Ever played those shooter games at the arcade? They're all over the place, so go slap a quarter in an Area 51 game lying around abandoned in some movie theatre. I've been playin' these kind of arcade games since I could hold the plastic pistols, so it ain't that hard to learn. Umbrella Chronicles is that same kind of rail-shooter. Rail-shooters are first-person-shooters in which you don't have to move your character. You just point and shoot the baddies as you trail along. Sound easy? If you have the reflexes and aim to do it, sure.
Now, I've been playing this game using the Zapper (a plastic gun-shaped carrier for the Wiimote and Nun chuck) for a "more interactive experience." I had to take the nun chuck out of the Zapper so I could shake it like a dog more easily. This Resident Evil takes the random button mashing sessions of RE:4 to a new extreme: you must actually push the correct buttons only. This is where those cat-like reflexes come in handy, because you've got about 2 seconds to push only the correct buttons several times in rapid-succession, or you will take heavy damage or even an instant death. The manual doesn't expound upon how exactly to press these buttons, so I'll tell you right now, rapidly hit the button it commands; don't just push it once.
The storyline isn't anything new, because it's all a big report by Wesker about all the plots of the previous games. It's like a giant playable flashback. It's pretty fun, and it sheds some light on some confusing plot details, so I don't have to go and play all those previous games (RE:4 was my first). The game's release was supposed to calm the Wii owners down who got all bent out of shape when RE:5 was not announced available for the Wii (I'm included there). The game was also delayed due to some controversy about shooting Africans in Africa...No one got pissed at shooting Spaniards in Spain in RE:4, but I guess no one cares about them.
Rating: B
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