Resident Evil

I absolutely adored the b movie feel of the entire game though it did come at the cost of not feeling quite scary to me just cheesy and awesome throughout. The FMV segments and funny voice acting where never a detracting factor for me, they only add to the charm of this. Having played the remake first it did shocked me just how stark the difference in difficulty was between Jill and Chris. While I knew Chris would have less inventory, no bazooka and no lockpick, I wasn't expecting remixed puzzles at the start, a whole lot more scarcity, just him having the ink ribbon mechanic and more enemies almost everywhere. It's just funny for me to imagine what it would have been like for someone in the 90s trying this for the first time no guides, no magazines just busting their heads with the Chris playthrough first only to then be shocked how easy Jill's rout is in comparison. Truly a worthy start to one of the most iconic franchises in gaming. If for some reason like me you're and were thinking of skipping this one in favor of the original, please consider playing both. While having the same overall stories the tonal, aesthetic and mechanical differences between them absolutely warrant separte playthroughs of each of them.

Scared of Spiders, Was Too Easy, GGs. Would play Again

This is just for the Jill version playthrough, will update when I complete the Chris side. So honestly this game was incredibly good with only really one downside and while minor I wasn't that bothered by it in the end. The level design is incredible, pretty intuitive and you stay just long enough in every area that the backtracking really doesn't have time to become a problem, enemy placement is good and the overall feel of tight corridors with it's methodical gameplay just screams 10/10. The music is overall really good the same with the backtracking you don't really stay long enough in any one area that you start getting annoyed by the looping soundtracks, plus the background music really only takes a background role so when combat does happen you really don't notice it. The survival horror aspect is really good in this one, you really feel the need to conserve ammo and in some cases really try to run around or keep yourself away from different encounters. I completed the game with 10 magnum rounds and basically all the bazooka ammo unused just because I feared that I would run out if I used it during the main gameplay. Now back to the small issue(s) I had while playing, the hunters in the second mansion phase is annoying as hell, just the fact that some rooms are populated with two of them and it's a coin toss if one of them gets to sucker punch you as soon as the room loads feels annoying at best and downright unfair at worst. That plus the stronger zombies that respawn(?) during the lab sequence was also an annoyance to deal with, luckily I barely used the pistol so I had ammo to spare but I understand that some are put in much tougher situations than me. But other than that the game is a gem that I definately recommend giving a try, though I understand that the HD remake is a much more enjoyable experience for basically anyone.

No problems running the game, just launch it and it automatically runs in fullscreen, doesn't cause any issues with multiple monitors. Zero problems with alt+tabbing, switching screens, discord streaming also works without any problems. Can be played with either a controller or a keyboard, you can customize controls once you get into the game. My only issues (minor complains) so far are: 1. No in-game options to set volume, have to use windows audio mixer 2. I have no idea how to exit the game without alt+F4. I can't find a button to just quit the game (but that may be a me issue, maybe I am just a dum dum). EDIT: To exit to main menu and then exit the game press F9. I was a dum dum.

Remember playing this on Sega Saturn as a kid. Then PS. Only minus on this version is lacking the DC extras. But, with mods the PC version is still the best by far for the HD backgrounds alone among other things.