This 2016 Remaster of Resident Evil 6 preserves the original's action-heavy structure, featuring four interwoven campaigns across global locations set after the Raccoon City incident. You engage in third-person shooter combat mixed with melee action, playable solo or in co-op. This edition enhances visuals for modern consoles and bundles all original DLC, making previously external unlockable costumes accessible through in-game progression.
This version preserves the original game's emphasis on action-oriented combat, moving significantly toward a shooter focus while retaining adventure elements. Players navigate the story through four distinct, yet overlapping, campaigns. The gameplay loop involves third-person shooting, utilizing cover mechanics, and engaging in close-quarters melee combat. A key feature is the cooperative element, allowing players to experience the entire narrative either solo or alongside another player.
As a remaster, the primary enhancements are technical. This edition runs the original content at higher resolutions and frame rates optimized for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. While the fundamental level design, mechanics, and overall structure remain faithful to the source material, the visual presentation benefits from these upgrades, offering a cleaner and more detailed rendering of the environments and character models.
The game is distinguished by its roster, which includes multiple protagonists whose stories intersect. Each character arc offers a slightly different gameplay experience and perspective on the unfolding events, contributing to the game's varied tone, which shifts between intense, cinematic action sequences and more focused survival scenarios.
A significant aspect of this Remaster is the bundling of previously released downloadable content. This edition integrates all original DLC into the base package. Furthermore, cosmetic items that were originally exclusive rewards requiring an external online service are now accessible through in-game progression, providing players with access to two additional costumes per main character.
The experience is categorized across the Shooter, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, and Adventure genres. It prioritizes dynamic, fluid movement and action sequences over traditional slow-paced survival horror, offering a fast-paced approach to the franchise's established lore.
This game is rated PEGI 18 which restricts availability to ADULTS ONLY and is not suitable for anyone below this age. This rating has been given due to frequent strong violence and infrequent strong language. The game features frequent depictions of gross violence. This includes: zombies being shot in or stamped on the head, causing their skulls to shatter with a large amount of blood; and zombies being blown apart into fleshy pieces by explosives The game also features infrequent use of the word ‘fuck’.
Strong horror violence and nudity, online interactivity