I have a confession everyone. Prior to the release of the Resident Evil 2 remake a few weeks ago, I had never played an RE game before. I never had a PS1 or Saturn to play the original trilogy or Code Veronica, REmake and Zero flew under my radar, RE4 looked cool at the time but I was too caught up in the Halo 2 Xbox Live craze so I skipped it, RE5 and 6 never looked appealing to me, and I haven't had the time tackle 7 in my ever growing backlog of games (it sucks getting old and having less time to play).
So RE2 remake comes out, I thought it looked really cool, and my friend whom I share my Steam libraries with got the game through AMD's promotion for buying their GPUs (which also included DMC5 and The Division 2).
I play through Claire A and HOLY SHIT THIS GAME IS AWESOME. I thoroughly enjoyed the slow pace, finding keys, avoiding enemies, planning my routes to rooms I needed to go, the story beats. I couldn't put the game down. I immediately start my 2nd run with Leon and get the true ending, which then opened up this void in my heart.
I needed more Resident Evil.
After some research, I decided to pick up REmake. Coming into this game, I simply wanted more of what I enjoyed out of RE2, and if the game could give me that, then I'd be satisfied.
REmake not only gave me what I wanted... it gave me one the best experiences I've ever had in gaming.
First of all, good god this game BREATHES atmosphere. Every area in this game has this ever looming feeling of dread and gloom that continuously ramps up as you progress through the game. I would get into specifics but honestly if you've never played the game the less you know the better. Just know that handcrafted work makes up every section of the game to really sell the idea that you're alone in a haunted mansion fending for your life.
The gameplay compliments the themes of the game beautifully as well. Not knowing what's around the corner, scavaging rooms for what little ammo remains, having near anxiety breakdowns as you're low on health but have zero ink ribbons. Everything is coherent.
However, tank controls? Sorry RE purists, I opted for the updated control scheme that gives full analog control. It makes escaping from zombies a little easier than intended, but I just don't believe making your player character more of a chore to move actually adds to the "survival horror" aspect, but I digress.
Playing this game in the middle of the night with the lights off and headphones on makes for a truly surreal experience. It was then after I got the credits to roll that I asked myself... why doesn't a game like this exist in any form today? Sure, RE2 remake was great, but it's still a far cry from REmakes atmosphere. I can 100% understand why none of the AAA publishers are not interested in creating a game like REmake, but what about indie developers? When it comes to these long-forgotten gameplay styles, it's indies that take on the task of recreating that magic. I need some more fixed camera angles, non-mobile shooting, limited saves, etc damnit!
I just wanted to inform everyone that this game has already become an all-time favorite. I'm playing through RE7 right now and I'm enjoying the RE1 callbacks, but I'm still itching to play something more like REmake. Anybody got any suggestions?
So RE2 remake comes out, I thought it looked really cool, and my friend whom I share my Steam libraries with got the game through AMD's promotion for buying their GPUs (which also included DMC5 and The Division 2).
I play through Claire A and HOLY SHIT THIS GAME IS AWESOME. I thoroughly enjoyed the slow pace, finding keys, avoiding enemies, planning my routes to rooms I needed to go, the story beats. I couldn't put the game down. I immediately start my 2nd run with Leon and get the true ending, which then opened up this void in my heart.
I needed more Resident Evil.
After some research, I decided to pick up REmake. Coming into this game, I simply wanted more of what I enjoyed out of RE2, and if the game could give me that, then I'd be satisfied.
REmake not only gave me what I wanted... it gave me one the best experiences I've ever had in gaming.
First of all, good god this game BREATHES atmosphere. Every area in this game has this ever looming feeling of dread and gloom that continuously ramps up as you progress through the game. I would get into specifics but honestly if you've never played the game the less you know the better. Just know that handcrafted work makes up every section of the game to really sell the idea that you're alone in a haunted mansion fending for your life.
The gameplay compliments the themes of the game beautifully as well. Not knowing what's around the corner, scavaging rooms for what little ammo remains, having near anxiety breakdowns as you're low on health but have zero ink ribbons. Everything is coherent.
However, tank controls? Sorry RE purists, I opted for the updated control scheme that gives full analog control. It makes escaping from zombies a little easier than intended, but I just don't believe making your player character more of a chore to move actually adds to the "survival horror" aspect, but I digress.
Playing this game in the middle of the night with the lights off and headphones on makes for a truly surreal experience. It was then after I got the credits to roll that I asked myself... why doesn't a game like this exist in any form today? Sure, RE2 remake was great, but it's still a far cry from REmakes atmosphere. I can 100% understand why none of the AAA publishers are not interested in creating a game like REmake, but what about indie developers? When it comes to these long-forgotten gameplay styles, it's indies that take on the task of recreating that magic. I need some more fixed camera angles, non-mobile shooting, limited saves, etc damnit!
I just wanted to inform everyone that this game has already become an all-time favorite. I'm playing through RE7 right now and I'm enjoying the RE1 callbacks, but I'm still itching to play something more like REmake. Anybody got any suggestions?
