![]() The station’s halls echo with steady footfalls. Grotesque body horrors skitter across the walls and ceilings. Zombie heads pop in a sickening shower of brain bits. ![]() The original Resident Evil 2’s bold colors look cartoonish today, but the remake’s atmosphere is foreboding. For those who think Resident Evil has lost its teeth, Resident Evil 2 might be the most intense game in the series. Resident Evil 2’s new visuals also create a darker, more haunting vibe. If you miss your shot, they keep stumbling forward, meaning that even two flanking zombies can pose a challenge if you’re off your A-game. These animations are unnerving, but they also create an exciting metagame in which you must time your shots perfectly to hit these brain eaters in the brainpan. Zombies shamble forward like herky-jerky wind-up toys. On the contrary, Resident Evil’s action feels better than it has in years, and its smooth shooter controls are incredibly intuitive. Thankfully, slowing down the shootouts doesn’t diminish Resident Evil’s intensity. This remake returns to the series’ slower-paced roots. Unfortunately, Capcom’s classic has aged about as poorly as a zombie-eaten corpse.Ĭapcom’s remake gives Racoon City a much-needed facelift, but a new third-person perspective does even more to update Resident Evil’s action. In 1998, Resident Evil 2’s action was as intense as its atmosphere was horrifying, so it became a benchmark for PS One horror. While the original Resident Evil established a formula, its sequel raised the stakes in nearly every way with tense exploration and nail-biting action. In its era, Resident Evil 2 was the pinnacle of survival horror. This brilliant homage to Resident Evil 2 not only revitalizes many of the survival horror elements that put Resident Evil on the map, it paves a brilliant path for the future of the franchise. Fortunately, Capcom might have finally found the magic once again. Resident Evil 7 was a major course correction but still felt like a radical reinvention that was finding its footing. The seminal Resident Evil 4 put a greater focus on action, but subsequent entries lost their luster. For more than a decade, Resident Evil has felt like a franchise struggling to find its identity.
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