Resident Evil 2

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  1. ArisManimal
    Jul 21, 2020
    9
    this is a standard for how remakes should be made
    + everything in this game
    - Claire's face is so ugly (don't know if this is accidentally or not)
  2. kwstas
    Jan 25, 2019
    10
    I dont know what else i can say that is not already been told . Its obvious that this game amazed everyone who tries it until now and it is without a doubt absolutely brilliant . This will be remembered as the best resident evil game ever and it is swiftly breaking all the records among the horror genre . It is the story with the characters and places of resident evil 2 though it isI dont know what else i can say that is not already been told . Its obvious that this game amazed everyone who tries it until now and it is without a doubt absolutely brilliant . This will be remembered as the best resident evil game ever and it is swiftly breaking all the records among the horror genre . It is the story with the characters and places of resident evil 2 though it is practically a brand new game , a total remake with all the modern characteristics and graphics that are too close to reality . It is sure the best looking game with the greatest graphics that capcom has ever produced , it just look amazing realistic creepy atmospheric as hell and with the best sound . Just try and you wont regret , this game has given the perfect start for 2019 gaming season if goes on like that it will the best year ever!… Expand
  3. YikerXD
    Apr 26, 2019
    10
    This is a masterpiece. It really is. That's all I can say.
    Play it and enjoy, because you WILL. A LOT.
  4. zotac
    Jan 25, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have nothing to add.It is a incredible an the most complete remake Iv ever seen.I suggest Resident Evil 2 to all three platform gamers to experience it and enjoy.This is nothing negative I can tell you about this amazing resident evil 2.If you Havent play it yet please you will lose one best games ever thank you for reading this.… Expand
  5. Nigme
    Sep 9, 2019
    7
    Sorry for my bad English.

    Nothing special. Monotonous gameplay. Сomplexity is created by the slowness of the protagonist. The plot is weak. But most annoying is the need to constantly return to old locations.

