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Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles
Resident evil the umbrella chronicles uscover.jpg
North American cover art
Developer(s) Capcom
Cavia
Publisher(s)
Director(s) Yasuhiro Seto
Hiroaki Kotake
Producer(s) Masachika Kawata
Toru Takahashi
Designer(s) Naoshige Kamamoto
Daichi Kurumiya
Writer(s) Yasuhiro Seto
Haruo Murata
Composer(s) Masafumi Takada
Jun Fukuda
Series Resident Evil
Platform(s) Wii, PlayStation 3
Release Wii
  • NA: November 13, 2007
  • JP: November 15, 2007
  • EU: November 30, 2007
  • AU: December 13, 2007
PlayStation 3
  • NA: June 26, 2012 (PSN)
  • EU: June 27, 2012 (PSN)
  • JP: June 28, 2012
Genre(s) Rail shooter
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
Aggregate scores
Aggregator Score
GameRankings 75.03% (Wii)
Metacritic 75% (Wii)
Review scores
Publication Score
1UP.com B+
AllGame 3.5/5 stars
Edge 7 out of 10
Eurogamer 7 out of 10
Famitsu 32 out of 40
Game Informer 8.25 out of 10
GamePro (4.25/5)
Game Revolution B
GameSpot 7.0 out of 10
GameSpy 3.5/5 stars
IGN 7.9 out of 10
X-Play 4/5 stars

Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, released in Japan as Biohazard: The Umbrella Chronicles (バイオハザード アンブレラ・クロニクルズ, Baiohazādo Anburera Kuronikuruzu), is a rail shooting video game co-developed by Capcom and Cavia and the 14th installment of the Resident Evil series. The game was released for the Wii on November 13, 2007 in North America; November 15, 2007 in Japan; and on November 30, 2007 in Europe, excluding Germany, where the game is not available due to the refusal of a USK rating and its subsequent inclusion in the index. It was followed by Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles. Both Chronicles games are included on the Resident Evil Chronicles HD Collection for the PlayStation 3.

The game exposes the Umbrella Corporation's meddling throughout the Resident Evil series through narration from Albert Wesker, a former Umbrella Corporation scientist, and hidden documents pertaining to the organization's secret motives and actions. The game is composed of five scenarios that recapitulate the events of Resident Evil Zero, the Resident Evil remake, and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, as well as new material pertaining to the Umbrella Corporation's downfall.

The Umbrella Chronicles is an on-rails shooter. Players follow a pre-set path, shooting enemies and picking up optional weapons and health items, occasionally choosing between multiple paths. Using the analog stick on the Nunchuk, players can look around in a limited manner. In some cases, the Wii Remote can be used to activate melee weapons against enemies where the camera shifts to a third-person view, or use timed button presses in certain cutscenes to evade traps and enemy attacks. Each stage is split into individual chapters and contains save checkpoints at the end of each chapter. Stars are obtained at the end of each stage, based on the player's performance, which can be used to upgrade weapons. To unlock some levels and sublevels, the player needs a certain ranking, "S" being the best. The amount of destroyed items, obtained objects, files, critical hits and clear time affects this.


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