Resident Evil 3 Remake

Lots of running away in this game! Jill is really being tossed around and beat up a lot. I like that they gave her a grenade thrower and a shotgun. For these big disgusting sewer blobs I could lob a grenade and blast hit them with a shotgun shell and they’d drop.

It was cool going back through RPD as Carlos, seeing the old building in a state that wasn’t quite as fucked as when we walked those halls as Leon and Claire. I can see why people call this a Resident Evil 2 DLC, it’s such a straight continuation of the story of that game. Even though I’ve been more frustrated with this one I’m happy we’re playing it now. With all those pouches Carlos has on he should have twice the storage space.

Nemesis keeps getting more and more annoying to fight. I don’t love being told to run away from an enemy only for the game to turn heel and say “oh no nevermind now you can fight them.” Unless there is some story specific reason for the change it always feels contrived. Though, I did like it when Nemesis showed up with less clothes and a weapon. Nemesis who showed you how to use weapons? Where’d you get those clothes?

I’m in the hospital now and they did a great job with the atmosphere - some of these rooms are absolutely knackered with blood and guts and claw marks everywhere. I learned what caused it, these giant fucking monsters that look like Fallout Deathclaws. I stopped for the night because I have to go into a room with two of those beasts and I don’t think I can handle it tonight. Jill will have to wait for her vaccine just a little while longer.

And just like that, Jill and Carlos fly off into the sunset together! I came back and cleaned up the last few sections of the game. I was not expecting Carlos to have to wage a last stand in the lobby of the hospital while his partner… hacked something? His involvement wasn’t clear. I feel like the differentiation between Carlos and Jill’s sections is what (I think and hear) they are going to do with RE9, but it doesn’t make as much sense to make Jill an ammo deprived, scaredy-cat considering she’s a S.T.A.R.S. member. Her lack of guns was never her problem, in fact by the end of it I had so much ammo, gunpowder and health in my storage that I had a hard time figuring out what to take to the final fight.

The second to last fight with Nemesis was frustrating and I had to attempt it several times, mainly because there is so little feedback when attacking him. I dumped 6 explosive rounds into him and I couldn’t tell if it was even hurting him. Some shaking or stuttering or pausing would go along way to telling me if things were working or if I was just wasting ammo. In the end, my biggest disappointment was that we didn’t exit the building through the giant fucking hole we blasted through with the rail gun, which was absolutely wonderful. Thank god that idiot is dead. Unfortunate for Raccoon City and all the whacky architecture, but I’m glad we won’t need to deal with it again… or will we????