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dumb game, but pretty

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 16
Date: December 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

no item boxes, stupid 2-person partner system that will kill your partner and end the game easy even if you are the mack dad. i bought a gamecube for this??? after alienating us all by giving nintendo the exclusive rights to the best game franchise, this really is the nail in the coffin for capcom and the RE series. the graphics are amazing though. i'm not slagging this of for no reason either, i am the biggest RE fan in the world.

boring...slow: CUTSCREENS galore!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: June 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I see a lot of 4 and 5 star reviews on this game. I dont know maybe there playing another game because from what I see from this game is not at all impressive. While the concept and graphics of the game is good, the control of this game is where it falls way WAY short. Controlling your characters is a task in itself and are too cumbersome, simply walking/running in narrow areas can get frustrating, I won't even going into aiming to kill birds that fly off the screen only to come back and attack you from the entirely other direction. I don't know if this was done intentially to make the game harder than it really is, but it works!! On top of that the characters seem slow to respond to your actions, when your trying to pick something up, you have to press the button and wait to see if it responds, you press the shoot button, and your characters just stand there while getting attacked, when your attcked by something an get pushed to the previous screen, you can still be attacked even though you can't see where it is so you can shoot it. Top this off with barely enough ammo to kill the cheesy zombies that grab you and take 7 shots to kill with the pistol. I'm sure the controls take some getting used to, but this game is just too boring to want to learn the controls. The game it self moves entirely too slow and it littered with too many useless and corny cut screens. Cut screens when you pick up something, cut screens when you walk up or down stairs, cut screens when you climb a ladder, cut screens when you open a door, cut screen when you switch character controls. And if the game wasn't already SLOW enough, text goes across the screen slooowly and there is no way to make it go faster. "A..R..E.T..H..E.......F..A..I..N..T......S..O..U..N..D..S......O..F.........F..O..O..T..S..T..E..P..S.....T..H..O..S..E.....O..F.....S..U..R..V..I..V..O..R..S.?" is NOT something I want to sit through EVERY SINGLE time I load a game.

I'm so glad I didn't pay full price for this game....If this game had fewer cut screens was more faster paced and most importantly, had controls like Xbox's Splinter cell, then maybe this would be a very good game. But as it stands, my second GameCube game is a waste of my time and money. I guess I was spoiled by my Xbox's splinter cell and even my game cube's Metroid Prime. And to think I thought splinter cell was cumbersome when I first played it. HA! Don't waste your money unless you absolutely LOVE the resident evil series.

Maybe fun if it was your first time playing a resident evil

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 9
Date: January 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Like the headline says, but the fact that I have been playing this story for over 8 years now makes this a waste of time. I turned it off after an hour. Enough said. Buy Resident Evil 4, its the best one since the Original. Maybe the best of all.

Shameful

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: November 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Resident Evil Zero did not live up to its hype. Graphic wise I think its great but gameplay can get boring at times. Some parts meay leave you stuck looking for puzzle answers instead of having some action. If you haven't played any Resident Evil game or Eternal Darkness then I suggest that you play ED first before playing RE0 just so you could appreciate a good game. - Another note, when you don't make use of bullets effieciently the game is pretty much over, while on the other hand in ED you can always use magic, swords, maces ect.

Rather dull and completely non frightening.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 17
Date: February 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I've been a on again off again fan of RE for some time now. I like the concept of the games, but I just don't like the games. RE 2 and every game after it was just too boring. Code Veronica for Dreamcast was the best of the lot in my opinion, so that upped my memories of the games a little bit. Sadly, upon playing RE for the Gamecube, all the truth about this series came flooding back. I rented it for five days, played it for two.

First off, this game just isn't scary anymore. RE2 could creep me out like nothing since the original Alone in the Dark. This game however, just feels so "been there, done that.". The first zombie I met I tried to shoot and kill, big mistake. Surprise, it killed me despite being pumped with several rounds from my handgun. So, annoyed, I restarted. This time I raný and that worked. After reading up in some walkthroughs, I found out that you spend the vast majority of your time doing just that, running. "Survival Horror". I was depressed. None the less, I figured I'd give it a try. For two days I ran from everything in sight. I tried not to chuckle at the "horror" of it all, and kept running. Even when I finally got the firepower to fight back a little, the game had lost appeal. And of course I use the word "firepower" very lightly, ammo is rarer than gold in just about any RE game out there, and of course you'll never get a useful unlimited hand to hand fighting tool except for your worthless survival knife. Why can't your character effectively shoot them in the head? Just give me some dang weapons and the ability to use them!

I really can't see why anyone would enjoy a game of this type. I can't see the appeal to anyone but the most casual gamer or hardcore horror fan. My advice, avoid this one completely. If you're a big RE fan, rent it. But don't buy it without trying it first or you may regret it.