    7/10
  6. Alastr
    Jan 31, 2019
    9
    Initially, I want to apologize for my English right away. I don’t know whether all these posts are read by Capcom or they are only interested in the profit from the product, but I rarely want to tell you that I’m buying from the start of sales, I immediately made a pre-order and as a longtime fan of the series I was very pleased. After the sad and unprincipled RE 7 (I don't understand whyInitially, I want to apologize for my English right away. I don’t know whether all these posts are read by Capcom or they are only interested in the profit from the product, but I rarely want to tell you that I’m buying from the start of sales, I immediately made a pre-order and as a longtime fan of the series I was very pleased. After the sad and unprincipled RE 7 (I don't understand why they were delighted with it), this game is like a breath of fresh air! Thank you so many years later, we started listening to our fans. I'm really looking forward to a remake of my favorite part from the entire Resident evil 3 nemesis series. For me, it is precisely in her that the balance between adventure, horror, survival and action is best worked out. For all the time of the game where only you will not be, a bunch of parts of the city. I put 9 points to this game only because of its duration. I want more of this)) I really hope that there are a lot of people like me and Capcom will go in the same direction and make a remake for 3 parts.… Expand
  7. phil_cobley
    Jan 30, 2019
    9
    This is how you do a remake, everything about it was familiar but not so familiar that it felt like playing the exact same game. The sense of nostalgia that I got whilst exploring the different locations was wonderful. This remake should set the standard for how remakes are made in the future. The controls are simple, the graphics are amazing and the subtle changes to the storyline areThis is how you do a remake, everything about it was familiar but not so familiar that it felt like playing the exact same game. The sense of nostalgia that I got whilst exploring the different locations was wonderful. This remake should set the standard for how remakes are made in the future. The controls are simple, the graphics are amazing and the subtle changes to the storyline are appreciated. I know I will continue to enjoy this game on the number of run throughs that I am bound to have. Well done Capcom!… Expand
  8. skyr1m
    Jan 25, 2019
    10
    In a world of pointless halfassed remasters. this is how to bring a classic old game back to life
  9. bad_sid
    Jan 26, 2019
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ну вот все хорошо в начале было. Полный восторг - ну надо было им всунуть тирана в режиме немезиды. Третий резик не взлетел именно из за этого долбаного немезиды который не давал жизни. Ну и тут при первом прохождении появляется тиран - которого не убить вообще и он ходит за тобой. Короче так себе. В остальном оч годно!… Expand
  10. drnik
    Jan 16, 2020
    2
    Severely disappointing. Only RE 6 is worse in terms of main line games and remakes.
    Pros:
    Looks great. Sound is great Story is generally based on RE2, so no problems there Cons: enemy AI and Combat is god awful. Regular zombies have either invincibility frames or the hit detection is broken. When you shoot a zombie 8 times in the head, you expect that it would do something. Puzzles    Severely disappointing. Only RE 6 is worse in terms of main line games and remakes.
    Pros:
    Looks great.
    Sound is great
    Story is generally based on RE2, so no problems there
    Cons:
    enemy AI and Combat is god awful. Regular zombies have either invincibility frames or the hit detection is broken. When you shoot a zombie 8 times in the head, you expect that it would do something.
    Puzzles are a joke. The game is rated M, why are the puzzles designed for 2nd graders?
    Boss fights are atrocious. They have 'weak points' that you are supposed to target, but they put the weak points on the sides of the body, so the difference between beating a boss is often based on RNG of "which side he is walking to you with exposed". If he is walking with the weak point unexposed, too bad, run around until he decides to walk with the other side leading. If he decides to keep his arm in front of his weak point, too bad.
    As a massive RE fan, it pains me that I could not bear to finish the 4 campaigns of the main story because I actually hated playing the game, something I have only experienced with RE6 prior. I was even able to bear completing RE survivor and Dead Aim and I could not bear playing RE2 remake any more. Please for the love of God fix the hit detection and boss battles for RE3 remake    … Expand
  11. Keitha313
    Jan 17, 2020
    3
    Resident Evil 2 sucks for the same reason why many other EA major titles suck, people accept the difficulty adjustment but I will call it for what it is. It is a cheap and lazy materialistic mechanic which avoids the devs of the game to actually make AI smarter. Nobody buys a game to have inconsistency and boring gameplay (I'll get onto the boring aspect later) which makes one zombie tankResident Evil 2 sucks for the same reason why many other EA major titles suck, people accept the difficulty adjustment but I will call it for what it is. It is a cheap and lazy materialistic mechanic which avoids the devs of the game to actually make AI smarter. Nobody buys a game to have inconsistency and boring gameplay (I'll get onto the boring aspect later) which makes one zombie tank 15+ bullets to the head to suddenly one zombies head exploding with 1 pistol shot its beyond absurd and it ruins the flow of the gameplay.

    Whilst I dislike the DA (difficulty adjustment) we must also talk about the somewhat awful controls, they have looked to put in the over the shoulder style whilst this is something I wanted they haven't implemented it effectively. Whilst the boring fanatics of the game may argue the controls being manipulated to speed run a game is necessary how can I ignore that other reputable games removing bugs and unintended things that allow people to move quicker than intended whilst Capcom leaves their game a buggy mess? All the stupid bugs and inconsistency in the game will remain just with the lacklustre AI and reliance on DA because the devs are devoid of any creativity. We're on the precipitant of pushing the barriers of gaming creativity look no further than RDR2 and Cyberpunk 2077 what does RE2:Remake bring to the table? NOTHING!

    Moving towards gameplay which for me is the boring aspect, the entire gameplay is on the basis of doing puzzles, speed running the game... Who is this fun to? A small handful of people, why are you targeting a game with a budget of multi-millions of dollars towards a small crowd? The actual gameplay, boss fights are absolutely piss poor! Absolutely some of the worst boss battles I have ever, EVER seen! I mean, literally what were they even thinking? All the latest technology available and we are talking about a boss battle being no different to fighting a bog standard zombie? Shoot the big glowy eye, really that is it... Such a weak set piece.

