Series Resident Evil - one of the favorite not only players but also the most Capcom: Sales of its form than ten million copies. Six games the main line, two remakes, three mobile and two-line branches, as well as three "as if FPS» under the label Gun Survivor (the last of them, incidentally, also for the authorship of Cavia, outside of Japan denied the roots, calling himself Dead Aim) part of it. The Umbrella Chronicles does not belong to any of these groups: despite the fact that the scenario logically fits into the storyline of the series, gameplay is the usual "resident" went too far. But we should not confuse it with a failure Gun Survivor - the good, we have a genuine rail shooter.
The Umbrella Chronicles, besides well-known functions of the console Wii, uses only three buttons and analog stick, which can only look on all sides. Button "C" switches to choose the weapon, "B" is the usual trigger, and "A" is useful for the selection of useful items. When sandwiched "A" can throw the grenade button "B" or to put it into a knife, how to swinging the remote. The view from the eye, the sight frame, zombies ... The game itself takes us on a prescribed route in advance, occasionally giving a choice at the fork and stopping just before the end of dealing with another handful of monsters. Each of them is the point of failure, once in which you will not only cause the enemy great damage, but also interrupt his attack. Did not work - it does not matter: from small enemies can fight off a knife, and often crawling zombie hug, naprashivayas on scripting counter (quite a few strokes the remote control). Periodically, there are interactive screen saver where you want to save the heroes at the right moment to perform the specified on-screen action - shake the remote control or by pressing buttons on the proposed.
 | |  | The Umbrella Chronicles will tell you that Wesker did after his "death" in the very first part of the series. | | Already very fond of Lisa Trevor Wesker: a mysterious blond it follows on the heels. What unites them, however, only one - immortality. |
Genre seemingly very simple, the whole point - in the formulation of the action, in the design of levels, by opponents, finally. The developers managed to create a gameplay that is easy and understandable to everyone, but at the same time balance the complexity so that recent levels of sweat will make even the most experienced players. Deprivation of player freedom of movement even benefited from the game as a horror movie: return to a safe location can not be a chest with no kits, and the monster can watch at every turn - and they often lack the fraction of a second to catch the heroes!
Of particular note is extremely high interactivity of the environment.Most of the items that come across on the way, you can shoot - and this is done not just for the fun! They can be hidden away as ammunition (yes, even a gun in a wall lamp), and files containing information about the corporation "Umbrella", her experiments and their implications. Moreover, as you progress through each chapter, which split the game, issued an estimate based on elapsed time and number of objects destroyed, collected files, enemies killed, and hit their vulnerable points. For the highest rating ("A" or «S») a player is awarded points not only required for the improvement of weapons, but also totally unnecessary and it is extremely amusing "souvenir" of the universe, Resident Evil.
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Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles was the first announced game supports Wii Zapper, a new accessory that is a shell for the remote and nunchuk in the shape of the machine. Alas, but play with it here, though it is recommended, but still uncomfortable. Sway control, for example, turns into an awkward shaking the whole unwieldy structure, and levels traversed with ease, even without the nunchuk (yes, it is possible), with Zapper'om suddenly become particularly complex. "Automatic" binds all the convenience of the increased trigger fatty crossed the need to retain the impressive dimensions of the construction. To aim because it becomes more difficult and, consequently, enjoy the game suddenly disappears somewhere. Our choice - Overclocking zombie rallies usually a combination of remote and nunchuk, so even with a companion. And interesting place, and over the familiar to Resident Evil clichéd storyline so empty dialogue heroes can not really think.
 | |  | If the enemy get close and about to hit, it's better to shoot him in the chest to throw away, and then - in the forehead, to finish off once a critical hit. | | In snowy Russia we meet monsters from all parts of the game. But at the same time is the same room with the lasers that create a stir in the film by Paul WAS Anderson. |
Here we are, in fact, approached the main reasons behind buy The Umbrella Chronicles: fanservis. Of course, it would be a mistake to claim that the whole game is designed only to please the fans. But it is a fan will be able to get away from it all, but he fully appreciate the efforts of writers, grain by grain restore and link the plot thread of the canonical parts of the saga. No wonder the Chronicle more than half consist of repetition of previously known events. Game highlights three incidents, each of which involved a mysterious pharmaceutical corporation. The first - a research center Dr. Marcus (RE0). Second - in a mansion Orwell Spencer (RE1). Third - in Raccoon City (RE3 and little RE2). Ends the game a new story arch that moves hunger new stories the next player in the secret laboratory Umbrella in ... Russia. Through all these events runs track Albert Wesker, the man did not played an important role in the crash of Umbrella and has plans for its revival (which we've seen in RE4). But the main villain this time - a former Colonel Sergei Vladimir (to say hello to Hideo Kojima on his yabloko moloko!), A faithful ally of George Orwell Spencer and head of domestic intelligence enterprise.In the hands of Sergei - obtained with the help of a supercomputer Red Queen "(" Easter eggs "for moviegoers, not otherwise) information about all three incidents, which have been implicated to be free creatures.
 | |  | At a joint game of life on the line two is one, so any mistake can lead to loss of both. | | Flat in the past scenery moved in three dimensions without much loss. |
In each of the four episodes of the game, you can find three mandatory chapter, designed to co-flow, and from two to four additional where there are only heroes of the single (like Wesker). With proper preparation last chapter about a quarter of an hour - so that the total duration of the game is small. But to repeat the feats of drawn again and again, the game is full of secrets, and each of them - a new piece of the puzzle, a new piece of the story line stretching for twelve years. And every self-respecting fan of Resident Evil is simply obliged to collect them all. And that means, and the game will have to buy.
| SECRET! |
To open the Beginnings Chapter 2, go Beginnings 1 with a rating of "A" or higher. Death's Door opens after Raccoon's Destruction 3 "A" and the Dark Legacy 2 - at the end of those two chapters. After finishing the main storyline, you will discover The Fourth Survivor, «the same" scenario for HUNK from Resident Evil 2. Passing and you unlock the possibility of cooperative transmission in all the "individual" missions.
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