That setup should sound painfully familiar to series fans, but it's not a note-for-note retread. This curiosity gets them stuck in a monster-infested police station full of weapons, ammo, puzzles, and healing herbs. Two easily startled young people-one rookie cop and one veteran cop's sister-are running straight into the heart of the chaos to learn more, for reasons. Familiar sights, rendered anewĪnd who can forget this terrifying sweetheart? Does a popcorn-muncher of a horror film sequel sound fun, in which you accept yet another return to summer camp or the creepy suburbs in exchange for new twists on familiar scares? RE2 does the same thing for video games by marrying memorable moments, tried-and-tiring mechanics, and a return trip to the Raccoon City Police Department. RE2 is also a classic Resident Evil game: cheesy dialogue, tight corridors, police-station environs, lumbering zombies, and simple puzzles that rely on item fetching and backtracking.Īuthenticity isn't the issue, then, but rather how much of that authenticity you can stomach two decades later.
RE2 is a modern Resident Evil game: behind-the-shoulder action, smooth controls, gorgeous visuals, masterfully staged atmosphere, ridiculous entrails, and true surprises. The result is honestly everything you might want from a triple-A game launching in the slow month of January. The game's success put Capcom in an odd conundrum. How the heck does it follow such a quality surprise? The answer is an apparent stopgap: Resident Evil 2, a deliberate remake of the 1998 classic Playstation hit. 2017's Resident Evil 7 was the spark the aging series needed, particularly after RE5 and RE6 threw out the series' best ideas, and it proved that Capcom still knew how to deliver familiar chills without making things boring. Two years ago, Capcom struck surprising gold with its umpteenth Resident Evil video game.
Platform: Windows PC (reviewed), Xbox One, PS4
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