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Resident Evil 2 pits rookie cop Leon Kennedy and civilian Claire Redfield in the zombie infested Raccoon City, where they fight against the hords of zombies trying to make their escape.
Overview and Plot
Resident Evil 2 (or Biohazard 2 in Japan) is a survival horror game, that was originally released in 1998 by the company Capcom. Resident Evil 2 uses the same mechanics and gameplay styles as the previous Resident Evil, but with updated graphics and new characters and locations. Resident Evil 2 follows the story of rookie cop Leon Kennedy who runs into Claire Redfield during the zombie outbreak in Raccoon City, on his first day on the job. After a accident Leon and Claire are split up and decide to rendezvous at the police station.
While inside the police station Leon meets a woman named Ada Wong, who is in search for her missing boyfriend John. Leon and Ada then accompany each other for a good part of the game. While Claire on the other hand meets a little girl named Sherry, while checking out the police Chief's office. Sherry is the daughter of the scientist William Birkin, who was over the G-Virus, which leaked out into the city and turned everyone into zombies. Claire and Sherry then run into William Birkin in a mutated monstrous state, after he was near killed when Umbrella forces where sent to retrieve the virus from him and he injected himself with the virus.
Birkin plays the role of the main boss throughout the game, and terrorizes Leon and Claire at certain intervals. After Leon and Claire make their way through the sewers and into the underground Umbrella research facility beneath Raccoon City, they learn all about the secrets that the corporation were hiding, and experiments they were doing. After genuine Resident Evil puzzle solving and zombie shooting, Leon and Claire set the facility to self-destruct and destroy all that's in it. They plan their escape by using the facility's subway system to get to the outside.
With every end to a Resident Evil game, comes the final boss. Just as they're prepping to leave, Birkin crashes their plans as Leon, or Claire has to deal with him. Depending on what scenario you're on, you'll fight Birkin 2 or 3 times until he's out for good. After Birkin is out of the way Leon, Claire and Sherry all make it out on the subway, as the facility explodes, ending the zombie terror, for this Resident Evil.
Gameplay
The gameplay in this installment of Resident Evil is just the same as the gameplay of the first one. Polygonal characters models are used for the zombies and main characters, while there are pre-rendered backgrounds, and still the fixed camera angles being used. The player travels as Leon, or Claire, through various locations throughout Raccoon City, solving puzzles needing to continue forward, as in all Resident Evil. Besides zombies the player will encounter a few different types of mutated creatures. From zombies and zombie dogs to acid-spitting plants and giant moths.Throughout the game you will also find different types of weapons with their own unique uses. There's the common handgun, used in a lot of games, the shotgun, and machine gun weapons. After further progression through the game you'll get weapons like a grenade launcher, magnum and even a flamethrower. Upon completing the game with certain requirements met you can also unlock the special unlimited rocket launcher.
With the new engine and improved graphics, there are now are more zombies appearing on screen, and you can see how your characters health is by body animation. If a character is in the caution zone, they'll hold their chest, but move at the same speed as if they were perfectly fine. On the other hand if they're in the danger zone they'll hold their chest and limp, moving largely slower than before. The death screen is also more gruesome this time, showing the character being devoured or eaten off of by the creature or creatures that killed him or her.
The most important thing about Resident Evil 2 is the scenario system. When a player finishes the first run of the game (known as the A Scenario) and save the data, they've opened up the B scenario. The B scenario is the same events that the person went through, but from the opposite characters perspective. If you beat the A scenario as Leon, you would start your B scenario as Claire. In addition, there is one area in the B scenario that wasn't there in the A scenario. There are four scenarios, two for Leon, and two for Claire.
There's also a ranking system into how you finish the game. Ranked are determined on how fast you finish the game, how many first aid sprays are used and number of saves. Higher ranked will unlock special weapons that wouldn't normally be usable. Another unlockable is the survivor mini-games, which are timed version a certain character has to get through the area and to the finish point. These are played with Tofu (a character in a giant tofu box), or HUNK (an Umbrella special operative).
| Game Name | Resident Evil 2 |
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Jan. 21, 1998
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| Aliases |
RE2 Biohazard 2 |
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ESRB: M
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Trivia
Which item does Claire start with in Resident Evil 2?
- Key Card
- Lighter
- Lockpick
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