in my 2018 game with the Year video aibum owned the lack of great triple-a
games from that year 2018 had plenty of excellent Indies so I wasn't
disappointed with the quality of games overall however with the exception of
God of War most big budget games fell uninspired and generally mediocre I've
seen it all before and far too often I knew exactly how the game would play out
before I even booted it up and started moving through the motions of getting
from beginning to end and that's for the games which actually have endings
something that is becoming increasingly rare these days in that Game of the Year
video I went as far as to say that perhaps triple-a games just weren't for
me anymore I released that video on January the 14th eleven days later
Capcom released its remake of Resident Evil 2 a phenomenal survival horror game
possibly the best one ever and a game that raises the bar for the genre
unsurprisingly I'm giving Resident Evil 2 5 stars out of 5 and I fully expect
this to be a contender for my 2019 game of the year perhaps coincidentally my
2018 game with the year was also a January release let me start by
disclosing my bias up front because Resident Evil 2 certainly holds a
significant place in my memories the original Resident Evil 2 released back
in 1998 was my first Resident Evil game I was only 15 at the time and it was
reffed me to buy a game for full price however I read a couple of glowing
reviews in my magazines of choice and loved what I saw in the screenshots plus
Resident Evil 2 came on to disks which meant I was practically saving money by
buying it I mean you had to be crazy not to I loved it zombies weren't overplayed
at the time it was nice and gory and there were moments that scared the shit
out of me and my mates the two intersecting stories awarded multiple
playthroughs as did all the rewards that got dished out depending on what rank
you were awarded at the end of the game my magazines assured me that you could
play as a piece of tofu if you were good enough but I'll be damned if I ever
manage that and then there was the story a dodgy pharmaceutical company corporate
cover-ups crooked cops Resident Evil 2 offered up everything fifteen-year-old
me wanted I went back to play Resident Evil 1 to understand the backstory a
little more but it was the potential for future stories that had me excited with
hindsight I'd become a fan of the series and they guaranteed customer of future
titles I suppose nowadays I'd be considered a
of the community although we were just customers back then as you can tell I'm
nostalgic for the good old days and that may color this review in ways I'm not
able to identify Resident Evil three came along nearly two years later and
while I enjoyed it a lot deep down a part of me was disappointed at the lack
of progression and the main story set up in the previous games 3 didn't feel like
a full sequel after 3 this story gradually took a nosedive via prequels
spin-offs and just bad games even the good Resident Evil games such as
Resident Evil 4 had stories that were far too disconnected from the earlier
events for my tastes Resident Evil 2 remained my favorite Resident Evil game
even if I acknowledge that it isn't the best in that sense it was surpassed by
four and then the remake of one as much as this level of nostalgia can color a
review in a positive way it can have the opposite effect I mean how can any game
have the same impact and elicit the same warm feelings I got all those years ago
most of them don't that was the case with the recent remakes of the Crash
Bandicoot and Spyro games I love both of those trilogies back in a day and the
remakes are really good crash perhaps has some issues with hitboxes but Spyro
feels true to the original I know some people have issues with differences in
animations and storytelling in the remakes but I'm not typically bothered
by that in cartoony platformers I enjoyed the remakes of both trilogies
there are a lot of fun crash 3 remains an excellent game and all three spyro is
a good collector Thon's however I never felt the highs I did
when I played the originals of course I didn't these are solid remakes of old
games essentially they have a new and expensive coat of paint on them I've
still played them before and my tastes have changed alive over the years that's
partly why I wasn't all that excited for the Resident Evil 2 remake I suspected
I'd enjoy it and have a good time and I hoped it would remain faithful to the
original but that was it I'm now gonna sound like one of those youtubers who
gives an opinion after playing a game for an hour because they want the early
clicks and then have to correct themselves a week later but here we go I
was wrong about Resident Evil 2 Resident Evil 2 somehow stays faithful to the
original despite undergoing a huge change in gameplay style and visuals
it's a modern game with dated elements except the dated stuff isn't a drawback
elements like the puzzles are definitely of their time but that doesn't mean they
aren't enjoyable this isn't like sticking with a live
system long beyond this I am they served their purpose I do not
want to return to the days of having to start from the beginning of the game if
I die to our final boss I wouldn't mind a return to the days of desperately
running around to find three medallions to open a secret door under a statue
that leads to sewers underneath a police station all the while being chased by
Inspector Gadget on steroids if you have any interest in survival horror games
than you should play Resident Evil 2 future games in the genre will be
compared to this one this is the game to beat imagine playing FPS games in the
early 2000s without having played half-life 2 even if you aren't
especially interested in the genre you might want to give this a shot because
it's friendly to newcomers and might convert even the skeptics among you
don't worry if you haven't played the first game as I mentioned I played
Resident Evil 2 before playing the first game it wasn't a problem in the late 90s
and it sure as shit isn't a problem in 2019 where story summaries are a search
away all you really need to know is that umbrella corporation has been
researching viruses and one of those viruses has gotten loose in Raccoon City
you'll piece together the rest as you play it's not rocket launcher science
