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RENT ONLY DON'T BUY (I hate to dissapoint RE fans but...)

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: October 27, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is probably the worst RE game I've played. By buying the game your only wasting your money. Okay first of all you can't save, no matter what it says in the instruction booklet you absolutely can't save. Next is if you even choose easy you get a handgun with infinite rounds. Clearly thats the only gun you'll need since it has infinate ammo. I still can't find the rocket launcher, and when going through the game you get 4 handguns (with infinate ammo) a grenade launcher and a magnum. The magnum should be saved because you don't find much ammo. The story is probably the only good thing about this game. But its stupid how the guy has a case of amnesia and then near the end he just suddenly remembers anything (thats too original now). CAPCOM tried there best to put a new twist the RE serious but it didn't work. Next is that the auto aim is really bad. You try to aim at something using the auto aim and find yourself trying to kill a door! Next is manually you move too slowly to keep track or the fast enimes (such as the dogs) The ending is kinda good but the game is far shorter then any RE game (it took me 30 mins. and didn't have to use any continues.) ... Next is its exciting at first but then it all fades. It doesn't have much fun factor either. ...

Decent Game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: October 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I'm a die-hard Resident Evil fan, so I got this one. I've only played it on my PS2 and it works great. However, you can't save the game, so you have to beat it in one sitting. I like that it's inventive, with the first person perspective, no track to follow, and the ability to carry an unlimited amount of items. Only get this if you love Resident Evil.

Disappointing

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: October 15, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Resident Evil: Survivor was a big disappointment for me. I was hoping for a House of the Dead-like Resident Evil-style game, but instead we get 4 types of Handguns to use against these creatures (zombies, giant spiders, lickers, Mr. Xs, giant alligators, gas masked men with machine guns), and a shotgun and a grenade gun. I've read guides that say there's a Rocket Launcher, I haven't found it yet, and I got up to the final boss. I also don't like how you can't save. That's ridiculous. In every RE game, the tradition was to have a typewriter to save your progess with using Ink Ribbons. But not in RE: Survivor. The instruction booklet says you must save after dying, on the "Continue?" screen. That's [dumb]. Otherwise, the storyline is awesome. There are a few things that confuse me, like why there's a man in a white coat hanging on a helicopter's bottom rails at the beginning as they fly over an island off Raccoon City's shores. Also, there's a man I call the "librarian" because if you go into the library, you'll meet him. On the second floor of the library in one of the rooms, he locks you in to fight a Hunter and laughs outside the door. In another part, in the Prison I killed 2 giant moths, and went through a small ventilation shaft that lead into the sewers, which was infested by zombies, which I all killed. At the end of my long sewer quest, the librarian locked me in a room with a giant alligator. Than, another giant alligator popped through the wall blocking the way to the door I just came through! I had to kill them both, and I used almost all of my health sprays and green herbs there, because all I had was Handgun B, Handgun A, and the Shotgun. There's 3 places to go at first: the Restaurant, the Movie Theater, and the Church. First time through, I went in the Church. Second, the Theater. Third, the Restaurant. The Church is quite big, and reminds of you of the famous mansion from RE1. It's filled with zombies. The Theater is also filled with zombies, and you have to get Film and project it on the movie theater screen, and than you'll get a key that leads out of the Theater. In every area, you get a key that leads out of the building you're in. Then you have to kill 2 dogs in the next hallway and pick up a hang-up phone. Going down the stairs, you must verse 2 lickers, and collect another key on the first bench you get to. At the end of the alley, there's a Green Herb near the stairs, pick it up before going up. Once up, pick up the phone and after that sequence, there's once again 3 areas to pick from--the Amusement Arcade, the Hospital, and the Library. That's enough of my mini-walkthrough. Well, this game isn't that bad.

Some major problems, but still decent

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: October 26, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I'm a big fan of the RE games and I was looking forward to this one. I've rented this game for the last 2 days, and I have no instructions, so if I'm wrong about my assessment let me know.

OK..............WHY CAN'T you save????????

After playing this game for 2 days, am I wrong, but you can only save the guns you have...........NOT YOUR PLACE IN THE GAME!!!!!!!!!

Now I've played this game to the end and it takes about 2-3 hours to complete with full guns and ammo. Maybe i'm wrong but who has 3 hours to devote to straight gaming? That's weak.

Let me restate this. You cannot continue from the place you died. You start over from the beginning with all the weapons you've gained. I can't fathom why this is, but it's terrible.

Also, as far as bad things go..............there's no "strafe". You can't run and shoot, let alone run right/left and shoot, like most 1st person shooters.

As far as the good..............The storyline is fun, and all the rest of the RE classic fun things are represented.

Honestly, if it weren't for the SAVE problems, and the lack of enovation in the 1st person shooter genera this game woulda been great.

