Resident Evil 2

That first playthrough where X is going to give it to ya

SO MUCH FUN.

Stunning, visually speaking and some of the best atmosphere out of any horror game. Mr. X is fucking great and even though the game drifts into actiony shlock towards the end, the vast majority of the game is tense and effectively creepy. The voice acting is better, but still cheesy and the script is campy as hell, it takes more than a couple of rewrites to fix all of the flaws in the original game's writing. I prefer Leon's wooden tough guy voice from RE4

It is a shame that the Zapping System in this one was more of an afterthought but the gameplay makes up for some of it. Like the game it is based on, great for quick runs once the routes are memorized.

This was an excellent game to play. Really enjoyable.

*artificial difficulty🔴

Resident Evil 2 comes close to matching (Gamecube) Resident Evil in terms of a remake surpassing the original. The atmosphere is as tense as they come and the sound design shines on my Atmos surround system. The reworking on Mr. X, the plot, several major characters, and the map layout are all inspired choices. I wish it didn't keep the cheesy elements from the original but the game needs a humor break once in a while because it almost never lets up on the pedal.

No waiting between two rooms make the remake worth it. And the Trench Coat Super Zombie is much more fun in this one, with his loud step you fear and try to throw off.

I had to tap out on the remake of 1 because I just couldn’t do it with the tank controls, but this was much more like it. Actually enjoyed running from zombies and Mr X and turning the red map rooms of the police station blue one by one, and thank god there’s hip pouches that let you expand your inventory to actually useful levels. Only issue why did I pick up tons of blue poison heal plants through the whole game when I only actually got poisoned and had to use one… *drumroll* …once.