Resident Evil 0

very cool game, i like billy, real chad. game is tedious at the benginning, but you get used to it and like it! very good for the first chronological game of the resident evil franchise! 2002 all the way!

The zombie apocalypse can always be very avoidable. It’s the game to jump kick the whole resident evil story line! Only started because 2 numb nuts shot a dr with a virus instead of just grabbing the goods. So the whole world has to suffer for their mistake. Anyways this is an odd game because you play as 2 characters at the same time. Jessica an agent of stars and tough guy named billy. So it plays like a normal Resident Evil game , just you can set your partner to auto follow/ attack or leave them standing in a corner. It can feel like baby sitting an AI because you don’t want them to be attack or wasting resources which they will. They can be killed if left in a room where zombies respond or left alone to long. So it adds a weird element to the game of how to balance 2 characters with different abilities and storage space. There is no co -op which is a missed opportunity to make it easier on players. It’s not my favorite RE, but giving it a 2nd chance it’s not a bad game. Really requires big brain plays and strategy. For an origin story it’s not bad it just can be frustrating with its gameplay. Wish they would bring back billy into the RE world although might be irrelevant to do so. If you have the chance to not caused the zombie apocalypse, please make sure you don’t mess it up. 6/10

I hate Billy and it’s true that the most interesting environment is in the train at the very beginning but I still think this is a pretty good time (at least on easy mode) and I thought Rebecca was adorable so that kind of balanced things out. Only kind of though. But yeah; good game though I’d definitely recommend playing re1 remake before this one.

Game sucks ass, shitty controls and even worse fighting mechanics. REMake was made 100x better and yet they came out almost at the same time

As a new fan of the Resident Evil series/saga, I started out with the RE:0 for the ''canonical'' factor and sucked ass.
You can tell this by looking to the amount of time it took me to finish this game.

Lately, i found that RE:0 is considered to many the most difficult RE to date.

Veredict:

one of the best resident Evil games in my eyes remake just make officer Chambers the MC and side kick billy

This will be my first 'not recommended' review.

You should just skip Resident Evil 0.

The plot is wacky and lacks cohesion with Resident Evil 1, the enemies are annoyingly difficult (the leech men and those chimps especially), the lack of of an item box is a deservingly vocal issue because lugging around stuff and dropping them at random places is an unnecessary time-waster, and the rudimentary AI of your partner (or just braindead) is also quite a hassle to manage.

On the other hand, I still like the classic gameplay and atmosphere of RE it still brings, the graphics/artstyle still holds up pretty well, and the soundtrack sits among the best of the franchise imo.

Unless you want to simp for Rebecca (like I would), this one is skippable. If you still insist on getting the game, just buy it on sale.

The prototype for Resident Evil 5.

Many feel mixed on RE0, and I tend to lean more towards liking it over disliking it. I think it has enough charm to it that it deserves some love, and it did take some risks with the gameplay - some of which paid off, and some didn't.

I think one of the better ideas to come out of RE0 was the item-dropping system. Unlike previous REs and their interconnected storage boxes, RE0 let's you drop items literally anywhere.

This does of course come at a cost of having fewer inventory slots, which is kinda where the problems start rearing their head. Unlike previous REs, 0 felt it was a good idea to make items like the shotgun and other longer weapons take up two inventory slots as opposed to just one. This doesn't sound too bad until you realize you only have six slots per both characters.... yeah.... lots of inventory management in this game.

If RE0 were to have a subtitle, it would be Inventory Management: The Game. When I said this was a prototype for RE5, I wasn't kidding. In RE5, where you are limited to 9 slots and will spend a lot of time in between areas managing what weapons and healing items you have, 0 was doing the same in 2002.

And speaking of RE5, how about that partner system? Interestingly enough, I feel 0 did a hell of a lot better job with having an AI controlled character with you. You can instruct the AI character to wait in certain areas and even switch to them to double up your efforts of exploring. This is something that I think RE5 massively failed with when it comes to its AI. Not being able to switch between Chris and Sheva and not being able to command them to wait in one area really kinda screwed that game's systems. Just kinda seems like Capcom isn't playing their own games because I don't know how you can design a game in 2002 with this AI system, and then in 2009, go "Yup, this system we're making now is totally better than anything we've had before. Totally."

