Let me just say that I have been a big fan of the series since the first one arrived on the playstation and this one does not disappoint. The game play is one of the most important parts in any game and this one is no exception and excels from the previous releases and adds new improvements to keep the game play from getting repetitive. The storyline is pretty good too but is mainly to expand the story of the events of resident evil 2, though there is a side story so to speak of jill trying to escape the current situation that she is in which is also a welcome edition. The graphics are some of the best seen on the playstation and the best out of any of the four resident evil game releases on the ps1, the sound is also good too. This is the first re game that never made it to the playstation greatest hits lineup, but don't let that fool you because it is still a great game and a worthy edition to the series. I have only one minor complaint though, the game is a little shorter than re2 in which I would have enjoyed the game more if it was longer, even though it is short it is also sweet. For anyone who cant understand or is confused with the storyline Ill explain: The commandos(one of many groups of rescue teams sent by umbrella) were there officially to rescue survivors, unofficially though the leader was there to keep umbrella up to date of the current situation in raccoon city and collect battle data specifically from the nemesis fighting the remaining s.t.a.r.s members. Nemesis was basically an improved version of the tyrant type 2 that was in resident evil 2 in which the first tyrant originated from resident evil 1, at this point in the game umbrella knew the current situation that was occurring in raccoon city via the leader of the commandos so the only option to cover up the incident in order to remain in business was to kill the remaining s.t.a.r.s members who held the only evidence linking this outbreak to umbrella, so they sent nemesis(an improved version of the tyrant and/or tyrant type 3) to assassinate the remaining st.a.r.s members thus destroying any evidence linking umbrella to the incident happening in raccoon city. Unbeknown to umbrella chris had already escaped before the outbreak occurred(as explained in re 2 when claire was surprised to not find chris in raccoon city, so if chris had any chance to take down umbrella he would have to not tell anyone when, where, or what he was going to do at that time). Eventually all of the main s.t.a.r.s members(barry, chris, jill) that escaped the mansion incident escaped raccoon city before it was destroyed. Eventually the remaining s.t.a.r.s members exposed umbrella putting them out of business, though people like wesker still exist to continue the work of umbrella for his own nefarious purpose. I am not really impressed with re 4 or from what I have played of re5 so far because they are just not as good as the re series used to be, this game on the other hand is a testament to the fact that you can still make vast improvements in the re series without sacrificing what made the re series so great in the first place. Sadly though I hardly recognize the re series today, it just went downhill since re4 was released because changes that were made negatively affected more than benefited the series imo. I just hope that capcom wakes up and brings the old school style resident evil flavor with improvements like re2, re3, and re:cvx did for the series in the future for the series.