Nemesis (Resident Evil #5)
by S.D. Perry
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Author: S.D. PerryEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-10-01
ISBN: 067178496X
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Pocket
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Book Review: Stars? Tasty.
Summary: 5 Stars
Mrs. Perry has done it again. Given the rather minimal plot line of Resident Evil: Nemesis game, she has turned it into a rich narrative, with a beautifully developed villain that you (pardon the cliché) love to hate. But then, could we expect any less?As with all the other Resident Evil novelizations, Mrs. Perry has held mostly true to the plot of the game. Some of the puzzles are skipped, but they would be annoying to describe and add needless complication to the plot (water sample puzzle, anyone? Over 800 possible combinations! And there's no clues! I spend 3 hours on that damn puzzle! AHHHHHHH!) and there is the strange but smooth insertion of the character of Mr. Trent into the background of the tale.
It was nice to finally see someone offer up a decent theory to the Nemesis, and its origins. The game said nothing about what it was supposed to be. While playing the game the closest I could figure it was a Tyrant that had a run-in with a G-Virus carrier, maybe Birkin himself. One of the problems with the game was that it didn't really make sense in the game that after you shot down this belligerent giant (who was trying to hunt you down and shove a tentacle thing into your mouth and out the back of your head) you ran from his unconscious body. The smart thing to do against Nemesis would be to find some gasoline or some other flammable substance and set Nemesis's body on fire after knocking him out. However, the whole flee-from-the-downed-monster-without-finishing-him-off thing is rationally explained away by Mrs. Perry's superior story-telling powers. Yay! Remember: he twitched, and Jill lost her nerve. Yup.
Niccolai was THE bad guy. Oh joy! His motivation was unclear in the game. All you knew was a little about this "watchdog" program and that Niccolai had set himself up to kill all the other watchdogs and steal their "data," whatever that happened to be. Mrs. Perry gave him a radiant psychotic personality, just as she has with all the other Resident Evil villains. In short, he's a psychotic control freak.
And for those of you that didn't read the footnote thingy about how the events didn't match up, don't complain. ...The Resident Evil 2 novelization was written long, LONG (actually not that long but who cares) before Resident Evil: Nemesis was released, so Mrs. Perry couldn't have known about Jill staying in Raccoon.
Now what I would have really appreciated was SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAINING THE ORIGIN OF THAT BLOOD-SPLATTERED BAZOOKA THAT NEMESIS IS LUGGING AROUND! PLEASE! WHERE DID HE GET IT FROM, AND WHERE DOES HE KEEP IT WHEN HE'S KILLING BRAD? AND DURING THAT PART ON THE CLOCK TOWER WHEN YOU ELECTRECUTE HIM AND HE FALLS OFF HE'S NOT CARRYING THE LAUNCHER BUT LATER HE SHOOTS THE HELICOPTER DOWN WITH IT! WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN? AHHHHHH! *SOB* *SOB*
Anyway I really enjoyed reading the book and playing the game, yadda, yadda, and um...
Oh, yeah.
Stars.
Summary of Nemesis (Resident Evil #5)
Zombies. Mutant animals. Bioengineered weapons and surgically enhanced monsters. Secret labs and widespread conspiracies. It seemed impossible, but Kill Valentine and her teammates among the S.T.A.R.S. had seen it all firsthand when the Umbrella Corporation turned Raccoon City into a staging ground for the most insidious genetic experiments ever conceived. After all she's been through, Valentine is ready to leave that remote mountain community forever. But Umbrella isn't finished with Raccoon City. Too much evidence of their unethical and immoral research still exists. It must be recovered or destroyed -- and quickly -- before it can be traced back to Umbrella. And with William Birkin's mutagenic virus already spreading through the city like wildfire, drastic measures are needed. Under cover of night, mercenary teams have entered the city, along with something else -- Umbrella's failsafe: an evolved version of its Tyrant-class killing machines, a lethal creature code-named Nemesis. Now Nemesis is on the hunt. And Jill Valentine is about to become prey.Action & Adventure Books
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