Resident Evil

A nostalgia finally ported to PC. Thank you very much Capcom!

So the original Resident Evil trilogy has been preserved now - this is a great thing, and I don't want to talk this down too much. But there are a few negative things that I noticed: A minor nitpick is that the auto-aim is inconsistent between the three games and can't be toggled in game. - RE 1 has auto-aim now even though none of the original PC, PS1 or Saturn versions I played had it. - RE 2 does NOT have auto-aim - dunno if the original PC version did, but the PS1 and GC release had it and you could turn it on and off in the optios menu. - RE 3 has auto-aim again - what's up with that? A far greater negative - almost a deal breaker for me - is the fact that it does not play nice with proton. I was looking forward to re-playing the original trilogy on my Steam Deck without going through emulators and stuff, but as it stands today, playing the GoG releases on the Deck is the inferior option. RE 1 crashes with an error right after startup - "Failed to initialize the Graphic Hardware Device.(3)" There are several ways around it, but most of them give you a black screen during FMVs and you can only hear the audio. The only way to get FMVs with working video and audio seems to be patching the game with files from the REbirth project - but then you would not need the GoG release to begin with because you can get the same result by obtaining a copy of the original PC release and adding the patches to that. RE 2 also crashes with an error message (something about directX) - you can use the workarounds for RE 1 but then you get no FMVs at all - they get skipped altogether. RE 3 starts without any workarounds, but again, no FMVs. And none of the controller buttons are recognised - only the left analog stick. YES, I know ... it says "Win10/Win11" in the system requirements and nothing else - but c'mon - with a few million Steam Decks out in the wild by now, I really think the Steam Deck and Proton should be a thing to test against before releasing a game.

As someone who played the REmake dozens of times by now, this game still offered me a fresh experience. I don't want to spoil anything, but lets just say that I played as Chris and I was constantly short on ammo and had to restart the game once because items weren't where I expected them to be from the Remake. It really plays with your nerves a bit. Like you enter a familiar corridor and brace yourself for the zombies breaking in, but then they don't or you think that this corridor should be save now after returning to the mansion only to have enemies waiting for you. It adds a new layer and even with the knowledge you have from the Remake, this game still has enough aces up its sleeve that make you go:" Ah crap!". As for the atmosphere, let's be honest, it's not scary at all anymore, especially given that the entire game is brightly lit and lots of cutscenes make you feel like you're playing a parody game. I know the franchises gets panned for its bad dialogue, but let me tell you, RE 2&3 are miles ahead of this one. "Here come the mooonsters!". Also the pose Chris makes after unlocking the doors at the PC later in the game, it's just golden. But also, the mansion has an entirely new feel to it. It's sparsely furnished and it feels a bit more obvious that this is just a cover up. And the connection from the mansion to the lab also feels more logical for me than in the remake. So yeah, if you've never played this game, go

perfect game good old game, you can even customize buttons with "A"

Unpopular opinion, but this is the best game in the Resident Evil series (I think it's even better than REmake). It's truly just a gem from another era. I'm so glad you can play this on PC hassle-free now without emulation.