Finally wrapped up my first Hardcore play through. IGT was a little over 7 hours. Felt like I did a pretty thorough job exploring and getting items/files. Total time was probably closer to 9-10 hours with deaths.
Loved the atmosphere it created. Going through the city was fantastic, the hospital was creepy as hell. Game is gorgeous, I didn’t notice any huge drops in frame rate which was good. I ended up enjoying the new story quite a bit, probably more than the original. Nemesis wasn’t implemented as much or like I thought he would be but overall I liked what they did with him. Any time he was around he felt like a legit threat.
Biggest gripe was that the game didn’t do enough to really stand on its own. Length didn’t bother me at all. It’s RE, the game is made with the idea that you’ll do multiple play throughs on harder and harder difficulty settings, trying to get better and better rankings. Problem was it just paled in comparison to RE2make.
I’d probably give it an 8/10. Incredibly fun when it was firing on all cylinders, didn’t take itself seriously and that added to the enjoyment. I think it might have taken some inspiration from DOOM in its approach. Not done as well but had fun with the premise and didn’t take itself very seriously. Score could go up depending on how the replayability is. Solid entry but nothing spectacular.