![]() Whilst trying to get off the streets, she meets the game’s second protagonist, Leon S. ![]() On her way into town she runs afoul of the rampant undead, who have completely trashed the city and killed most of its inhabitants. Visiting the city is one Claire Redfield, a college student searching for her missing brother and former police officer Chris, who some may remember as one of the heroes from the first game and member of the STARS special forces team. Simply put, does Resident Evil 2 hold up? Is it worthy of that remake? Let’s find out!Īs previously stated, Resident Evil 2 comes down from the forested mountains in which the incident of the first game took place and places the gore and nastiness right in the middle of a metropolitan area, the fictional Raccoon City. The canned version is widely referred to as Resident Evil 1.5 and is, in some capacity, actually playable and exists in the shadier corners of the retro gaming internet community.īut hey, we aren’t here to discuss what could have been, we’re here to look at Capcom’s finished product: a beloved survival horror classic. So, at 80% complete, Capcom canned the project and started over, placing more emphasis on the story and overall atmosphere. Resident Evil 2 was supposed to be a very different game initially, featuring many different characters and locales, yet the game’s now legendary producer wasn’t happy with the way it was developing, calling the game slow paced and boring. This much anticipated sequel was released a year and 9 months after the Spencer Manor met its fate at the hands of the elite STARS team, continuing the story of the evil Umbrella corporation and its role in the destruction of Raccoon City. For all of the hyperbole that my 12-year-old self and his classmates dreamt up, we were not disappointed when Resident Evil 2 finally hit stores in the UK. I remember the hype for this game being absolutely off the charts at the time and many a conversation on the school playground centered around what fresh horrors the Japanese studio had dreamed up this time. Yes, we are looking at 1998’s Resident Evil 2.ĭeveloped and published by Capcom, Resident Evil’s first sequel turned a lot of heads. This critique will be looking at an entry that is very much in the first bracket, indeed many consider it to be the definitive Resident Evil experience. Some are genre-defining masterpieces, some are awful, bloated car crashes of games and a good few sit happily in the middle, good games in their own right even if they aren’t reinventing the wheel. Resident Evil, a franchise with many entries. “ The following is a contributor post by the Bizzaro Mage.” It’s sheer perfection, my precious G Virus,
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