Product Description

Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles is a brand new game in the Resident Evil franchise, with familiar locales from the entire series. This action/shooter hybrid reveals the back story behind the fall of the Umbrella Corporation by exploring locations from Resident Evil 0, 1, 2 and 3 as well as new never-before-seen locations, such as Umbrella's stronghold.Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles combines first-person, light-gun style combat with interactive pathways, multiple weapons and new enemies to create an entirely new Resident Evil experience that could only be delivered on the Wii. Using the Wii Remote as a gun, players can experience breathtaking combat against a horde of zombies and various creatures in dynamic first-person perspective.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #453 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Nintendo
• Released on: 2007-11-30
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Platform: Nintendo Wii

Features

• Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles is a brand new game in the Resident Evil franchise, with familiar locales from the entire series
• This action/shooter hybrid reveals the back story behind the fall of the Umbrella Corporation by exploring locations from Resident Evil 0, 1, 2 and 3 as well as new never-before-seen locations, such as Umbrella's stronghold
• Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles combines first-person, light-gun style combat with interactive pathways, multiple weapons and new enemies to create an entirely new Resident Evil experience that could only be delivered on the Wii
• Using the Wii Remote as a gun, players can experience breathtaking combat against a horde of zombies and various creatures in dynamic first-person perspective

Manufacturer's Description
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles is a brand new game in the Resident Evil franchise, with familiar locales from the entire series. This action/shooter hybrid reveals the back story behind the fall of the Umbrella Corporation by exploring locations from Resident Evil 0, 1, 2 and 3 as well as new never-before-seen locations, such as Umbrella's stronghold. Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles combines first-person, light-gun style combat with interactive pathways, multiple weapons and new enemies to create an entirely new Resident Evil experience that could only be delivered on the Wii. Using the Wii Remote as a gun, players can experience breathtaking combat against a horde of zombies and various creatures in dynamic first-person perspective.

Customer Reviews

Good effort, but fails in most areas.
The umbrella chronicles is an attempt to turn the resident evil franchise into a more action oriented game and while they have put the effort in, it falls short in most areas. The game follows the storylines of resident evil zero, 1 and 3 (in an attempt to get nostalgia-bias in it's reviews but apparantly avoiding the best entries in the series) in the style of a lightgun game. However, i would not reccommend this to any fans of lightgun games as it has an extremly slow pace (to pad out the length), and the gameplay seems more relied on luck than reflexes, as your weapons are severly underpowered, and zombies show little reaction to being shot, still continuing to attack you. It also has an awkward control scheme which only functions if you hold the nunchuck free, and not place it in the wii zapper. It also has very bad responsivness, ignoring your movments of the controler when prompted onscreen (often resulting in instant death) but accepting them other times when there is no differance in the player's action. It is also the least lastisfying game in terms of shooting zombies, there is very little blood and even less, unsatisfying sound effects and enemies do not react to being shot until they die. If you are after a zombie game give this a miss and get resident evil 4 wii edition (the best zombie game ever made), or if you are after a wii zapper game, get house of the dead or ghost squad, both of which offer fast paced action and you are likely to get more gameplay out of them, despite their shorter length.

Boring
Graphics are good for the wii and technically it is good BUT.... it's slow, boring, very hard and the bossess are stupid. you have to hit a single pixel on their head to kill them and it just gets frustrating. all the enemies are the same and it gets very repetetive. the dodge mechanism is rubbish, and the light gun doesn't aim properly as it has no calibration tool. if you want a zombie shooter get House of the Dead. it's much more fun and you don't need the nunchuck, with the venom light gun and the calibration tool it is a proper light gun shooter.

BORING!!
It really pains me to say this, but Resident Evil : Umbrella Chronicles, is one of the worst games i've played.
I'm a huge resi fan, I enjoyed each one in different ways (on ps2, Wii and gamecube) but this verion was a complete waste of money.
I'd much MUCH rather play the original on ps1.
Boo hoo.