This is the game I bought my PlayStation for. I originally bought one with my brother at launch with Ridge Racer, but completed that very quickly and didn’t see much else interesting. We sold that one, and when this game was released I used the money I had from that sale to buy my own. Initially I couldn’t afford a memory card, and so had to start from scratch every time. As such I remember large parts of this game very well thirty years later.
As either Jill or Chris you explore the mansion, killing monsters and solving item based puzzles. You are very limited with your ammunition and ability to save. The acting is truly awful, there is no way these people were actually real actors.
I never played the Director’s Cut version though, which includes a new arrange mode. In this mode most of the puzzle items are shuffled around the house. There are also new camera angles throughout the mansion. I don’t think it really adds a huge amount, other than a small incentive to replay the game.
This time I also managed to complete the game in under three hours, which unlocks a rocket launcher with infinite ammo for your next play through. It is quite funny to wander through the game absolutely obliterating zombies with the most powerful weapon normally only available for the final boss.