    Let us also have a quick little talk about the devs being lazy with audio queues, seriously all of the different pistol types sounding the EXACT SAME!?! Are you kidding me? I will also break this into animations, when shooting the guns it doesn't really seem like you are actually firing a real gun when firing the handguns.

    I will give credit where credit is due whilst RE2:Remake massively fails on gameplay, being fun, consistency and giving a true B scenario it does get the atmosphere right. The game has good nods to the original with the original soundtrack it does somewhat stay true to the original. However I'm not ending it on a positive note because this game is absolutely not GOTY, for once I must say I think Capcom rushed a title its not normally something they would do but I am sure as anything that they have done so with this. It could have been much better but it appeased a very very small portion of their audience and ruined the games replay-ability.    … Expand
  12. Kristers21
    Feb 8, 2019
    10
    I WAITED for THIS GAME MORE THAN A YEAR TO PLAY IT ABT 12h......... There is something SUPER wrong. Anyway 10/10 for Police station. 2/10 for Lab.....
  13. fineltooooo
    Jan 28, 2019
    10
    incredible videogame, is a masterpice ...... beautifull game, the bestttttt gamee for ever in my lifee is ommmmmmmmmmmmgggggggggggggggggggggg omggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg
  14. LeonardoSF90
    Jan 28, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Mesmo com um enredo um pouco superficial, esse é um dos melhores games de TODOS OS TEMPOS! Talvez o melhor do gênero até hoje. Assim eu acho! Restaurou aquela minha vontade de passar horas jogando pela madrugada. Obrigado CAPCOM e que venha o Remake do 3º.… Expand
  15. yeahhhhhhh34
    Jan 28, 2019
    10
    issssssssssssssssssss amazingggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg gameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee forrrrrrrrrrrr everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
  16. Caerleon
    Jan 25, 2019
    9
    Good Capcom! You surprised me. You know how to make scary and interesting games, then why RE 7 was so terrible? Don't do that again, okay?

    Now back to business. Really scary as a child. I wouldn't call it a remake, it's a really new game with an old-school vibe. I want to note the great musical atmosphere and design levels that create a feeling of inexplicable fear and a sense of    Good Capcom! You surprised me. You know how to make scary and interesting games, then why RE 7 was so terrible? Don't do that again, okay?

    Now back to business. Really scary as a child. I wouldn't call it a remake, it's a really new game with an old-school vibe. I want to note the great musical atmosphere and design levels that create a feeling of inexplicable fear and a sense of danger, where every corner is dangerous.

    Yes, this is the Resident Evil! With secret corporations, experiments, living dead and mutants. Constant struggle for life and saving ammo. God bless you there's even a puzzle! I advise you to pass the game without prompting. I've never taken a platinum trophy before, but I'll take it in this game. One of the best games of 2019. Waiting for remakes of the same quality for Resident Evil 3 and Code: Veronica

