New horror game Phase Zero truly nails old Resident Evil, and you can try it now

Hollowbody, Crow Country, Signalis, Post Trauma - over the past five years, there have been dozens of games that try to capture the style of classic survival horror, either paying homage to or standing on the shoulders of Resident Evil and Silent Hill. It’s fixed cameras. It’s low-poly visuals. It’s a '90s or '90s-inspired setting where clunky, tank-control combat meets inventive, sometimes surreal puzzles. But there’s one element of classic RE that seems to have been forgotten. Available to try right this second, Phase Zero convincingly captures this core characteristic of Capcom’s zombie icon.