So, a better AI system than what came after, and an inventory dropping mechanic that can work with the right items as long as the items aren't two-slotted and aren't that dreaded Hookshot item. If you are brand spanking new to this game, don't leave the Hookshot behind. The game actually punishes you for doing so by having you deal with the Eliminators...

... the Eliminators. When people talk about RE0 being the black-sheep of the RE family, I can't help but feel that the Eliminators are one of the reasons why. They are zombified monkeys/chimps that are smaller than the player, jump around a lot, and as a result are hard to shoot. And they have a tendency to stun lock you. Just the perfect enemy. y'know. In a game where you are using tank-controls, and most other enemies are shambling, slow, or rarely ever get in your face unless you let them, the Eliminators are the caveat to all that. They will get close to you and they will hit you. So make sure you got a shotgun or grenade launcher handy because that rinky dink pistol ain't gonna cut it.

Then there's the story. As with any RE game, the story is... eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh. I think RE0's is on the weaker side, especially when you consider that this supposed to be the tale of how Rebecca ended up in the RE1 Mansion to begin with. Her attitude in RE1 just simply doesn't make sense regarding all the crap she goes through here. And the character of Billy is just another Capcom-Throwaway. Kind of a shame too because of the two characters, I find Billy's backstory to be way more interesting - they could make a prequel to this game to tell his story. Call it RE-1.
The villian in this game... well, to put it simply, Wesker he is not. Saddler he is not. Alexia he is not. He's extremely underwhelming and forgettable.

So all this game really has to rely on is its gameplay, and if you have played the RE1 Remake or the original RE1, 2, or 3, you'll fall in line with what's going on here even with the changes in inventory management. It offers a solid RE experience albeit with some quirks that will either make or break your experience. I wouldn't recommend this game to brand new players of the RE series. Try out RE1 first then come to this game.

It does offer its own exclusive side-game as most RE games of the time did: Leech Hunter mode. Again, most people seem mixed on this mode. I find it to be the better experience than the main campaign. (Again, to draw another comparison to RE5, I found its Mercs mode much better than its campaign). Basically, imagine if you could explore the RE1 Mansion with most doors already being opened, and all you have to do is just pick up some special items in each room to win. The catch being: there are enemies in each room, and the special items you find cannot be dropped once you pick them up. I think most players when they play this for the first time make the mistake of picking up the Leeches as they find them, and as such, lose out on inventory space - that's not how to play Leech Hunter. You want to go around and basically be the Exterminator of the Training Facility and just kill every single enemy in every single room before you start collecting any Leeches. It's fun to do it this way because you can start experimenting with which weapons would be best to take with you into certain rooms.

But that's RE0 for ya - a polarizing addition to the franchise that I think does more good than bad (unlike another polarizing entry *cough* RE6 *cough*). It took some risks with inventory management and AI, and I think most of them worked. I think if this game were to be remade, most of the gameplay wonkiness could be fixed and therefore could be seen as a highlight of the franchise (especially if they fix the story weirdness between this and RE1. Maybe don't make Rebecca the main character? Maybe Enrico instead. Would explain how he knew someone was a traitor and how he ended up in the cave in the first game - imagine if you knew he went through all this crap prior to getting there.)

Some may consider Resident Evil 0 to be the "black sheep" in the R.E. series, but I have played this game countless times and enjoyed it every time. I would definitely recommend it. The character swapping is not too bad once you get use to it. The puzzles are not too crazy either. Overall, a fun R.E. game and highly addictive just like the other entries in the series.

Such a good game for the original RE fans, but what a drag for the enjoyers of the last remake entries. I liked the game, but i'm mix on the exchange of character system through the game, and the survival part is a little bit too much realistic with the exclusion of the inventory chest, making the game tedious at times.

maybe it’s a skill issue but I cannot play with these controls help

Hardcore Resident Evil Game. just play hard mode for the true experience

The Resident Evil franchise is a real mixed bag. 1,2,4 and 7 all very good, Nemesis too hard as was 5 at the end.
If ever a game needed a quick save it's this one. I put a lot of time and effort into it, much of it spent back tracking, managing inventory and checking the maps every 30 seconds. Not sure how close to finishing it I was, got up to a battle with the Doctor Markus Tyrant, but I was forced to rage quit. I think the developers messed up with this one which is a pity as it could have been great.

