Nato: Resident Evil – First Zombie Encounter
While I’m the typical FPS soldier who spends most his gaming hours pwning n00bz on Call Of Duty, don’t think I haven’t let my horror obsession enter my gaming world as well. Sure, my picks may be a little more mainstream, but the first memory I have of voluntarily scaring the piss out of myself dates back to playing the first Resident Evil when it was re-vamped for GameCube.
Sitting alone, in the dark, I embodied the sexy S.T.A.R.S agent Jill Valentine as she headed to the outskirts of Raccoon City to investigate strange murders and the disappearance of Bravo Team. Examining Bravo’s chopper for clues, I watched on as killer dogs attacked Alpha team, killing one member, and watched nervously as the remaining members sought refuge in a strange mansion. Finally taking over the gameplay, I walked around the mansion looking for survivors, with my trusty pal Barry Burton as backup, but then I made the most horrifying discovery of all – the first zombie.
Sure, it doesn’t sound scary, but the constant switching of camera angles had me accidentally running into the zombie over and over again, not knowing what to do, feeling the doom Jill most certainly feels looking down the long hallway as this lumbering creature attempts to eat her brains. F*ck that noise – where’s Barry!!
