While the original game relied on fixed camera angles and the distant moan of unseen zombies to build fear, the remake uses light, shadow, and layout to get under your skin. The grand, imposing Raccoon City Police Department was always a great setting, but the shift to three dimensions makes it magnificent. But even moments of fan service are given some kind of interesting twist or fresh angle, which is, honestly, not what I expected from this remake at all. Kennedy and Claire Redfield-and a few fan-favorite bosses and locations have been recreated. You can still play as two characters-Leon S. It’s a remake, but it’s never a slave to the source material, adding or cleverly remixing enough elements to make it feel brand new. They just moan and lurch and grab, and there’s something enjoyably back-to-basics about that-a feeling that echoes through every claustrophobic hallway of this confident remake.Īfter the subversive, rule-breaking Resident Evil 7, with its grimy Southern Gothic aesthetic and intimate first-person horror, Resident Evil 2 is a return to a more familiar style of game. They don’t sprint or explode or sprout thrashing parasites like they do in newer Resident Evil games. Turn a corner, and as your flashlight beam catches their glassy white eyes they screech and trudge towards you, arms outstretched, jaws slung with glistening blood. Shoot a leg off and they keep coming, dragging themselves along the floor, reaching at you with pale, clawing hands.
They’re physical and clumsy and an absolute joy to kill-if you have the ammunition to spare.
The undead in this game are incredible, horrible things: shuffling lumps of bloody meat who batter down doors, tumble through broken windows and lunge hungrily from the shadows. One of the most remarkable things about this Resident Evil 2 remake is that it makes zombies-the slow, shambling, groaning kind-exciting again. As a ‘hunter’, join the enemy side to become one of the game’s zombies, J’avo or other C-virus mutations and infiltrate another active game session to eliminate the human characters.A challenging, tense, and beautiful remake of a classic survival horror game, and with enough fresh ideas to make it feel excitingly new. New threats on the rise – Confront the results of the C-virus in all its varied and deadly forms including zombies, J’avo, Chrysalids, and much more Agent Hunt Mode - In this all new online mode for the Resident Evil series, experience the action from the other side.
Solo or co-op play – Resident Evil 6 delivers both single and two player co-op gameplay either offline or online (however Ada Wong’s campaign is one player only) Crossover Gameplay - Not only does each story cross paths, but so does the action – At significant points when the narrative draws pairs of characters together, the all new Crossover mechanic allows up to four players to experience the horror together online Horror on a global scale – No longer confined to a specific location, the outbreak of the C-virus is worldwide with the action taking place in North America, Eastern Europe and China The most expansive Resident Evil game to date- Experience the horror through four distinct yet intertwined campaigns:
At key moments during the game, up to four players can join together online to tackle a specific situation, with some stages seeing the usual partnerships swapped to further increase the depth of gameplay. With four distinct, yet interwoven story threads, each with their own pair of protagonists for either solo or co-op play, both offline and online, not only will Resident Evil 6 deliver both different perspectives and gameplay styles but, with the introduction of the innovative Crossover mechanic players will be able to team up and share the horror. Kennedy, Chris Redfield and Ada Wong are joined by new characters, including Jake Muller, to face a new horror, the highly virulent C-virus, as the narrative moves between North America, the war-torn Eastern European state of Edonia and the Chinese city of Lanshiang. Blending action and survival horror, Resident Evil 6 promises to be the dramatic horror experience of 2013.