Absolute garbage RE game, story is inconsistent and makes no sense, inventory management is horrid because they removed the item boxes and enemies are horrific bullet spongy mess (e.g. Eliminator apes and Leech zombies). Skip this trash and just play the masterpiece that is Resident Evil HD Remaster.

Pretty good Resident evil Game, I enjoyed playing it on the GameCube more back in the day. The inventory management is a boss on its own. I hated the Forced Partner swap. 7.5/10

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I'll give you the TLDR version before the main post: I gotta say that RE0 is a maaaaajor downgrade from RE1/2/3 (the OG versions). Capcom had interesting ideas for RE0, but they were poorly implemented. And somehow they picked what was awesome about RE1 Remake and did the complete opposite in RE0, which is baffling, considering both remakes came out in the same year. This is the only game that I've ever played in my life that was actively trying to annoy me. Last, but not least, this is also the first time that I have given a game an in-depth negative review. It's that bad. (I kinda feel like AVGN now lol)

Fortunately, RE0 Remaster is on its way, as far as I know!

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Lemme preface the post with this: different people like different things, right? Cool. But there's no way you've played the classics and enjoyed this one. (I guess?) If you actually enjoyed it, I kindly ask you to explain why.

With that out of the way, I wanna let you know that I went into RE0 completely blindfolded. Didn't read a single positive or negative review about it, didn't watch any sort of gameplay on YouTube, nothing. I just got done with RE1 HD after 5 back-to-back playthroughs (which was a blast), downloaded RE0, installed a few QoL mods and pressed "New Game".

Okay, moving on! I'll start with the pros, alright?

First, I really liked the soundtrack. The theme for the Save Room is soothing, the BGM that plays during more intense parts is spot on. Bravo, Capcom. The pre-rendered backgrounds are STUNNING, and don't look dated at all, even in 2025. The in-game textures are a bit better than the ones in RE1 HD, I think. The menus/UI/fonts as well. I also liked how you can upgrade the starter handgun, it was definitely a welcome addition. And, that's it.

Like I said, I couldn't bring myself to finish the game, and I promise you that I tried to like it: on top of having a few QoL mods enabled, I changed from Normal to Easy mid gameplay because I was on the verge of soft-locking myself. I played it wearing headphones in the evening, lights out, I took my time to go through the rooms and soak in the atmosphere, the whole package. Unfortunately, I stopped after the giant bat fight (ugh ... so annoying) and dropped it like a hot potato. Fortunately, after that terrible experience, I was relieved that I didn't need to backtrack to get the Hookshot because I decided to uninstall this sum b*tch.

Now, onto the major issues and then I'll move to the lesser ones:

1) Inventory management and backtracking are a drag, Good Lord. In RE1 you have item boxes + typewriters placed in convenient locations, dropping and grabbing stuff is seamless and takes you like 15 seconds at most. In RE0, I found myself taking easily 1+ minutes to drop and exchange stuff from Billy to Rebecca and vice versa. And you NEED to manage your inventory way too often for my taste. Those 1+ minutes add up quite fast. Bigger items like the Shotgun/Grenade Launcher/Hookshot take up 2 inventory slots. May I ask why, Capcom?

2) Regarding enemies and combat/gameplay: the zombies are okay, I liked the narrow corridors in the train with them. Eliminators are a pain in the ass, they move too fast for a game with the classic RE formula/mechanics, and unless the AI miraculously decides to shoot them down along with your character, you're better off unequipping your weapon and trying to run past them. Boss fights are BORINGGGGGG, they're basically giant versions of animals (wow, how creative!). Proto Tyrant seems to be okay, Tyrants are cool. The bats fight is so infuriating, I can't even put it into words. For some reason, blasting enemies doesn't feel satisfying at all, even when you get a critical shot. It's hard to explain. All in all, it feels like playing a running + item management simulator instead of a proper survival horror game. Also, I miss the defensive items like the dagger or hand grenade, they were a cool addition to the gameplay in RE1.

