Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City | IRB Gamer Review

IRB Gaming writes: Surprisingly, Operation Raccoon City provides an addicting co-op story (more fun with friends than memorable) and multiplayer games likes Heroes Mode, Biohazard and the upcoming Nemesis Mode, possibly making this one of the better entertaining titles for the 1st Quarter of 2012. You’ll definitely keep this in your console for quite some time!

[execution17]

hmm, reviews for this game are all over the place, well i'll probably trade MW3 for it :D

[MilkEmHard]

I agree so far it has had a 3/10, 9/10 3.5/5 and now a 4.25/5. I think I will be picking it up tomorrow but I am still waiting for a couple more reviews. Also the 3/10 review was a terrible review he only reviewed 1/3 of the game.

[MasterD919]

IGN gave the 3/10 score. No surprise there as it was a biased preview more than an actual review.

[xPhearR3dx]

@MasterD919

No they didn't. Game TM or something gave it a 3/10. IGN has yet to post their review.

[Laxman]

Master, you're thinking of IGN's review for Ninja Gaiden. But yeah, they will likely have a terrible score for this game, too. More and more they are losing respect as critics, their scores and reviews themselves are very often overly biased and opinionated, moreso recently.

[killerhog]

Looks like its receiving the same criticism as ninja gaiden.

[Kingdom Come]

As I stated in my Blog post, Games TM's review was terrible, they hadn't even played Co-Op or Versus Multiplayer and reviewed the game based on 4 Hours of singleplayer gameplay.

[morganfell]

I just came back from best Buy with the Raccoon City Special Edition (it has all 8 Bonus Weapons and 6 Outfits) along with Ninja Gaiden III and Armored Core V. I'll get into it later today. NGIII first.

I do not know if the game is good or not. But the last thing I will do is allow these imbeciles to decide for me. They have proven without doubt they are a nuisance to be avoided.

The best thing we as gamers can begin to do is to stop lending any sort of relevancy to any site, large or small, that doesn't list detailed grading standards nor do they provide and enforce an editorial policy that prevents angry adolescents from damning a decent game.

Also such sites fail to prevent overly enamored morons from maxing out a mediocre title while dodging the doorway wide issues that any normal gamer would spot.

As well we need to rail against incidents that reek of industry payola.

It is high time gamers begin to remove the undue influence these idiotic, self appointed know-it-alls have on our favored pastime.

[Gaming101]

IGN's review just came out, 4/10. I'm sure anyone can see now more than ever that this kind of widespread scoring for games is destroying the credibility of review sites. We don't want your biased opinion, we want objectivity!

[AusRogo]

I shall too most likely trade mw3 for it.

[hihosilver]

i want to buy this game, but im tired of capcoms dlc bs always incomplete.

[skyblue14213]

@arcanine:

Then do what I do and play the waiting game until the game price gets cheaper or the inevitable "ultimate super deluxe edition" of the game comes out which will include all of the dlc with the game from the get go. That way you get the complete version of the game at a discounted price, and by then all of the bugs inherent in the game will probably be fixed. Remember patience is a virtue.

[Morbius420]

I see your point sky but this game's emphasis is on multipllayer: if you waitt for the 'super-edition' you'll have no one to play with on a game that isn't Modern Warfare. Everyone will have moved on, probably to MW or even Halo 4.

[ISNeko]

Well, I know I'm having a damn fun coop time with it. I thought Slant Six might drop the ball but they didn't eat popcorn before the game it seems.

[asmith2306]

Im on a Resident Evil buzz lately, just finished 2 and am playing through 3 now, so will probably pick this up. The review scores are all over the place though, whats the deal?

[ClydeRadcliffe]

The game is just a very mixed bag. Some are going to despise it, some might love it, and the rest will see that it's an entertaining shooter that comes good in multi-player, but which is absolutely riddled with flaws

[Toster]

Ive played this game and whether ur an RE fan or not I honestly cant see anyone "loving" this game. IGN gave it a 4.0 and I agree. They gace Ninja Gaiden a 3.0 and I disagree on that rating and same for NeverDead that got a poor rating too. But RE ORC I agree with 4.0 U dont want to make a classic RE game sure thats fine... But for god sakes at least make the game good! AI in this game is annoying. Controls are crap. It's basically a crappy version of Socom.

