Resident Evil 3: Nemesis

Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (Japanese:バイオハザード３　ラストエスケープ, Biohazard 3: Last Escape) is a game in the Resident Evil survival horror franchise.

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• Releases: PlayStation, PC, Dreamcast 1999; GameCube 2003

Also known as Biohazard 3: Last Escape, the game takes place a month and a half after the mansion lab incident and you take control of ex-S.T.A.R.S. member Jill Valentine in her attempt to escape the nightmare of a ruined and infested Racoon City. Resident Evil 3 was the last Resident Evil game to be released on the Sony PlayStation, it was also the final Resident Evil game to take place in Raccoon City. The City's fate is decisively resolved in the game's finale.

The game introduces a new boss-like enemy to the series: Nemesis, a new super tyrant programmed by Umbrella to hunt down members of the elite Racoon Police departement S.T.A.R.S. Nemesis has abilities similar to Jill's (he can run, use weapons, and has a dodge move), as well as being the first monster capable of using doors to pursue the player from one zone to the next. Resident Evil 3 also is the first game in the series to talk about government investigation into the evil corporation Umbrella.

Marking a departure from earlier games in that you can not select a character to play, there is a short section where you briefly play as the game's support character, Umbrella mercenary Carlos Olivera. The location and time frame are the same as that in Resident Evil 2, and the player will even encounter some of the same locations, such as the Racoon City Police Department. However, while the game runs in parallel there is no obvious cross-over with the previous game's storyline and gameplay and runs shorter than many other installments in the series.

Resident Evil 3 has incorporated a "dodge move" that allows Jill to dodge enemy attacks if you hit the action button a split second before the enemy hits you. The game also features a gunpowder mixing system in which you can mix different types of gunpowder together to create different kinds of ammo. In something of a return to the original Resident Evil, ammo is less common than it was in Resident Evil 2, so conservation and avoidance rather than combat becomes more important.