I love RE too, just like gekko (although not as much to know all that stuff about RE and do it all fast and stuff

)! I wanna reply too!
It took me like 11 hours I think to beat the very first RE (the PSX game) on my own... BUT, before actually play it on my own, I had seen my friend play some of the beginning parts at his house, so I knew some of the stuff already...
Plus the NGC version is supposed to be longer... And I think a bit more difficult too, so that should add more time...
and if you're like me (or gekko), you'll probably play it more than once... I beat the PSX version eeeehhhhh maybe.... 6 or 7 times I think maybe possibly *shrugs*... You'll probably wanna play it at least twice though, beating it with both characters (each one is slightly different... in Jill's game, you kinda "work" with Barry and such, whereas in Chris' game you "work" with rebecca... And you get a few different things and stuff, there may be even more differences in the NGC version)... And then of course you can get special weapons and such by beating it fast enough, so you might wanna play it MORE to get those weapons, and then AGAIN to actually use those weapons...
I recommend buying it... cuz it's the kinda game you might end up wanting to play again and again... but if you aren't into playing games over and over again, then I'd say just rent it...
But I'm gonna buy mysef' a copy as soon as it becomes available in da stores