    Do I recommend buying this game? You still reading the review? Come on, you have to buy Resident Evil    … Expand
  17. DeAthRow-x
    Oct 21, 2019
    2
    I'm truly lost of words this game sucks ass to short I've been playing this game since it first came out and Ican't believe they will charge 70 bucks for a bundle pack and the story mode 2 hrs long .. y'all have to do better.... this is really the end of resident evil y'all **** suck for this..
  18. Ramiro1992
    Nov 21, 2019
    4
    ONE OF THE WORST RESIDENT EVIL GAMES EVER MADE! The game is a chore to play from start to finish, SCARCE ammunition, EXTREMELY STRONG ZOMBIES, why the expletive they made the zombies so damn strong????!!! 15-20 bullets (all in the head) to kill a zombie and 5 shotgun shells+ 5shotgun bullets to kill a licker (without missing). That is just plain annoying, the Birkin boss is nearlyONE OF THE WORST RESIDENT EVIL GAMES EVER MADE! The game is a chore to play from start to finish, SCARCE ammunition, EXTREMELY STRONG ZOMBIES, why the expletive they made the zombies so damn strong????!!! 15-20 bullets (all in the head) to kill a zombie and 5 shotgun shells+ 5shotgun bullets to kill a licker (without missing). That is just plain annoying, the Birkin boss is nearly impossible to kill without wasting every single shotgun ammo and every single grenade, plust many pistol bullets (and I rarely missed his arm!!). The hitbox detection is a complete disaster, zombies will ALWAYS grab you even if you are far from them, if you are within 1 meter range, they will attract you like a magnet and grab you. Leon looks so weak, awkwars and the whole game has nothing to do with the original, they forgot to play the original, no creepy music, no atmosphere, no fixed camera angles, no crows, no spiders, no badass Leon and Claire, westernized characters, cheesy voice acting plagued with unnecessary swearing, and plenty of bugs filling this broken game. I am a long Resident Evil fan, I have played the classics as a child, and this one is a spit in the face to me… Expand
  19. July10435
    Jan 25, 2019
    8
    An excellent game excellent graphics great gameplay currently the second best Resident Evil game in history.
  20. PsychoRobott
    Dec 6, 2019
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Si l'on a fait le jeu original sur PS1, il n'y a rien à retenir de ce remake : graphismes décevants pour 2019 (particulièrement au niveau des reflets, dommage pour les égouts et le commissariat en granit qui représentent la quasi totalité de l'aventure), pants entiers du scénario coupés avec ce que ça comprend d'environnements, de mobs et de boss (maigrement compensé par un chapitre inédit très court et inintéressant tant au niveau du gameplay que du scénario alors que "Darkside chronicles" avait brièvement mais efficacement approfondi son histoire en suivant Aida s'échappant de Racoon City. Frustrant), musiques mythiques du jeu original retirées et vendues en dlc, le jeu ignore les excellentes nouveautés apportées par le remake du premier épisode, faux raccords dans les rares cinématiques ce qui rend l'histoire encore plus nanardesque que celle du jeu original, murs invisibles grossiers pour les ennemis comme dans les gens sdil y a 10 ans en arrière. Et je garde le pire pour la fin: alors que l'on attendait de ce remake de supprimer le principal défaut de l'original, à savoir les incohérences/redondances entre les quatres scénarios, ce remake les accentue encore plus alors qu'il n'avait plus que deux histoires à gérer. Donc merci bien le mur à faire exploser deux fois en quelques heures d'intervalle avec la même énigme à résoudre par exemple.

    Si vous n'avez jamais fait le jeu original alors foncez sur l'original. Si vous l'avez fait, restez avec vos souvenirs et partez sur les 2 épisodes "Revelations" qui sont bien meilleurs et modernes. Si vous êtes un voyageur temporel des années 90, craquez alors sur ce remake, il vous donnera un avant goût de ce que vous aurez dans 15 ans.    … Expand
  21. Okuno
    Feb 2, 2019
    9
    Es un digno remake del original resident evil 2 de 1998 , poniendo en conjunto los aspectos aprendidos en titulos anteriores como la camara del re4, los escenarios de re2, y el toque de terror de re7 poniendonos a tyrant como un rol similar al de Nemesis de re3
  22. MetaSellout
    Sep 20, 2019
    10
    Game of 2019 so far:
    + Fantastic remake
    + High quality production in all aspects
    + Very enjoyable with a great replay value and lots of content.
    + Probably the best zombie game ever. The zombie design, details, animations and graphics are easily the best of all time.
    - The B scenarios could have been a bit more different.

    Still an incredible game and everyone should play it. 10/10
  23. ShenMoon
    Feb 13, 2020
    3
    I may be back to edit this review as I haven't yet completed the game, but from what I've played so far, I really don't like it.
    For starters, how would a game this difficult have so many positive reviews, you really have to do that? fake reviews, really? You expect me to believe that such a troubled game would appeal to so many people?
    Where's all the ammo, why am I picking up ammo,    I may be back to edit this review as I haven't yet completed the game, but from what I've played so far, I really don't like it.
    For starters, how would a game this difficult have so many positive reviews, you really have to do that? fake reviews, really? You expect me to believe that such a troubled game would appeal to so many people?

