History YMMV / ResidentEvilTheDarkSideChronicles

* EvenBetterSequel: Whilst ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheUmbrellaChronicles The Umbrella Chronicles]]'' is good on its own merits, and adds more depth for [[BreakoutVillain Albert Wesker]], ''The Darkside Chronicles'' has improved graphics, widens the range of headshots, except on Hard and Very Hard difficulty to add to the experience, remasters and remixes some of the most beloved music pieces in the series, has a well developed, original story with a more complex villain [[PapaWolf in]] [[AntiVillain Javier]] [[KnightTemplar Hidalgo]], a good supporting character in [[EnsembleDarkhorse Manuela Hidalgo]], and the settings revolves around ''Resident Evil 2'' and ''Code: Veronica''; the former is one of the most beloved games in the series, while the latter is a cult favorite amongst fans.

* EvenBetterSequel: Whilst ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheUmbrellaChronicles The Umbrella Chronicles]]'' is good on its own merits, and adds more depth for [[EvilIsCool Albert]] [[BreakoutCharacter Wesker]], ''The Darkside Chronicles'' has improved graphics, widens the range of headshots, except on Hard and Very Hard difficulty to add to the experience, remasters and remixes some of the most beloved music pieces in the series, has a well developed, original story with a more complex villain [[PapaWolf in]] [[AntiVillain Javier]] [[KnightTemplar Hidalgo]], a good supporting character in [[EnsembleDarkhorse Manuela Hidalgo]], and the settings revolves around ''Resident Evil 2'' and ''Code: Veronica''; the former is one of the most beloved games in the series, while the latter is a cult favorite amongst fans.

* CompleteMonster: [[AristocratsAreEvil Alexia Ashford]] no longer has love for her brother as a part of her personality, the way it was in ''Code: Veronica'', and her evil is cranked up a few notches higher. A ChildProdigy who joined the [[MegaCorp Umbrella Corporation]] at the age of twelve, Alexia was also an entitled sadist with a serious [[AGodAmI god complex]]. She aided her brother in murdering and experimenting on their father, tortured a classmate to death (and recorded the session) for being almost as smart as she was, and eventually injected herself with the T-Veronica virus, which she planned to use to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence. Reawakened from cryogenic sleep in her twenties, Alexia kills her brother for not waking her up on time, transforms Claire Redfield's LoveInterest, Steve Burnside, into a monster and forces him to fight her to the death, and tries repeatedly to kill Chris and Claire for no other reason than their presence is at her facility. She reveals that her plan is to infect the world with the T-Veronica Virus, enslaving most of humanity to [[HiveQueen her will]]. When asked why, Alexia just gloats about how, as a superior specimen of humanity, she deserves to be queen.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Alexia Ashford in this version. Her AdaptationalVillainy here [[spoiler:completely eradicates her [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes reedeming quality]] presented in ''Code: Veronica''. Here, Alexia kills Alfred instead of caressing him in her arms. As a result, it makes her later actions of hunting down Steve and Claire seem to be just a game instead of an act of vengeance for her own brother.]] Some fans believe that this change markedly deviates Alexia for the worse and turns her into a shallow psychopath, while others believe that it befits her personality as a egomaniac.

