Entertainment Weekly - 04.2020

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CHANGERS

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RESIDENT EVIL 3

Resident Evil has a history

of rereleases throughout its

multi-decade run, but

perhaps the best received

was 2019’s remake of

Resident Evil 2. Since that

game dropped and made

DMX more relevant than he’s

been in years with a viral

“X Gon’ Give It to Ya” mod,

fans have been clamoring

for Capcom to update

1999’s Resident Evil 3 , with

its story of series mainstay

Jill Valentine escaping

a T-Virus-zombie-infested

Raccoon City, and its

signature Tyrant, Nemesis.

The question remains:

Will Nemesis be as meme-

able as RE2’s Thomas the

Tank Engine Mr. X?

DOOM ETERNAL

Doom (2016) was a spiri-

tual successor to the 1993

id Software original that

ushered in a new type

of action. “Our founding

fathers at id invented

a genre of videogames with

Wolfenstein and Doom,”

says Eternal’s creative

director, Hugo Martin. This

year, Eternal faithfully

follows the Doom Slayer, the

bane of the forces of

hell, as he runs and guns

across various astronomical

and extraplanar arenas

in a style Martin calls a “ridic-

ulous premise with sin-

cere execution.” For the

smoothest, wildest demon-

slaying on the market,

accept no substitutes.

FINAL FANTASY VII

REMAKE ↑

Among the Final Fantasy

series’ 15 main entries

and countless spin-offs,

VII stands above the rest in

terms of cultural impact

and fan fervor. The 1997

game—in which icon Cloud

Strife aligns with a radical

environmentalist group

to stop a megacorporation

and a supersoldier from

killing the planet—was so

successful that remake

rumors began in the early

2000s. Now, Square Enix

is finally prepared to

release part 1 of Remake,

and it feels both classic

in its ’90s camp and

brand-new in its blisteringly

paced tactical battles.

THREE OF THE BIGGEST videogames this season are reimaginings of

revered titles that helped shape gaming culture and the state of

the interactive-entertainment industry in the years leading up to

the turn of the millennium. —EVAN LEWIS

MUST ENCORE

“DEATH AND ALL

HIS FRIENDS”

SEASON 6,

GREY’S ANATOMY

TV

6

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If you’re wondering

where you’ve seen

Michael O’Neill from Coun-

cil of Dads (premiering

March 24 at 10 p.m. on

NBC), ask a fan of ABC’s

Grey’s Anatomy. In the

two-part season 6 finale,

O’Neill played a be-

reaved husband named

Gary who shot Derek

(Patrick Dempsey) and

Alex (Justin Chambers)

and killed interns Reed

(Nora Zehetner) and

Charles (Robert Baker).

Rather than shoot his

other target, Webber

(James Pickens Jr.)—who

he also blamed for

killing his wife at Seattle

Grace—Gary turned

the gun on himself. “Some-

body told me the other

day that over 16 million

people saw that epi-

sode,” says O’Neill, who

adds that he underwent

therapy after doing those

episodes. “On the one

hand, it’s gratifying to be

a part of something that

was so impactful.... [And]

I’m awfully grateful that

I’m getting to do what I’m

doing now.” The episode

can be found on Netflix.

CLOUD STRIFE

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DOOM ETERNAL
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GREY’S ANATOMY
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