![]() ![]() Once you leave the timeline and level design out of everything, we get to the gameplay, which sadly, I didn’t find any better. Maybe it was the rendering done by the Unity engine the game runs on, or perhaps it was missing that atmosphere of the original. I personally found the look and feel of the village level (taken from the village in Resident Evil 4) and its Ganado occupants to be of lesser quality than the original. The visuals on the levels themselves (as well as some enemy models) can be questionable as well. Another example was during a domination round where I spawned quite literally, right next to the domination point the game wanted me to capture. Which is great for me, I need the kills, but re-spawning right in front of an enemy combatant isn’t good design. During my time with the game I often found myself witnessing re-spawns right in front of me. ![]() The maps in Umbrella Corps vary from “small” to “slightly bigger” which I’ve found creates problems upon spawning. Well… we’ll have to put that theory to the test then. One mission had my character going into an area with a shotgun because:Īccording to the BSAA battle manual, the wide spread of the shotgun is more effective against the infected than high-precision weapons. The single player campaign in Umbrella Corps fails to deliver any kind of meaningful narrative. So just to be clear here, in the 8 years since RE4, no one has gone through this area and run clean up? It’s still being used for experimentation on the parasite? Ok. The date on this mission is May 21, 2012- a whopping 8 years after the events that took Leon through it in Resident Evil 4. While many of the areas in the game’s world have been re-created for these experimental purposes, it seems that at least the village from Resident Evil 4 that you travel too might actually be the same village– where it is said (according to the single player mission briefing) “The Plaga parasite hasn’t been fully contained”. Sadly, these aren’t exact replicas- as they have been altered to fit better into the play style of Umbrella Corps. It also just happens to be that many of these virus infected areas are right out of time, including areas like outside the Police Station in Resident Evil 2/3 and inside the station itself. In 2003 the organization was brought down and now, in the present day, other corporations with interests in bio-weaponry have hired squads of special forces to send into virus infected areas to take place in experimental battles against other mercenaries. In the Resident Evil universe, the Umbrella Corporation was known for its experimentation with biologic weapons which lead to among others, the Raccoon City incident. ![]() Were my thoughts on point? Or was I not giving the game I had yet to play enough credit? A competitive shooter in the world of Resident Evil? After the mixed reception earned by Operation Raccoon City, I couldn’t help myself but think it likely that this game would follow the same path. You can see the map in action with the brief teaser trailer below.When Umbrella Corps was first announced I wasn’t quite sure what to make of it. Given that the game is supposed to maintain canon, the map is centered around three levels of the facility that have been fractured, this includes battling on the heliport where the boss fight against Alexander Ashford took place. ![]() Part of the meat of the news resides in the map based around the Antarctic base from the older Resident Evil title that saw Chris Redfield and his sister Claire attempting to take down one of Umbrella's secret bases in the icy cold, snowy location. They don't talk much about the functionality of the pistol, but they do mention that it's possible to customize the pistol and other weapons with a weapon painting option. Another new weapon added to the mix is the Wolfsbane pistol that Steve Burnside used in Code: Veronica. The first weapon is a modified version of the Brainer called the Talonhawk, it's an alternative melee weapon that players can take into battle with them against the walking dead. The news was made over on the Capcom Unity site where the information was rolled out along with the revelation that there are two new weapons added to Umbrella Corps. ![]()
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