Resident
Evil 2 If you can brave its shortcomings, Resident Evil 2 is good, scary fun.The
original Resident Evil remains one of the PlayStation's most successful games.
It was so popular, in fact, that it inspired a slew of similar horror-themed
action/adventure games for the system. And while many would cite Resident Evil
as the originator of this formula, the fact is that the lot of these games took
their blueprint from a PC game, Infogrames' H.P. Lovecraft-inspired Alone in
the Dark. Resident Evil 2 is no exception, following the familiar formula of
suspense achieved through changing perspective and cinematic camera angles. Its
PC lineage may explain why Resident Evil 2 makes a successful jump from the
PlayStation, but only if you can accept some decidedly foreign design
conventions inherent to console games.
Resident
Evil 2 begins shortly after the first one ended. Raccoon City has been overrun
by the zombies created by the unscrupulous Umbrella corporation. While the
heroes of the first game are absent from the story-driven portion of Resident
Evil 2, www.muhammadniaz.blogspot.com you still have your choice of two
characters. Actually, it isn't much of a choice. To finish the game, you must
play through each section as both characters.
Most
of Resident Evil 2 takes place in the Raccoon City Police Station, where both
Leon and Claire have taken refuge from the zombie infestation. Inside, you'll
solve a variety of puzzles, which mostly involve finding keys to unlock
previously inaccessible areas. The puzzles are simple, and you'll find yourself
sliding blocks onto pressure plates and fitting medallions into their resting
places. Likewise, the action, while graphic in content, is somewhat on the
light side. You just point your character in the general vicinity of a zombie
and fire your weapon.
Neither
of these points is a criticism. Resident Evil 2 is an action/adventure that
puts emphasis on neither. Instead, its strength is its atmosphere. The game is
both creepy and, at times, frightening. The creature designs are good, as there
are both gory scenes of zombies feasting on victims, and startling moments of
creatures jumping out of nowhere.
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