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Resident Evil: Dead Aim
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 28 critic reviews
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Based on 18 votes
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Game Info
Publisher: Capcom Entertainment
Developer: Capcom Japan
Genre(s): First-Person Shooter, Light Gun, Action, Survival Horror
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Release Date: June 17, 2003
Summary
A Deadly Game of Search and Pursuit. Join anti-Umbrella searchand pursuit team agent, Bruce MacGavin, as he encounters a new layer of Umbrella's insidious activities. In this all-new Resident Evil first-person action-shooter, you must search, sneak and use battle moves to regain control of a sea-jacked cruiseship lost in the Atlantic. And should you find yourself trapped amongst hordes of zombiesand mutant beasts, your aim better be dead on ... or youre gone! [Capcom]
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
GameCritics
Instead of being a series savior, Dead Aim is more like Pete Rose finally admitting he bet on baseball. Too little. Too late.
Read Full Review >GamePro
An interesting action/shooter and a worthy side story for the series. Forget about the ill-fated "Survivor"— Dead Aim is a first-person Resident Evil game that works.
Read Full Review >Maxim Online
It’s a nice combination of horror and hysterics, a fresh take long overdue with this style of game.
Read Full Review >Cheat Code Central
Dead Aim while not perfect manages to combine the feel and game play of the RE series and add the light-gun in and it works well.
G4 TV
It'll nonetheless scare the living crap out of would-be heroes and haters alike. Diverging from tradition, this is the game that finally puts the gun survivor series on the map.
Read Full Review >Play Magazine
What you will find is plenty of labyrinth-style gaming, bone-chilling sound effects, gore galore, finely tuned first-person shooting, amazing CG, stunning creature design and crazy detail. [June 2003, p.63]
GamingWorld X
While the game isn't nearly long enough to be considered a true Resident Evil title, it's still up to five times longer than other light gun shooters, is more immersive, looks better, and gives more incentive for replay than other light gun games on the market.
Read Full Review >GameZone
The controls are clunky, the graphics are below average, and the story is plain. The best things about Dead Aim are its concept and entertainment factor.
Read Full Review >Game Revolution
I found it innovative and engrossing, and I think it's a great new direction for both the genre of light gun games and the Resident Evil series. At least until they finally let you play as a zombie...
Read Full Review >Playboy
Dead Aim's targets can act more disoriented than a boatload of Florida retirees. [July 2003, p.34]
GameSpy
A very cool combination of gameplay elements, and the most intriguing light-gun title for a home console since Elemental Gearbolt (anyone remember that one?)
Read Full Review >Eurogamer
At its core, this is the most entertaining Resident Evil game we've ever played, and easily the best use of a light gun ever. With a bigger and more focused game attached to it, this could have been a must buy classic, but instead has all the hallmarks of a classic weekend rental.
Read Full Review >Yahoo! Games
As a purchase, its replay value is a bit dubious, but for the skilled shooter, and even the casual action/adventure enthusiast, it's a terrifyingly amusing look at the world of low-budget horror flicks.
Read Full Review >Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
The most fun I've had with a Resident Evil game in years. [July 2003, p.98]
IGN
Dead Aim did something we didn't expect -- it made us want to play it until we beat it (a feat that previous Gun Survivor versions made us cringe over).
Read Full Review >GameSpot
It's not the best Resident Evil game, and it isn't a stellar light-gun game, but Dead Aim creates an interesting, unique hybrid of the two, and that is a commendable feat.
Read Full Review >PSX Nation
Good graphics, a short quest (by “RE” standards), mediocre music/sounds and a permanent sense that you’re playing an action game that’s trying to be a “House of the Dead”-type shooter (or is it a light-gun shooter that’s trying to be survival horror adventure?) diminish Dead Aim’s appeal as it moves along.
Read Full Review >Game Informer
This obscure video game brew not only sounds like a garbled mess, it plays like one as well. [June 2003, p.60]
Total Video Games
Whilst Dead Aim is executed sort of well, it just doesn't have anything memorable, is too short to be an engrossing one-player game and doesn't have many compelling reasons to be played through time and time again, because of the adventure elements, that are somewhat boring if you just want to shoot and shoot.
