This is a good thing if you were a fan of the original console games. Let's begin with the controls. As a Playstation port, this game is strictly for gamepad wielders. Unfortunately, even the most dexterous action fans will have a tough time here. You see, instead of simply guiding Leon or Claire around with the d-pad, pushing in the direction required, you have to rotate the character and then push forward when you've turned the right way.
Weapons have to be drawn each and every time that they're used.
Simply equipping that pistol won't do. I've logged thousands of hours with pads from the old Intellivison thumb-wreckers to my current Sidewinder, and playing this game never fails to evoke memories of the first time I tried to eat Chinese food with chopsticks. It's unforgivably awkward in an era when third-person PC titles like the Tomb Raider series and Heretic II have set a new standard for simple, accurate control. Gameplay is drawn-out and repetitive. Suspense is provided by constantly changing camera angles that evoke a B-movie feel.