly inserted for some explanation of what Umbrella is and what they do like in the first RE3)
– Feeling of “it was over quickly is there when you finish”
Well the short answer is yes but it is a shadow when compared to the second game.
Of the original trilogy of games, the third entry (Nemeses) was always my least favourite. Not because it was a bad game, far from in fact but more a case of everything it did had already been done in the second game and always had a sort of expansion pack vibe to it rather than being a whole new game and that’s what this remake feels like once again.
The remake of the second game is without the much better game and while RE3 does have some great locations and of course the Nemeses himself (I’ll go into that in a minute) it is fair to say that it adds nothing new from the last game and I’d argue it actually takes a step back in some areas.
The story begins with the protagonist from the first game, Jill Valentine in her apartment trying to uncover clues to bring down the evil Umbrella Corporation. After a short opening she is attacked by an unknown creature as she runs for her life into the zombie filled streets and so beings, Resident Evil 3.
Graphically the game is still impressive with some amazing character models and superb lighting but I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t starting to look a little too ‘familiar’ shall we say. This is now the third game to use this engine (Ironically just like the original PS game) and too many times they have reused the same assists. They have created a lot of new stuff but shelves, doors, textures and so on were used in Resident Evil 7. Do you remember in RE7 that toy bear you pick up that bleeds black goo? Yea, well that’s back again and that’s just one example! There’s even segment where you have to use a car to progress and it’s the same car you use in the RE7 boss fight against Jack Baker. It doesn’t really ruin the game but it does stand out quite a bit once you start noticing and the more you play, the more you see.
Another strange thing that has seems to have been downgrading is the gore system. The game is still violent and some rooms in the hospital look amazing with blood splattered walls and floors (this is making me sound like a serial killer here) but the zombies don’t seem to ‘fall apart’ like they did in RE2. I’ve used grenades on them and they simply fall to the ground, limbs intact. Not sure if anyone else has noticed this but it does seem like a strange removal if so. My guess would be that this game has more zombies on screen at once so maybe it would be too much for current hardware to handle.
The map area is pretty impressive with city streets covered in debris and of course zombies but some areas from the original are just not there or are only seen in cut scenes (such as the Bar) but you never get to explore it. Part of the excitement of the RE2 remake was revisiting a location that had been ingrained into every players mind and seeing what a shiny new modern version could do. Sadly, RE3 fans will be left disappointed as so many areas are gone or dumbed down. A couple of the original monsters are missing too (I won’t spoil it for you) which is really noticeable as some of them where the original games stamp on the series. With them gone it sort of makes this version feel a little hollow. I was also surprised just how little time you spend in some areas. The sewers for example seem to be over and done with in twenty minutes!
The voice acting is good the most part with a few cheesy one liners that would make Schwarzenegger proud. The music is a little bit of a mix bag. Apart from the safe room theme, the music seems to be all unique versions and is either action movie style during boss fights or creepier ambiance when exploring. I did think the music in the hospital was especially good but for some reason the game has no option for the PS1 originals like the second remake did. Again, this just feels like more content that is missing.
However, while most of what I’ve pointed out so far could be considered nit-picky there is one area that I can’t defend and that is the games length. It is short, like REALLY short with my first ever play through on normal taking me just over four hours and that was exploring every area till map turned blue (blue means the room is empty of items). Now I’m someone who believes a game should be valued on its content and just because it’s long doesn’t mean it’s better but this simply is not acceptable certainly when this one cost more at release then the RE2 remake did which clocks in around eight hours on your first play through. This is where so much of the cut content really starts to show and while I have no doubt I will replay this game several times, it’s just such a shame that they had a chance to make this even better than the original but instead went for what feels at times like a rushed game to get out before the next gen comes in. It should also be noted that the Mercenaries game mode is gone in this game and replaced with a side game called Resistance but I’ve not played that one to be fair.
Now I can’t end the review without mentioning the beast himself, the Nemeses. Imagine Mr X from the second game but on steroids and a longer grip. If there’s one thing this game gets right it’s the sheer terror he bringswhen he is allowed to that is. A few times during play he will appear and stalk the player at an alarming speed so much so I found it better to fight him then to run away. There is one section where you have to run back to the subway station as this hulking mass of meat chases you down. It is amazingly intense to the point of I actually found myself using colourful language as I ran. But (of course there’s a but) there are two problems I found with him. The first is too many times his encounters involve running away down a single street or alley as he chases behind you. Your only escape is to run forward till you reach the end of the street where it goes into a cut scene. Do you remember in RE4 where you run away from that giant statue? Well, it’s a bit like that. The other point is more of a missed opportunity than anything else as the Nemeses is not random. I could tell you now every location he turns up and which walls he burst through and I think it would have been so much more terrifying if this was random for each replay. Never knowing when or how he will turn up!
So what are my final thoughts on this game?
Well, Resident Evil 3 was always going to be a hard game to remaster and I think they did a pretty good job overall. Sadly though it’s short length, missing content that was in the original and some rough edges do hold it back somewhat from being great. Certainly a good entry but I do think once again like its PlayStation 1 version, Resident Evil 3 will be forgotten about in the next couple of years as the second game takes the spot light.
I also think fans of the original will be left a little disappointed but it is still a solid entry and I hope one day to see Code Veronica and maybe Dino Crisis get a remake.
Gameplay (15/20)
Graphics (18/20)
Sound (15/20)
Replay Value (12/20)
Value for Money (11/20)
Total (71/100)
A good Resident Evil game but not great.