    Where's all the ammo, why am I picking up ammo, but then there's only 3, when there is clearly like 10 in the picture.....why is my flashlight beam so small, why are dogs running around me about 20 times faster than I can move the cursor....There's no way these reviews are legit... this game really does suck hard from what I've played so far. I don't even want to play when you make it so difficult. Game should come with a troll warning because that's what it is.
    Can I remind you of something Capcom....I GAVE YOU MONEY FOR THIS GAME. WHY DO YOU HAVE TO TROLL ME. MAKE ME PAY MORE MONEY FOR AN INFINITE WEAPON< JUST SO I CAN ACTUALLY ENJOY IT BECAUSE YOU WON'T PUT ENOUGH AMMO IN THE GAME. A Good game strikes a good balance between too muc and too little, and I'm sorry, Capcom, you ruin a game by making it so scarce, or should I say, making enemies so resistant to head shots... that's what the problem is.... the enemies take multiple headshots to subdue.....just ludicrous. You've blown it, Capcom. I'm not buying number 3, you can count on that.    … Expand
  24. SlaineBerserker
    Apr 11, 2020
    4
    Honestly, I've been a huge RE fan as far back as the original game. I'm 38. You do the math. So, finding out that the Resi2 remake would be an over the shoulder affair ala RE4 I was already ready to throw my cash at this thing. Seeing the glowing reviews I just took the plunge. After all, even the worst RE game is worth getting at £15 on sale. Initially I was struck by the graphics andHonestly, I've been a huge RE fan as far back as the original game. I'm 38. You do the math. So, finding out that the Resi2 remake would be an over the shoulder affair ala RE4 I was already ready to throw my cash at this thing. Seeing the glowing reviews I just took the plunge. After all, even the worst RE game is worth getting at £15 on sale. Initially I was struck by the graphics and animations in the opening cut scene. Loved the tutorial gas station area but got eaten straight off the bat. Okay. Hard-core Mode really is that hard. I went for medium difficulty and started again. But, as I went through the early stages of the game I realised that the shooting is not the same at all. Because, the original game and many installments since have had one omnipresent joy guarenteed to make you feel ruddy bloody awesome: Aiming carefully at and blowing a reanimated corpses cranium into orbit in a shower of rouge confetti and gray matter. Glorious...

    But...not in this game. In this game you unleash all your ammo into a zombie head and it means as much as shooting the body in terms of stopping it in its tracks. And a critical headshot is randomised but of such low probability you don't want to waste ALL your ammo finding out that the RNG messed you over and now you have to reload your save and go again, hoping for a different result. And, I know it's just a video game, but it's just unlikely that if zombies did exist that you would have to pump 11 bullets into it to get the kill, kill, kill. Because guys, these zombies also don't know when they're dead. They keep having naps and then waking up for another midnight snack like a Terminator with a digestive tract. Another irritant I couldn't get past was the subweapon system. The combat knife is used, handily to check if a zombie is in fact dead. You arm it and you can slash away below you to finish the napping dead off before they eat your feet. But, if you ever get grabbed by a zombie and munched on a little you can avoid this by stabbing the zombie in the neck and pushing him or her off you, leaving you space and time to make haste out of there. But, you CAN'T, I repeat CAN'T get your knife back from the dead undead, no matter how dead they are. It's simply so immersion breaking I rolled my eyes every time I had to walk away from a combat knife I could, in a version of actual reality, just put my boot next to create a post and just pull of out the zombie. Oh, well. I'll just get another knife then, I guess. Which is what you have to do. That's right. Combat knife is a consumable. Now, the atmosphere I did genuinely find quite foreboding and tense, due to the fact that you are, as it turns out, really vulnerable. There are tonnes of zombies in this game and you always feel like you're one turn around the corner from being outnumbered and having to fledtfootedly negotiate a safe pathway through lurching limbs and wandering zombie mouths. It's really scary. But, another strange emersion-breaking feature makes this tension just feel needless: laboured movement and molasses-like speed of running. You can run. Yes. But, even though your chosen protagonist is surrounded by famished creepers baying for your blood, the most Leon or Claire can do to save themselves in terms of agility is limp forward as if they have just found out there's no toilet paper in the upstairs loo and now have to get to another toilet whilst being careful not to crap their own pants with diarrhea. Again, unrealistic. If I see a spider in the bath I run out of there like Usain Bolt. But our guys just move like Robert Deniro in the Irishman: look young enough but move about 89 years old. C'mon guys. This is RE. Give me something powerful to level up the odds here. So, the playstyle you are forced to adopt here is much like someone speedrunning Dark Souls. Fake one way, go the other, whilst occasionally sacking an enemy who poses as an impasse. It's just boring to me.

