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Resident Evil 2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game rocks! I have owned this game since it first came out and I still play it to this day. If you love survival horror games, then you have to own this. Period.

This game changed my life!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

i will always reserve a special place in my heart for this game. never before, had i even heard of resident evil, until my friend was cleaning out her trunk, all those years ago, and bestowed upon me, my very first resident evil, nay, survival horror game. just the look of the case, and the summary on the back were more than enough to pique my curiousity.
i found the game to be challenging, as well as entertaining. i was introduced to a different kind of gameplay, and i loved it. as the fixed camera angles change, mid-room, to show a different perspective of your third-person controlled character, the suspense is thickened. beware unexpected creatures, lurking in nooks and crannies, just to get a bite of you. be prepared to use your wits, logic, and puzzle-solving skills, perhaps more than your traditional gaming skills. another point of interest (for me, at least), with Resident Evil 2, is the storyline. if you are buying this game, you may have played RE 1 at some point, and may have an idea of what i am refering to. the RE franchise is not your run-of-the-mill zombie plot, and with each new addition comes more plot twists, foreshadowing, and complexity to an already, riviting, storyline.
not only was i pleased with the atmosphere that the game created, and the gameplay to which i have become fond, but i find the replay value of Resident Evil 2 to be outstanding. one can initially play one of two characters in an 'A' scenario, and after having completed one, unlock a 'B' scenario for the other of the two characters. not to give it away, or anything, but you just may find yourself playing another scenario or two with characters, not initially playable.
get this game. don't think, just do it.

"Survival Horror" for sure!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Ready for Halloween, kiddies? Late September here... I just pulled out the ol Resident Evil 2 disc.

This is one of the most "creepy" experiences you will ever have. This game is just plain wonderful. And the two story lines are both great. The one, Claire helping the young child Sherry out of trouble, fleeing via the sewers. The other, Leon, discovering love, teaming up with Ada to get out of Raccoon City. These sad storylines are perfect to the gloomy atmosphere of the game.

The game is a complete success in creating the "feeling" of cloisterphobia, as any Survival Horror should. You are trapped in a small area... zombies everywhere outside... invasion of zombies... you gotta fight! Its great. Trust me folks, if you love good ol horror flicks like Night of the Living Dead, you'll love the feel of this game. Perfect stuff to getcha into the Halloween spirit!

RESIDENT EVIL 2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I AM RATING THIS AS TO HOW MUCH MY BOYS LOVE PLAYING THIS SILLY GAME. I HAD THE HARDEST TIME FINDING THIS IN STORES. THANK YOU AMAZON!!

The Truth about Resident Evil 2...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I see myself as a guru of Survival Horror games, I like'em and I like what they make me feel. Now let's get on with my review for Resident Evil 2.

I have to first mention that I did not and will not buy Resident Evil 2 or Resident Evil 3 for Gamecube... unlike Resident Evil Remake they have nothing new to offer me or you... which is sad after seeing what they did and what improvement remake was to the original Resident Evil. So let's just keep this review centered around the Original Resident Evil 2 game for PSX 1.

Comparing RE 2 to RE or RE Director's Cut is like comparing Raw Horsemeat to a young Stallion. Resident Evil 2 had better graphics and sound by far, not to mention the fact that it was on a bigger bolder scale than Resident Evil. Simple bottom line folks is that if your looking for a GOOD Survival Horror game... pick this one up.

I had no real gripes towards the game and I felt that the DEVs of the game did everything in the better interest for the Resident Evil genre. As you can see by the score that I gave this game, I liked it and I truly think you'd like it aswell.

fun... but frightning very frightning

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: January 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

this is oniy the benining for Leon and Clare but why do they call Sherry the big one she is not a boss yet you say she is evil she is good on the outside give her a shot she is not evil but in the of resident evil 3 i felt bad for her i hope Leon or Clare find her soon if she is still alive

I was wrong...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: January 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

My first experience with the Resident Evil series was with Code: Veronica X. I was severely disappointed overall with it, and from what I've read, the whole series is the same, so I had little to no faith in it. I didn't feel the need whatsoever to play the other games, and openly spoke out against the series, even though I only played one game. But, after playing Resident Evil 4, I got intrigued by the story, so I decided to try out Resident Evil 1-3. I thought, "There's no way they can be worse than Code: Veronica, so why not?" And good god... was I right.