Don't buy it...........RENT FIRST

Resident Evil Messup

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: August 10, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Capcom is really overdoing this franchise.Personaly I am a big fan of RE games but this one is just messed up. RE is supossed to be a "cinmatic" Game. First: This is a first person shooter RE. 2nd you have to play the hole game in one sitting.Third :the great "pop out of your seat moments" are spoiled buy the stupid first person veiw. If you want a good RE game stick with the other four games or if you can wait,wait for RE:Zero.

Meh, it's alright

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: September 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I already knew that this game wasn't going to be as good as the other ones, but I decided that when it came out I was going to get it just to add it to my collection. Well, it wasn't too bad of an idea, the game is not total .... but I knew that the Playstation would not be able to handle something like this. Capcom should've waited till the PS2 came out and THEN they should've put this game out. The best part of this game is just the whole first-person gig, I actually didn't think Capcom would go through with it but they did. However it is pretty cheap in some ways, besides the graphics. Whenever you run by an enemy that jumps toward you (e.g. licker or hunter) they will not damage you at all, and also the acting is just horrible. The acting in this game makes Resident Evil 1's sound like a Metal Gear game or something. I cannot fathom a reason as to why some people think this game is better than the others (and it's not), if they think that they need some serious help (especially that gamer from partridge who said nemesis is a waste of time *rolls eyes*). Either way, if you are kind of curious about this game I suggest you rent it first.

Let's hope they don't make another one of these.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I originally bought this game at an impulse (I've been a fan of the RE series ever since it's debut on the playstation 1), and I really regret having spent my money on it. RE survivor is an ill-convieved and poorly executed take on the Resident Evil storyline. First, progression through the game is completely linear and simple to the point of being annoying. You have only to keep moving forward, and you will make it to the end. Personally, I have always enjoyed the challenge of searching all over the scenarios to find everything you need to make it through the game, but in this incarnation, that ceases to exist. Second, Weapons are painfully limited. You have a series of handguns, a shotgun, a bazooka, and that's pretty much it; You don't even have the knife from all the other RE games. Third, I don't appreciate the enemies at all. The zombies move so slowly and a roomful is so easily defeated that all the challenge and thrill is gone. There is only one major enemy (a completely un-original knock-off of the tyrant from RE1), which is far too easy to beat. Besides all that, RE survivor really does nothing to advance the storyline of the series. The only reason I gave it a 2nd star is because, for die-hard fans of the series at least, this game is playable enough the first time through. All in all, though, it was a very disappointing experience.

this would've been great

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game would've been my favorite of all time if only they hadn't done the one thing that made this game bad, taking away the guncon support. this game is actually really good, but the reason evryone trashes it is because it is a guncon game withought guncon support. It was extremly difficult to move the target on those... dogs before they could hurt me. wihought a doubt, this game would've been better if they had kept the guncon support. another mistake they made was making you play through the whole thing withought saving. In doing this they had to make the game unbearibly short which adds to the badness. So i wouldn't reccomend the US version of this game , however, the japanese version is alot better because it supports the guncon. So if you can find it then get the japanese version, I highly recommend getting it. WARNING! If you get the US version, hoping to get a good lightgun game, you will be highly dissapionted.

Why is everyone bummed?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: September 06, 2000
Author: Amazon User

All over the internet, people are saying how Survivor sucks. People are saying how its a disgrace to the RE universe. Well, I'm here to give u people the real deal on this game compared to what the "Game Experts" are saying. Bad Graphics? No way, man. The graphics are awesome giving more detail to the monsters' bodies and faces that it ws incredible! As far as the gameplay was concerned, it was the same kind of gameplay that all Resident Evil fans have come to know and love. No difference. Some of the problems WERE the lack of plot and good voice actors. The voice actors were worse than RE1, and thats saying a lot. However, this does not at all affect the overall awesomeness of the game. The first-person concept was a brilliant idea for a Resident Evil game and well-done. This game might be a better rental game, though. As I had payed nearly everything the game had to offer in a couple of nights. But it was a great game, regardless of what anyone says. Rent it and find out for yourself.

Almost a disgrace to the RE series

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: July 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

In Resident Evil: Survivor, you play an amnesia stricken man wandering around a zombie infested town looking for clues to his past. The first thing you'll notice about the game is it's first person perspective and that the game was clearly meant to use a light gun prepheral but does not (yet it's Japanese counterpart does). That major drawback, combined with the choppy animation, muddy sound, poor controls, and near none replayability, make Resident Evil: Survivor one big disappointment of a game. It's worth playing if your a longtime fan of the Resident Evil series, but don't expect much out of it other than an intriguing side story to the saga. Capcom has once again made another first person light gun aimed Resident Evil game called Resident Evil: Dead Aim for the PS2, and that game is quite an improvement over this piece of crud.

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