Yet another remake of the original. But after playing the original so many times do we really need this?
User Rating: 5 | BioHazard: Deadly Silence (Limited Pack) DS
After the excellent remake for the gamecube, capcom had given me a breath of fresh air where resident evil is concerned. After releasing it on the ds, I wasn't as pleased. When I went to buy the game, my first reactions were at the price. £30(don't know what it is for dollars but i'm sure you know the price yourself) for a remake thats been done twice!? I couldn't believe what I ws seeing. Even so I reluctantly decided to take a chance and buy it. When I loaded up the game, everything went downhill from there. I was looking forward to an improved opening scene, much like the opening to metroid prime hunters. Instead I had to relive the true nightmare of the horrible acting sequence of the original. Finally it was time to enter the mansion. Thats when my worst fears were confirmed. The horrible voice acting of the original was back. I was disgusted. Back on the PS1 era we all had a good laugh at it. Even now I find it funny. But when its brought into a remake when its an obvious falt that could've easily been fixed, I stopped laughing. Forgetting about that, I've heard many people say about how good the graphics are, well I've got news for you.....they're not as good as you think. Many people say its as good as the PS1's graphics. Well yes that may be true but the DS easily outdoes the PS1's graphics. Mario Kart Metroid Prime Hunters are fine examples of what i'm talking about. In reality, the graphics are average. Moving on, we all expected the controls to be bad, especially since it's on the ds, so I can easily accept this and did not judge the game on this. What I really didn't like was the rushed multiplayer aspect of the game. I had heard great things about it but in reality it is sickening. Instead of seeing other players, you see little pointers/arrows. What fun is that? No fun at all. However despite all this the game does have some good qualities. For example, sometimes your put in positions where you have to slash zombies with the touch screen. There are also little puzzles to be done using the same method. However these could be just to mask up what is essentially an uncalled for remake which has had all the scary moments stripped away by being brought to a handheld. In my eyes, this game would've been better on the PSP and no i'm not in favour of sony as I have both consoles. Those who wish to play the original, leave this alone and buy the gamecube version. Those who are not satisfied with the gamecube version, I suggest renting it first. 
