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ninkendo
03/31/20 1:12:26 PM
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https://opencritic.com/game/8746/resident-evil-3/reviews

81 average so far through 89 reviews. Much like the original RE3 it seems very love it or hate it. Here's some contrasting excerpts!

IGN - 9/10
With a sublimely detailed world and breakneck survival-horror gameplay, Resident Evil 3 is just as good as its 2019 predecessor. More, please!

PC Gamer - 5.8/10
Both the Nemesis and Raccoon City are massively underused in this disappointing step back for the series.

Game Informer - 9/10
This is another spectacular remake for the series, and Nemesis is an imposing enemy who relentlessly chases you throughout the game.

Gamespot - 6/10
Capcom's remake of Resident Evil 3 makes a strong first impression, but it eventually loses sight of what made the original so memorable.

US Gamer - 3.5/5
Resident Evil 3 finally repositions its place as not just a true sequel to Resident Evil 2, but as a bridge to Resident Evil 4, both in action and plot. While it streamlines the formula of Resident Evil 2 into something more linear, it's still the best way to dodge through Raccoon City with Jill and Carlos, even with Nemesis always on your tail and the occasional clunkiness here and there. With a breezy runtime, Resident Evil 3 is well worth revisiting. Just maybe not Resident Evil Resistance.

Sounds like it's very short running at about 5-6 hours for a first playthrough so I look forward to what speedruns of this game will look like


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MechanicalWall
03/31/20 1:23:32 PM
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I'd care more about the length if FFVII wasn't coming out the next week

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FFDragon
03/31/20 1:29:53 PM
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I mean, RE (sans 6) is a speed series built on replayability not initial length.

Most clock in around 90 minutes once you're good at them! Even the ones that "seem" long like RE4.

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Xiahou Shake
03/31/20 1:29:56 PM
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This game is sounding like a pure shot of adrenaline that is pretty much over as soon as you come down from the high, and that's A-okay with me if it's true! Will never understand folks complaining that a game doesn't dilute itself across some arbitrary dollar-hour ratio.

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Yuri_LowelI
03/31/20 1:31:37 PM
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Ill get this when its 20 bucks. Right now i have persona 5 Royal to focus on

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ninkendo
03/31/20 1:32:11 PM
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FFDragon posted...
I mean, RE (sans 6) is a speed series built on replayability not initial length.

Most clock in around 90 minutes once you're good at them! Even the ones that "seem" long like RE4.
True but none of these reviewers are gonna play the game more than once and RE2 remake was double this time

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FFDragon
03/31/20 1:40:24 PM
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Was it really though? The butchering of A/B scenarios meant that the "second run" was more of an arraigned mode anyway, swapping Ada and Sherry around for who you get to rescue from the sewer. It's artificial length.

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Xiahou Shake
03/31/20 1:42:02 PM
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RE2make's second runs barely qualify as arranged modes tbh, they were 90% the same. Legit the only disappointing aspect of an otherwise excellent game.

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GANON1025
03/31/20 1:48:52 PM
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I did so many runs of the RE2 remake, perfecting that game was a blast. Shame to hear 3 wont hold up like that.


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skullbone
03/31/20 1:49:47 PM
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Xiahou Shake posted...
Will never understand folks complaining that a game doesn't dilute itself across some arbitrary dollar-hour ratio.

I think it's a holdover from when we were kids and you needed to decide which games to rent vs which games to buy. I almost exclusively bought RPGs growing up because I knew I'd get a lot of value out of them. Games I knew I could beat in a weekend or a week and never touch again would be a rental.

My brain just doesn't compute paying full price for a game I'm going to beat in 2-3 days and never touch again.

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GANON1025
03/31/20 1:50:08 PM
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Also sucks that Nemesis is a step down from Mr. X. I kinda get it though, theyre going for different things. But I was hoping Nemesis would be a further refinement of what Mr. X was in the remake.

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shane15
03/31/20 1:52:22 PM
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ninkendo
03/31/20 1:53:33 PM
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These next 3 days at work are going to be tough but glad I have a 3 day weekend just to play through this game and (maybe) platinum it

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FFDragon
03/31/20 1:56:12 PM
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I will say though that some of the cuts made (the clock tower and park especially) and retoolings are baffling to me.

But I did say going in that as long as THE LINE made it in, I'd be happy so we're already starting in the green.

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ninkendo
03/31/20 1:57:57 PM
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I have very little memory of playing Resident Evil 3 the original

Telling me those places are gone means nothing since I don't remember them

3 and 0 are probably the ones I've replayed the least

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FFDragon
03/31/20 2:00:53 PM
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The Clock Tower is the iconic location of RE3.

Park has the Gravedigger boss, which has also been cut.

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ninkendo
03/31/20 2:03:03 PM
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I feel like the things about RE3 I remember the most are the opening and the hospital

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ninkendo
03/31/20 2:03:55 PM
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FFDragon
03/31/20 2:07:20 PM
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All changed from what I hear!

The Hospital for the better, the opening as a sidegrade, the ending a bit worse.

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CaptainOfCrush
03/31/20 2:14:13 PM
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I feel bad that a friend of mine actually surprised me with this game as a gift. I'm pretty cheap and would probably wait for it to hit $20 based on the disappointing news I'm learning. No clock tower is inexcusable.