Although the first RE was little more than a big laughable joke (thanks to the ridiculously horrible voice acting that makes what you find in Code: Veronica X look like an Oscar-winning performance), that wasn't really scary at all until the hunters came into the picture, the second iteration really blew me away. Anybody who has known me for more than two seconds knows I don't care at all about graphics in a videogame, so I'm not going to say anything about them because it is irrelevant (which is why I'm not a GameCube or Xbox fan). The gameplay is very good for a survival horror - there is plenty of puzzle solving, adventure, exploration, and combat to keep the interest level up. That's what I like about survival horror: it's not just about fighting to stay alive, but it is also about exploring and solving puzzles to unravel the plot and make sense out of mysterious circumstances. And, while Resident Evil 2 isn't anywhere near as scary or intricate in story as the Silent Hill series, it is still a top-notch game to play for any fan of the genre, and I highly recommend it. The first one you can play on your own; I just played it because I wanted to know what Wesker did to get Chris so ticked off with him, and vice versa. The reason the title of my review is "I was wrong..." is because I really was wrong in assuming that the Resident Evil series was a bunch of bunk and no worth anyone's time. So, I apologize for being a presumptuous jerk.

But, there is one issue I just can't stop from addressing: the controversy over the control scheme. Now, I won't go into one of my trademark rants insulting everybody, but I will state my thoughts from an objective point of view. The reason survival horror games have such awkward controls is because the game developers wanted it that way. This is a genre for puzzle solving, plotlines, exploration, and thought, not just about shooting things. They made the controls this way to render it, in a way, a sort of "anti-action" type of game genre. Still, though, once you get used to the controls, like me, you will have no trouble blasting zombies torsos in two soon enough.

Another thing that is cool about this game is the zombies and their... "creative" death sequences (okay, so maybe they die a second time, but this time for good). Naturally, you can blow their heads off, but even more possibilities await your execution. Sometimes, you can fire at them and their arm will be severed by your bullets, or with a shotgun you can shoot them at the base of their spine and they will be blasted in half, the upper section of their body crawling on the ground with its arms alone to try and bite you. When you upgrade your shotgun later on, you can actually blow their chest in half! And, with a rocket launcher, if you fire at them square in their torso, their arms, head, and a good portion of their upper body will be gone. If you hit them to the right side, most of said side will be gone, as will their head and respective arm, yet their left arm will still be attached. Pretty cool, huh? Code: Veronica X didn't have anything like that, which is rather too bad.

The only problem I had with this game, and it really isn't a problem with the game itself, is that it really made me shake my head at Code: Veronica X. It almost seems as if Capcom had taken a huge step backward in their videogame-making abilities. Heck, even the first Resident Evil is better than REC:VX. For example, in the first one, the hunters had narrow, sharp, reptilian eyes, rows of razor-sharp teeth that protruded from their mouths, and they looked pretty scary, but in Code: Veronica, they didn't have such teeth (it almost looked like they didn't have any at all), and they also had small, beady eyes, making them more of a joke than an intimidating enemy.

Yet another good part about this game is the Titan. I must say, he is really one heck of a bad guy. But, of course, he's nowhere near as bad*ss as the Nemesis or as terrifying as Pyramid Head. But he's cool nonetheless.

So, in conclusion, if you like survival horror games, then I suggest you try this one out. But don't expect it to be better than Silent Hill, if you're a fan of that series (just as a side note).

Want to see blood and zombie guts?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: September 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Now THIS is how you're supposed to enjoy blowing through a bloody, violent game! Blood squirting from moaning zombie bodies. It's so strange and relaxing to experience this. I know you will laugh at what I am about to tell you, but I never bothered with this game when it first came out. Yeah, I know, I lost many friends because of this. I ignored this game in 1998, and my level of coolness went right down the tubes. I had to fail math and pretend to smoke cigars to fit back in with my classmates again.

Children shouldn't play this game. If you think it's ok for children to see the two main characters in this game shoot and fry their way through the police station then you might not be a reasonable person. Yes that's right: you can walk through a police station in this game. If in real life you have a problem with the way cops sit in a field and watch over you to make sure you have your seat belt on (and not one of those cases where you pretend to put the seat belt on until the cop is out of view and then take it off again) you now have a place to take out your frustrations- Resident Evil 2.

The weapons in this game are realistically cool. I like pulling out the magnum and shooting zombies in the head and watching their heads blow to pieces. Don't try this at home, but do try this on your Playstation. The magnum doesn't make much noise so you wouldn't think it'd be such a bad-ass weapon, but you can shoot at the head of a zombie and watch his head quietly blow to smithereens. You know you shouldn't do that in real life though, right? You'd go to jail for a very long time. And if you tried to explain to the police that you were shooting at zombies, you'd only get laughed at by the entire court room. Use your head.

