Resident Evil / biohazard HD Remaster

Resident Evil / biohazard HD Remaster

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chris watton

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22,477 posts

259 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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I have always loved the original Resident Evil games, the first especially, as this was the first time I ever got scared playing a game.

Now, it seems they have updated it, so I bought it for our PS3 (can be had on PC too). I didn't hold out too much hope that it'd be great, as I got burnt buying Tomb Raider: Anniversary. But, the new RE remaster is absolutely fantastic!

It is like the original, but with much beeter graphics, voice acting (although only marginally better.) and great surround sound.

It takes something special to get me hooked on a game these days, but I was hooked on this for the past few days.

If you like the original games (and not so much the more action-fast paced later games) you will love this - highly recommended.

laam999

538 posts

168 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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It's a hd remake of the gamecube remake, hence the inception thread a while back. The gamecube remake was great so I hope you enjoy :-)

HARTLEYHARE1

588 posts

128 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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They have shown the love it deserves. Granted sometimes games are best left in the past but this is a solid effort. Ps4 played. 9/10

chris watton

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22,477 posts

259 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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laam999 said:
It's a hd remake of the gamecube remake, hence the inception thread a while back. The gamecube remake was great so I hope you enjoy :-)
Ah, OK, never had a Gamecube, so didn't know. Anyway, I am loving it. It plays different, along with some different puzzles compared to the original PS version.

Managed to buy all my old faves from the online PS store - even the original Silent Hill, which seems to go for silly money money now for the PS original!

laam999

538 posts

168 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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Yeah, it was a great remake along with zero which was a prequel, two great gamecube games. Glad you're enjoying

chrismcg1

508 posts

172 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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Have searched but can't see if on 360? I loved the original RE games!

MintyChris

848 posts

191 months

Tuesday 27th January 2015
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Definitely picking this up soon. Hope they do resident evil 2. 1 & 2 are definitely the best of the bunch.

Mick87

75 posts

168 months

Tuesday 27th January 2015
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Massive fan of the originals, bought a gamecube and the remakes a few years ago just to play them hehe The series has gone to pot since Shinji Mikami stopped working on them.

I really had they remaster them all and do the first Dino Crisis too.

chrismcg1 said:
Have searched but can't see if on 360? I loved the original RE games!
Only on PS4, Xbox One and PC.

FurballS2000

1,052 posts

164 months

Wednesday 28th January 2015
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Mick87 said:
Only on PS4, Xbox One and PC.
and PS3, think its cross buy on PS3 and PS4

chris watton

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22,477 posts

259 months

Wednesday 28th January 2015
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FurballS2000 said:
Mick87 said:
Only on PS4, Xbox One and PC.
and PS3, think its cross buy on PS3 and PS4
Yes, I bought it for our PS3, it's also avaliable on Steam for PC.

Johnnytheboy

24,498 posts

185 months

Wednesday 28th January 2015
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In a fit of nostalgia I bought the original a while back for PC but just couldn't get it to run (on XP).

I might just buy this as I loved the original.

Baryonyx

17,990 posts

158 months

Thursday 29th January 2015
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laam999 said:
It's a hd remake of the gamecube remake, hence the inception thread a while back. The gamecube remake was great so I hope you enjoy :-)
Yes, many years ago I bought a Gamecube mainly on the strength of wanting to revisit the Resident Evil catalogue! Many a happy hour spent playing this, RE2 (and 3 IIRC) and the criminally underrated Code Veronica.

Swifty Stig

641 posts

167 months

Thursday 29th January 2015
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Defo there on 360. My brother has it smile

chris watton

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22,477 posts

259 months

Thursday 29th January 2015
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Baryonyx said:
Yes, many years ago I bought a Gamecube mainly on the strength of wanting to revisit the Resident Evil catalogue! Many a happy hour spent playing this, RE2 (and 3 IIRC) and the criminally underrated Code Veronica.
I have only recently discovered the PS Store via our (newly reprieved PS3 - re-commissioned it after spent 2 years in the loft for GT6 and added a 1TB HDD to replace the pitiful 40GB original)

I kept our PS2 handy to play the old classics. But I don't need that anymore, I bought and downloaded Resident Evil 1-4, including the excellent Code Veronica and obviously RE HD Remastered, and all of the Tomb Raider games (except Angel of Darkness). I have got the Tomb Raider games on Steam, but on the PS, I like the fact that you can just play them without any hassles about having to set them up properly, mapping keys to joysticks etc - and the all important music in the original is all there and intact.

But the new RE HD game is the biggest surprise, because I never knew about the Gamecube version, it's like a new experience for me, and still damn scary - zombies actually walk, and later run down stairs - wasn't expecting that! yikes

soad

32,829 posts

175 months

Tuesday 7th April 2015
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Completely forgot this was out! biggrin

If you thought the remake looked good, wait until you see the HD version! This is the game that defined the survival-horror genre and launched a franchise that has sold over 61 million copies.

The original Resident Evil was released in 1996, and the remake arrived in 2002. The remake was built from scratch by the same creators and was considered a masterpiece.

Now, over a decade later,, and with modern technology we can make the scares even more real in terms of both graphics and sound. The interface has also been updated to meet today's standards.

But don't worry, we made sure not to change anything that made the original the classic that it is.
You don't mess with a masterpiece, after all.