Reception
| Reception | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 84.15% (GC) 61.60% (WII) |
| Metacritic | 83 (GC) 62 (WII) |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | B+ |
| Allgame | (GCN) (WII) |
| Eurogamer | 8 out of 10 (GCN) 7 out of 10 (WII) |
| Famitsu | 38 out of 40 |
| Game Informer | 9.25 out of 10 |
| GamePro | |
| Game Revolution | B |
| GameSpot | 8.0 out of 10 |
| GameSpy | (GC) |
| GamesRadar | (WII) |
| GameZone | 9.3 out of 10 |
| IGN | 8.2 out of 10 |
| Official Nintendo Magazine | 78% (WII) |
| X-Play | |
| Rotten Tomatoes | 8 out of 10 |
Resident Evil Zero was generally well received by critics and has sold 1.25 million copies worldwide.
However, many reviews were critical of some of the game's elements. 1UP.com felt that the series had become a cliché of predictability, with "crate-pushing puzzles" and the "self-destruct countdown during the final boss fight" already appearing in earlier titles, coupled with a "lame" backstory. Regardless, the work done by the backgrounds team was praised along with Zero's item-dropping feature, achieving a "B+" ranking. GameSpot put much time to discussing the player-zapping feature and, while pointing out its successes in strategy and in puzzle solving, he believed that "the mechanic really feel very innovative or interesting", mostly describing its uses as puzzle-related, though based around keeping one character stood still or sending items up a dumb-waiter to the other. Similarly to 1UP.com, GameSpot criticised the puzzle-planning further, noting similarities to those of previous titles.
The Wii version criticized for not fully using the Wii remote capabilities such as the pointer controls, instead relying largely on the "Classic Controller". IGN gave it a "poor" 4.5/10.
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