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Playing it now, it’s a snap, but one could say that about a number of games they’ve played through several times over the years. I don’t feel like the game was overly difficult, but it does have a learning curve to get comfortable with the controls and to learn the enemy patterns. It gets intense when needed, like during boss fights or other times when something big and scary jumps out at you and helps relax the nerves in the save rooms when you know you’re safe, for the moment. It does a good job of making you feel alone while trying to survive the zombie apocalypse and seems to change perfectly with the different areas and situations you encounter. This gives you 4 different playthroughs which, for a first timer, would probably take about 10-15 hours to get through. First time through, you play the selected character’s A scenario and when you start a new game under the same save file, you get the other’s B. If you choose to begin the game as Leon, you play through his story, woven together with Claire’s, complete with different character encounters and different boss fight locations. While the first RE did allow you to play the main game as 1 of 2 characters, each with their own storyline, Resident Evil 2 takes it a step further in a really cool way.

RESIDENT EVIL 2 PS1 SERIES

Also, while I appreciate that all characters in the early installments of the RE series have some kind of 6 th sense that tells them when keys are no longer needed and can be discarded (inventory management), it’s ridiculous and always bugged me. It’s still more than a little ridiculous that a key takes up the same amount of space as a grenade launcher, but we just had to learn to deal with it. Both Leon and Claire have 8 slots to store items.

The inventory system is almost identical to Resident Evil. You’ll want to get used to manually reloading often.Įxample of some of the cool camera angles. Reloading can either be done by trying to fire a shot after the ammo in your gun is depleted or by going into the menu and combining the ammo with the appropriate one. You have to come to a complete stop to be able to attack anything, which factors into strategy when taking out groups of enemies and bosses. You can aim up and down at 45 degree angles, which allows you to have a better chance for headshots and to take out legs. Hold the trigger to aim and press the action button to unleash whatever you’re holding. Now that I think about it, running feels smoother in Resident Evil 2, especially when trying to navigate around enemies.Īttacks are simple enough. Up and down move you forward and back and you steer with left and right. It’s tough to imagine playing these early RE games without the somewhat clunky, yet functional controls. My take on wonky control schemes is that you need to adapt to them to be able to enjoy the game and they are a big part of what make the whole experience.

People I’ve talked to either love them or hate them, without much in between. If you played the first Resident Evil, you’ll feel at home with the controls. Things went bad and he got mutated into a big, scary creature and serves as a recurring boss that both characters encounter throughout the game. They find out that the zombie outbreak in the city was caused by Umbrella and Sherry’s father, William has created a new version of the original virus. Ada Wong and Sherry Birkin meet up and accompany Leon and Claire, respectively, at different points. Both meet a character that is exclusive to their part of the game. Leon is reporting for his first day on the Raccoon Police force and Claire is looking for Chris, who disappeared after Resident Evil.

They meet, team up, and get separated, setting up their individual scenarios. Unfortunately for rookie cop Leon Kennedy and Chris’ sister Claire, there is a bad day waiting for them as they unknowingly drive right into the crap, which quickly hits the fan.

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It’s been about 2 months since Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine survived their experience at the Spencer Mansion, and now Raccoon City is in full blown zombie apocalypse mode. I got into the rest of the series soon after and have played every title that’s been released on a console since. It was terrifying to be running around avoiding zombies and I remember that feeling of being tense and scared was really enjoyable for me. I first played Resident Evil 2 when I was 13 and it was my first real introduction to horror games. My first reviews in this series were Resident Evil 4 and the original Resident Evil, but make no mistake, this one is the reason I’m a die-hard RE fan.

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