you play as either Leon or Claire who meet up early on at a gas station before
being separated due to an unfortunate incident with an oil tanker whoever you
choose to play as first your goal is to make it to the police station to find
help although of course there isn't much help left to be had from then on your
goal becomes to escape the city which leads you all over the police station
through the sewers and into umbrellas lab a single playthrough will likely
only take you around eight hours the first time have you should definitely
play it twice to see Claire and Leon story I'll discuss that more later the
environments have brought to life in a way that just wasn't possible before in
case you weren't aware the original use to fix backgrounds which allowed for a
higher visual fidelity than we were used to but also created a separation between
the character and the environment the fixed backgrounds looked incredible for
the time especially in screenshots which is how most people would see the game
before purchase however the fixed cameras made it hard to get truly
immersed in the setting you only ever saw things from that one camera angle
the game wanted you to see as a result I have some oddly specific memories of the
original the best example I can think of is this small section in the reception
area I went through this door hundreds of times in the 90s and this particular
viewpoint is etched in my mind such that is one of the first images I have when I
think of the game I don't however have particular memories
of the reception area itself or where this room was located in the police
station it was just one of many areas that I ran through between loading
screens the remake brings the locations to life no longer is the police station
a bunch of stationary backgrounds it's a complex maze of rooms locks doors and
dead ends that combine to create some of the best level design I've experienced
in a while I spent hours exploring this police station learning which routes
were clear of zombies which had to be ran through at full speed and which had
to be crept through without a sound for fear of attracting the attention of
lickers as you solve puzzles and find Keys you gradually open up new routes
and rooms and so you have access to nearly the entire station hours after
I'd left the police station opened up a new shortcut that led back to the start
in the way that reminded me of kicking down that ladder and demons souls this
kind of connected level design adds so much to the experience when compared to
games that don't bother such as the evil within series backtracking certainly can
be a negative but not when it's done like this visually the only negative of
note concerns the lighting mainly the rough transition between dark areas and
lights moving from an unlit area to a lit one looks more like someone has
turned the lights on suddenly instead of a smooth change where the light from one
room bleeds into another while obviously a minor note is jarring as your eyes
adjust to the different lighting there's also a slight problem with dark blacks
appearing as more of a dark gray than a black I played on PC and coentrão HDR so
maybe it's better with that enabled however without it there's definitely a
lack of truly terrifying darkness that terry pratchett once described as the
total absence of light even better than the locations of the enemies who look
incredible I love the way they move there's no consistency to their AI and
they are relatively unpredictable in the best possible way when they spot you
they'll make a general efforts ahead in your direction but they don't have full
control of their bodies sometimes they'll amble straight to you but more
often than not they'll be looking in your direction while walking off to the
side as if their brain or whatever's left of it hasn't managed to relay the
message to the legs it can look like the enemy AI has bugged out however I doubt
that's the case this has to be deliberate it's so cool to line up a
headshot on a zombie that's looking straight at you while it walks into a
cabinet the unpredictability of the zombies is one of Resident Evil twos
greatest strengths I got into the habit of avoiding zombies by keeping the
obstacle between us how some of them will simply throw
themselves over desks to get at you instead of politely walking around like
I'd hoped they would there was one scene where I was in a basketball court with
dogs barking on the other side of the fence they couldn't get to me so I took
my time to pick up the ammo and other goodies only for the dogs to clamber up
the huge fence and fall over the other side before running at me nearly
everything looks stunning Birkins transformations are horrific and yet
impossible to look away from and the visuals had a lot to certain jump scares
that I won't spoil mr. X is appropriately intimidating and yet
there's also something humorous about the way he pokes his head around always
it manages that cheesy horror vibe that can be so tough to pull off one thing
that's thankfully less cheesy is the voice acting which is a hell of a lot
better this time the writing is generally decent and
there are some excellent scenes involving side characters such as Marvin
and the gun shop owner Leon and Claire however have their fair share of dodgy
lines Leon is still spectacularly dumb for a cop and even after hours of
shooting zombies Claire still wonders aloud about why people are walking
around trying to bite her
I don't demand oscar-worthy writing in my horror games but Claire's continued
shock at these stupidest things was one of the most distracting parts of the
experience where isn't evil to his glory I thought I'd become completely
desensitized to this stuff what with games like doom and Mortal Kombat
specializing in ridiculously over-the-top violence and at times I
actively dislike it Resident Evil 2 front loads some incredibly graphic
moments which do feel a touch gratis but for the most part the gore is there for
a reason being able to shoot off legs and arms isn't just there to look
shocking it's a core part of how you're expected to play the game you'll have to
get used to it because shooting off legs is a lot more useful than going for the
head early on you'll no doubt go for headshots only to realize that they
