Wii: (Biohazard)Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles

RE has always had to many sequels.

Oh god. 🙄

Resident Evil is pretty mild when it comes to sequels compared to a lot of franchises. If RE5 doesnt come till 2009 like its believed, that would be 4 years between true RE games, they arent exactly pumping them out.

Indeed, the controls really couldn't be more intuitive, and trying to get all the bonuses will keep you playing for a while.

It does a decent job of linking the different games (and even different scenarios) together into a (mostly) coherent whole, and answers a few very good questions at the same time.

Their is only two particular bad points that I can think of.

1. The Voice Acting , while pretty good , certain characters have been re-cast. Most notably Rebbecca. She went from sounding serious yet still feminine to some cutesy Sailor Moon rip-off.

2. Sexism - Hey I'm a guy and I understand the whole macho 'Save the female' schtick. I overlooked the Rebbecca/Billy thing because it does actually happen in game. But in 3 Jill was the main heroine and extremely capable, Carlos was the secondary chump. Yet in UC we have jill f*cking up and three seconds away from becoming zombie chow before 'big manly Carlos comes to save the day !!!'. It just Irked me is all.

My only gripe about this game is with the Wii Zapper.

If you want to switch weapons, you have to hit the directional button at the top of the Wiimote, but it's very awkward since you have one hand on the nunchuck, and the other hand on the trigger handle. I've actually been playing it without the Zapper, and just with with bare Wiimoye and Nunchuck.

Originally posted by Impediment
My only gripe about this game is with the Wii Zapper.

If you want to switch weapons, you have to hit the directional button at the top of the Wiimote, but it's very awkward since you have one hand on the nunchuck, and the other hand on the trigger handle. I've actually been playing it without the Zapper, and just with with bare Wiimoye and Nunchuck.

I didn't get the zapper, it's a waste of money.

Me neither, it just didnt look comfortable, and looked less functional than the remote and nunchuck alone. Ive seen like a 3rd party shotgun and a pistol, I wonder if those are any better.

Originally posted by Impediment
My only gripe about this game is with the Wii Zapper.

If you want to switch weapons, you have to hit the directional button at the top of the Wiimote, but it's very awkward since you have one hand on the nunchuck, and the other hand on the trigger handle. I've actually been playing it without the Zapper, and just with with bare Wiimoye and Nunchuck.

And here I've been pressing... C, I think it was?

Originally posted by General Kaliero
And here I've been pressing... C, I think it was?

Really? That works? hmm

(That's the finger button on the Nunchuck, right? 😛 )

Originally posted by Impediment
Really? That works? hmm

(That's the finger button on the Nunchuck, right? 😛 )

Why yes, yes it does. And a hell of a lot more accessible than the D-Pad, in the heat of battle.

(And yeah, that would be it, little button above the Z trigger 😛)

The Zapper doesnt exactly give easy access to the C button. ermm

Originally posted by General Kaliero
Why yes, yes it does. And a hell of a lot more accessible than the D-Pad, in the heat of battle.

(And yeah, that would be it, little button above the R trigger 😛)

There is no R trigger. 😛

Originally posted by @st
There is no R trigger. 😛

R trigger? Who said anything about an "R trigger"? I know I certainly didn't. Never. Nuh-uh. ermm

...NO U!

Ahh, to be a mod. 😛

The zapper is indeed a thing of silliness. It actually makes you less good at shooting games.

Originally posted by Ushgarak
The zapper is indeed a thing of silliness. It actually makes you less good at shooting games.

I assumed it would of allowed you to steady your aim slightly ?

Originally posted by grey fox
I assumed it would of allowed you to steady your aim slightly ?

It's much too clunky.

Originally posted by grey fox
I assumed it would of allowed you to steady your aim slightly ?

Nope. It doesn;t do anything positive at all, and is actually less accurate.

Originally posted by Scythe
It's much too clunky.

Ahhh, makes sense

So how good is this game? Let me just bring it down to this:

Umbrella Chronicles or Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition?