if not the best console experiences of the last generation of games

resident evil six Capcom's latest entry in its survival horror flagship

franchise

is easily the most expansive and ambitious offering yet.

. It's been way too long since I've had such a deep experience in a video game

And Resident evil 6 delivers that

Capcom heard many fan concerns that they deviated too much from the survival horror

horror elements that are at the core of the series

and focused too much on action when they made Resident Evil 5

Those concerns are addressed well in Resident Evil 6, as horror is

alive and thriving

I'll begin this review by talking about the game's strongest point

the story is the main component of the game there are three separate campaigns

leon and helena

Chris and Piers

and Jake and Sherry

the story will take you to wide-ranging locales such as china and eastern

Each campaign is playable cooperatively

It's interesting and rewarding to watch each campaign intersect with the other,

and what the characters do from a variety of perspectives

The game starts in media res

which is a literary terms

that means

the author expects you to understood what happened before the game

as you complete the campaign

you unlock Ada Wong's anti-hero campaign

and you unlock Agent Hunt mode

which is on screen now

where you can play as enemy creatures to try and hinder player progress

Be warned, though, it's very tough to get any kills as a creature

because you can only play Agent Hunt against players who have already beaten the game

The online integration is fantastic

as players can drop in and out of games

In addition to campaign mode, there is Mercenaries Mode, an arcade style monster shoot em up

where you race against the clock to execute combos and get the highest score that you can

It's engrossingly addicting, and I find myself going for another game long after

I've said "allright, this is my last one..."

There are alternate costumes to be unlocked, and several maps to play on

so there's enough content to keep you occupied long after you finish campaign

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here is the first place that this game stumbles

. The game tries too hard to be a cinematic experience for everyone involved

and wants to be a good "spectator game

i thoroughly enjoyed watching the cutscenes

but they are horribly interspersed

There are periods where cutscenes interject and disrupt the flow and immersion of

certain sequences

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let's find the survivors objective helen

actually killed anyone

doing over there

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looks like the failed government auctions

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really

was that one action in between cutscenes really necessary all that he was walk

downstairs

The developlers have to keep in mind that we are here to play a game, not to watch a movie

the co-op options are also interested

Sure, performing functions like vaulting over distances to solve puzzles is

necessary, but there are just too many doors that require both people to open

Also breaking immersion is the occasional obstructive camera angle

, but this isn't as bad as the cutscene integration

Lastly, quick time events can be a chore

quick time events, such as the combat ones, are pretty well-implemented and positively

add to the struggle of the game

Some actions, like contextual ones for the environment, are utterly pointless

There's one where you have to execute a sequence of button presses to shoot someone

. Why can't my character just have full control...?

Some of these poor quicktime events are antiques of an older gaming

generation

but not the good type of it

Gameplay wise

resident evil six is the best in the series

You can move while shooting, perform combat doges,

and execute melee functions

While the controls aren't as tight as some other 3rd person shooters like Gear of

War or Mass Effect 3

Like, for instance, the cover system is inconsistent in Resident Evil 6

melee can be inprecise

it is certainly a step in the right direction

The enemies are the smartest and most fearsome I've ever faced in any Resident Evil game

Having enemies that shoot back at you is an interesting addition, and certainly makes for

intense firefight sequences

The boss battles are massive

and well-planned

but they can drag on for a long stretches

the level progression and inventory system are better than that resident

evil five

but still are not as good as it was a resident evil four

Upgardes are now player specific rather than weapon specific.

I am satisfied with the amount of horror that this game contains

Leon's campaign is easily the scaries

I do wish however, that one of the main campaigns was playable solo

It's hard to feel isolated and terrified if you have someone with you

This game ultimately suffers by trying to do too much

it's hard to find a balance between survival horror

third person action, and movie experience

Capcom valiantly tried, and I admire the effort, but in the case of this game

it was probably better to have action and cinema take a backseat to horror

The horror elements it has are well done

so you are wanting

when all is said and done

It's not bad if a story and horror mediated game has good action

but it's important not to lose sight of what the series is known for

, and that's the horror

In summary, I loved Resident Evil 6

and I will be playing it through multiple times

it is a vast improvement over resident evil five

Resident Evil 6 recaptures a lot of the magic that made

Resident Evil 4 so successful

but at the end of the day

with this game

less is more

bigger is not necessarily better

the occasional but very strong annoyances hold it from getting a top

tier score

I place this game in the running for one of my favorite experiences of the year, but

but I give it a 3.0 GPA out of a 4.0 scale.