3) The plot and characters and weak, boring, uninspired. Young James Marcus singing opera for leeches wearing a night-gown, what?! There's a huge plot regarding Rebecca (you know what I mean). William Birkin, Wesker and James Marcus barely interact with the main characters. Bravo Team is nowhere to be seen, the game gives us NOTHING about them, even though they're firmly tied to the RE1 plot and play an important role there, and SHOULD have played an important role in RE0. But no, it's all about a Final Fantasy-esque so-called villain and his leeches, and other nonsensical stuff. The plot is superficial and a missed opportunity to tell us more about Umbrella's background. Billy Coen shouldn't even exist, he doesn't play an important role in the franchise AT ALL. His background is dumb and his interactions with Rebecca are bland. (although I must say that the: "You've killed 23 people? I won't judge you." line is quite something)

4) Difficulty: Normal is way too hard for a casual gameplay, I had to change to Easy which ended up being too easy, but that's ok. At least I had ammo to spare to obliterate all of those annoying apes. Relying on your partner to help you fight enemies is a no-go and makes the game harder than it needs to be. You're better off leaving Rebecca in a safe room as a moving item box, which kills the point of having the tag system in the first place. The thing is: there are scripted parts of the game where you HAVE to play with either Rebecca or Billy, so if for some reason one of them are not carrying a decent gun and ammo you'll have to reset. Pretty cool huh?

5) Controls: janky, unresponsive. Baiting zombie attacks feels so weird and stiff. If they did it right in RE1, why couldn't they replicate the controls in RE0? Changing directions while walking or running feels wrong and wonky, the character stops for half a second every time you change directions. The layouts are completely different from RE1, and they're awkward to use. The animations are rather slow, for whatever reason.

6) Voice acting: RE1 had good-ish voice acting in general, some cutscenes are a bit silly though, that's alright. But in RE0 the voice acting is so much weaker, like the actors are not trying AT ALL. They sound defeated and bored. It really kills the atmosphere and hinders the non-existent storytelling aspect of the game.

7) The scenario/maps: the train is the best part of the game, hands down. Like I said, I truly enjoyed engaging the zombies in the train section. The Training Facility feels like a cheap version of the Spencer Mansion, that's very blatant. It feels like more of the same, but somehow worse.

8) Atmosphere: doesn't feel creepy at all, except for the train part. It felt like I was playing a more action-oriented game than a survival horror one. Again, RE1 does it masterfully, the ambiance is there.

Again, if you liked RE0, more power to you! But saying that RE0 is objectively a good RE game is preposterous, unless you've never played a classic RE before. I'm a big fan of the franchise and have played almost all of the classics + a couple of the newer ones, so I can confidently say that RE0 is a terrible RE game.

Thanks for reading!

This game can eat sh1t and die. It will piss you off inevitably. There is no box in this game, so if you drop an item you need to backtrack and get it. Or you could just dump them all in one room, but that also looks utterly retarded. Fighting bosses in this game is insufferable because you can't tell when your shots do damage and when they don't. Dying to a boss means you're going to have to restart from a save and the whole process of getting to the boss. That whole sequence of events is PAINFULLY slow. Nothing about this game was rewarding or fun like the first Resident Evil it was just tedious and frustrating. I knew it was utter horsesh1t after the first mission, but I stuck it out. I shouldn't have bothered and you shouldn't bother playing this worthless pile of crap either.

Resident Evil 0 was a great game. The story was fine. The graphics bring me back memories. Well, remastered looks good. The gameplay feels odd and the puzzles are confusing. Way harder than Resident Evil 1. Rebecca and Billy are a great team in this game. I hope this game could remake sometime in the future. 8/10

This game honestly pissed me off so much that I haven't been able to go back and finish it to this day

The buddy system is not a bad idea, and while frustrating at times it does make you think. But the absence of item boxes was a terrible fucking idea. It might make sense since you get access to two characters' inventories, but there are sections where they are separated and so many two-slot items it just gets annoying

The enemies are also not fun to fight, the aiming system sucks somehow, especially when throwing molotovs. And I think the giant bat might be one of the worst designed boss fights of all time

This game is so much worse than Resident Evil Remake, its sibling game, that it's ridiculous. The level design verges on thoughtless at times. Also, actual dialogue: "Did you kill 23 people? I won't judge you."

