Resident Evil 2

i spent as much time screaming and running away as i did staring at leon and ada's ass. 10/10 would recommend

Great story & characters, but who needs a compelling storyline or engaging characters when you can spend hours collecting green, red, and blue herbs? I mean, let's be real, that's the real goal here. Find all of the colors and then combine them into that beautiful mix then stash them in that safe chest where you can ogle at them every time you try to sort your inventory. The zombies are just a silly little obstacles trying to stop you from building your herb collection especially that big guy with a coat chasing you everywhere for your lovely G+R+B herb product.
But seriously, the remake is amazing and the gameplay is so smooth. And those herbs? They're just so... collectible

Resident Evil 2 is a remake of the original 1998 game and for me is my first adventure in the series.. i have watched all the movies and now i have the complete games collection on my library. So why i don't start with resident evil 1 or zero?
It's my choice to skip them because i don't like the fixed camera angle, now that i explained my reason let jump back to my review.
This remake brings an important change for the camera , the third-person perspective retains the survival horror essence and improves it by making everything more immersive.
The story can be played with two protagonists : Leon and Claire and after if you finish one playthrough the other is slightly different and for those hungry for more content there are extra stories and a lot of challenges to complete. It's impossible to finish everything in one run or two, i decided to complete the campaigns without touching the hard achievements but more of that later in the cons section.
From the moment i entered the gas station i was impressed by the graphics ..it's a great feel to be able to play at this level of quality a game released so many years ago but now with modern textures and effects.
Character models, particularly for Leon, Claire, and the various monsters, are incredibly rendered. The facial animations are detailed and expressive.
I really liked the gore elements ,you can dismember enemies and wounds can look amazing ..there is blood everywhere and the enemies look fantastic..but they're not so smart ..you can't have both i suppose!
The tension and the fear element is present and you can really feel it, i believe its mostly due to how vulnerable you feel, but don't worry once you get to know the game areas and how to avoid enemies it becomes a lot easier.
My problems with this game was the puzzles and the stupid backtracking and the inventory management where you need to run half of the map to put a item inside an item box just to have the necessary spaces to solve another puzzle. The ammo is scarce and for greater difficulty runs you need to learn everything inside out, i also didn't like how i needed to repeat the same puzzles in my second playthrough that's lazy level design if you ask me.
In conclusion Resident Evil 2 deserves all the positive feedback it received on steam, it's a great horror game and if there are people like me who haven't played it yet ,try it and have patience because it's worth every second of your time !
My scores
Graphics 9
Gameplay 8
Story 9
Sound 10
Overall 9

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS
---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't
---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☐ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma
---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☐ Decent
☑ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☑ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data
---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☑ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☑ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding
---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life
---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond
---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
☐ 5
☐ 6
☐ 7
☑ 8
☐ 9
☐ 10

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS
---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't
---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma
---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☑ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data
---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☑ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding
---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life
---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond
---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
☐ 5
☐ 6
☐ 7
☐ 8
☑ 9
☐ 10

