Let me just start off,
This is a review written by a good friend that is as accurate as a review as your going to get from someone who's NOT BIAS towards RE Series being manipulated...
Well it's finnaly here and i popped my disk in this morning I have only played a but of the main campaign by myself so far and I am waiting to go any further untill we get a play group going. The reason for this is the game is very hard to play by yourself i often find myself being swarmed by lickers, zombies, flaming zombies, hunters, and other nasty things that infect and kill you pretty quickly. The AI of for your squad of course is pretty terrible (as in most games)
I have only one bug i have noticed so far is when playing alone one of your squad members will not move and stay stuck in the beggining of the level.
As far as gameplay goes it's pretty good so far and the auto cover is actually not too bad and cover in this game is essential to surviving no running and gunning if your facing things with any range to them ammo conservation is also key. The only problems i have so far is the melee and grenades if there are multiple enemies around you its hard to focus on one enemy with auto aim on so i turnt mine off. The executions are pretty cool and a lot of the characters abilities are handy. In order to use the skills you have to unlock them as you rank up in the game and they cost some exp points. You can also buy weapons with exp points in the loading lobby for levels. Each character does play well to the class they are assigned the only one I have not tried out is the medic.
Healing works the same as in past resident evil where you use herbs and first aid, but they add the infection spray which takes away your infected status.
Graphics are pretty sound but this is a dark game I had to turn my gamma up a bit. Blood looks pretty good and so does almost everything. Im sure I will find many other bugs as I play but this is the launch day so im sure some things will be patched as they are found and reported!
So far this is all I have played but i will continue this once we get further and i have tried out the multiplayer.
(ADDED HOURS LATER)
Now I have played a fair amount of multiplayer today and i can say i love most of it it really captures the feel of being on edge when you have to worry about your enemy and the zombies there really has been no camping because there is no room for camping they make the maps not too small but small enough with a combination of threats everywhere to make sure nowhere is safe not even your own spawn.
Raccoon city really rewards playing with your team and sticking together if you go off alone and the other team doesnt kill you the zombies and bow's will and i like that chaotic feeling. Thats why i can't understand why I have seen some reviewers saying they dont see any atmosphere to the game when i think they did a really good job with the panic and chaos of it.
Operation Raccoon city takes me back abit to some of the old shooters where you had to load some rounds into a player to kill him unlike current ones which you can put a few to the chest and they are dead. It takes abit more trigger skill to kill you have to place your shots right and control your bursts.
My favorite multiplayer mode so far is Heroes mode where you select a character from iconic resident evil characters and the team with the last surviving hero is the victor. Basically just survive with your team and keep each other alive. After your hero has been killed you cannot spawn back in as the hero but as a umbrella character or spec ops character and try to defend your hero.
Next is Team Attack this mode is just team deathmatch which is pretty fun in this game
Biohazard is where your team tries to collect all the G-Virus samples around the map before the other team while fending each other off.
Last is Survivor mode. This mode is like a kind of the hill mode where there is a spot your team has to hold while fending off the other team who is trying to capture it.
(EDIT)
Its a damn good game, not without flaws, but for an online multiplayer scrim with clans and friends, this game is really nice.
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Over-all Fun Resident Evil game, but nothing New.
I am a huge Resident Evil fan. I had all of the original games on the PC and played through them often. As I play Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City I am having fun and I'm entertained. However there is nothing new about this game and nothing to break new ground in gaming.The entire game is based in an online style, even the quite short single player campaign. You work in a squad and are never really on your own. I can't say that this is scary at all and sort of goes against what a Resident Evil game should be. On the other hand it is still a fun game and while it isn't going to win game of the year, or be remembered in the years to come, it is a good fun way to fill the time until Resident Evil 6 is releases in November.PRO's+ Fun online style game play.+ Basic controls which come very naturally.+ Graphics don't impress, however they are decent and fitting for the game.+ Music is very modern and upbeat. Sound is good, includes the classic RE sounds.+ Story will keep you interested enough to finish the game.+ Game play is fast paced and smooth for the most part.+ Online game play is fun and challenging as there are multiple enemies. Playing with a good team helps.CON's- While the single player campaign is fun, the game focuses more on the online multiplayer aspect of the game- Always working in a squad, never really alone.- Game play gets a little repetitive after a while. Even on HARD (professional) it's not much of a challengeOnline multiplayer is fun because you and your team are tossed in some awesome Resident Evil maps fighting against another online team and there are zombies and other RE monsters everywhere. It makes for a challenging & fun online experience. I enjoyed the online aspect of this game more than the single player Champaign.This game will keep us RE fans busy for a few months while we patiently wait for Resident Evil 6, which will be amazing. If you didn't pre-order Raccoon City, then I would continue to wait until the price lowers as it is nothing amazing , but it is fun for the fans. There are some scenes which remind us of Resident Evil 2 & 3, but I feel they could have done a little better. Whether you're playing single or multi player you can choose from a variety of characters to play, each with different weapons and specialties, however there isn't as big of a difference between them as we may have wanted. It's a good filler game, that's all.
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