Resident Evil

"A glorious beginning !"

I'm a big fan of Resident Evil series. Now I want to share my opinion about Resident Evil 1 - the first game of series with everyone. First, I want to tell why I like this series.
I didn't like games of investigation or exploring because they're usually complex, hard and confusing that make me think. I hated, hated them very much. But when I saw my friend playing Resident Evil 1 and kept track of what he did, I felt something interesting in the game. Later, I bought it and tried once. Oh, how exciting the game was ! The graphic is lively, the characters were cool, the enemies were quite good etc that fascinated me. The puzzles were not so hard as I had ever thought. It was not only real but funny as well. I thought that I had to buy all this series. And I have done that until now.
Gameplay 10/10
Funny, thrilling, exciting and new. These words are enough for me to describe this game. I played it and I'm playing it. It still has a lot of things I still don't feel boring and I want to play more. It still keeps its own horror although the players have played very much, such as me or my friends.
Storyline 10/10
One of the simple reason's is that I like biology. Yeah, this is a game whose content is about the long battle of biology, or we can call ''biohazard'' as its Japanese name. The story is lively and real for the current world, not like some stories of other games which are full of useless fantasies and ''dreams''.
Graphic 8/10
Although its graphic wasn't so perfect, it was all right that time. Resident Evil 1 deserved to be the great game of 1996 about graphic as everyone supposed. Now it can't be compared with the later modern Resident Evil but it is still remembered as the glorious birth of the series.
Sounds 9/10
It was the greatest sound system I had ever seen. Before it, I had played a lot of games whose sounds are only made very badly simply that I can't suffer. The sounds of feet, things, the cries of people and conversations etc. They were the perfect sound at that time.
Length 10/10
A balance. The game is not so long but it's not so short, too. It is long enough for the players to realize its attraction. The players would be angry for the missing short game. But they are also boring for a long game with useless episodes. This is a great point.
Battle system 8/10
I hope it would be more various. This game is so simple about battle system, even the later ones. My friends and I always complained :''These police don't know martial arts !!!''.
Replayability 10/10
As I wrote, it always deserves to be replayed. Don't believe ? Just try it if you are a new player. You will know there are more things you can't guess after beating it only once.
My conclusion is to buy...for a big fan like me. Or if you just want to see what it is and beat it once, you can rent. But I affirm that this is a good game, yeah...a good game !

Reviewer's Score: 8/10, Originally Posted: 07/15/01, Updated 02/04/03