Reception
| Reception | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 69.99% (38 reviews) |
| Metacritic | 71% |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | C+ |
| Allgame | |
| Eurogamer | 5/10 |
| GamePro | |
| Game Revolution | B- |
| GameSpot | 7.2/10 |
| GameSpy | |
| GamesRadar | 9 |
| GameZone | 8.3 |
Outbreak' received a C+ from 1UP in their review. The staff referred to it as "another typical entry in the RE canon", and as a "competent game" with "controls are actually functional and somewhat intuitive". However, they had a number of problems with the game, notably Capcom's choice to not install voice chat in favour of the ad-lib system. They found the game's five scenarios to be short, and AI partners to be "chock-full of repetitive and annoying sound bytes".
Eurogamer was disappointed with Capcom's failure to establish online support to the European market at a time when the PlayStation 2's online community was threatened with the expected rise in the Xbox's popularity with the upcoming release of Halo 2, continuing that an Outbreak was "designed from the ground up to be a co-operative multiplayer game for four players" and questioning if a networkless game would interest players. Another problem was with the real-time START menu, which meant that file-reading and item-trading would make the player vulnerable to a random zombie attack, making the game " light in the story department" as a consequence of not becoming immersed in the environment. Long load times for the PAL version was also noted in the review.
The game received average reviews and sold about 1.45 million copies.
Ratings
- ACB: MA15+
- CERO: 15+
- ESRB: M
- PEGI: 16+
Read more about this topic: Resident Evil Outbreak
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