~Mini Introduction for Parents
and Little Gamers~





Hello Parents and Little Gamers! 





When I made the decision to start playing Resident Evil for


the first time I was about ten years old and my brothers had rented it from


Hollywood Video and I briefly played it.  At that time I found the game


terrifying and found myself unable to play it without having nightmares for a


week so firstly I must say that this game may not be appropriate for young


children who are sensitive to the horror genre.  I am pointing this out


because of the very valuable and elusive sleep that comes with being a parent. 



For the younger audience that may be reading this... be brave!  It is a


good game.  HOWEVER, sometimes courage comes with saying "No" to


something that might not be right for you.  So if you get nightmares after


watching a horror movie or going to a haunted house you should probably just


skip this game for now and come back to it in a couple of years. 


But!  If you decide that your courage is best placed in a survival horror


game, GOOD LUCK TO YOU!   Also thank


you for being the next generation of gamers! 


You rock!  Enjoy the game! :-D


Anyways, I wish everyone the best of luck with this game for all brave enough


to hit "New Game".  


I hope everyone enjoys the review and the game!




~Review
Introduction~. 



After playing the original Resident Evil game for a brief time and making the


decision to discontinue playing the game as a child, I ended up making the


decision to play the first game as an adult and ended up buying Resident Evil:


Director's Cut from the PlayStation Store a few years back. 



I can be a bit jumpy myself so I still had a bit of a fright as I got used to


the pace of the game.  So if you have never played a Survivor Horror Game


you can expect to jump and possibly screech as various monsters jump out of


every expected and unexpected corner. 



Silly Tip 1:



Remember... if your significant other is sleeping while you are playing know


your escape route!  I yelled in surprise a couple of times and my husband


came out like an angry grizzly bear... having a pre planned escape route just


might save your life... or you could try not to scream.  Ha ha! 



In comparison to other PlayStation games that I have played Resident Evil


Director's Cut is a fairly brief and easy game, even on its normal difficultly


level.  If you know what you are doing the game can be beaten in a snap


but if this is your first play through and you are not using a walk through it


could take a quite a few hours. (I recommend only using walkthroughs when you


are simply stuck, have tried everything, and are ready to scream.  Give


yourself a fair chance to solve the puzzles without help.) Now my comparison is


mostly RPG games like Final Fantasy 1-9, Legend of Legaia, Legend of Lagoon,


Wild Arms 1 & 2, and similar games that have many disks or a very lengthy


storyline. 

In comparison to games like Final Fantasy 7 & 8, Resident Evil: Director's


Cut is quite short.  This is especially true if you only play through one


character and do not do the plus game.  I recommend playing through both


characters and then through the plus game just to see the unlock that you can


access the second time around. 





~The
Game Controls~



If you are used to the smooth


controls from more recent games on the newer systems like Xbox 1, PlayStation


4, PlayStation 3, or Xbox 360 than the controls for Resident Evil: Director's


Cut may feel foreign to your fingers and you may find them to be fairly


frustration.  This may be especially true if you are used to playing some


of the more recent Resident Evil games as the controls are, in my opinion, much


much much different than in Resident Evil: Director's Cut. 




The front room of the mansion is safe, you will not be attacked there at any


point during the game so run around the entire room for a bit and get used to


the controls before you proceed in any other direction, including up the


stairs.  Knowing your controls early in the game might save you time and


frustration!





~Storyline~





Without giving the game away I can


tell you that I personally loved the storyline and continued to love it into


Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 3, Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil: Code


Veronica, Resident 5, Resident Evil: Revelations, and Resident 6.  I will


continue to love the games through future games and even the movies and


books. 





Resident Evil: Directors Cut has many different possible outcomes or


endings.  The endings all depend on how you play the game.  The


decisions you make can drastically affect the way your game turns out so be


careful and choose wisely.   This repeats itself over into your


second character's ending as well.  Both Jill and Chris both have their


own endings and the plus game allows for an additional level of play as well. 


In addition, to getting some fun additions to your game the plus game allows


you the opportunity to explore these additional endings which for the


completionist soul is worth noting. 



Overall the storyline is there but


it is not overwhelming so you do not have to worry about cut scenes every time


you turn a corner or open a door. 


However, there is enough story in the various books and notes you find


to fill the void that you may feel if you are used to modern games with a bit


more scenes. 





There is a lot of reading involved


in the game and if you really want to follow the storyline you should definitely


read all of the notes, journals, pictures, and the like that you come across in


game along with the character dialog.  It


will open up a good story for you to follow into the rest of the game series,


the movie series, and the movies that are based on the games that have come out


as well.  Additionally, there is a also a


Resident Evil book series you might choose to follow for additional storyline. 






I hope everyone enjoys the storyline


as much as I have and that you end up hooked on the series. 






“One
of us! One of us!” 





~New Scenes and Voices~




The new addition of the voices into


the game and the opening scene also add to the story some but at first they


really just made me laugh and I personally felt that it took away from the


horror feel of the game for that reason. 


I did like that it was a bit campy but the voices in the cut scenes are


choppy and do not flow very well.  




I personally appreciate the efforts


that they put into the opening scene but the voices really just come off to me


as being quite silly sounding and not very realistic.  I am not sure if that is because of the voice


actors that play Chris and Jill or just because of the technology level of the


game when it was originally made or a desire to match up the technology level


but it is not my favorite aspect of the game for certain. 




