Biohazard 3: Last Escape (1999) (VG)

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Director:

Kazuhiro Aoyama

Writer:

Yasuhisa Kawamura (scenario)

Release Date:

12 November 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror

Tagline:

It was Raccoon City's last chance. My last chance. My last escape.

Plot:

Just days after surviving the grisley disaster at the mansion lab, Jill Valentine resigns from S.T.A.R.S...

Plot Keywords:

Resident Evil | Raccoon City | Shotgun | Bio Organic Weapon | Deadly Virus

Cast

Catherine Disher	...	Jill Valentine (voice: English version)
Vince Corazza	...	Carlos Oliveira (voice: English version)
Benedict Campbell	...	Mikhail Victor (voice: English version) (as Ben Campbell)
Roger Honeywell	...	Nicholai Ginovaef (voice: English version)
Evan Sabba	...	Brad Vickers (voice: English version)
Tony Rosato	...	Dario Rosso, Nemesis (voice: English version)
Peter Windrem	...	Tyrell Patrick (voice: English version)
Richard Clarkin	...	Murphy Seeker (voice: English version)

Also Known As:

Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (USA)
Resident Evil: Nemesis (USA) (working title)

Country:

Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

South Korea:18 | Argentina:M | Norway:18 | UK:15 | USA:M | Germany:16 (heavily cut)

Company:

Capcom Company

Trivia:

This is the first Resident Evil game to have two different kind of hunters; Beta and Gamma.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the RPD's dark room, Jill is able to open the locker and claim some items, but later on in the events of Resident Evil 2, you need to use a key from Zombie Brad Vickers (who's dead outside) to open it.

Quotes:

Jill Valentine: It was Raccoon City's last chance. My last chance. My last escape.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Back to the Future Part III (1990)

Not the best, but still a worthy part-three.

Hot off the wild success of the second installment of Resident Evil, one would think that another game starring Jill Valentine would be even better. Depending on who you talk to, you'll get varied responses, but of course, it's by far better than the first one.

You only get to play as one person through this crazy roller coaster ride, Jill Valentine ( Not counting the small part when you play as Carlos ), whereas in 'Rez' 2, you could play up to four different ways ( Claire A/B, Leon A/B ).

Yet another change is where the game takes place. The first game took place in a Mansion, the second one took place in well, a bunch of places ( Art Gallery-Turned Police Station, sewers, Umbrella lab, etc. ), and this time around, the entire City of Raccoon is your playground.

But they made up for the lack of multiple ways to play. Jill can earn up to five extra outfits ( 70's Disco, STARS, Meter Maid, Regina from Dino Crisis, and Leather bodysuit ), and the weapons have become far less exotic from Resident Evil 2, but there are a lot more of them, not to mention the ability to create new weapons from parts given from the downed Nemesis.

Oh yeah, Nemesis. Remember how many times Tyrant popped up during the B game of RE2? Remember how he usually caught you at the worst times? Guess what? Nemesis shows up even MORE times! ( I lost track around twelve ). He's certainly a persistent little bugger.

I don't find it scared me as often as the other games, but it's still fun to play over and over ( Is it because Jill's just eye candy? Maaaaaaaaybe. ), and ponder time and time again, just how the heck Jill can run around killing zombies in a miniskirt and a halter top? Perhaps the zombies caught her in the middle of a date.

Final Score - ****½ out of five.