An improvement over the first game in most ways. I find the fusion of adventure game style of interactions in the hub town with the survival horror systems really interesting and help to set this game apart from RE. The branching paths that come from how you interact with characters during the adventure game-y parts are really cool too. The pre-rendered backgrounds are some of the best I've ever seen, they're just gorgeous.

The combat is much improved, and due to that this game is MUCH more difficult than the first. Really I think my biggest problem with this game is that difficulty, it just spikes at random intervals and you can really fuck yourself if you don't have the right items.