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Visually, Gaiden is perhaps the most unique game on this list, featuring a top-down 2D aesthetic that, frankly, didn’t really suit the survival horror tone of the franchise. The story follows Barry Burton as he boards a zombie-infested cruise ship in what marks the beginning of RE spin-offs’ apparent obsession with boats.
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Resident Evil Gaiden (2001) - 4.0Ĭo-developed by Capcom and British company M4, Resident Evil Gaiden was released on Game Boy Color. As you might expect, this didn’t do Survivor any favors. On top of this, the US release of Survivor wasn’t compatible with any light-gun peripheral, meaning this light-gun game had to be played with a PS1 controller. Unfortunately, awful voice acting, mediocre graphics and dodgy off-rails shooter controls marred the experience. Moving to a light-gun shooter format and played entirely in first-person, Survivor was certainly the sort of experimental departure from the mainline games spin-offs are supposed to be. Pulling liberally from the big book of storytelling cliches, it follows an amnesiac protagonist struggling to rediscover his identity amid a zombie outbreak on the mysterious Sheena Island. Resident Evil Survivor was the very first Resident Evil spin-off game, originally released on PS1. Thank goodness the sublime RE7 came out 18 months later to cleanse our palates! Resident Evil Survivor (2000) - 4.0 Additionally, many critics felt as though the game moved too far away from the roots of Resident Evil and what made the franchise great. Unfortunately, clunky controls, poor animations, outdated graphics, and lacklustre sound design drastically affected the experience. Oddly, Umbrella Corps seemed to be heavily inspired by games like Call of Duty and Fallout rather than other Resident Evil titles, with fast-paced shooter gameplay and frenetic battles involving numerous combatants.