    So, RE4 continues to be the series highlight, I guess.    … Expand
  25. Wimpher
    Apr 18, 2020
    10
    What can I truly say here that hasn't been said already??? I mean, the praise this game is getting should already be enough. Hell, you probably don't even have to read this....you already KNOW this game is absolutely without a shadow of doubt a masterpiece in survival horror. One of the easiest "10's" I have given out in recent memory. That is all that is required of me to say. RE is backWhat can I truly say here that hasn't been said already??? I mean, the praise this game is getting should already be enough. Hell, you probably don't even have to read this....you already KNOW this game is absolutely without a shadow of doubt a masterpiece in survival horror. One of the easiest "10's" I have given out in recent memory. That is all that is required of me to say. RE is back with this one, and BY FAR the greatest RE game ever crafted. This thing sucks you in with its atmosphere like no other game this generation and I gotta tell you....when it's all finally over I had this sense of "sadness" like I just did not want this experience to end.

    Truly, truly remarkable gaming experience in every sense of the word. For me? Game of 2019, just barely edging out God of War.

    Now GO BUY IT if you haven't already. You should get a good deal on it now.    … Expand
  26. Deadshots
    Apr 7, 2020
    10
    + Modernity while being faithful to the original version
    + Very impressive atmosphere
    + Great sound
    + High repetition value
    + Eye-catching graphics and visual effects
    + Good storytelling
    + Great induction of fear
  27. Vlax12
    May 7, 2020
    9
    Il remake di resident evil che tutti noi fan della saga avevamo sempre sognato.
  28. GateroTD
    May 7, 2020
    9
    If they just do more remakes in this quality
    so i could die someday as a happy man.
  29. Teixeira
    May 26, 2020
    10
    That's how a remake is made!! Impressive! The Police Station is a piece of art (and terror)!
  30. Daniel2005
    Aug 10, 2020
    9
    Nearly perfect survival horror game! MUST PLAY for everyone!
    Interesting enemy designs, beautifull environments, ok story, and amazing Mister X!
    Fantastic semi-open design with a lot of secret items,weapon upgrades and other cool stuff!
    As a game: 9/10
    As a remake: 9/10
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Metascore
91

Universal acclaim - based on 85 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 84 out of 85
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 85
  3. Negative: 0 out of 85
  1. CD-Action
    Dec 11, 2019
    90
    The atmosphere of horror is overwhelming and proves that in 2019 there is a place for a Resident-like story in which the modern visuals heighten and not lessen the fear. It’s the best Resident Evil ever. [03/2019, p.40]
  2. Daily Star
    Jun 29, 2019
    100
    The stunning graphics, incredible survival horror combat and wonderfully eerie setting make picking up a copy of Resident Evil 2 a no-brainer.
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  3. GameGrin
    Mar 14, 2019
    90
    Resident Evil 2 is a wonderful recreation of a believed original that, not only recaptures the glory of that game, but also improves upon it from a visual and gameplay standpoint. All in all, don’t miss out on this one.
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