Review: Resident Evil 3 (PlayStation 4)
Jill Valentine is one of the last remaining people in Raccoon City to witness the atrocities Umbrella performed. To stop her, Umbrella unleashes their ultimate secret weapon: Nemesis!
Pros:
- Gorgeous highly detailed graphics.
- 23.84gb download size.
- Platinum trophy.
- 3 control layouts, toggle run, action prompt type, auto-reload, aim assist, and reticle deceleration slider.
- Camera-invert axis, sensitivity sliders, and FOV slider.
- HDR mode and settings.
- 3 difficulties-Assisted/Standard/Hardcore.
- Bonuses menu-Concept art and full 3D models.
- Re Net integration.
- Opening cutscenes use real-world video footage.
- DS4 speaker used for radio chatter. (optional)
- 20 save slots.
- Action-horror gameplay.
- Game and save counter.
- Combining is back and with this, you can craft recipes and make better items.
- Puzzles throughout.
- Jump scares and horror aspects littered around.
- Running sections like an autos roller with slight QTE moments.
- Decent loading times.
- Dodge-time a dodge to trigger slowdown bullet time.
- A really cool game world with new routes and secrets to find, fascinating to see how they bind them all together.
- Constant boss fights.
- Spectacular set pieces.
- Horde style scenario sections.
- Hidden collectibles to shoot.
- Challenges-both trophy specific and unique, you finish these to earn points.
- Shop on the main menu-use points from playing to get items/costumes/buffs and things like infinite rocket launcher etc.
- Story result is your overall rank and you get stats on it but also what is needed to improve your rank.
- Improved cutscenes.
Cons:
- Obvious tells that the Nemesis (big bad) is about to appear.
- Game hands out far too much ammo and health.
- Inconsistent checkpoints.
- Hard to shrug zombies off.
- No 180 degree spin on the spot.
- Short game taking well under 10 hours.
- Aside from trophies, it’s definitely a one-shot game.
- No trophy for finishing the game on assisted.
- The minor slowdowns in places.
