It didn't set the standards for this style of game the way Resident Evil 1 did it's not as ambitious or unblemished as Resident Evil 2. Removed from the moment in time when it debuted, Resident Evil 0 is just a really good classic RE game. Wrap Up: Resident Evil 0 is better in retrospect than it was at release But if you love the cornier approach to survival horror, before everything took itself so seriously, it's a blast. If you're expecting serious drama from Rebecca and Billy, you're in for a disappointment, and don't even get me started on the game's hilariously ineffective villain.
Even as the game advanced and I built up a healthy backpack of ammunition for my guns, I always felt just one or two bad rooms away from losing everything.įor as much as Resident Evil 0 embraces the series' classic gameplay, it also adopts the goofy, heavy-handed and poorly voice-acted storytelling of the franchise's earliest entries.
I was rarely sent running in a direction I'd already been in without the area suddenly being invaded by a new nightmare creature, or without finding myself unexpectedly stalked by a returning foe. These are tightly-designed settings, paced perfectly to emphasize tension.
If you love the cornier approach to survival horror, Resident Evil 0 is a blastĪnd yet, aside from the very last area, I found Resident Evil 0's locales interesting enough to alleviate any frustration from backtracking.