don't do much good there's zombies in Resident Evil 2 are incredibly tough to
kill and even after three playthroughs I'm still not entirely sure how the
damage system works here's my educated guess shots to the head don't
necessarily do more damage than to any other part of the body however there is
a chance you'll get a critical hit which will explode their head for a permanent
kill this crit chance is fairly low with the starter pistol and higher weave guns
like the shotgun and Magnum you can improve your chances by aiming for a few
seconds before shooting and letting the reticule shrink to focus on your target
even so the chances of blowing off their heads are slim that's not to say head
shots aren't worthwhile they're good for staggering enemies which can be just as
useful as a kill if you don't need to return to the area for my money the best
tactic by far is shooting off a leg or two perhaps even an arm as well if you
feel like it even then zombies will keep coming for
you even if they only have one remaining limb and they can still pose a genuine
threat especially around doorways their inability to get through a door once
they've been reduced to crawling along the floor it's generally a good thing
except when you forget they're there and stroll to a door only to get instantly
bitten on the ankles a favorite tactic of mine is shooting off one leg and one
arm that's rock a decent balance between slowing them down and making it harder
but not impossible for them to grab me if you do get grabbed you can use a
counter items such as a knife flashbang or grenade if you have them in your
possession I'm always tempted to use these immediately when grabbed her I
recommend not using flash bangs or grenades unless you're really low on
health you might be better off taking the hip knives are great for counters
because they can be reclaimed from zombies once you've knocked them down
but they you grate a little too quickly for my
tastes you will likely get grabbed by zombies our Lots although I found health
items to be far more pervading the namo so I wouldn't worry too much if you take
the odd bite I thought a lot about whether resident evil 2 would be better
for having some kind of dodge mechanic one that it's tricky to pull off and
requires perfect timing but lets you avoid a grab obviously if this were to
be implemented there would need to be a corresponding reduction in a number of
health items getting caught by zombies is one of the few areas that often
detracts from the experience more than adds to it there are rough transitions
between gameplay and the canned animations which play out when you're
grabbed which are particularly noticeable the larger enemies such as
the ones in the sewer they completely block your path and although it could
occasionally clip through them without taking damage I would usually get hit in
the process I tried grenades and flashbangs however
even when stunned it can be tricky to get past these things sometimes you'll
clip through them other times you'd have to eat the damage it's also a little odd
how you can stop and do puzzles even if a zombie is only a second away from
grabbing you you can't save your game with the typewriters when enemies are
nearby and it would have been better to apply similar rules to interacting with
puzzles a particular favorite among the enemy types is the liqueurs who are
blind which in theory means you can sneak past them however it's often not
that simple first you have to know they are there this is typically sign posted
by a lot of blood on the nearby walls and floor but in the heat of the moment
you might miss the clues if flickers get a whiff of you they'll come down to the
floor and block your way forcing you to either take another route or stun them
and run past them if you have the right weapons and ammo you won't always have
the option to slow down and sneak past them once you start getting chased by
mr. X you'll need to keep moving LIF is or no liquors it's not a simple case of
figuring out how the liqueurs work and then playing around that the game always
throws new situations at you to keep you on your toes speaking of mr. X he is
absolutely incredible here you've probably already seen the gifts and DMX
mashups and you'll almost certainly have a few gift worthy meetings of your own
the moment when he first lifts up the crashed helicopter and slowly walks
towards you is stunning and there was an unforgettable jump scare that I won't
spoil mr. X continues to stalk you around the police station he's strangely
loud footsteps and ever-present haunting sound in the background as you wander
around solving puzzles he refuses to enter certain rooms
typically save rooms although only provides a temporary respite you
know you'll be seeing him again soon there are so many things that Capcom
needed to now with this remake and mr. X was definitely one of them it's a job
well done another core aspect of the old school Resident Evil games is those
quirky puzzles that have you placing books in statues hands and plugging
chess pieces into electrical sockets maybe I'm just looking at this all
through blood since it glasses but to me these puzzles are more charming than
they are dated and hey there is actually a vague attempt to contextualise at all
this time because we're told that the police station used to be an art museum
I'm not necessarily sure that explains the quirkier puzzles but it's better
than pretending this is a normal police station none of the puzzles are
especially difficult so long as you don't forget that you can turn the page
in the book you find early on which definitely didn't happen to me the most
challenging puzzle was inventory management which are usually absolutely
despised but it wouldn't be a Resident Evil game without it you start with only
eight inventory slots and everything from guns to keys takes up at least one
slot you spend a ridiculous amount of time deciding on there whether to take
that flashbang you found and risk not being able to take a puzzle piece you
need later on you can dump items in large crates dotted around but getting
to those crates presents a risk it can feel a little silly at times a keycard
takes up the same amount of space as a pistol when a wristband takes up space
even though you're wearing it on your wrist all this inventory management