[svoulis]

I just bought this game and it's pure fun. The game mechanics make perfect sense. The controls work beautifully and the game is dark and gritty all over. GORY as hell and just fun all over the place especially with friends.

I recommend this game not only to Resident Evil fans but also, fans of shooters in general.

[BattleTorn]

Thank you!

I'm not a traditional RE fan (I kinda hated RE5, cause of the no-movement while shooting)

But RE:ORC looks like my type of TPS.

I hope this is a "Dead Island Scenario" over again, where I fall in LOVE with a game which is receiving mix'd reviews.

[svoulis]

People really need to stop F#@king comparing this to "traditional" RE games, its a spin off, a different game all together.

The most RE fans can do is enjoy the updated scenarios that the game offers like the RPD and key areas you've played through all those years ago.

Anyway about your comment sadly it's not like Dead Island which would've been amazing. Its very linear the zombies don't respawn in all areas which is sad and I wish they had some type of combo/point system on the campaign to make you want to keep killing zombies to rack up a good leaderboard score.

But sadly no. I feel that once I beat the campaign and get bored of online play I wont just go back.

This should've been L4D meets the RE universe. But instead its more like Socom meets RE.

Still don't think this game deserves a 3 or 4 out of 10 not by a long shot.

[Soldierone]

To be entirely honest its not Resident Evil at all. Beyond a few enemy appearances and the story it has nothing to do with the universe.

Basically its Socom with zombies in the middle, best way to describe it. Which is a killer idea, but as noted there are many flaws that I'm hoping get fixed soon....

[DeadSpaced]

What happened to the IGN that reviewed games respectfully without taking enormous bribes from million dollar companies? You have to admit that some of the games that IGN raves about are trash, produced by a company with enough money to make it rain for months.

[snipes101]

How does that have anything to do with this review? Good lord people really are stretching to diss IGN nowadays. You didnt even mention Operation Raccoon City.

[DeadSpaced]

You mad, bro? It's not much of a stretch. But I will admit, I should have talked about Operation Raccoon City more.

However, there is something I must know. Why are you so upset with people who don't like IGN?

[snipes101]

I could care less who does and doesnt like the site, but this article doesnt have anything to do with IGN. At all. Your comment is entirely off topic and you just come off as another bandwagoner on the "its cool to hate IGN train."

Not to mention, most people on that train are total hypocrites. Go over to the IGN review for ORC posted just a few minutes ago and people are praising them for destroying the game.

Typical N4G crowd.

[antz1104]

LMAO, got any extra tinfoil hats laying around? :-D

Irrelevant conspiracy theories aside, this games scores are all over the map to get a clear read. Maybe I'll just wait until RE6 to jump back into the series.

[DeadSpaced]

Let me hear you correctly. This article was a review. IGN was mentioned in a comment before my own. Therefore, I am off topic. Also, I don't like IGN so I "must" be on the stereotypical bandwagon. At that point, you continue to call me a hypocrite. I just want to point out your logical fallacy.

[BALLARD32]

IGN's reviewers are definitely biased. I doubt anyone would pay IGN to give Raccoon City a bad score but it's more than likely that the "blockbuster" games get better scores than they should.

[Robotronfiend]

Rough month for some popular franchises. I skipped this, NG3, and the new Silent Hill when I saw SSX on sale for $40 on amazon. Maybe I'll get this or NG3 if they drop in price soon.

[Kostchtchie]

buying this for my pc when it finally gets released cannot wait...def the game to have if you loved re 1-3

[Legionaire2005]

I should never had reserved this game lol!!! Well at least I didn't pay full price. I had a lot of points from Bestbuy so I used 115 points from Best Buy Rewards Zone and only paid $ 5.00 dollars for Ghost Recon Future Soldier and this crappy look of a game. Had I known that Resident Evil 6 was going to come out in November 2012, would of reserved that instead. But all that was done last year. I will send it back lol for Resident Evil 6 and stick with Ghost Recon instead, cause that game series is a proven success.

