𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐒𝟓 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞:

This is a masterpiece, loved every bits of it, played Claire A and Leon B scenarios (loved the story) and they compliment each other, the horror, jumpscares, combat and survival are S+.

A great representation of what a remake should be and even motivated me to go play the original Resident Evil 2,

I did not know I can get this scared.

I haven't played many games that have put me on edge as much as this one did. After RE7, this is definitely the second scariest RE game. I love the vibe and story of the earlier RE games as in 0,1,3 and Code Veronica where its a grounded story about a bioweapon virus that goes to shit. The mystery/conspiracy and the survival horror element are very much present in this one. I haven't played the original but this remake was a great experience blind. It kind of made me dislike RE3 (which I played prior) a little because I didn't realize how similar the areas where to this, there's areas you visit in both like the police station, sewers and Umbrella HQ, although its not exactly the same, there are reused rooms. This along with the Nemesis which mimics Mr X in this game, Mr X is far more scarier though. Hearing his footsteps would traumatize me and I had moments where I slowly leave a room making sure my footsteps cant be heard then a quick turn around the corner and he was right there.

The dialogue is a bit cringe at times, and feels like it was written by Japanese who base their dialogue off cheesy 80s American action movies. It can be pretty cliche or there's lines that are completely out of place, like when Ada blows up a vent and then says "Like candy from a baby" it is such a weird time to say that and I don't even think makes sense in that context. The graphics and atmosphere are elite, and focuses more on psychological horror than jump scares even though there were some of those.

Something I didn't like was the A B story mechanic. I originally played as Leon, then when beating the game, I'm given the option to play Claire's side which was advertised to show what happens with her as you were playing with Leon, completing both A and B stories unlocks the true ending too. I decided to go ahead and do a Claire B story to find its the exact same game just with Claire. Puzzles are identical, the solution locations are slightly altered, enemy placement is also slightly changed as if that does anything, rooms and areas also the same. Bosses are also the same, so as Leon I would walk on a grate that collapses, fight a boss, kill it, then in Claire's story which happens around the same time, the grate is magically fixed, it breaks again when I walk on it and then I need to fight the same boss which is already dead. I ended up quitting the B story about 25% in because I found it to be a waste of time. Apparently in the original its very well done where different things actually happen, actions also impact the other playthrough so I might check that out in the future, kinda sucks they didn't do that here.

I've pretty much played every RE game now other than 6 which I'm not sure I will ever finish due to how bad it is, but I can say this game is def up there as one of the best and up there for horror games in general.