Personally, I absolutely love the game. I have it for both Xbox and PS3 as
I find the online communities both different and interesting. Certain aspects
could have been slightly tweaked (occasional bug fixing), but the AI has been
fixed by a patch and the game is very very very fun. The only let down might be
half of the main story is DLC, however what is there, re-creates the awesome
Resident Evil 2 and 3 set pieces really well. It's a shiny game which runs
well, with 6 character classes to play around with, each with strengths and
weaknesses. Plenty of replay value as the Main story can be played solo or with
up 3 other people via 4-person co-op. It's a real blast to play through with
mates or random people, full Mic support, and some challenging scenarios with
hordes of zombies, hunters, lickers and tyrants, along with enemies soldiers who
use cover and try and out-flank you.
On the multiplayer side I have been playing it since launch day and have
been impressed with it. Team Death match 4-on-4 is my favourite, with the
triple threat of the enemy players trying to snipe/bomb/infect/gun you down
along with zombies crawling around the level messing up campers and adding a
level of chaos. Often simple gun fights can be hectic when someone starts
bleeding from taking shots to their body, and every zombie in the level is drawn
to that player in a frenzy.
Several weapon classes with various weapons to unlock via exp you get from
both single and multiplayer – Shotguns, Sniper rifles, Heavy Machine guns,
SMG's, and Assault rifles – each with different stats, like high chance of
bleeding, or suppression to be more stealthy. Some DLC weapons are very powerful
as well and aren't too expensive for the all weapons pack.
Other modes like ‘survival’, with death match rules until a rescue
helicopter turns up after about 9 mins with only 4 seats on it (so with
8 people playing it can get heated), and ‘heroes’ where you get to play as
major (and some unique to this game) characters in the RE universe like Ada,
Carlos, Jill and Leon. They have more health, but you only live once, and
it's a kill-the-enemy-heroes-before-all-yours-die kind of scenario.
RE Operation Raccoon City is a steal at $25, and even though it got panned by
critics who hated it, there is a strong community of people on both platforms
still playing it. More fun than uncharted's multiplayer which I was
disappointed with.
Again, it may not be everyone's cup of tea, some people like cinematic
brilliance like uncharted, some want gritty cover-to-cover action of Gears of
War – but this is a nice blend of action, randomness with wandering zombies,
and some fun classes to explore and have fun with.
If you do get it, have a search for fenberry24. I'll gladly co-op
anytime.
