Customer Reviews
Resident Evil Zero - Minor spoilers - By: Hayley Jackson, 02 Jun 2008 
Before the infamous "mansion incident" Rebecca Chambers a rookie member of S.T.A.R.S. (Special Tactics And Rescue Services) mooches about on a train trying to locate fugitive Billy Coen eventuallly the two co-operate & stubmle upon an umbrella research centre filled with the undead. This games takes the player to new depths an exposes some of the never before told secrets of umbrella & Rebecca & Billy are about to discover them.
Resident evil zero introduces some new monsters along with the old monsters such as the zomies & the dogs. It has a new system where you can drop items on the floor anywhere you are, eliminating the old itembox system. Also there is a new partner zapping system which alllows the player to switch between Rebecca & Billy as they need to, which along the way comes in very handy for solving some puzzles. The graphics are on the same high quality level as the resident evil remake. It also boasts a fantastic soundtrack.
There were many aspects of this game that I think are awesome. There are only a few things that I wasn't so keen on the first was only having a six item capacity (12 if your paired up with Billy) & the leech monster/ zombie things, I found them highly irritating. However these are minor & for me they don't spoil the game on a vast level. So from me resident evil zero gets a well deserved 5 stars.
Every nightmare has a beginning.... - By: DVD Fan, 21 Jan 2008 I just recently played this as I have a Wii & can now play alll the exclusive Resident Evil games for the Gamecube. I have to say I'm very impressed with this & it is very close to being one of the best in the series. I love these games for alll the attention to detail, you can go to most things in a room & investigate them. The locations are great, very creepy & atmospheric especiallly with the lighting/shadows done in real time! You have a good mix of puzzles, a wide range of enemies to shoot & plenty to do. The story fits in well with the rest of the series & it's good how some of the creatures seem to be "earlier" models of those in the later games!
The new system of carrying things, although some don't seem to like it, is better & more realistic. The idea of putting things in a magic box for later that pop up anywhere was a bit odd. Using both characters to hold items helps get around this, otherwise it adds to the challlenge as you decide what you should carry ammo or health as you venture deeper into the darkness...
The idea of character swapping is great to, you can wander off separately to investigate or team up to take on a room full of zombies. Some puzzles will need both characters to progress to which is a nice touch. To change you just press one button to control the other character. This is a cool new option in the series of games & adds to the game greatly for replay value.
The sound & graphics are very good as you would expect, & remind me of the Dreamcast version of Code Veronica. The animation, cgi scenes, lighting effects are great. All the locations look exactly as you would expect them to with great little details in the backgrounds. As for the sound the music is good as the tension mounts & danger is near the music changes to fit the scene. If you play with a surround sound system the extra bass is great for shotgun blasts & you can pick up little details like the heavy rain on the train roof, running underground water in the basement that you wouldn't notice otherwise.
Once you complete it you have a tough mini game to play & this will reward you with extras in the main game to enjoy it alll over again. If you love Resident Evil games you will love this, if you are new to the series then start here & you will see what alll the fuss is about!
Good, but 1 major flaw. - By: NP, 14 Jan 2008 
To be brief - most aspects of this game are very good - excellent graphics (maybe even surpassing the RE1 remake).
A little slower moving than RE2, 3 or 4, & maybe not as scary, but for the most part a very good game.
One big flaw detracts a lot of enjoyment though - the new method of managing items.
In the previous games (RE4 excluded) you carried items, & dropped them off in an item box in the save rooms, & you could then go to any other nearby item box anywhere eles in the game & retrieve them - it wasn't exactly realistic, but it worked well, once you'd popped potentiallly useful items into a box, you never had to go far to get them when needed.
In this one, there are no item boxes, instead you just drop an item on the floor wherever you are, & it stays there until you go back & collect it (and you still have very limited space to carry items around - 6 inventory spaces, & lots of items take up 2 spaces)
This may be more realistic, but it makes the game much more tedious if you are exploring it for yourself (and not following a walkthrough showing the most efficient route to take & which items to carry at particular times), because you will have to drop lots of items in order to carry enough ammo, keys, health etc. - just like in previous games - but unlike in previous games, when you later on come across a puzzle & realise you need an object you dropped half an hour earlier (which you regularly will), you have to painstakingly backtrack alll the way to wherever you left it. The map helpfully marks the location of alll items that you have dropped or examined so far, but it's still very annoying to find a puzzle, check your map, & realise that the object you need is miles away, instead of just as far as the nearest item box in the previous games.
The best Resi of them all ??? - By: Mr. S. F. H. Gilani, 02 Aug 2007 Resident Evil 0. This has similarly beautiful graphics to the original Resi, but it adds another dimension; the ability to control 2 characters. This works extremely well & switching between the 2 characters is done by pressing 1 button, so its easy to do. The opening scene on the train is fantastic, & the cut scenes were horrific & reallly set the tone for the rest of the game.
RE Zero is probably the best of the Resi lot. It's exciting, gruesome, very cinematic & the new character switching is a complete success.
Minus points ?? The controls can be slightly awkward at times, but this is only a minor criticism of what is one of the best adventure games EVER.
You've been Rezzied!! - By: Dino Amore', 25 Jul 2007 
Now, I actuallly bought a Gamecube just to play this, so would have been bitterly disappointed if it was rubbish!
Luckily, this is a great game. It is 'more of the same, but different'. Gameplay is similiar to alll the other pre-Resident Evil 4 games, with the usual zombie suspects, with a few tweaks.Official game continuity is kept intact by having this take place prior to Resident Evil, hence the zero, & fills in some gaps in the story.
Being a fan of the series, I can honestly say this is right up there with the best. Fantastic graphics & cut-scenes, great villains, co-op play,some tough puzzles, & plenty of rootin' tootin' kill zombie action.
Great game, highly recommended for survival horror, action game fans.