It's a damning indictment of the survival horror genre that this game still verges on passable. It does have some interesting gimmicks, even though I never got used to the two-character controls right to the very end. Also, I have a soft spot for it because for a lifelong Resident Evil fan this is an essential title, regardless of its actual quality.

liked it a lot more than i thought i would - haven't seen it get much attention from fans. wesker mode could've been good as a mini-story

Game fun af! The whole duel character is very fun tbh and very challenging since u can't use a chest but the good kind of challenging! (to me)

The absolute last classic of RE games before third person shooter RE4 came in to play. Absolutely underrated but the controls, items and pacing is the only killer and oddity of the series. My only hope? 2-P Co-op Remake version to prep the team for a possible RE5 Remake

Once you get past the dated controls its a fun game that is truly scary

Bad game and completely unnecessary to the series plot wise.

I mean, I do like it, but after revisiting I remembered what a lot of the games flaws were. Bullet Sponge enemies that require better methods to save ammo like throwing molotovs or grenades launching at but never having enough when you need them. "Ok, maybe I'll just dodge around them" Good luck with that since most of time your getting hit before you even see them, or they are grabbing a hold of you as you run away, and especially with the OG Style controls, which I refuse to use alternate because those controls are extremely cheap, you could dodge EVERY enemy with those controls. Leaving items on the ground IS an interesting approach to how to manage inventory, but having no knowledge on this game can really take a toll on your mental health, since you leave CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT things in about 3-10 rooms away from your current position and you may think "Ohh, that's not so bad" It wouldn't be if this was made with the RE Engine and had zero loading screens between doors... but ohh man will most of this games time be waiting for those lovely door animations, Yes they are awesome and classics as to what RE was about for building atmosphere, But seeing it after the first 10 times, you are kinda getting tired of it by that point. And not to mention, the main character Rebecca, I actually really liked Rebecca's character, Shinji Mikami HATES her, and wanted everyone to know that by her being the absolute worst character for pretty much everything besides combining herbs. This game really is "Step Back, Let The Man Handle This" The Game. It may sound like I'm trying to be a pessimist but that is really what this game is.

By far the worst of the Resident Evil games in my eyes, not just in terms of the classic formula, but within the series overall. You can say whatever you want about RE3make being too short and cutting off a lot from the original, but at least it's a game that isn't designed to irritate and annoy you.

It has an interesting idea behind the premise of two protagonists that have to work together to solve puzzles, but God, it botches it so badly, it's not even funny. How about starting with the inventory, yeah? Both Billy and Rebecca have only six inventory slots, like Chris in RE1, but there are no item boxes, so when your inventory runs out, you gotta drop stuff on the floor and if you need it later, come back to that same room. The problems start arising when items like the Shotgun, Grenade Launcher and the Grappling Hook take up TWO slots, it was already bad enough having only six slots, but the backtracking these three items force on you is insane and highly irritating.

Then there's the problems with combat, the difficulty curve feels all over the place: enemies feel a lot more spongy this time, maybe because they were designed with the two player characters attacking at the same time, but you can't even avoid them easily as the crammed corridor design (which does work great in the RE1make) completely screws everything over because you're walking around as two characters instead of just one which makes you a larger, easier target with no room to maneuver yourselves and as a result you or your AI controlled partner get hit; speaking of which, the partner AI is simple but at least works well enough I guess, there's only two modes: Attack and Idle, so there's not much to fuck up there, but you still gotta manage their items and inventory, which does add to the annoyance and tedium.

The Voice Acting is bad, but not in the funny bad way that the RE series has, more in the... uninteresting and dull kinda way, there's a few standout performances, like Marcus towards the end of the game, but even he is absent in any real capacity for most of it.

That leads me nicely into the story, it's a cool idea: discovering the exact moment that will trigger a chain reaction and cause the entire series to happen, but it's handled in such a boring way, there's nothing to hold on to. Oh sure, the files and dossiers you find across the game tell stuff that would be interesting to see, but even then, it's written so plainly that I don't care.

