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I am insane, but I pay promptly. I prefer - if possible - to have a tracking number. I love my cats, can't live without the cell phone and/or husband, and adore chimichangas.... Even if I'm not sure I can spell it correctly!
Reviews (2)
Apr 13, 2009
Resident Evil
Resident Evil is the classic game of survival horror. It helped mold the way my generation views zombie games. From the perspective of gaming history, it is irreplacable. Since the game's initial release in 1996, the series has sold over 35 million games. (Per Wikipedia... The initial release was, of course, not the director's cut.)
The controls are a bit counterintuitive for anyone used to playing video games. Up is not up on the screen, but forward in the direction your character faces. Down is not down the screen, but 'back up.' Left and Right pivot the character to his or her left or right. It only took a few hours to really get the hang of it though.
And, given the sometimes interesting camera angles, this is a blessing. You find yourself looking up at your face, head on, down, a strangely angled down from a balcony overlooking your location from upstairs.... There is no end to the places they wanted you to see, including the underside of your chin.
There are some other aspects of Resident Evil that lack the 'flavor' of a good game. Sometimes shoddy dialog ("This is a lockpick. It might help if you, the master of unlocking, were to take it with you.") and bad voice acting seem to be the major negatives.
Still, this game has unique puzzles and a (*gasp*) backstory. None of that infinitely recycled movie amnesia nonsense here, our characters are Racoon City's answer to the SWAT team. Not only that, the story, the controls, and most of the items that you can gather stay relatively consistent throughout all the iterations of Resident Evil. (Something not even Super Mario Brothers managed to pull off.)
All in all, I will say that it is a must for any horror afficianado's personal game library and award it four stars.
Apr 13, 2009
Elebits
1 of 1 found this helpful A few months ago, a friend of mine purchased a Wii and a game called Elebits. I took one look at it and decided there and then that Elebits was a game for kids. I was wrong.
In the first hour of play, we'd unlocked two levels for multiplayer and were competing at an insane pace. We ran amok through 'our' room and the parent's bedroom and laughed as we destroyed, bumped, lifted and threw objects to get enough electricity to power the house.
While simplistic in nature, the premise was easy to grasp. The movements on the Wii weren't the simplest in the world to pull off (opening a door took almost two minutes the first time), but this was our first time with the Wii controller and Nunchuck.
This game has both a solo and a multiplayer mode, which is a great selling point as it is difficult to find games that your significant other can play at the same time. Mine can only stomach about 30 minutes of watching me level on Final Fantasy before he starts begging for a movie. Or a game of chess. Or anything else....
All in all, great for the family or friends who would rather play a game with you than watch you play one - even if the premise is a bit childish. A solid three bordering four.