Difficulty:

Hard

Time Spent:

10 to 20 Hours

The Bottom Line:

"Hard to describe"

*Warning! This Review contains Spoilers, if you do not want to get spoiled then I suggest you finish the game or don't read the Review. *

Resident Evil has been with us (well most of us) since the beginning of most of our gaming lives and I got to be honest about something; my very 1st Resident Evil game was 4 and I loved that game so much I went back to the very 1st games from 0, to Code Veronica and of course 5 and I loved them all and when Resident Evil 6 was announced I couldn't wait for it to be released. At the time Revelations was released for the 3DS and was amazing, and when Operation Raccoon City was released... that is when things go downhill from there but can Resident Evil 6 make a comeback?

The Story:
Ok the most interesting aspect with this game is the Story. And I got to say possibly the best story out of all the Resident Evil games. It really is great. There are a total of four characters to play as in this game, (three to begin as and 1 to unlock which is Ada): Leon, Chris, Jake, and Ada. I broken it down to 4 categories for each story, Leon = Exciting, Chris = Tragic, Jake = Suspenseful/Twist (but has explanations), and Ada = Conclusion. Each character (except Ada) has a partner to go with them with the story; Leon begins when America was going under with a new virus and the president is infected with it as well, and the new virus turns them into zombies and of course the president as well. The president was going after a woman until Leon screams his name and kills him. The woman was name Helena and she is apparently she is working in the same organization as Leon, so they team up to find out what is this new virus and where it came from and who made it as well. Chris begins at a bar, getting drunk and not giving a damn about anything. Next to him is a man named Piers and tells hims about all the great things Chris did and looking at him now made him wonder what went wrong with him when he "lost" it and Chris doesn't remember anything from that event made Piers even madder at him. After a long talk he talked Chris back into action with the BSAA. Jake begins as a mercenary being partake in a strange experiment where they inject themselves with a booster shot but was the virus instead and infecting all the other mercenaries except him. A girl name Sherry shows up to him offering him to go with her to get his blood for a vaccine they need to make for the new virus. Jake is also Albert Weskers Son. Each characters story also intertwine with each other so you'll be expecting 4 co-op modes too.

The Gameplay (w/ game mechanics):
This is the main problem with the game. I could name so much bad things about this game: One is the damn difficulty, this game is damn hard. You had of course a life bar like all Resident Evil games but this one is terrible, you have a 6-bar limit and if you get hit you lose one bar (depending on the enemy too), and of course you have herbs and first-aid sprays, herbs can be mixed here to make more and stored into your capsules for anytime use, but here is where it gets bad, 1 herb = 1 bar restored, or dying cured back to 1 bar. You can only carry up to 12 herbs (more using red mixed herbs) and trust me you'll get hit... a lot since being knocked out doesn't mean you can't be hit still and that will happen a lot. There isn't much ammo around and you can only carry a few ammo for each gun which is like a survival horror game should be, but this isn't a survival horror game, enemies will be everywhere, literally EVERYWHERE! What is even worse most enemies (mostly J'avos the new infected people) can regenerate, and once "killed" they will most of the time mutated and you'll have to waste more ammo. It is actually more better to run away most of the times except forced fights of course. Also there are a ton of one-hit kill enemies which is a pain in the ass. This game is WAY to actionly for a "survival" horror game the concept doesn't fit at all.

The Sound (sound effects, voice acting, etc.)
The Sound effects are ok. Guns shots sound a bit dull at times and explosives all sound the same, vehicles as well cars, helicopters, bikes, boats etc. Music a grand, it's pretty damn great at times. And of course the Voice acting is tremendous. Great really damn great. I can feel the emotion in them all when they are angry, sad, or hell even happy. Great job on the voices I have to say.

The Graphics:
Wow, the graphics are a major improvement from Operation Raccoon City. Characters look amazing, looks close to reality, their facial movements, to their looks, one thing I like the most is their clothing where it will get dirty, from getting shot (blood stains), dirt from rolling around too much or dust from explosives, or wet from waters, and my favorite feature of the characters is the sweat, characters will tend to sweat and you can see it from cut-scenes it's great. One of my problems is they look too shiny kinda bothers me. Also the character movements with small arms are pretty dumb when they run, or move. Explosives look great, and gunfire as well. Vehicles look great too from cars, to bikes, boats and planes. Weapons also look good with some weird names but none the less they look good.

The Controls (w/ presentation):
Holy crap the controls are broken to hell with this game. Moving around is hard enough but trying to dodge, cover, melee is hard to do on it's own. Aiming is also a B. For some reason I cannot shoot anyone even at close range for some reason I passes through them even if I aim right... even at close range but that rarely happens but a bother. AI partners are smarter but still are kinda useless better to play with people online to make this game a bit easier. Camera is pretty good, smooth and helpful. The game comes with a plain ass box art just the logo 6 That's it... and not much inside the case either...

I can't justify what kind of direction Capcom was going with the series and Resident Evil 6 is great but like other games can be destroyed with some of it's bad pointers. Take your pick and see for yourself on Resident Evil 6.

Overall:

Story: 10
Gameplay: 2.0
Sound: 9.0
Graphics: 9.5
Controls: 3.0

Overall: 6.7