Rebecca and Billy have zero character as well, hell, Rebecca's presence here creates a plot hole in RE1, where she can handle stuff like a giant bat, a couple Tyrants and, more importantly, several Hunters, but then in RE1 Chris has to save her from a single Hunter (I know you could argue it's because she was tired from the events of this game, but that would hinge on her at least trying to defend herself in RE1 instead of helplessly waiting for Chris)

Billy is completely unmemorable, he starts and ends the game as the same character, there's nothing about him to hold on to: He doesn't have an arc where he learns to trust and work with Rebecca because he's the one that instantly suggests it and neither of them have any issues with it, and his whole thing about killing innocents while on a military mission is also completely pointless because there's no arc where he comes to grips with it or fight some kind of self-delusion, because he already knows he did nothing wrong and is fully aware with it. There's a very brief moment towards the end of the game where he's shown to have some kind of PTSD after seeing dead bodies piled up, but even then it's completely skipped over. Billy himself never appears in any future game after this one either afaik, so he's completely pointless.

The story accomplishes nothing and just exists as an excuse for the game's setting and very dumb villain (but again, not dumb in the flamboyant and entertaining way this series' villains are, just in the very terrible and boring villain way).

The ending was supposed to make me feel sad that these two characters were saying goodbye after what was supposed to be a harrowing experience that brought them closer, but the only catharsis I got was that I could finally move on from this game and never touch it again. The worst RE by far, to me.

The game doesn't display properly on Windows 11, 1440p monitor.
When a new game is launched it launches in a small window and only a small portion of the Options menu can be seen with no scrolling available. So, no way access any options, at all. No in-game access to Options, either.
Also, there's apparently no aiming. You hold your mouse over a zombie's head and you just shoot in the body.
Nope, no thanks; game refunded.

love the story and the monsters a lot in the game . love the music . and has my favorite resident evil bad guy . i hope one day this game will get a vr version .

Loved the story but hated the game mechanism!! Impossible to aim, camera angle terrible, small inventory and OMG THOSE DOORS ANIMATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!

I still had fun tho

Entertaining game. If you liked Resident Evil (which you should play before this), you will like Resident Evil 0. The story is ok and the voice acting is mediocre (but... kind of iconic?), however the atmosphere is phenomenal. It takes a little bit to get the hang of the system you have to use to operate two characters at once, but it feels pretty intuitive after that. Though some of the puzzles are more challenging than others, most are pretty straightforward. Be prepared to do some quick mental math though :)

The biggest downside is inventory management and having to lug all your items to the next location when you discover a new save spot, but it just made the game more challenging and forced you to make decisions about what you really think you need for the next area. And until the final boss battle, there's always a way to backtrack to get to the items you left behind (even if it is a long way to go).

If you're a fan of classic Resident Evil games, this is a pretty good one to get into. Definitely one of the more challenging ones, for sure. But even though the item management system is pretty flawed, and the story is hard to take serious, it's an overall fun game to play, especially for resident evil fans. Not really scary though, so that's a negative.

Game is great, running two seperate characters is really fun and it has the same vibes as our favorite RE games from far before this. It does need item boxes though, you will spend a bunch of time managing your limited inventory space if you haven't played this game before and know what to expect.

This game suffers from incredibly terrible controls. Having played Resident Evil 1 first, it was fine since half the enemies weren't flying at your face, but in this game they are. You barely have enough time to get your shots off on the enemy since sometimes they're spawned at the door, so you end up relying on entering and leaving a room multiple times to take out an enemy. It's just a waste of time especially since the door animations take forever. As someone who just got into the series and this being my second game in it, I don't think it's worth picking up. Skip this one!

Actually the hardest RE game due to the small spaces to time dodge, very annoying number of zombies, no item box, NO immune AI controlled partner, and backtracking hell. Also fuck the monkeys

I really liked this one, it felt more fluid with less double black compared to RE1. Good puzzles and map design with a bunch of lore, so every checkbox for a good RE game is checked and on top of that you have this quirky new mechanic to play with two characters at once, which was kinda cool. For me Billy was the guy with big guns and Rebecca was the puzzle piece holder.

Also if you plan on playing RE1 or you already did, RE0 explains a lot of things prior of the events in RE1, I had a few "OOOH I KNOW THAT GUY" and "OH THATS HOW THEY GOT THERE" moments hahaha.

