I thought I had my expectations in check but wow this was disappointing, such a downgrade from RE2 on every level. I knew going in that fans of the original disliked a lot of the changes here, and I can confirm that this game doesn’t care much about being faithful to the original. I’m fine with that, but the content that got replaced is so much better than what’s here. There were multiple moments here that were obnoxious bc of what felt like huge design oversights. The game looks and sounds great for sure, but it runs out of steam so fast. It’s even shorter than the original RE3 on a first playthrough which is insane, and there were still parts I wish were cut. Level design is my biggest issue here bc they clearly didn’t know when to calm tf down with enemy placement, it’s impossible to avoid so many of these guys so you end up just shooting everyone you run into and it’s so much less engaging than before. There’s also a few level specific mechanics that just do not feel well thought out at all. Boss fights are a notable sour point here, there aren’t many but they’re just damage sponges and are more irritating than challenging. Nemesis is not threatening whatsoever and his chase scenes are really lame even when compared to the original. This game fails as a follow-up to the RE2 remake and it’s even worse as a remake of the original game.