While this could have quite easily led to a more action-focused Resi 2, horror purists needn’t fear. This may be the standard for all third-person games these days, yet it also undeniably echoes the series at its peak - Resident Evil 4. In 2019’s take on Raccoon City, your perspective has shifted to opeeking over the shoulder of Leon or Claire.

Thankfully, the fixed camera angles of the original are now left buried in the past.

The photorealistic detail puts it on par with what you’d expect from studios like Rockstar and Naughty Dog, making this classic all the more frightfully immersive, as your flashlight illuminates blood spatter on the walls or suddenly reveals a zombie’s gory leftovers. The new Resi 2 looks drop-dead gorgeous, all rendered using the same RE Engine that scared modern gamers silly in Resident Evil 7. This is not a complaint that can be leveled at this remake. Yet, as impressive as that early doors remaster was (which still held up enough to warrant recent ports to current-gen platforms) it was a reissue which rigidly stuck to the old formula, fixed cameras and pre-rendered backgrounds. Capcom pretty much started our insatiable hunger for video game remakes back when the first Resident Evilgot a horrific new facelift on Gamecube. In some ways, it shouldn’t be a surprise. Despite our initial skepticism, Capcom’s latest Resi-rrection lays down a modern blueprint for how to breathe new life into an aging classic. Yes, the journey of Leon Kennedy’s painfully crap first day on the job and Claire Redfield’s search for her brother may follow some familiar beats, but, it’s been put together as if it was another beast entirely. When you put it like that, Resident Evil 2 Remake should feel like just another experience cashing in on our feverish desire to consume something familiar. Except, it turns out - this is no simple remake.

Whether it’s films, TV or theatre, seemingly not a month goes by without another age-old franchise undergoing reanimation in order to take over our time and wallets once again. It’s not just video games that have been inundated with zombies over the past decade.

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