Preview: Resident Evil 6  Preview: Resident Evil 6  Capcom's
been marketing Resident Evil 6 as three games in one, so it came
as no surprise that their E3 hands-on demo came in three parts.
In separate fifteen minute stints, I spent the afternoon playing
as Leon Kennedy, Chris Redfield and newcomer Jack Krauser. Each
section definitely had its own distinct flavour.  I started as
Leon Kennedy first, and what I was treated to was a survival
horror game of old. I began the story where initial trailers
have left off, just being forced to put a bullet in The
President of the United States-turned-zombie's head. Then, for
roughly twelve of the fifteen minute trailer, I didn't fire my
gun again.  That's not a bad thing.  Leon's segment was slow
(yet meticulously) paced and full of classic horror movie
scares. The sequence built up so much tension, and was moody,
bleak...and just right. You traverse dark, corner-laden
corridors illuminated by flashes of lightning, and instantly
remember what survival horror used to be