All in all an really good game for anyone into the Resident Evil lore.

My only gripe, saving is inconvenient and door transitions are too long. At first I didn't like the preset camera angles but I found over time they grew on me as they added to the horror aspect of the film by not always showing you what you're hearing. The game was really enjoyable but at the same time the end of the story felt a bit rushed. Otherwise it was great!

One of the absolute worst inventory systems in all of gaming, lack of actual game play, and its impossible to know what to do next without looking at a guide constantly.

Fun game with a bunch of flaws.
-Leech men are absolute aids
-Eliminators are absolute fucking aids
-The hookshot can fucking die
-Sending Billy up in the lab area instead of rebecca
-Items hitbox compared to RE1 remake is bloody awful

other than that, pretty fun for a couple playthroughs, especially as Wesker.

Wouldn't recommend to anyone that hasnt beat any of the og trilogy.

Oh, and fuck the achievements on this game.

Bland story, no item box, which makes things much more tedious. other than that i had fun with the game.

Worse than it looks. Clunky and buggy. Refunded.

It’s not that bad a game, and some of its flaws even grew on me. However I cannot recommend the game in its current state. RE0 has the worst item management in the series, making things incredibly tedious as you have to store items on the ground, go back - move them forward a few at a time… repeat.

- Oh you didn’t have room in your inventory for the grappling hook you never use? Well go back 20 rooms and grab it because you need it now...

It’s bad - HOWEVER - dedicated players have made mods that make the game much better to play. The single most important mod adds item boxes - like every other game in the series - making the game bearable, and dare I say maybe even enjoyable, but without this mod, don’t play the game.

First key item is bugged saying "You cannot carry this item now" even with empty slots. Don't even pay a cent for this game till they fix it.

If you want to waste your life away< this is the game for you!
The knife damage puts the "zero" in RE - Zero
Spend the entire campaign looking for ammo just to use it immediately on enemies that will spawn even after you've killed them!!!
Make sure to not get any tips from the developers on what methods work the best and how to play the game
NOT WORTH YOUR MONEY

I played for 3 hours. The controls are clunky and feel buggy, especially picking up items and trying to aim at monsters. This game is very difficult because of the controls, poor aim control and unpredictability of where you are shooting. There are 6 item slots and you end up needing to juggle items around not knowing what will be needed, which results in a too much back tracking.

I did not like the game play style back when the first resident evil games came out, and hoped it had been improved in this remake, unfortunately it is how I remember it - horrible. The graphics are good for a remake.

I ended up asking for a refund on RE0, 1, 2 and 3 games, after having such a bad exprience with 0's controls and gameplay, I decided the frustration was not worth it.

I hated every second of this. But on the other hand, Rebecca. 10/10 great game

Great game, good graphics, should made it co-op,,, I really missed the old days, this game gets me nostalgic.

The core gameplay is where it stumbles. While the fixed camera angles and slow, methodical pacing were once hallmarks of the franchise, they’ve simply become outdated by today’s standards. The controls feel stiff and awkward, even after the supposed improvements. The much-touted partner system, where you control both Rebecca and Billy, remains clunky and unintuitive. Switching between characters in real-time during puzzles and combat becomes more of a hassle than an innovative gameplay feature. The AI partner is frustratingly incompetent, often getting stuck or failing to assist when needed most.
Additionally, the game’s puzzles and backtracking—though once a hallmark of the series—now come off as tedious and monotonous.
While RE0 is undoubtedly a nostalgic trip for fans of the series, it does little to address the flaws that held the original game back. For newer players, it might feel like an outdated relic with clunky mechanics, archaic design choices, and a story that doesn’t hold up in today’s gaming world.
Ultimately, this remaster feels like a missed opportunity—one that could have done so much more to update a classic but instead serves as a reminder of how far the series has come since its early days.

im admittedly just now getting into the franchise and wish i got into it much earlier. i grew up watching my dad play 4, and i had 0 for gamecube, but couldnt figure it out. im excited about the game so far and will likely play the rest

partner zapping and limited inventory space are really the only problems with this game, but you get used to switching between billy and rebecca pretty quickly, and having to go back for items becomes less of an issue the more rooms you unlock. absolutely worth the play if you can get it on sale.