Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles
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Video Game Reviews of Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles
Customer Review: Not Enough Blood & Guts
Summary: 3 Stars
RE:UC is a decent enough rail shooter, and considering the sparse selection of action/shooter games out there for the Wii at this point, it's worth renting or getting used either here on Amazon or at your friendly neighborhood game store.
However, I would highly recommend getting the HOUSE OF THE DEAD series or DEAD SPACE EXTRACTION first. Especially HOUSE OF THE DEAD OVERKILL. There's a lot more blood and gore when you blast the zombies, and the gameplay is more dynamic. Also the dialogue and story are punchier and more fun. And the soundtrack rocks. The only problem with HOTD OVERKILL is that it's way too short. Whereas not as tongue and cheek, DEAD SPACE EXTRACTION is pretty solid all the way around, and the TELEKINESIS feature makes it much more interactive than your typical light gun rail shooter.
Now, I went on that digression because in contrast, shooting a shotgun in UMBRELLA CHRONICLES doesn't feel all that different from shooting a handgun. And damage to your enemies doesn't show up visually all that much (e.g. you can't blow limbs off your enemies). There's not a whole lot of ways to interact with the environment other than shooting it, so the fact that your bullets and explosives don't create lots of destruction and gore really detracts from the game. You don't get to see bullets or shotgun slugs riddle their bodies or blood spurting from the wounds. In other words, there's not a super visceral experience.
Customer Review: Fun for fans of the series and light gun games
Summary: 4 Stars
If you're a fan of the series, you don't even have a choice to get this game, you just have to. It continues the series, incorporates stuff from the movies and comics into the game and lets you play through some "behind the scenes" stuff from RE 0 through NemesisCustomer Review: Great Rail Shooter
Summary: 5 Stars
This game is great for what it is. Compared to other rail shooters, this game is the best in terms of graphics and gameplay.
People can't compare this game to Resident Evil 4. It's a completely different game. It's like saying how Super Mario is nothing like Halo so therefore it sucks.
Customer Review: What a Disappointment!
Summary: 1 Stars
After playing Resident Evil 4 on our WII system, and thoroughly enjoying it, we were excited to experience Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles. It may be that we just don't enjoy "rail shooter" games, but both my husband and I really disliked the game. So much so that we went out and bought a PlayStation 3 System. There just aren't enough good games available for WII. Customer Review: I didnt like it as I do with RE4
Summary: 3 Stars
This is more a personal review, there isn't nothing wrong with the game itself, but I enjoy the RE4 much more thatn this, the interface of plain FPS is of course good but the type of RE4 is much more enjoyable.