I played for a few more hours today and continue to be blown away. I have to disagree with jeff, and agree with the gamespot review -- the graphics are simply the best I've seen. I can't count the times that something has wowed me. "wow look at the moths around the light," "wow look at the lighting and shadows in this room" "wow look at the reflection on the floor/in the window, in the mirror" etc. Simply awesome.
The gameplay is great as well. The control is fine for me. It actually seems slightly more intuitive than in the original or Code Veronica (the only two in the series I've played all the way through).
As I said above, the atmosphere is great. It's eerie as hell. Sometimes you don't really want to go through a door, around the corner, or down the stairs, but you press on anyway to see what's there. There are so many scary places where you expect something to jump out, but nothing does, and then in places that seem calm, something happens. It really keeps you on the edge of your seat.
I just didn't get this from the original or code veronica. I'm not sure what the difference is. Maybe the lighting and overall realism? I'm not sure. All I know is that it's creeped me out several times, whereas the others didn't bother me very much.
Simpy an awesome game.
9.5/10 in my book. The only reason it loses a half point is for the "flaws" of the RE games. THe control works, but could be better, and the item system has always been lame IMO. It gets old going back and forth to boxes. Like a key is going to take as much space as a shotgun. -rolleyes-
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