Resident Evil HD Remaster Reviews
Resident Evil HD Remaster's design restrictions heighten the game's survival horror feel, proving that less is indeed more. It delivers tension, horror, and fear liberally. In exchange, you have to commit your time to the game, and put up with some seemingly archaic conventions. In today's world of in-app purchase-laden affairs, it's a welcome throwback to when games demanded you, instead of money.
It's a hard task to sum up a game like this. Should it be judged as a title in 1996, 2002 or 2015? Does it stand up in today's market on its own merits? Am I viewing it with rose-tinted glasses and a bucket full of nostalgia or does it still deserve the high praise it has always garnered? I first played Resident Evil on the PSX with a group of friends back in 1996 and have fond memories of us gathered around the TV trying to figure out the puzzles, what to do and where to go next. In 2015 I feel you must play the game blind to experience that same magic. Using internet guides and youtube walkthroughs will take away everything that makes Resident Evil the classic survival horror adventure. In a nutshell the game is as good as it ever was and better than it has ever been. A masterclass in pacing, whether the design truly is masterful or just a product of the age from which it came will probably never be truly understood.
Resident Evil 0 HD Remastered is essentially the same RE0 that I played back in the Gamecube days, a dated but enjoyable RE experience. The HD coat of paint gives the game a 2016 glow that truly impresses, and the modern control scheme improves the experience in ways that cannot sufficiently be explained, but the core game remains intact. I enjoyed my trip back in time, but I don't think there's enough here that would make me want to do it again.
It's been four years, but Resident Evil HD is just as good a remake as when it first launched. For anyone who didn't grow up in the era of the original PlayStation or get around to trying it on another platform, this specific outing of Resident Evil 1 is a great way to get into the series, provided you don't mind a few Switch-related quirks with the port.
Resident Evil HD is a great remake, provided you contain the nostalgia to enjoy it.
My only fear going ahead is that the success of Resident Evil HD won't inspire Capcom to remaster Resident Evil 0, 2, 3, and Code Veronica, and instead read it as reason to make Resident Evil 7. There's room in this world for the new-style Resident Evil, but it should never be at the expense of removing classics from the selection.
Ultimately, Resident Evil is let down by its awkward combat and somewhat barebones plot. If the story were fleshed out a little more, and if it were possible to fight zombies a little less clumsily, it would still be able to hold its own against the very best of this day and age. Thirteen years is a long time in gaming, though, and the game does show its age a bit. The combat and some other elements, of course, hail from even further back in the 1996 original. As it is, it is merely a great horror game brought to the screen in high definition for the first time, and an absolute must for fans of the genre. Most importantly, it still has the power to inspire fear - and that alone makes it worth the price of admission.
Resident Evil HD Remaster is survival horror but surprisingly as good as you remember it. It could have used more work in the porting department though.
Resident Evil HD Remaster . . . achieves the same sense of lingering horror as its source material while simultaneously making the entire experience easier for modern audiences to appreciate.
An elderly Resident, still as Evil as ever
It's still such a great game all these years later, and is a must play for all horror game fans, especially those who never go to play the original. And if you still aren't convinced, check out our PC footage bellow.
The bottom line is that this game is definitely worth the twenty dollar price tag. For those of you that want to experience Resident Evil the way it meant to be experienced, you need to grab this game up. For those of you who have no idea what I am even talking about, you owe it to yourself to see where survival horror really began. And to those of you just looking for a way to relive the glory days and play something from yesteryear that you loved so much but are afraid a remake would tarnish the memory, fear not. This time, Capcom didn't let us down. RE: HD is one of the best remakes out there and they couldn't have picked a better game to nail it on than this one. So take a trip back to the mansion and remember what it's like to get the crap scared out of you. This game still made me jump… even after all these years.
While the "HD Remastered" tag feels a little hollow, if you just consider this a slightly updated re-release of a fantastic game then I can heartily recommend Resident Evil HD Remastered. Just remember to have a notebook and pen handy.
If there's one game that deserves the remaster treatment, it's Resident Evil. The thirteen year old remake is arguably the best game in the long running series, not only staying true to its source material, but expanding upon it greatly with new content directly built into the core story.
If you like being drowned in nostalgia in a very well done rendition of one of your favorite childhood games which doesn't ruin the experience, yea, this is the Resident Evil for you.
Great environments but with some blurred textures; Fantastic sound remix for 5.1 but with occasionally subpar voice work; Terrifying and thrilling but with lots of retreading; Lots of replay value but sometimes only slight differences in endings. Ultimately a great price for excellent game, but would have liked disc-based US release. The wild card is that it's a multigenerational rerelease with slight graphical variation across platforms.
Resident Evil HD Remaster is almost everything promised. After all these years, it still doesn't miss a step.
Resident Evil still holds up after 13 years as a masterclass in survival horror, this HD remaster making it utterly essential once more.
All in all, Resident Evil HD Remaster is a fun romp back into the survival horror genre of years gone and thankfully a clear example of what can be done to an aged title if enough dedication and effort are put forward. This is the best version of Resident Evil to date despite the zooming issues or the camera angles, all of which you'll forget about as your fighting for dear life.
For a time, revisiting Resident Evil was good. And just as quickly as I was hooked in, I played P.T.