Read Full Review >Cinescape
The game does suffer from a bit of a slowdown when there are numerous zombies on-screen.
Read Full Review >TotalGames.net
The attack patterns are pedestrian, the level designs confined and the environments repetitive. The third-person adventure side to the game fails to progress beyond ‘find-the-key/unlock-the-door’ business end of the genre.
Read Full Review >PSM Magazine
There was definitely potential here; it's just hampered by its short game length (you can beat it in one sitting) and lack of compelling characters and storylines. [July 2003, p.33]
Into Liquid Sky
A lot better then the first "Survivor," but a lot more still needs to be done. There needs to be more story for one. Also, the length needs to be increased along with the difficulty.
Read Full Review >Edge Magazine
While not doing anything particularly innovative Gun Survivor 4 is frenetic, fun and supremely challenging on its 'extreme difficulty' setting. [May 2003, p.103]
GMR Magazine
The pace is so fast, however, that you'll likely finish the entire game in less than three hours. [July 2003, p.76]
Electronic Gaming Monthly
Sorry, but the near total lack of horror in this survival horror game bored me plumb to sleep. [July 2003, p.116]
GameNow
Just an average Resident Evil knockoff with a gimmick. [July 2003, p.58]
Gaming Age
The game does scare with quick zombies and limited lighting, but there's not much play to put this on target.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 6.6 (out of 10) based on 18 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Keenan S gave it an8:
This isn't the best RE title ever, but it's a fun game nonetheless. It plays like a first-person shooter mixed with third-person puzzle-solving. This game is very short and sometimes confusing, but it's still a really fun way to spend two hours just blasting away at the undead. This is a worthy addition to any PS2 library.
Moloko gave it an8:
This one is generally underrated. It's without a doubt the best light gun game I've played by a long shot, and should really be compared to others in that genre. It's very refreshing not being restricted to rails like every other one such as Time Crisis/Virtua Cop/HOTD series, and not a mere shooting gallery like the Point Blank games. As for it being worse than previous RE games, that's simply a matter of opinion. Everyone's sick and tired of the RE series' mechanics, which thankfully, FINALLY (about damn time), were mostly dealt with in RE4. And of course, Dead Aim. No it's not as long as previous RE games, but it's not nearly as annoying to play either. And it's actually lengthy for a lightgun game.
Benger V. gave it a 9:
I think this game is creepier than all the other resident evil series capcom created I mean just look at it being trapped inside a mansion full of zombies is not scary even for the characters because if you have more than one character the same with Esident Evil 2 and 3 because they still have partners even though just thinking your city over-run by zombies makes your heart stop but Dead-aim is full of scare factors just look at this game's series of events. You are an umbrella agent trying to recover the T-virus working alone with nobody on-board but you, dead guys scattered all over the ship and hordes of zombies waiting to eat you in a ship in the middle of nowhere with no chance of escape and your only hope is to forget about your mission and survive. That kind of story brings out a 100% scare to anyone who has not played the Resident Evil series and even brings out nightmares from even the most experienced Resident Evil players all over the world but the gameplay is very similar to the House of the Dead series but it is a ground-breaking series which follows the footsteps of it's cousins.
Xtreme _gamer gave it a 10:
A great game, suspense from the beginning, superior to the other RE details.
Sam S. gave it a 10:
This Is a great First-Person shoot 'em up. It is different from the rest because of such good graphics. i haven't played on the game but I have seen it being played. You can instantly tell it's easier than Time Crisis because the targets (most of them) are almost impossible to miss.
Robert A. gave it a 9:
I just bought the game and form the first touch of the controls its simple to tell that is diffrent from the rest. I seen and or played most of the RE games made and if you look the games got things others havent like if you shoot glass bullet holes with shaterd glass can be seen. from all the rewiews ive read they all say "short game play" wich is dissipointing because the RE games ive played are all fairly long but over all the games fun and (depending on the difficulty settings) quite challenging. dont lissen to the guy at electorntic gameing monthly if you like the RE games this one a must.
Donald W. gave it an 8:
Although too short, and with somwhat difficult controls, This was the most fun Ive had with a RE title in along time (can you say one shot kills, with the pistol !), Dead Aim is a step in the right direction, would recommend it for any true RE fan. Grab a guncon 2 and have some fun.
