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Editorials   New Cube Owners, Vol. 17
- By Lander Clinton

Since Nintendo recently sold in one weekend roughly the same number of GameCubes it sold at launch, I thought I'd do a little something for all the new Cube owners out there.

Everyday until I run out of ideas, forget, or am too busy playing a game, I'll update a GameCube game you must own and why you must own it.

Here goes:

REbirth or REmake? Well, Resident Evil for GameCube is both. Based on the Playstation original, Resident Evil has been so overhauled that people who've memorized it or the later Director's Cut version will still find plenty of reasons to pick up this amazing game. Capcom says that even though the story and locations are the same, 70% of the game's puzzles and monster locations have been changed.

Of course, the REal REason to play any RE game is to get the shizzle scared out of you, and GameCube's overhauled Resident Evil is the best in the series at doing that for one simple reason- believability. The environments look so real, the sound is so eerie, the voice acting... not as laughable as the original's, that you will feel like you are in this game getting hunted by zombies.

There are two main problems with every RE game that have once again surfaced in this incarnation. The first is the control system. Since you're playing against pre-rendered backgrounds and not a real 3D environment, the controls are always up=forward, down=backward. So even walking towards the screen you still have to press up, where in a 3D game you usually press down to walk towards the screen. It only takes a few minutes of practice to get used to it, but the turning is also pretty clunky.

The other main problem is the nonsensical puzzles. Some puzzles seem logical, but others seem totally random and you'll find yourself looking at walkthroughs a lot. It makes the game very ironic since the zombies want to eat your brain, but the insane puzzles make you feel like you have no brain.

On a side note, it would be nice if you could reach a compromise with the zombies and just offer them parts of your brain.

Even with these flaws, Resident Evil is a masterpiece of graphical prowress. You really have to play it to appreciate what the game does to you. Even after you turn it off you'll feel uneasy using the bathroom because someone may have flushed a baby zombie years ago and it could come up and bite you.

If you're looking for death and gore and shooting and cursing and you own a GameCube, you're looking for Resident Evil. Go get it!