probably sounds tedious as all hell but it's an absolutely crucial part of the
experience and I wouldn't give it up for anything I might make a few minor
changes though I'd like to be able to drop items and come back to get them
later even if you have to drop items in the exact places that you pick up other
stuff for example there was one particularly silly situation where
needed to pick up a cog and put another cog that was in my inventory in its
place he said I couldn't take that first cog because when inventory was full it's
just a shame there isn't an option to swap pieces and situations like this
these slight niggles are unlikely to cause any major headaches especially
because this remake is easier than the original there are excellent quality of
life changes such as being able to see when you've completely cleared a room by
looking at the map and getting markers for any items you've left behind on the
normal difficulty setting you get infinite saves that the typewriters
littered around and there are generous auto saves as well I know this will
upset a few purists but I'm fine with it dying and replaying a huge chunk of
content is rarely a positive in my book it's nice to know that if I die a boss I
wouldn't have to go through inventory management before repeating a
trek back to a boss room if you do prefer the increment system which
requires you to find a link ribbon to save your game then hardcore mode is for
you there's also an easy mode complete with aim assist although most people
should stick to normal for a first playthrough I found normal well balanced
for both of my first two runs I was typically low on ammo and health but
always just about had enough I suspect there's a variable difficulty curve at
work behind the scenes adjusting how much ammo you get and the likelihood
you'll deal Chris however I haven't played it enough to say for sure
hardcore mode grants you better rewards on completion however I prefer to chase
rewards after I've already got what I want from the story the first time you
play I recommend you take your time and soak in the atmosphere without an eye on
the clock while on the subject of how you should play the game I want to
briefly discuss all the a roo and B route stuff because I saw a lot of
conflicting explanations around release and certain publications made a bit of a
hash of explaining it I've seen people on the extreme ends claiming that
Resident Evil 2 is a roughly 8 hour game that you play once or at the other end
that you need to play it through four times the truth is somewhere in between
you choose between Leon and Claire for your first playthrough which is referred
to as the Averys both characters play through these same environments and
solve most of the same puzzles however they meet different people along the way
and go to locations that the other doesn't
it'd be disingenuous to describe these as two completely separate playthroughs
or employ the only playing one is missing out on 50% of the game however
you'll also be doing yourself a huge disservice if you stopped playing after
completing route a once let's say you picked Leon for your first playthrough
after completing the Leon a route you unlock the option to do a second run as
Claire referred to as Claire B or vice versa of course this is not the same as
starting a new game as Claire which would be Claire a this is where things
get a bit confusing because in some ways the Claire B route is presented as
seeing what happened from Claire's perspective while Liam was off doing his
thing in the police station except that's not the case at all most of route
B is the same as room a you skip some stuff at the beginning but otherwise you
retread the same ground completing route B is necessary to unlock the true ending
which is why I recommend you do it in addition to getting some new content
once you've done an a route and a B route you can switch things up and do
the same again the other way around this doesn't offer enough variety to make it
worth playing for the sake of new content
this is where you should consider going for higher rankings or perhaps upping
the difficulty to hardcore or both getting s ranks unlocks new weapons with
infinite ammo for use in future playthroughs so it's well worth doing in
fact Resident Evil 2 constantly dishes out rewards for completing playthroughs
such as old school costumes and even bonus modes that let you play as a piece
of tofu the wealth of content on offer is ridiculous with free dlc now
available as well throughout my time with Resident Evil 2 I was always aware
of the passion the developers clearly had for the project you can feel the
love and care and attention to detail in every scene that's not to say other
developers don't put in the same level of effort it's just that it shines
through more here there are even awesome little callbacks to the original which
had a misspelled welcome sign in the police station it's now spelled
correctly but there's an extra L on a nearby desk I'm always reluctant to
throw around high praise and label games as the best that John Woo has to offer
games tend to be overhyped on release and then the love dies down over a few
months and you end up looking a little stupid I have absolutely no reservations
about the high price I've doled out for Resident Evil 2 nor the label is the
best survival horror experience of its kind I'm also not one for replaying
linear games all that often and yet as I write this all I want to do is go and
start a fifth player of this game there's a lot of hyperbole in games
media these days especially on YouTube everyone needs a catchy thumbnail so
games either have to be the best thing ever or the worst thing ever with no
room in between there's a lot of success to be had on YouTube by telling gamers
exactly what they want to hear and you'll likely have a lot of success by
confirming that people have made good purchasing decisions here's the thing
though Resident Evil 2 really is that good it actually is genre-defining
it is one of the best trip away experiences I've had in years and it
will be in contention for my game of the year you can believe the hype this time
Resident Evil 2 is phenomenal ok that's it for me today be sure to LIKE share
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