Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles

The Good
LET'S TALK GAME PLAY

• Good Pacing.
• Very pretty 'file-folder' interface for menu's; weapons and scenario's on Polaroid's, very smart.
• Reward's system was easy to gauge - easy to plan when and how to get the next upgrade/scenario/file.
• Being able to move the camera with the nun-chuck stick helped to grab items/ammo.
• Good Camera.
• Any game that rewards you for shooting anything and everything (to uncover secret files, etc.) is a lot of fun.
• Ammo carrying over to next mission (or any mission) is nice.
• Good range of difficulty w/forgiving check-points.
• Game does well at building stress and frantic feelings.
• Great "Fan" moments included.
• Boss Fights are exciting and well scripted, allowing for 'twitch reflexes' to save the player damage.

LET'S TALK GRAPHICS

• If you read the trivia for this game you'll understand more about the graphics Capcom had to work with. For what they started with they did a good job. This is a game where the set pieces are cannon fodder, they work well.
• The character models in game are detailed and dynamic, have good motion capture, and are upscaled versions from their respective games.
• The weapons leave bullet holes, grenades blow craters in the ground - very thankful for that.
• The enemies are well textured and move convincingly.
• Blood splatter and head-explosions look good.

LET'S TALK SOUND

• The sound is good throughout - the proper voice-actors were used and monsters were maybe even recycled from the Gamecube games. Weapon noises are appropriate and convincing. My favorite sound is this scintillating sound your handgun makes when you get the odd critical hit out of it!

LET'S TALK STORY

• For a game that was meant to condense and recap the stories of the Resident Evil games, this game has a surprising amount of original content at the end, and that is a good thing... Unfortunately I don't think it works with the RE:5 storyline.
• The story-work does very well to re-show climactic moments from the high-lighted games, from different angles, without breaking from canon (much). The videos are well produced, short, and worth collecting and watching later.