The controls always get to me in Resistent Evil games. I get a few hours in, and I can't take it anymore. I will try one again, though. I like everything else about those games.
Here, Take These Acid Rounds - Resident Evil
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 On 09/14/2020 at 07:52 AM by Matt Snee See More From This User » |
My parents bought my brother the original Playstation for Xmas in 1995. I was barely paying attention - I was smoking a lot of weed, and had finished high school that year, and had other things on my mind. However, I did play my share of Battle Arena Toshinden and the PSX demo disc.
1996 rolled around and it was my younger brother's birthday in April. My mom wanted to get him a new game, but as I wasn't paying attention to video games, I had no ideas. So, my mom and I went down to Kaybee Toys for a recommendation (which was the style at the time). We asked the clerk there what a new, popular game was. He recommended Resident Evil, which I had never heard of. I had my doubts. But that, as they say, was the start of it all. How many toy store clerks recommended this game to unknowing parents, to the delight of their kids?
We had no idea what to expect. Zombies hadn't been a thing since the old George Romero days, which was before our time. I watched my brother play the game. He entered the first room. A wounded man lay on the floor. My brother approached. The man attacked - he was a zombie!
Well. My brother, like so many others, loved the game. I played it myself. I was a bigger fan of Resident Evil 2 when it came out, but you had to give it to the first game - it was original, blending lurching zombies and other demons with insane puzzles that made no sense. Even the typewriter and inventory management, which people complain about now, just added to the tension of the game. The tank controls, however, are unforgivable, though you did get used to them back in the day, even to master them a little.
So, that was then. Almost twenty-five years later, Resident Evil is an institution now. Sure, there have been some terrible games and movies, but the franchise has brought a lot of enjoyment and thrills to people. Zombies are a little played out now, but at the time, they were quite scary, in their lurching way.
Hard to believe it was so long ago.
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