Few video game series ever manage to pull away from the video game masses and reach main stream appeal.. They become something more then video games and become part of pop culture, games like Super Mario Brothers, Pac-Man, Tetris, etc etc etc.. Another one of those games which have stretched far beyond their gaming origins is Resident Evil, with movies, novels, and a slew of video games mentioning the name Resident Evil will get someone's attention..
While the original game was a complete classic, with some of the earliest known examples of Jump Scares (that dog jumping through the window still gives some of us nightmares) and a completely new and original game design, play and ideas. (No lying, if you were alive when Resident Evil 1 released you were enamored by its' uniqueness gameplay) The sequel followed suit a few years later, expanding what made the original great and helping pave the way for the pop culture phenomenon that Resident evil would become one day..
The Story - Like the original game the story features two separate playable characters and stories. You can pick between Claire Redfield, the original games male protagonist Chris Redfield's sister, or Leon Kennedy, a brand new RPD police officer. The first, second and third game seem to have some continuity errors as far as cohesive storyline goes but to sum it up, Racoon City has a viral outbreak (zombies) which has thrown everything into disarray. Leon stops at a gas station to get gas when he notices something weird going on.. He heads inside to investigate when he's attacked. Claire happens by on her way to Racoon city to search for her brother Chris. After seeing the zombies and having an issue with an exploding Semi, they start off on their horrific adventure to discover what happened in Racoon city, try to help put a stop to it, and stay alive..
Gameplay - If this was 1998, I'd go into detail about how the game works, but since it's 2024, if you don't' know how a third person shooter works then I don't know what to tell you.. The only unique aspects of the game are the various Puzzles you need to solve as you progress.... (or do like most of us do and hit up You tube. IGN, or other sources for all the information you'll ever need..
One part that has to be talked about are the Ghost Stories, during the course of the game you'll run into several people with tragic backstories, if you finish the game you can unlock (I think by beating the game, I bought the unlock all pack so I don't know for sure) where you can run an alternate reality where you can alter that one person's outcome.. The stories are relatively short, the longest one was maybe 20 minutes, they are fun and challenging experiences to help add to the experience. IIRC about 5 of them exist..
Pro's
Good graphics
very engaging,
A remake that was more then a cash grab
Relatively easy 100% for people who want the biggest E-peen available
Ran flawlessly on my 4090
Con's
Some continuity errors with the First and third games
Lots of back tracking (that's just Resident Evil I guess)
Recommendation
It's been about five years since the remake was released, playing it this last month has been a really amazing experience.. With my rather Robust library size I wanted to go in and play some of the games that I bought but never touched.. I was really happy with my Resident Evil 2 experience, I could only remember bits and pieces from the PlayStation release all them years ago, I know that some things were changed and shortened or removed to make this game work, but ultimately it felt really great to play again. I'd recommend buying it, playing it and enjoying it..

The Resident Evil 2 Remake is an extraordinary reimagining of the 1998 classic, bringing players back to Raccoon City with a perfect mix of nostalgia and modern enhancements. With updated graphics, refined gameplay mechanics, and a deep focus on storytelling, this remake is a masterclass in survival horror.
A Returning Classic
The game offers two intertwined perspectives, showcasing both Leon Kennedy's and Claire Redfield's struggles during the outbreak. Leon's journey highlights his transformation from a rookie cop to a hardened survivor, while Claire’s path focuses on her determination to protect Sherry Birkin, a child caught in the chaos. Both stories are well-developed, offering a sense of depth and emotional connection to the characters.
Engaging Multiple Perspective Gameplays
The addition of Ada Wong's segments brings a fresh layer of intrigue, as her espionage-themed gameplay contrasts perfectly with the survival horror. Similarly, the Ghost Survivors mode introduces side stories of other characters, exploring what-ifs and adding more replayability to the game.
Visuals and Atmosphere
Visually, the game is stunning, with the RE Engine delivering atmospheric lighting and grotesque enemy designs. Every encounter with zombies and the relentless Mr. X feels heart-stopping, thanks to impeccable sound design and dynamic music that heightens tension. Sometimes Mr. X comes out of nowhere and that is Scary AF.
Pros:
Faithful yet innovative retelling of a classic.
Stunning visuals and terrifying atmosphere.
Engaging dual-protagonist campaigns with meaningful storylines.
Replayable content with Ghost Survivors mode.
Intense and satisfying survival horror gameplay.
Cons:
Some puzzles may feel repetitive.
Mr. X's relentless pursuit can be frustrating for some players.
Conclusion
The Resident Evil 2 Remake is a love letter to fans of the original while being an excellent entry point for newcomers. It blends cinematic storytelling, gripping gameplay, and unforgettable moments, making it one of the best survival horror games in recent years. If you haven’t returned to Raccoon City yet, now is the perfect time.