This is a short Blog Post constructed for the purpose of setting intending purchasers of "Resident Evil: Raccoon City"'s minds straight, and reduce their concerns for the titles quality following this weeks Games TM Magazine Review.
It was reported that Games TM Magazine had awarded "Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City" with an undoubtedly lackluster 3/10. After purchasing the latest issue, in which the review is featured within, I discovered just how inexcusably terrible the review itself was.
The review has one incredible flaw, 2/3's of the game are neglected, how so? Because the reviewer states that he HASN'T EVEN PLAYED THE CO-OP or VERSUS MULTIPLAYER COMPONENTS, both of which are the highlights of the title, with one of the games differentiating aspects compared to other Resident Evil instalments being it's tactical 4-player co-op and 10-player versus multiplayer modes. He even states that he thinks the multiplayer and Co-Op aspects of the game look much better than that of which he has played...
Whilst he briefly discusses poor teammate AI and a few glitches, he refers to the title as being a generic third-person shooter, stating, "those who have played any third-person shooter at any point in the past will know exactly what to expect here", by doing so, he is essentially referring to the game as being average, in it's own raising it's score to a 5, and, well, that's about it. He hardly discusses the game's mechanics any further, neglecting to discuss in-depth it's class system, weapon upgrade and purchasing, diverse enemy types and more, instead opting to ramble on aimlessly about the games, "utterly pointless idea" and concept, in which whilst doing so shamelessly portraying himself to be a fanboy, restraining his favoured franchise from any potential change.
Should a review's publication be acceptable with 2/3's of the game having not been played and being entirely based upon "four hours" of single-player gameplay? I personally would not say so...
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Sadly when i try to checkout, it wont let me select United States. their site thinks i'm in another zone for some weird reason.
edit... it was my office internet being the issue. i did it on my phone through cellular and it worked. Got me a white one.
it lets me order from Canada.. only charges me $20 for shipping too.
That being said. Spending $533 (CDN) on the white unit for it to primarily just sit and collect dust would be a little foolish.
It's an awesome idea though.
I just had to... I already have an AES with a multi-cart. But this thing was just too good to pass up. Especially since the wireless controller works on regular AES and the game cart does as well. Plus it comes with a matching white memory card.
@darthv72 - I'm not a collector of games for these retro consoles (have the Analogue Super NT (SNES), Mega SG (Genesis) and 3D (N64). But I just use everdrives with each system as I only have a couple of SNES carts and only 2 N64 carts. A lot of these games are stupidly expensive so I'd rather just invest in a single everdrive and then I can just run every game. However the everdrive that works with the AES is $600! Crazy stuff.
^^...that is why i got one of those 160-1 carts off aliexpress. it works great. and yeah i use everdrives and ODE where available. i do like to buy PS4/5 games and Switch stuff though. I dont buy much in the way of physical XB anymore, I just use GPU to play what I like.
Had no idea SNK were still around tbh. What have they been working on for the last decade or two?
Engineer Hugh is sent from Earth to investigate a malfunctioning research station and meets a young android who helps him fend off murderous mechs.
Replaced is a gripping and gorgeous 2.5D action platformer, even though this AI-based adventure could do with a system update to completely iron out the bugs.
i can see how a review can be done without finishing a game since some games demand too many hours to do so but you are correct. If the reviewer doesnt have time to try out every aspect of the game it shouldnt be a review but more a preview. And yes when a reviewer dismisses a highlight of a certain game it should not be considered a review
Well done, KC, well done.
3/10 is harsh.. 5/10 is more appropriate.
Face it, the game sucks.
If they wanted to focus of co-op and multi-player they should have called it something other than Resident Evil. Since it was a RE game I think that reviewing (and grading ) based on single player story was appropriate.
It's not just one outlet that's giving this game a shitty score. It seems like almost everywhere I look, it's the same thing, for the same reasons.
I also think it's acceptable to review a game having not completed it. If you get a good feel for the game, know where the plot is going and all of the game play mechanics that the game has to offer then by all means a review before the game is finished should be fine for a single-player experience. However if the majority of the game revolves around multiplayer and the reviewer didn't play MP - they're missing out on a good chunk of the game and doing an extreme disservice to their readers.
I'm disappointed, I had high hopes for this game.