3PS #26 - Resident Evil: Deadly Silence

[Nester the Lark]

3PS #26
Resident Evil: Deadly Silence
Developer: Capcom
Publisher: Capcom
System: DS

Campy horror movies provide an experience like no other. It’s fun to get some friends together and riff a bad movie like the pros did on MST3K. Thanks to Capcom, that experience now comes in video game form with Resident Evil: Deadly Silence.

Drive-in totals:

• Exploding zombie heads
  
• Giant, venom spewing spiders.
  
• A human-eating plant
  
• Genetically created mutants
  
• A monster with an external heart
  
• Naked zombies
  
• A man who wears sunglasses at night

When the original Resident Evil was released in 1996, it was groundbreaking. Unfortunately, it’s long since been surpassed by several follow-ups, including an excellent GameCube remake in 2002, not to mention the fantastic Resident Evil 4 in 2005. Deadly Silence is a recreation of the original game.

You’ll have your choice between a classic mode and a new “Rebirth” mode. The Rebirth mode is a bit more action-oriented and includes some new touch-screen puzzles. Both modes, however, add some of the convenient functionality from later games, including the quick, 180-degree turns, manual reloading, and instant knife use. There’s also a mini-game in which the view switches to a first-person perspective, and you use the touch-screen to slash at zombies and other enemies.

Ah, but what about your friends? Luckily, Deadly Silence includes both competitive and cooperative multiplayer modes over LAN. Just make sure your friends also have copies of the game.

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The original Resident Evil is considered pretty archaic at this point, so this is definitely one for fans of classic survival-horror games. The Rebirth mode and new touch-screen functionality add some new twists, and the multiplayer modes will let your friends get in on the action. Deadly Silence brings Resident Evil back to the campy horror films that inspired it. It’s so bad, it’s good!

Release Dates
JP: January 2006
US: February 2006
EU, AU: March 2006

[Dances in Undergarments]

Hahaha nice review.

Still holding out for RE0 - 3 remakes using RE4's gameplay, though. Not sure it'll ever happen, but c'mon Capcom - please?

[Sqrt2]

That'd sure be nice. But somehow I can't see it happening. Which is a real shame.

[Nester the Lark]

There was an interview not long ago with the producer of Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles, and I believe he said that the game was originally meant to be RE4-style. They switched it to a rail shooter because they thought that the RE4 gameplay would be too complicated for the Wii's target audience.

It's kind of ironic, then, that RE4 is being ported to the Wii. Typical Capcom. They're kind of like the McDonald's of the gaming industry.

[Wildcat]

GRR. That really makes me angry every time I reread that quote. Umbrella Chronicles was supposed to be like RE4's Mercenary Mode, but with RE1 - 4 backdrops. But, as Nester says, the director thought that the Wii's audience would get baffled by the control scheme, so viva la rail shooter. What REALLY gets me though is that then they port RE4 to the Wii, nullifying that argument completely. *sigh*

[Dances in Undergarments]

Gamecube is teh kiddy from fanboys has evolved into Wii is teh casual for developers.

Makes me a saaaaaaaad panda.