[Legionaire2005]

I wonder why I got 3 disagrees lol!!!The game clearly look like it plays like crap. I saw a couple of walkthrough videos of the game. An the game developer played as one of the characters, then just when through most of the level without his A.I. team to assist just hack and slashing. Guess the A.I. just sucks!!! It was evident when I saw the walkthrough for the first level. This game was fulled with issues from the A.I. on both sides, the level design, and etc. It was total BS when they announced that you can control Nemesis only on 360. If I had the choice I would of already cancelled my preorder, but Best Buy won't allow me to redeem back those points, and it would also effect my Ghost Recon preorder. Gonna send it back to Best Buy for Resident Evil 6. Just face it guys, no one can make Resident Evil like Capcom, especially not Slant Six games do to their past track record of bad games. Ign gave it 4.0 like Ninja Gaiden 3!!! Ouch!!!

[BI0RAPTOR]

Looking forward to playing this on Friday,
on a side note I do not understand how or why some people place there faith into buying a game or not based on the review.
I have my own mind and buy a game because I like it not because someone say`s its good or bad.

[BI0RAPTOR]

Every game as its faults but I am buying this because it will give me a different perspective into the Resident Evil 2 and 3 story.
I love anything to do with regards to resident Evil.
This may be a bad thing or good thing but its my choice not some others opinion telling me what I should do or not do.

[esemce]

This is nothing like a resi game trust me ign are correct on this one.

[BI0RAPTOR]

OK its not a block buster but honestly is it all that bad?
Peoples opinions differ,I'm in two minds now and I never go on reviews never.
Been looking forward to this for so long and now its feels like its getting taken away from me Arrr IGN.

[esemce]

BS score this sh1t is poor.

[Tokyo_reject]

Havent played yet cause I cant, but there's only one thing i want to know. Im not looking for someone who started playing Resident Evil titles when RE4 came out....no, I want someone who has played RE Directors cut when only RE 1 and 0 were out, a TRUE RE fan who will even play resident evil gaiden and like it. That being said....What do you think about this game?????

[BI0RAPTOR]

I would class myself a veteran Resi fan friend,I have played every Resi game that as come out be it on the cube thre PS Xbox and Wii,
I will still let my pre order run and come Friday I will play this game with my expectations low and anything else will be a bonus.

[Toster]

save ur money and rent it! The game isnt good. Then if ur a collector like me wait till it's selling for $10 then buy it to add it to the collection

[Soldierone]

With that being said, don't expect Resident Evil. Basically you will get some memories from the earlier games and some nostalgia basically, but it isn't Resident evil. No other way to put it.

Its basically just Socom in the Resident Evil environment. This isn't a bad thing, just don't expect Resident Evil when you put the game in and you will be fine. Its a decent game other than that.

[BI0RAPTOR]

Thanks friend..Finally a little bit of positivity.

Also I am in no doubt this will not be a full blown Resi game although I am intrigued and I think it looks OK.

[Toster]

I am a true fan! Own every single title and all the movies on Blu Ray and I had high hopes for this game. I will try to at least play through the whole game but it's hard. Ive only played 30min and I had to shut it off. It's that bad. If ur a big RE fan like me then just rent it if u can afford to rent a game that u will be upset with the creators. Feels nothing like a RE game. Feels like a crappy 3rd person shooter with glitches, bad graphics and terrible controls

[SaffronCurse]

I purchased the Special Edition pack, im having a blast with it so far, the controls are pretty tight and the games atmosphere is awesome.

[sandman224]

I picked it up in the a.m. This game is worth the buy. It's like socom but sci fi

[SaffronCurse]

Confrontation­­­ ;>Socom4

[sandman224]

Socom 4

[KidMakeshift]

So many mediocre games lately :(

[Awesome_Gamer]

I played the game.. Its a pretty medicore game i gave it 6/10

[Blastoise]

Lifes too short to play mediocre games, and something tells me this game is closer to the 4-6/10s than it is to the 8/10s