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Quick Look: Resident Evil 2

Brad and Ben visit rookie cop Leon S. Kennedy and his fun night at the museum-police station-secret laboratory!

Sit back and enjoy as the Giant Bomb team takes an unedited look at the latest video games.

Jan. 24 2019

Cast: Brad, Ben

Posted by: Jan

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Resident Evil 2

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Can't wait to play this in a few hours

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Brad’s back jack !

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That voice acting..

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To Brad's point that this is Ada's first appearance in the series, I think that's mostly correct. I thiiiiink there's some journal or log that you can find in RE1 that briefly mentions an "Ada W." or an "A. Wong" or something, but I'm pretty sure Brad's right that RE2 is the first time you actually see her onscreen.

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Bradley continuing 1 more Shot

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Oh man, they didn't keep Ben's infamous death from the original game. RE2 fans will know what I'm talking about. But hey, this game looks goddamn good and I can't wait to play it!

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In the demo you can turn on aim assist.

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ZOMBAMBOS!

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It feels like the entirety of what RE7 was completely slipped from Brad's mind ahaha

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This looks dope. The only games I've played are 4 and 5, so I'm super looking forward to this.

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I like tank controls and the fixed camera! Obviously not just applied to random games but the remake of the first game was a great example.

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Glad Brad recovered from his bout with the zombie-flu, just in time for REmake 2.

The game looks good, minus a few personal quibbles I have (Leon and Claire look like they've been dunked in a vat of extra-glossy weather sealant, and at one point early in Claire's game, she spends so much time shoving her face in a corpses' wounds that it destroys her "frightened college student" act.)

But, as someone who could never play the pre-RE 4 games because the controls were so infuriating (even when they were new), I might have to pick this up!

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@benpack In regards to dismemberment you can totally shoot off a zombies arms and legs. Its also quite detailed if you shoot a zombies arm when it slips off its body you can see the muscles and tendons stretch until it falls off.

Also you are right about the voice actors, they where on strike at the time. Some of them wanted to reprise their roles but couldn't. I think i read somewhere that the developers had to do some of the voice acting them selves.

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Is it true Claire doesn't get shotgun I saw it in a review and did the Wilhelm scream

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Brad you can totally shoot off limbs with the guns. Don't need to just use the knife to do that.

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I remember buying the original of this game for the Playstation, it scared the shit out me after 5 minutes and I never touched it again. After watching a very small bit of this quick look I'm not going to play it this one either.

No no no no no and no again. Bye

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@wayson said:

wayson •

It feels like the entirety of what RE7 was completely slipped from Brad's mind ahaha

This was exactly my thought! Brad was talking about how, "They could totally make a completely new Resident Evil game in this style now" and... That's exactly what RE7 was. Sure, it had new characters and was in first-person, but it really is a classic Resi in structure and style. In fact a lot of the interface and inventory stuff in this game are pretty much identical to 7.

With all that said, this really does look fantastic. Think it might be a little too back to horror for me, but I can really appreciate what it's doing. Thanks for the QL Brad & Ben - Brad, hope you're feeling better!

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Great to have the GOTY out so early in 2019.

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Okay, this is much too spoiler-y for me. Maybe I'll watch it after I finish the game.

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KnockingNick •

Oh man, they didn't keep Ben's infamous death from the original game. RE2 fans will know what I'm talking about. But hey, this game looks goddamn good and I can't wait to play it!

GET. THAT. SCUM. MAKE. HIM. PAY.

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Excited for the two new features "Breaking Brad: RE2 Hardcore" and "The Evil WithBen"

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"What's 'Hardcore College Student?'" - Ben Pack

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@bbalpert: Yup! When you get to the labs, there's the computer you need to use to figure out the password for a different one to unlock the doors and everything. He name drops Ada (which is also the password in the REmake, iirc) telling her to initiate self destruct and take some info to expose Umbrella.

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The original RE2 is my favorite resident evil.

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@steveurkel: She didn't get a shotgun in the Original game. She got a crossbow instead.

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@wayson said:

wayson •

It feels like the entirety of what RE7 was completely slipped from Brad's mind ahaha

I still haven't played 7 but I am extremely going to do so now that I have a PSVR. But also I'm pretty sure I'd prefer a third-person game like this if they were to make another new game.

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Mechsican •

@knockingnick said:

KnockingNick •

Oh man, they didn't keep Ben's infamous death from the original game. RE2 fans will know what I'm talking about. But hey, this game looks goddamn good and I can't wait to play it!

GET. THAT. SCUM. MAKE. HIM. PAY.

Ahhh...my...chest! It's...BURNING!

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"How do you spoil a game as old as RE2" Brad says while sitting next to a person who just told him that he's never played RE2. No offense of course, obviously this video is going to be very spoilery and there's no avoiding that. Was just funny.

I'd be willing to bet a very large amount of people who are going to play this game never played the original. I sure didn't. Like Ben, RE4 was the first Resident Evil game I played.

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When I was a teenager, any time I had a cold I could do a perfect impression of Duke Nukem.

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This looks super good!

When I'm done with Kingdom Hearts II and III I'll be over this for sure.

Also, Renaissance Capcom should try to get Carpenters permission to make a The Thing adaption/remake. That would be awesome.

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Not playing in ink ribbon mode? :(

this makes me sad

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Yikes. Quite spoilery. Why not start the QL where the demo ends instead? Strange decision this one.

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@knockingnick: I had to look this up since I didn't remember. Thank goodness for YouTube.

Loading Video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXl_poVGbRUu

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I've been looking forward to this quick look to hear if it's any good and how it plays.

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@mmarsu said:

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Yikes. Quite spoilery. Why not start the QL where the demo ends instead? Strange decision this one.

It's a remake of an old game, for me if you haven't already played it then you had the demo and reviews/quick looks/lets plays don't have to worry much about spoilers.

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RE2 is one of my favorite games of all time, so I want to go into this totally blind and haven't watched anything about it, but I do want to know one thing: Do you still do two playthroughs of it that combine into a single story, or does it switch back and forth or something?

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Brad: "I can't remember the last time I had this much fun playing through a game"

...Looks at Red Dead 2.

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Omg, the way Leon and Claire were flirting at the end of this was JUST PERFECT.

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Well I could go for a Viewtiful Joe remake...

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Brad please do a walkthrough of this game

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Brad is extremely wrong about RE3, and rumor is production has already started on a remake, they're also waiting to see how this release does but... it's pretty much a guaranteed hit i think.

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lol brads knife laying on the floor next to the ladder as he talks about needing it

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I think Brad is wrong about this being the same game. I don't remember that boss fight or area in RE2. I also remember Claire being around in the parking garage and that guy not dying until much later. This feels very different, albeit in small ways.

The idea that you can't spoil this game is nonsense. This game's appeal is in the ways it departs from the original.

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So according to that title screen and the RE movies, Raccoon City is a hybrid Toronto / Montreal. lol

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This looks like a really solid remake. I've never played any RE games but I'm interested in this quite a bit.

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No aim assist on a controller is fine, I always turn it off when I have the option.

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fuck this looks good.

I'm totally down for a 3 and 4 remake

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I convinced myself I needed this game when the FBI lady walked out of complete darkness with sunglasses on.