Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles

"Holy **** It's actually easy to play and beat!!!!! I NEED a Weapon!!!!!"

Most of the casual gamers could never beat the early Resident Evil games with out exploits and cheats like me. RE4 was a blast because it had bonuses and plenty of ammo.

Imagine House of the Dead multiply that by CAPCOM divide that by Wii+Resident Evil+a shipping date of the 13th, and you got Resident Evil/Biohazard Umbrella Chronicles for the Wii. You'll se many locations from the previous RE games including areas from the Outbreak spin-offs. You have a story, and it is altered to make the game more logical to see how you can play 2 players on it.

Gameplay 10/10
The gameplay is awesome in every aspect, you start off with a pistol and infinite ammo, and a secondary weapon of your choice. That weapon you need to find ammo in the missions. This game basically plays like House of the Dead with Capcom's ingenious tactics, toys, monsters, and the like. Some things are just breakable with the pull of a trigger. For some reason you can disintegrate concrete and cars with pure metal and lead. But... that doesn't stop you for plugging 15 zombies with a single grenade. When zombies grab you you can dance with a possibly dead ly counterattack with a knife or taser. Watch out for deadly crows and spiders!!!!!

Graphics 10/10
The graphics look exactly like Zero and the Gamecube remake of the original, and Raccoon City looks like it was in Outbreak with conviently placed fuel barrels (who puts that there?). There are some objects that are seen, but do not exist to the AI so they con just walk through.

Knife 9/10
This has been an important aspect of the game so it gets a seperate background. Good news RE fans and casual gamers, the knife isn't a joke anymore. Rejoice!!!! You use the knife to hack at anything at point blank range. You need to use the knife to cut small creatures that crawl on you.

Controls 8/10
Sometimes controls will ride up the ass when you need to dodge for your life, but honestly, pointing at the screen when you need an infrared bar can fail to some.

Story 10/10
The story has been heavily altered so the characters can meet up at the beginning of the game so it is easy to play co-op. You'll get more out of the story than spending $100 to play all the games.

Bottom Line 9/10
While RE:UC might have a little aches and pains here and there, you'll get the game finished in a few days and actually have a ****load of fun in the process.

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 11/19/07

Game Release: Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles (US, 11/13/07)