Resident Evil 2 was another fantastic Resident Evil game that I’m so glad I’ve beaten. The plot centers around the outbreak of the G virus beginning in Raccoon City, and Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield retreating to the police station, where they believe they will be safe but are dead wrong. Gameplay focuses around exploring a variety of areas and shooting zombies when they get in your way. The survival horror element of this game is very shown, with a lot of puzzles having to be solved around the city and the limited resources you have. The game did get kinda tiring after going through basically the exact same thing four times and to see everything the game had to offer, but the contrast between Leon’s and Claire’s stories had enough for me and I realize that the preferred way to play it is to play Leon or Claire A then B as to not get burnt out on the same story over and over. The game at first isn’t too stressful, but once you meet Mr. X you will want to stay away from him. He will follow you throughout most of the game and can not be killed, so you’re gonna have to think smart with your strategies to make sure you don’t get cornered by him. Overall, Resident Evil 2 is a fantastic survival horror game and I hope I can play even more like it. The Resident Evil games have been fantastic so far, and I can’t wait to experience the rest.

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is the first game in 2024 I beat which was actually released in 2024, and it was absolutely amazing. I had no attachment to the Final Fantasy series except for the little bit I’d played of Final Fantasy IX until this year when I played and beat Final Fantasy VII Remake. I absolutely loved the characters and story the game was telling, but it did have some issues and felt like it was just a prologue for what was to come, and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth shows us the true game Final Fantasy VII Remake was meant to be. Rebirth begins after the end of Remake where Cloud, Aerith, Tifa, Barret, and Red XIII are leaving Midgar and making their way out into the world, looking for Sephiroth in an attempt to stop him. The game grows your attachment to the characters from Remake, and adds many new great characters to what Remake introduced. The gameplay is an open world with so much stuff to do it’s crazy, with the same combat system from Remake. It’s pretty much impossible to talk about how great this game is without going on for hours and spoiling so much of what this game has to offer. This game is truly a masterpiece and it will be pretty much impossible waiting for the final game in this trilogy.

The Quarry is a really weird game, it’s kinda hard to even consider it a game. The Quarry is an odd experience that plays homage to both old 80’s horror movies and old school PS1 and PS2 survival horror games, as well as being a modern horror experience. Despite the dark tones and murders in the game, it also still is able to be a really funny game at times. The plot of The Quarry follows nine camp counselors, who have to stay for one more night after one of them, Jacob, breaks the car so he can try to get back together with his ex-girlfriend, Emma. However, they don’t know the dangers that are waiting for them in Hackett’s Quarry. Gameplay is mostly cutscenes with QTEs and choices changing the outcome of the story, but there are still some pets where you walk around, which switch between over the shoulder cameras and fixed camera angles. The graphics in the game are extremely realistic, each of the characters were modeled to look like their voice actor, and motion capture is used to help bring this world together even more. Pretty much every single character in this game has a way to live, and at least one way to die, if not more. Going through the game, trying to have all your characters live can be stressful but fun. The game also has multiplayer which goes up to eight players, so there’s a ton of replayability. The only lackluster things in the game is the lack in ending, the majority of them are pretty boring and don’t lead to much of an interesting ending, but these do lead into a funny credits sequence so that makes up for most of it.