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Snake5555555555
03/31/20 2:15:09 PM
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What, there's really no Clock Tower? That does suck a little. There was so much I wanted to see redone there!

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FFDragon
03/31/20 2:16:35 PM
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Yeah, you get to see it in the distance during a boss fight, but you never go in.

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JackMan
03/31/20 2:16:57 PM
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No clocktower is so weird, especially when it's referenced in the demo.

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CaptainOfCrush
03/31/20 2:20:53 PM
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FFDragon posted...
Yeah, you get to see it in the distance during a boss fight, but you never go in.
For the love of

Seriously it's the best location in the original game. This really needed another year in development.

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ninkendo
03/31/20 2:35:53 PM
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On the flip side it also explains how they got it out in only a year

Although that demo area was super dense with things to do

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Snake5555555555
03/31/20 2:38:30 PM
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Yeah I've played the demo a trillion times and still notice new new things sometimes. And that's true of a lot of the series too.

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FFDragon
03/31/20 2:38:39 PM
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The demo area is the hub for the first half of the game, so that makes sense. Also why the demo size was so large.

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BK_Sheikah00
04/01/20 12:24:19 AM
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If no clock tower and no park means no spiders, I'm getting this.

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FFDragon
04/01/20 12:49:55 AM
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No spiders confirmed.

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Nanis23
04/01/20 1:18:31 AM
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ninkendo posted...
Capcom's remake of Resident Evil 3 makes a strong first impression, but it eventually loses sight of what made the original so memorable.
It was?
RE3 is the most forgettable mainline game, even more than Revelations and Zero

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pjbasis
04/01/20 1:21:45 AM
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Jeez I don't like the sounds of these cuts but whatever

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FFDragon
04/01/20 1:24:50 AM
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Nanis23 posted...
It was?
RE3 is the most forgettable mainline game, even more than Revelations and Zero

Nemesis and the nuking of Raccoon keep it from bring forgettable.

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04/01/20 1:28:19 AM
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Yuri_LowelI
04/01/20 1:34:27 AM
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Apparently Nemesis is garbage in this game.

hes mostly scripted and limited to certain big action sequences.

such a shame.

re3 was a terrible game on ps1 to begin with. Remake doesnt seem to have made it better

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Yuri_LowelI
04/01/20 1:35:50 AM
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Nanis23 posted...
It was?
RE3 is the most forgettable mainline game, even more than Revelations and Zero

no i half agree.its not memorable but it has jill in it. That alone makes it 10 times more memorable than 0.

what an absolute piece of garbage that was

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FFDragon
04/01/20 1:41:57 AM
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He's most Nemesisy in the section from the demo, but after that it's just boss fights and not much stalking.

There's no "busting through the RPD window" moment in this one.

... there's no Nemesis or Jill in the RPD at all for that matter.

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Nanis23
04/01/20 1:42:34 AM
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pjbasis posted...
Nemesis is iconic wtf.
It is

But everything else in the game? Not so much (besides the ending obviously)

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Snake5555555555
04/01/20 1:51:38 AM
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RE3 has always been my favorite of the original PS trilogy. I just really like all the settings in the game, just seeing the kind of places, landmarks and businesses that populated Raccoon City is so interesting to me. And I like the good amount of variety with random encounters/occurrences & the branching paths add even more replay value to the typical RE experience.

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FFDragon
04/01/20 1:51:56 AM
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This PSN throttling is ridiculous. This preload is going to take 10 hours for 9.4 GB. That's insane.

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FFDragon
04/01/20 1:52:56 AM
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Snake5555555555 posted...
& the branching paths

No live choices is the biggest disappointment for me so far.

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FFDragon
04/01/20 9:55:33 AM
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Okay so it was actually like 50 GB for both 3 and Resistance, but it still only finished 30 minutes ago. So 9.5 hours.

I can't imagine how long FF7 will take.

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FFDragon
04/02/20 8:08:53 AM
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I did a 100%/No Damage/No Item Box/S+ RE2R run in 2:20 last night.

My body is ready for tonight.

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Snake5555555555
04/02/20 11:29:11 AM
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That's seriously impressive nice job!

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pjbasis
04/02/20 11:39:29 AM
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FFDragon posted...
I did a 100%/No Damage/No Item Box/S+ RE2R run in 2:20 last night.

My body is ready for tonight.

Damn I haven't even got the plat yet!

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ninkendo
04/02/20 11:41:53 AM
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fun plat

I'll pick up RE3 at best buy tomorrow

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Snake5555555555
04/02/20 11:43:29 AM
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Unfortunately my Amazon order got delayed a day late. I'm definitely thankful it wasn't worse though!

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iiicon
04/02/20 12:04:02 PM
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I was hoping the MP in this would be fun, but I really hated what I played so I guess I'm gonna wait for this to go on sale. I'm happy to see the reception for this is just as scattershot as the original - truly a faithful recreation.

FFDragon posted...
Okay so it was actually like 50 GB for both 3 and Resistance, but it still only finished 30 minutes ago. So 9.5 hours.

I can't imagine how long FF7 will take.
Thankfully Square moved up the preload start date to today!

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ertyu0078
04/02/20 12:08:55 PM
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I would want to play it thow I havent even done 2 yet

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