ORIGINAL THOUGHTS = 07-04-2022:
So, I'm some say 4 hours into Resident Evil 3 [Remake] (2020). It's basically more Resident Evil 2 in many ways, which can be great in some ways & not-so-great in others. If you loved RE2 Remake - well, you'll probably like this game, at least; it's more of that. While it's great that it doesn't change much here in many ways and doesn't try to "fix what wasn't broken", it doesn't really push much forward in RE3 Remake here. It also even reuses some areas from RE2 Remake, such as the Police Station. In many ways, this feels more like a DLC and/or an expansion pack, not a full-blown sequel here. Kind of makes sense here, as this also came out a year later, likely capitalizing on the fantastic RE2R (Resident Evil 2: Remake) from 2020.
A lot of the combat, movement, Inventory set-up & manipulation (grid-like set-up for you to play Tetris with), and whatnot - yes, this is basically taken & improved in some ways (i.e. visually more slick here) here in RE3R. While in RE2R you felt like you were often scrounging for ammo and it was at a more methodical and slower pace & all, often with less enemies on-screen on once like other classic survivor-horror games - well, RE3R feels more like an action-game, as you'll often feel a bit more bombarded with enemies and ammo & action.
Nemesis, who often chases Jill here in RE3 Remake, reminds me a lot of Mr. X here from RE2R, namely in both design & style - but Nemesis feels tweaked-up a bit here in some ways - though, encounters often feels more cinematic & scripted here in this game over RE2 Remake. Again, this feels like they're following a lot of the RE2R formula & copy & pasting it and reskinning basically reskinned Mr. X here with Nemesis.
You won't be mostly playing as Leon here, this go around. Instead here, you'll be playing mostly as Jill Valentine, as this is her story here. Per usual with Resident Evil games: monsters are running amok somewhere; a Virus & out-break has happened; Umbrella Corp. is involved w/ experimenting on humans & whatnot; a cover-up is in the process of happening; and you (as the player) are here to stop this location from being overrun. In this case here, this is happening around & after the events of RE2 [Remake] (2019).
Just like RE2R, RE3R also looks great with RT On - of course, that's provided you have a system that can handle it. If not, you might be better off reversing it back to the old patch without RT, to get much better performance. With a 10700KF, 16 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD, 2 TB HDD, 8GB VRAM on the RTX 3070, W10 x64 - I can achieve 1080p60fps with both RT & FSR On, provided I don't exceed or push things past the VRAM limits of my beefy video card.
So far, I like it, but don't love it. It's good, but not as great as RE2 Remake. More to come, when I finish it.
