Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, known in Japan as
Biohazard 3: Last Escape (
Japanese:
バイオハザード3 ラストエスケープ Hepburn:
Baiohazādo 3 Rasuto Esukēpu?), is a
survival horror video game developed by
Capcom and originally released for the
PlayStation video game console in 1999. It is the third installment in the
Resident Evil video game series and takes place before and after the events of
Resident Evil 2. The story of the game follows
Resident Evil protagonist
Jill Valentine and her efforts to escape from a city that has been infected with a new type of
biological weapon secretly developed by the pharmaceutical company Umbrella. The game uses the same
engine as its predecessors and features
3D models over
pre-rendered backgrounds with fixed camera angles.
Unlike previous
Resident Evil games,
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis was designed to have a more
action-oriented gameplay. It features a larger number of enemies for the player to defeat and introduces the eponymous
Nemesis creature, which periodically pursues the player from one area to the next until the end of the game. The game was a critical and commercial success, selling more than three million units worldwide. Most critics praised the graphics for being detailed and the Nemesis creature as an intimidating villain, but some criticized the game's short length and story. After its release on the PlayStation console,
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis was subsequently
ported to the
Dreamcast,
Microsoft Windows and
GameCube systems.
