Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Collection PS3 Review

It’s a pretty cut and shut scenario when it comes to story, sure there is a plot, but as with any other on-rails shooter, it has little consequence on your actions.  As a player, you’re along for the ride with your main objective being to shoot anything that gets in the way, it couldn’t be much simpler.

The games revisit the stomping grounds of the original Resident Evil games from the Playstation 1, with the voice of Albert Wesker narrating to fill you in on some of the back story, for those of you who haven’t played a Resident Evil title before, Albert Wesker is essentially “the bad guy”.  While the story is nothing ground breaking it does serve as a nice retelling of some of the events of previous games in the series, at great way to catch up for those that have only played the games from the last few years.

The Umbrella Chronicles find you taking the rolls of Rebecca Chambers and Billy Coen on a train full of zombies, although its worth pointing out, there are zombies everywhere in these games, no points if you guessed that your self already.  Then we have Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine in the mansion from the original Resident Evil title and some new story elements based around Umbrella’s base in Russia.

Darkside sees you taking the roles of Leon S Kennedy and Jack Krauser in South Africa in another piece of original story to the series, but also features Claire, Steve Burnside and some of the adventures in Racoon City from Resident Evil 2, Rockfort island in Code Veronica and a little that touches towards Resident Evil 4 for good measure.  So plenty to keep the fans and new comes happy here.