LogFAQs > #932448835

C-Rank:
[Resident Evil Gaiden]
Resident Evil Outbreak/File #2
Resident Evil: The Umbrella/Darkside Chronicles

I lump the Chronicles games together because half of each game is retellings that are just there to pad the runtimes. Granted, Darkside's are way better than the phoned in Umbrella', but neither are amazing. These "light gun" games are the best of the genre though because they actually have real impact on the canon. UC goes about filling in gaps in the story, like how Rebecca gets from the end of Zero to her spot in original, with an explanation of how she loses all that combat prowess too (she's been awake for almost 72 hours and is exhausted). Plus you get to play as my boy Richard and see how he lost to Yawn originally. But then there are things like fleshing out Ada's escape from Raccoon City, which frankly I am SHOCKED they didn't integrate into RE2Make. But the best of all is the actual taking down of the remains of Umbrella (and not that stock market bullcrap), from the POVs of both Jill/Chris and Wesker (also bits of Wesker throughout the series, like immediately post-virusing). A lot of little story bits that I really enjoy. DC goes the other route and doesn't really fill in much (except like Leon in police custody after RE2), but instead fleshes out the Leon/Krauser bromance pre heel turn by bringing back the T-Veronica virus and sending us to South America. Good stuff here too.

I also lump the Outbreaks together because they could really be one game, and 2 even has the exact same opening level and exact same characters doing the exact same escapy things. Which isn't bad! I'm still waiting on my modern day version of this game that could take things to the next level. Project REsistance maybe? But I've always said that Raccoon City circa Sept 28 - Oct 1 1998 is the peak point of the Resident Evil universe, so I'm always excited for more things in that era. Plus these games gave us things like ZOMBIE ELEPHANTS, so you cannot go wrong here. And since UC (Tyrant-R in Death's Door) and 7 (Alyssa Ashcroft article) have hammered home these games are canon, I find myself caring way more about these random collection of characters than I normally would. Bonus: The Rat's Eye view opening is one of my favorite in the entire series, and the Outbreak Theme is easily Top 10, maybe Top 5 for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HcxMvprYa0

Now let me be clear, Gaiden is not a good game... objectively. But I got into speedrunning it for a while, and let me tell you I ended up enjoying it way more than I'm going to say most people. It plays weird, its story is weird (but non-canon), it started the love affair with cruise ships the series has... But then again it has BARRY after every other game forgot about him and it took the bold decision of infecting Leon, which could have been fun. But when you've played as much of it as I have this all becomes... charming, in a way. For a GBC game it actually plays better than most and it's the only real horror experience you'll find on the console. Would I recommend it to someone else? Probably not. Would I play it again? Definitely.

I still hear this tune in my nightmares sometimes though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk8QRGSYvrk

Reset. Reset. Reset.

---

If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?
#theresafreakingghostafterus