Resident Evil Director's Cut - Jill - Standard

In mid 1998, a series of abnormal murders take place in the vast forest outside a midwestern town known as Raccoon City. The local police department sends in their special forces unit, S.T.A.R.S. (Special Tactics and Rescue Squad) to investigate. The events lead a small group of the unit into a mansion deep in the forest, where they discover the source of the murders: viral zombies and other mutant creatures.

You play as either Jill Valentine or Chris Redfield. While the story is more or less the same regardless of who you play as, there are several notable differences between them. Jill has the easier campaign as she can hold more items, has access to more weapons and a lock pick and her teammate Barry to help out. Chris's game is more difficult as he has less inventory space, areas that are not easily accessible and more enemies to deal with.

The first Resident Evil, the Director's Cut version specifically, has quite a bit of sentimental value to me as it was one of the two first games I got for the PS1 for Christmas one year (Megaman X4 being the other). I vividly remember having the crap scared out of me when the Cerberus dogs crashed through the windows in that one hallway as well as dreading having to face Yawn up in the attic. This was some scary stuff...for the time you must understand.

Looking back on this game now, especially with all that has come out since, this game is flat out laughable (don't get me started on the voice acting). However, no one can deny, games like Resident Evil in it's current form, Silent Hill, Dead Space and countless others probably wouldn't be around without Jill Valentine and Chris Redfield's nightmarish adventure through the Spencer Mansion on the PS1.