** Annette Birkin of ''Resident Evil 2'' fame also was hit by this, as her brief depiction in this game is a lot nicer and more sympathetic/tragic. She seems to be much more of a mother in this game than she was in the original, showing far more concern for Sherry and far less of an obsession with William's G-Virus. She even takes it upon herself to stop her mutated husband as opposed to fangirling over his work in spite it being a major contributing factor in the Raccoon City Incident.
** Not completely rescued, but some fans who dislike Steve in ''Code: Veronica'' found him more tolerable in this game due to him having [[Creator/SamRiegel a new voice actor]] and for acting far less of a {{Jerkass}} towards Claire.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Alexia Ashford in this version. Her AdaptationalVillainy here [[spoiler:completely eradicated her [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes reedeming quality]] presented in ''Code: Veronica''. Here, Alexia killed Alfred instead of caressing him in her arms. As a result, it makes her later actions of hunting down Steve and Claire seem to be just a game instead of an act of vengeance for her own brother.]] Some fans believe that this change markedly deviates Alexia for the worse and turns her into a shallow psychopath, while others believe that it befits her personality as a egomaniac.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Alexia Ashford in this version. Her AdaptationalVillainy here [[spoiler:completely eradicated her [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes reedeming quality]] presented in ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica Code: Veronica]]''. Here, Alexia killed Alfred instead of caressing him in her arms. As a result, it made her later actions of hunting down Steve and Claire seemed to be just a game instead of an act of vengeance for her own brother.]] Fans divided on such a change. Some fans believed that this change markedly deviated Alexia for the worse and turned her into a shallow psychopath, while some others believed that it befitted her personality as a egomaniac.
* CompleteMonster: [[AristocratsAreEvil Alexia Ashford]] no longer has love for her brother as a part of her personality, the way it was in ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica Code: Veronica]]'', and her evil is cranked up a few notches higher. A ChildProdigy who joined the [[MegaCorp Umbrella Corporation]] at the age of twelve, Alexia was also an entitled sadist with a serious [[AGodAmI god complex]]. She aided her brother in murdering and experimenting on their father, tortured a classmate to death (and recorded the session) for being almost as smart as she was, and eventually injected herself with the T-Veronica virus, which she planned to use to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence. Reawakened from cryogenic sleep in her twenties, Alexia kills her brother for not waking her up on time, transforms Claire Redfield's LoveInterest, Steve Burnside, into a monster and forces him to fight her to the death, and tries repeatedly to kill Chris and Claire for no other reason than their presence is at her facility. She reveals that her plan is to infect the world with the T-Veronica virus, enslaving most of humanity to [[HiveQueen her will]]. When asked why, Alexia just gloats about how, as a superior specimen of humanity, she deserves to be queen.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
** Steve's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhNr3vZRB58 monster theme.]]
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=692AiFwjzuI remix]] of the [=RPD's=] Front Hall theme.
** Krauser's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1jlbMipcyM Darkside.]]
** Manuela's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsqCFO48FY4 Lullaby.]]
** Alexia's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnkwFAsTnvY 2nd Form.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhMW9hGnc6U "Suspended Doll."]]
** The original version of "Escape from Umbrella's Laboratory" was already a great theme on its own. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eas8vSBdRww remixed version]] for this game more than lives up to the original.

** Crows, spiders, G-embryos and roaches in Memory of a Lost City.
** Bats and ants in Game of Oblivion.
** Piranha, bats and ants in Operation Javier.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Alexia Ashford in this version. Her AdaptationalVillainy here [[spoiler:completely eradicated her [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes reedeming quality]] presented in ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica Code: Veronica]]''. In ''Darkside Chronicles'', Alexia killed Alfred instead of caressing him in her arms. As a result, it made her later actions of hunting down Steve and Claire seemed to be just a game instead of an act of vengence for her own brother.]] Fans divided on such a change. Some fans believed that this change markedly deviated Alexia for the worse and turned her into a shallow psychopath, while some others believed that it befitted her personality as a egomaniac.

* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** Krauser, of course. He was so popular back in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' that one of the main storylines in this game focuses on [[StartOfDarkness his descent into darkness]]. The fact that he was one of the development team's favorite character was also a big contributing factor to the decision as well.
** Manuela has built up a growing fanbase of her own. Though sadly, she may never appear in another game despite the game's canon ending saying [[spoiler:she survives and is taken into U.S. government custody. However, her return is not completely out of the question.]] She has a wonderful singing voice which fans are very fond of. To top it off, she managed to accomplish [[spoiler:what Alexia could not in her life-long mission: become one with the T-Veronica virus.]]