Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles Preview

[CosGrove]

Developer- Capcom
Publisher- Capcom
Release date- 2007
Genre- Rail Shooter, Survival Horror
Mode- Single player
Rating- ESRB: Rating Pending (RP)
Platform- Wii
Input- Wii Remote

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Introduction
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For anyone who played a Resident Evil game, you know its shoot the zombie, grab some health, save someone BUT in Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles it will all change.

Umbrella Chronicles is the next installment into the Resident Evil franchise. BUT Umbrella Chronicles will only release for the Wii. The Playstation 3 and the XBox360 are getting Resident Evil 5 tho....So all the Fanboys will be happy, sorta. For people who haven't played a Resident Evil game before, its a zombie shooting, adaventure game. You simply just pick up a gun and sprole off where you are assigned to. The best thing is that you can shoot off zombies heads, arms and legs! Its all good Resident Evil Love! Umbrella Chronicles will have all the shooting off heads feature. I am a HUGE fan in the Resident Evil Franchise. I have all of them and beat them all and I am Uber Excited for Umbrella Chronicles!

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Story/Plot
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The story will be told from Umbrella's point of view and shed more light on the company's activities and its downfall, with the official trailer's motto being "Witness the end of Umbrella". Albert Wesker will play a very important role. Several mysteries from past games will be explained through documents the player can find. All characters from the first three Resident Evil titles will appear in their respective stages. So far only Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine, Albert Wesker, Rebecca Chambers and Billy Coen have been shown.

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Gameplay
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Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles gameplay will be a little different to the Resident Evil games you kids play now. In the other Resident Evil games, it was always in the view of showing your character and you can see what they look like. But now, Umbrella Chronicles will be in First-Person View. Weird Eh?! Well insted of having you character on the screen, you just have a view of the cursor, gun selections and the Zombies who jump after you! The most dissapointing partis that the character moves by itself! So simply, the game is just point and shoot.....For people who know the game House Of The Dead for the PC or Touch The Dead for the DS, it will be exactly like that, but better and Resident Evil content.

By now i bet your asking, "I dont like im gonna buy this now becuase its only point and shoot" well If your a Resident Evil fan or a pointing fan then BUY THIS GAME! It will feature all the great weapons, such as shotgun, TMP, handgun and more! You will get a chill in your spine or be heart pounding when you see a Zomibe Dog jump out of the window and will try to feast on your neck. If you dont like games where you just point and shoot, then still at least rent this game when it comes out. You will simply love it!

The full controls haven't been released yet, but here is the info. I got. To shoot you just point and shoot. If you want to pick up an item such as a Herb for health you simply just point at the item and press the - button on your WiiMote. You can also do melee attacks against zombies when you are close enough by pointing at a zombie and press the - button. To switch weapons, you click either Direction on the DPad, but to pick up weapons you just point at it and press the - button. THe nunchuk sorta, kind plays a little role in the game. You only use the Analog Stick to look up, down, left or right. Those are the controls that have been released. To open doors, you simply just shoot it! And it will open. To find health or ammo, you have to shoot stuff in rooms. So if you see a painting, SHOOT IT. If you see a vase, SHOOT IT. If you see anything that can break, SHOOT IT! Their will be something their after you shoot it.

Zombies, is a whole new Feature the game will be Awesome! THe zombies have been Graphically upgraded. The zombies just look amazing. Everything looks real! But when a zombie comes at you and goes to take a bite on your neck, a blood splatter will appear on the screen. Like Gears Of War when you kill someone using the chainsaw. Its simply a Nintendo Masterpiece!

The gameplay will be fast, so when you see an item, PICK IT UP because you will never see it again.

The gameplay may seem a little boring or "stupid" but please everyone, just rent it and you will simply love it!

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Screenshots
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Jill Valentine is my Videogame Wife. She is the one with the two guns! ^_^

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Videos
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YouTube - Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles Wii
YouTube - Resident evil umbrella chronicles teaser (wii)
YouTube - RE: Umbrella Chronicles Taser Gamer's Day

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Conclusion
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I hope everyone listens to me, either you are a Resident Evil fan or not. BUY or RENT this game. It will simply give you some scary moments and will make you pee yourself. And Remember everyone, the game is only 25% done, so CAPCOM will be adding in other Awesome features. So dont be so judgemental only on what their is now.

[Flightbolt]

Converted the thread to an article huh? Well it still looks purty <3! I think this game has the best graphics of any Wii game so far.

[Wario]

A very well done article! Most/all grammer errors are gone.
I'm dying to play this game. (Pardon the bad pun)

[Bloodytl]

It sounds like a great title, i loved playing as Wesker in Code Veronica. The only thing i'm a little unsure of is the first person play, it's been an option in certain R.E. titles and it just makes the game a little hard to stand. Also this won't be the first time R.E. went entirely First Person, remember Resident Evil soul survivor and Dead Aim? Two games rich in story but the First person gameplay destroyed them, let's hope Capcom learned from it.

[FilPill]

Great I like the game, one of the videos scared me a bit cause it looks a bit more scary than House of the Dead what do you expect from me i'm only 11 years old O.O'