PsychoCarbo Resident Evil 2 Review

That’s not a remake! It’s a wonderful new game! 10/10 Final score at the end! ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ Da Vinci created a new reality ☑ You forget what reality even is ☐ Red Dead Redemption II ☐ Beautiful ☐ Decent ☐ Don’t look at it for too long ☐ Bad ☐ Atari ☐ Tamagotchi ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Can your PC run Paint? ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☑ Fast ☐ Rich guy PC ☐ Ask NASA if they’ve got a spare computer ---{ Story }--- ☐ Story? What story? ☐ One word. Pewpewpew! Three words. Pew pew! ☐ Some sweet talk ☐ Average ☐ Good ☑ Beautiful! ☐ Isabel Allende, Machado de Assis, and Tolkien teamed up to write it ☐ It will replace your real life ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Excellent! ☑ Good ☐ Fun, but you could play it with two fingers ☐ Meh ☐ Might as well watch paint dry ☐ Not really ☐ Smash your hand with a hammer, it’s more fun ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Not needed ☐ Only if you care about achievements ☐ Not required to progress ☐ Medium grind level ☐ Grind maniac ☐ You’ll need a second life to grind ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press “W” ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☑ Requires actual brain usage ☐ Hard ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Playtime }--- ☐ Just enough for a cup of coffee ☑ Short ☐ Medium ☐ Long ☐ You start it, your grandkid finishes it ☐ To infinity and beyond! ---{ Replayability }--- ☐ One time is enough ☐ Only if you’re hunting achievements ☑ After a few months… years… mods… ☑ Worth it with DLCs ☐ You better have time to waste ☐ Well… you didn’t need a life anyway! ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of any ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ Cyberpunk 2022 ☐ The game itself is one giant bug farm ---{ Multiplayer }--- ☑ No multiplayer ☐ LAN ☐ Says it has multiplayer, but your PC will explode if you try ☐ A lonely forgotten desert ☐ Meh, kind of fun ☐ Solo mission? What? ☐ Basically an MMO ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Audio-gasmic ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Acceptable ☐ Bad ☐ I’m deaf now ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teenagers ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ☐ Everyone ---{ Price }--- ☐ No longer available on Steam ☐ Free! ☑ Fair price ☑ If it’s on sale ☐ If you have some spare cash ☐ Not recommended ☐ You might as well burn your money ---{ Score }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☑ 9 ☐ 10 WHAT DID I JUST PLAY??? It’s incredible! I haven’t felt like this since Cyberpunk! I finished both the first and second runs in two days and, considering this is a horror game, that’s amazing (even if it was on ultra-easy). Alright, let’s calm down and try to analyze this properly. Some time ago, I decided I wanted to play all the Resident Evil games in chronological story order. That’s how I finished Zero — which I liked — and then the first one in HD, which became one of my favorite games ever. But both had mechanics that could’ve been improved, long transitions, and small issues I attributed to their age. That’s where this Remake comes in. Wow. Right away, I noticed similarities to RE4 on the PS2, which used to be my favorite. But because of its age and console limitations, it eventually fell behind. First of all: the graphics. GORGEOUS. Absolutely beautiful to look at. Then there’s the oppressive atmosphere and the puzzles — preserved, but improved. Once again, even on easy, it’s challenging! But the real change lies in the mechanics: the over-the-shoulder camera, the smoother transitions, the character movement — everything that once felt a bit stiff now feels fluid and natural. That obviously enhances the constant tension throughout the game. And as always, the story is captivating. It follows the original’s structure, but optimized. This game hooked me so much that I did something I normally never do: a second run with another character, to experience the other side of the story. And I didn’t regret it at all. As if that wasn’t enough, you gradually unlock new game modes with parallel and/or alternative mini-storylines. Well, if it wasn’t clear already, RE2 Remake is now my favorite in the series… So far, since I immediately jumped into the RE3 Remake right after — and that one is already looking extremely promising!!! Even if you’re not a hardcore fan, I highly recommend it. Seriously.