Resident Evil 2 Review - IGN

Nyxus · 2019-01-22T16:18:29Z

Now THIS is how you remake a classic. Resident Evil 2 expertly reanimates the horrifying atmosphere and moments of extreme tension that made the original so revered.

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Obelisk922692d ago

I need a loan.

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-Foxtrot2692d ago (Edited 2692d ago )

I think I do. GAME cancelled my collectors edition pre order...urgh. Now I'll have to find it somewhere else, I hate GAME so much, if it wasn't for them getting exclusives I wouldn't use them.

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YESSSS. Resident Evil is back :D

See guys, Capcom CAN do it; they can make a Resident Evil game that sticks to the franchises roots and also is a proper survival horror game

Where are all the people who called me when Resident Evil VII came out and told me the franchise HAD to go First Person? That it needed to “evolve” and that it was the only way to stay “fresh” because “old school Resident Evil can’t be updated” or “it’s just out of date in general”

This my friends is a true Resident Evil experience

Well Done Capcom..well done.

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Nyxus2692d ago (Edited 2692d ago )

RE7 was fun in its own right though.

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-Foxtrot2692d ago

RE7 was a new IP in disguise which was trying to latch onto the success of games like Five Nights, Outlast and especially P.T they managed to get in their during development. I bet if you look at the Resident Evil 6.5 concept stuff, if it was ever released, you'd see a different more traditional game. Just like how the simple idea of co-op completely changed Resident Evil 5, if you see the concept art of Resident Evil 4.5 it's completely different.

It was just better accepted since Resident Evil 6, Operation Raccoon City and Umbrella Corps sucked so much and wern't horror based at all. However RE7 was horror based at times but just wasn't really as scary unless you used the VR. It was a step up either way from RE6.

It basically featured some RE elements from the older games but half arsed them, the demo to Resident Evil 2 blew RE7 out of the water, it was oozing in old school Resident Evil charm and like I said proves Resident Evil doesn't need to go first person in order to survive.

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VsAssassin2692d ago

I thoroughly enjoyed RE7, though. I wouldn't mind Capcom making RE8 in FPV because of how I was surprised by RE7. I don't have a problem with an RE4 style camera, mind you, but RE7 just so clicked with me that it made me a believer in Capcom once again.

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ArchangelMike2692d ago

Yeah I don't pre-order from GAME anymore. Way too many bad experiences with their "day 1" delivery that arrives a week and a half late.

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Artemidorus2692d ago

GAME? Have you learned nothing about that company?

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-Foxtrot2692d ago

@Artemidorus

Like I said, they have exclusives in terms of collectors editions or cool little pre order bonuses

If Amazon did them I'd happily shop there instead, when my Batman Arkham Knight CE was delayed they sent me a download code so I could still play the same, when I told them I lived in student accom and the internet was awful they sent me a physical game while I waited.

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Nacho_Z2692d ago

7 was also a true Resident Evil, it had all the necessary ingredients. It's not fair or accurate to portray it as almost not an official game because it did a few things differently.

I'd be happy if Resi 8 was first person again and now they've backed that horse it probably will be. I also wouldn't mind more of a classic feel to it but I respect the new stuff they brought to the table because it worked.

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Marioraider182692d ago (Edited 2692d ago )

Don't listen to Foxtrot he is ignorant on Resident Evil and only wants his vision of it. Resident Evil 7 was a damn good game, but instead the fool talks more about Resident Evil 7 than he does Resident Evil 6 which was ACTUALLY a bad game. He thinks an fast arcade shooter without horror elements is more Resident Evil than Resident Evil 7 was. He is a CLOWN

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Xb1ps42692d ago

I loved re7 and hope they continue in that direction..

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-Foxtrot2692d ago (Edited 2692d ago )

@Marioraider18

Oh my God, that’s hilarious coming from you

No no seriously. Clown? 😂

Wow I’m a lot of things but I’m not as many things as you.

Oh and maybe if you pull your head out you’ll stop twisting things. I never said RE6 was better then RE7

When someone makes things up you know they’re full of shit

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Marioraider182692d ago

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NecrumOddBoy2692d ago (Edited 2692d ago )

I don't know how anyone could say that Resident Evil 7 was not a Resident Evil game. I had a first-person perspective but it still had all of what makes Resident Evil what it is it was horrifying, the inventory system, puzzles, Corky story revolved around a terrifying medium.

Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 7 both control very similar with the exception that one is in first person.

Also can anyone confirm if you'll have the ability to swap shoulders and Resident Evil 2 similar to Uncharted? I think it would be good for pieing around corners

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Babadook72692d ago (Edited 2692d ago )

I think RE 7 made the right choice. And imho, if you didn’t play it in vr, you missed out.

They also made the right choice here. Way to go capcom!

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VsAssassin2692d ago

@-Foxtrot, I disagree that RE7 is not really an RE game--that it's only pretending to be one. RE7 has elements that honor the semi-open world design of the first and the progression system experienced in RE4. If RE8 does the same, and improves upon mechanics that work in an RE game, whether it's in 3rd or 1st person, I'm sold!

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CrimsonWing692691d ago

I’m a huge Resident Evil fan and I absolutely loved RE7. I will never get some of the hate for the game because for me it really felt like old school RE more so than RE4 - 6.

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thepatientgamer2691d ago

RE7 definitely had the RE soul even though it was first person. Not being able to see behind you added that extra tension when being chased throughout the house

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schmauser2689d ago

dont worry about it buddy its all plastic tat anyway.....

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notachance2691d ago

is it just me or the score was bumped up from 88 to 90?
anyway, day 1 for me!!

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watchem2691d ago

yeah, noticed that too, strange.

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AntiZeal0t2691d ago

They didn't understand that after you beat the game, there's a "second run" mode which is kind of like completing a small B Scenario for whichever character you didn't pick. When they first reviewed it they thought that the two separate campaigns were just the same thing with the different characters and slight story changes. Once they figured out how to do the second run mode they amended their score.

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