Resident Evil 3 (2020)

Contains graphic violence and horror Rated on: 30 July 2020

Resident Evil 3 2020

What is it?

Resident Evil 3 (2020) is a remake of a game originally released in 1999, reimagined as a third-person action game. The game is set in Raccoon City, a fictional American metropolis overrun by a zombie virus. Players assume the role of Detective Jill Valentine as she finds herself the target of a humanoid bioweapon known as Nemesis. Jill had been investigating the operations of the secretive Umbrella Corporation, who had developed the zombie virus, and are now focused on erasing any evidence that the viral outbreak was their fault. As she works to escape the city and the clutches of the seemingly unstoppable Nemesis, she is helped by Carlos Oliveira, a private military contractor who is working for, but increasingly suspicious of, the Umbrella Corporation. As players progress through the game, players will control both Jill and Carlos as the story requires.

What to expect

Resident Evil 3 (2020) is a linear, story driven game with regular combat sequences, occasional puzzle solving and constant horror themes. The violence is gory, but somewhat mitigated by being directed towards clearly undead or mutated enemies. Nonetheless, the gory violence and the horror players encounter throughout the game are likely to shock and disturb younger audiences. However as older teenagers and adults have the requisite maturity to reconcile this high degree of violence in the context of thrilling zombie fiction, Resident Evil 3 (2020) is best classified as restricted to those aged 16 and over.

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