Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles Comments by Kristan Reed
Brain dead fun.
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barnard666
27/11/07 @ 14:19
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8 hour i til pretty long for a ight gun game. time crisis was about an hour and a half!
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monkie_king
27/11/07 @ 14:36
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krudster, re: the pin-point accuracy or the Wiimote etc., is there any special calibration like in Ghost Squad? Or is it just a "move the crosshair around" type of think like Wii Play's shooty game?
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homerramone
27/11/07 @ 14:37
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Needless to say, Umbrella Chronicles isn't the most long-lasting affair, and in absolute gameplay terms it's probably one of the most wafer thin offerings you'll have experienced for years.
Hence a score of 7/10. Obviously. |
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CannonAnBall
27/11/07 @ 14:39
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I'm looking forward to this and have been for a while. With the Wii I just want to be able to put a game on like this and d*ck about for a bit. Great fun!
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@rhinoxious
wow thats pretty cool looking (its nice the way they have intergrated the wii-mote into the gun and there must be something that pulls the wiimote trigger when you pull the gun trigger (rather than just have a 'space' like the zapper). And for the price - you could get 2 of them and duel-wield them - John Woo stylee! (although it might be hard to change weapons and stuff if the d-pad is on the top of the gun) |
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JetSetWilly
27/11/07 @ 14:44
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krudster - what did you make of the feedback, visual or otherwise, when shooting the zombies? IGN constantly complain this is very unsatisfying.
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It's frantic stuff with the odd quiet respite. And there are different tactics required for some.
As for the visual feedback, there's not much blood and gore, which is mildly disappointing, but they get knocked back by the bullets. but it's not a locational effect - i.e. shooting their legs doesn't knock them from underneath them or anything like that. Occasionally stupid things happen, like monsters clipping through one another, but it's fairly rare. |
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Pac-man ate my wife
27/11/07 @ 14:53
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This sounds like it does exactly what it sets out to do which is provide excellent shallow zombie-blasting fun.
It'll be interesting to see what the trolls say when they turn up! ;) |
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monkie_king
27/11/07 @ 14:58
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Pac man: I could try moaning that's it not a proper gun game if you need to rely on a cursor, if you like. But nobody else seems to care about that.
/hangs onto CRT a little bit longer for Time Crisis and Point Blank |
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absolutezero
27/11/07 @ 14:59
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Its also worth noting that most of the extra scenarios open up by just playing through the game. Apart from one which needs an A or S rank to open it up.
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I could try moaning that's it not a proper gun game if you need to rely on a cursor, if you like. But nobody else seems to care about that.
Whilst you make a good point - I would add that some real life guns rely on a cursor in a form of a laser sight? ;)
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Pac-man ate my wife
27/11/07 @ 15:13
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"Ah the joy - the innovative, next-gen, groundbreaking input method being put to use in, er, party games and rail-shooters.
Operation Wolf, anyone?" I'd like to see you pull this off on the 360 without having to shell out for an expensive peripheral. |
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I'm actually quite tempted to get this, though I'm less inclined to bother with the Zapper.
krudster - are there different control schemes depending on whether you're using the Zapper or just the wii-mote and nunchuck? I'd have thought pressing the face buttons in some of the QTEs would be pretty difficult with the Zapper...? |
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"I'd like to see you pull this off on the 360 without having to shell out for an expensive peripheral."
Lol, I'd like to see you play in two player mode without having to shell out on an expensive peripheral. As far as I remember the Wii is only supplied with one controller... Ah the joy - the innovative, next-gen, groundbreaking input method being put to use in, er, party games and rail-shooters. XD Sad but true. |
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Lol, I'd like to see you play in two player mode without having to shell out on an expensive peripheral. As far as I remember the Wii is only supplied with one controller...
Er... as is/was just about every other console ever made. At least Nintendo are doing the decent thing by bundling a game with their controllers (Wii Play / Link's Crossbow Training). Yeah, okay, neither would be worth getting as a full price independent release, but it nevertheless is better than nothing. |
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Lol, I'd like to see you play in two player mode without having to shell out on an expensive peripheral. As far as I remember the Wii is only supplied with one controller...
Umm, I thought the X360 only came with 1 pad as standard too? Am I mistaken? Anway, I think Pac-man-ate-my-wife's point was you don't have to shell out extra dosh for a peripheral that only works with a handfull of games (ala guncon) - the wii-mote works straight from the box with this and all other wii games so won't likely be shelved like my megadrive menacer gun....... |
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AlvySinger
27/11/07 @ 16:22
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Sorry Capcom but this sounds really boring. I'm all for a few old school thrills but this sounds like you're pushing your luck.
I demand excessive gore and locational aiming in my zombie shooters, this is 2007 FFS. /storms off to play Endless Ocean and calm his angry spirit |
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Pac-man ate my wife
27/11/07 @ 16:33
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Lol, I'd like to see you play in two player mode without having to shell out on an expensive peripheral. As far as I remember the Wii is only supplied with one controller...
It's a shame that if you bought another controller you'd only be able to use it on this... and Wii Sports... and Wario Ware... and Kororinpa... and Excite Truck... and Strikers etc etc. So just like any other extra controller for a console you mean? Ah the joy - the innovative, next-gen, groundbreaking input method being put to use in, er, party games and rail-shooters. And action adventures, driving games, puzzle games, FPSs, platformers, RPGS, fighting games, diving simulators etc etc. You two really are priceless! I'm bored this afternoon, so let's FIGHT!! /enters Crane Beak stance |
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