However, I have the outlook that you


should take what you get and just go with it and enjoy the game.  The game itself is really very good despite


the silly voices they added to the scenes. 




~That
Horror Feel~



Overall the game is not that terrifying but I did


still jump and occasionally squeak (like the little girl I am when playing


survivor horror games) when the monsters suddenly pop out of the darkness and


quickly target you with the exclusive intent of destroying you.   And


they are good at it.  The Cerberus and


Hunters are great at this.  They can be real


pains in the butt sometimes. 





If that is not enough the entire game is very quiet


for the most part with eerie music to add that suspense.  Most of the game is spent walking around


through the creepy atmosphere trying to find pieces of various puzzles that you


will need to utilize through the game to advance and eventually beat the


game. 





Sometimes the puzzles themselves are terrifying to


complete, especially during that first play though when you have no idea what


to expect.  You can be sitting there


trying to do a puzzle and then something terrifying happens and you never want


to go into that room again.  Or when you


complete a puzzle something horrible might happen or there are just monsters in


the room with the puzzle and you are out of ammo because you decided not to run


past an enemy and are playing on a higher difficulty level. 





I will not tell you how or where these things happen


or even if they happen exactly how I have stated but I can tell you that they can


be surprising and certainly adrenalizing. 


Good luck. 





Another aspect of the game that certainly adds to


the horror is the survival aspect of the game. 


You really have to try and conserve your ammo and health items in this


game because if you do not do so you might find yourself stuck with only your


survival knife and monsters that do not go down easily without ammo straight through


their…everything.  I did not notice a


difference in aiming up, down , or center…. Except that you probably should add


up if the enemy is up and down if the enemy is down or risk missing all


together. 



Depending on the difficulty level you will have more or less ammo and healing


items spawn.  So my advice is that when


you are able just ignore the enemies, duck into the next room, and do not get


hit.  Be careful though, this tactic can


screw you later if you are not careful. 


Too many enemies in an area can make running back and forth through the


mansion a bit of a pain. 





~The
Game Overall~





Overall I really enjoyed Resident Evil: Director’s


Cut and as I mentioned earlier Resident Evil: Director’s Cut is the game that got


me hooked on the entire series of Resident Evil games.  I simply cannot get enough of the series and I


of course recommend this game to anyone who likes a good story, puzzles, and a


challenge. 





Resident Evil: Director’s Cut has a lot of really


interesting puzzles that does make you think about what you are doing and in


some cases not only adds to your game play but to the overarching storyline as


well.   There are points in the game that


may cause you to jump, scream, and if you are like me you may need to keep the


lights on while you play. 





The voice additions really where a bit of a downside


for me but I would say that it really did not take too much away from the game


play and was fairly easy to ignore.  So


if you watch the campy opening scene from before starting a new game and think “What


the heck is this?” I really recommend giving it a fair shot.  I hope you really end up enjoying the game


despite that factor and let yourself enjoy the rest of the game. 





~Conclusion~





I really hope you guys enjoyed my ramblings about


the game and I hope you find the game itself to be as addictive and suspenseful


as I did during my first play through. 


Hopefully I find the time to write some more reviews for games hosted on


Vizzed and I encourage everyone to put up their own reviews as well.  It really could make a difference to whether


or not someone makes the decision to play a video game. 





Thank you all again for reading the review! 





A Rogue Spirit

aroguespirit : What I loved most about this review was your own unique style. The mention of the tank controls, the warning to the young gamers, Silly tips, etc. 

Someone can learn how to use grammar and copy formulas for successful writing, but writing in one's own style is very difficult to teach. Good job. 

endings : Thank you Endgings.  I made sure to spend a few days doing it and not just throw it together and just be done with it.  I figure if I do not have fun writing it and it puts me to sleep it is probably going to put everyone else to sleep as well. 

aroguespirit : Definitely is different from most reviews, take that as a good thing.  I hope you feel inspired to write another review some time in the future.

endings :  Thank you again Endings.  I will think about what game to review next and try to keep that same feel to it.    Thanks for the support!

sonicbros :   I certainly believe so.  Everyone should at least give it a shot in my opinion but I am a bite more than a little biased.  Thank you SonicBros.   

I really liked this review. It was funny and a joy to read. Your silly tips made me laugh.And for a game review it was full of info. I still find myself jumping at this game. I hope to see you do more reviews you are very good at them.

rebelyell : I am really glad everyone is liking the review.  I was fairly nervous about writing one because I have never specifically written a review for a public website before but I really did have a lot of fun with it and am thrilled with all the positive feedback and love you guys are giving me.  ^.^

Great game review! Is this your first one?

I like how you give your own personal experience and tips to those who haven't played the game yet. I haven't played any Resident Evil game and I liked the tips. Lots of feels while reading this game review.

I wished that Vizzed didn't have a glitch when it comes to submitting game reviews and I can tell from the wide spacing. I have the same problem when I write game reviews. The rearrangement of the game review formatting is a pain and takes some time. Other than the spacing issue, this is a great game review!

Keep up with the good work and I am looking forward to your future game reviews.

ghostfishy : You know, I even tried to fix the spacing issue.  >..<   I am glad that you liked the review Ghost. 

ghostfishy : Sorry, yes it is my first review.  Hopefully, I will get around to doing more sometime soon.  ^.^  I just saw your question again after someone rated the review once more.   At least people seem to be enjoying it!  xD