- Rirath_com

Resident Evil Zero, is neither scary or fun.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: February 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Resident Evil has one awesome game in it's franchise, and that's Resident Evil 2, and one awesome intense extension to it in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. Other than those two games I really fail to see what all the hype is about. The Original Resident Evil was not quite in the same league as the two that followed. Resident Evil pretty much hit rock bottom with Code Veronica, and then Resident Evil was losing it's edge.

Along came Nintendo and promised new life to Resident Evil, and a new start. That sounded good so Nintendo fans and old Resident Evil fans jumped all over it. Thus Resident Evil is as hot as ever again. While the new remake to the original Resident Evil was very hyped and successful, I really felt like the actual game was overrated. The original Resident Evil might have been the building block for it all, but by no means was it a great game, and the remake was just that with improved graphics.

Now comes Resident Evil Zero, which seems to use the same engine as the remake. Finally a new Resident Evil game, but not quite because again we're going backward instead of forward and we already know what happens after, so there are no real surprises here. You can't help but feel that you've done this all before with the same gameplay and plot. Resident Evil Zero, is neither scary nor fun. I wish people would just finally realize that Resident Evil is the most over commercialized and rehashed franchise in the history of gaming. Not only is the Resident Evil franchise boring now, but it's also beginning to annoy.

Mediocre at best

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: July 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

After playing this game, I was left with the feeling that they are running out of ideas. The fact that you are forced to control two characters is innovative, and at the same time detracts from the Resident Evil experience, because you are no longer alone, which is part of what made previous titles in the series so scary. All around it's just an uncreative game. They attempted to make up for lack of good puzzles by throwing tons of enemies at you, which you of course don't have enough ammo to kill them all, so you're going to take a lot of damage. Rent this one at the most.

ok, not as good as the previous REs

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 8
Date: November 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

i love biohazard/resident evil. unfortunately, capcom changed a few things that were staples of RE: 1) no item boxes. what the heck were they thinking? 2) instead of letting the story put you in control of another character, which was very cool in previous REs, you have to keep track of two characters at all times in this one. big mistake. it was much more frightening when you were off adventuring around in creepy mansions or wherever by yourself, only to run into other people infrequently. solving puzzles/perfoming tasks with two players [stinks]. and you'd better make sure you're in control of rebecca at all times because if you try to run away and there are two zombies around her she is so weak that she will die almost immediately which is... since you as the player didn't do anything wrong. i did give RE0 2 stars though because it is an incredibly gorgeous game.

Resident Evil Zero: Pros/Cons

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: June 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The music and graphics are great in this game, but there is one MAJOR problem: The controls stink! It is really hard to walk because the direction you need to hold the control stick always changes. Also, what really annoys me his how you can't turn the camera. Aiming the gun is difficult, too. But the graphics and music rule! I have to admit they did a really good job on that. If you're a fan of the seires, you'll like this because it is a prequel and it has a great story. But it didn't really work for me.

A great but ultimately tremendously annoying game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: July 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I wanted to love this game. I wanted this game to be my favorite Game Cube game of. All. Time. All thru disc one Resident Evil Zero rolled smoothly, if you call the usual - i.e. poor puzzles and annoying game controls - smoothly. The graphics are top notch and, after seeing the E3 demo for Resident Evil 4, I'd have to say 0 is on par, and that is simply phenomenal. The level of detail is amazing. The sounds are so real and the rumble is used so expertly you will find yourself jumping and screaming and generally feeling like you're in a cinema, or better yet, a haunted mansion!

At first the controls are sketchy and you'll have a hard time adjusting, but after an hour you will be well on your way to smooth gameplay. Switching between Billy and Rebecca, which I initially thought would be annoying, turned out to be really fun and brought a new spin to the classic game.

Why three stars? Hints of future trouble started when I realized how much backtracking I would need to do, combing through the mansion for literally hours before I could find an item I had dropped and needed, or a door I had forgotten how to get to. Honestly, if you don't have the players guide open at your side, you will forget something, and you will spend hours looking for an item you didn't think you'd need anymore!

That's really, really not fun at all.

I mean, we're talking hours, folks. It doesn't help that the text is deliberately vague - 'you don't /seem/ to need this item anymore. Throw it away?'. Good grief! No!

You really need to work out strategies in the beginning of the game for the placement of your items. Remember where you put everything, and make sure you can get to it!

The second fault - the puzzles are dumb! Most of them are foolishly easy but so poorly designed they will take you ages to complete. Trust me, though, the answer is right under your nose.

Don't buy the game. Rent it. Save up for Resident Evil 4 - it's coming out soon. All that said, it is really, really fun - most of the time. I'm telling you you'll be peeing your pants with fright and sweating with anxiety and marveling out how the makers of Resident Evil used, hard-ware wise, the Gamecube to its utmost potential. But you don't need to play the second disk or even play for more than a week to get your fill of that.

Personally, I'm waiting for The Legend of Zelda Reborn. The graphics I'm sure won't be so amazing as RE0, but the gameplay will be leagues above. But then, what were you expecting? The Resident Evil games are infamous for making the same mistakes over and over...

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