If this game doesn't satisfy your sick animal-like needs, then try looking for the fire blaster thing. You can cook zombies with this. It's near the end of the game hidden in a locker. Go near the locker and press the X button, and it will open and you will say "sweet".

In this game you have two CD's. One CD is for the Leon adventure, and the other CD is for the Claire adventure. You can choose to start the game with either Leon or Claire. To do the game completely you have to beat the game twice with Leon and twice with Claire. I've only ever played this game on easy and I had a blast. I'm sure on normal it's quite harder, maybe so hard you can't think straight and become dumb. Of course you aren't dumb, it's just that video games can confuse you sometimes.

Man I'm tired. But I'm never too tired to take a couple hours from my easy-going day and blasting my way through this super cool game. The only downside is that you can't skip the cutscenes. That's fine at first, when you want to listen closely to the story (even though I didn't) but after a while you really wish Capcom would have put a skip button on this thing.

Still, great game. It's old, but please don't be one of those people who thinks that just because something is old it's not good. I've been around people who think like that and they just ain't cool. Sure, these people get all the girls and all the friends, but what else? What's "in" sucks, and what's old is cool. You think I'm wrong? Good for you. Buy this game used for 10 dollars today.

Dawn of the Dead Video Game style

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: September 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Resident Evil 2 - Circa 1998

GOOD:
- An upgrade over the original, which was considered a great game
- Considered classic to many gamers
- Good story, with twists and turns

BAD:
- Graphics look very dated
- Voice acting is not that great
- Controls feel dated

WILL IT FIT YOUR TASTE:
- Slow moving "survival horror" game, which is more about moving boxes, managing items, and unlocking doors then actually fighting for your life
- A Sc-Fi horror game set in a city over run with zombies, huge snakes, and all types of creatures

GAME ITS MOST ASSOCATED TOO:
- Dino Crisis
- Silent Hill
- Alone in the dark

ADDITIONAL NOTES:
- There is a remake of this game for the Nintendo 64 and Nintendo Game Cube both of which don't really upgrade anything
- The male playable character (Leon) is also the star of Resident Evil 4
- Beating the game in a certain way can unlock two new characters "Hunk" and "Tofu"
- There was a rumor that you could unlock Akuma from Street Fighter Alpha as a playable character, but that is not true
- In Japan Resident Evil 2 is called Biohazard 2

Possibly the best Resident Evil next to 3..

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Resident Evil 2 was one of the best Psx games back in the mid 90's as it had exclusive rights to Sony. The game was the sequal to one of the best Survival Horror game ever. Does this do better then its prediseccor?...YES. OH HELL YES. The game is a solid good game. The story line is really entertaining but it was more of a sci fi then a horror story. I won't spoil the story for you but the game is 2 discs and you control 2 characters(serpartly) in the game. One is a cop named Leon Kennedy and the other is female after her missing brother Chris(who was in RE1)and the two end up meeting eachother and the rest you can figure out..
I really enjoyed this game, it was fantastic. I loved the graphics for this game it was just "wow". The game is pretty short if you play only one half of the character you play as. They both have 2 parts(kina). Once you complete that characters game it opens up the second of half of the other character. The game is fairly lenghy if you play the WHOLE game. The game has some great twists that'll keep you up all night. Lemmi make it easier for you...Resident Evil 2 was one of the coolest Playstation games ever. It had an awesome story line, sweet graphics and decent dialoug. It is also spooky in the scare factor especially when you see something crawl around a window in the beggining of the game. In other words the game is awesome and scary.

The graphics for that time were just great and comparable to Metal Gear Solid. The character model for Leon and Clair was amazing and the zombies looked even more creepy then before, not to mention the bloody gore in this game....jeez. Capcom did a great job making the graphics. kudose..

The gameplay is what really made me love this game. Gun n' down zombies and solving puzzle...my type of game baby. The Puzzle are not that hard but they are pretty cool. The gameplay never gets boring and the boss fights are really cool. The gameplay may turn some off in the beggining. Mainly cause it's just runing away from zombies but later on that will change...trust me..

The sound is incredible! The zombies sound so realistic and the music for the boss fights are magnifecent(my spelling sucks I know). The sound it self deserves a one star...

What turned me off was the "kina cheezy sci fi" story. It didn't have the same spooky feeling Resident Evil 1 had in story...which causes me to take off one star...Well yeah it was a stupid move just for that but hey that's my opinion...

The games has amazing graphics, great sound, lots of awesome gameplay and is one of my favorite video game series. Not only that it may possibly be the best in the series if not then It's 3.

This game deserves a

4.8 out 5....

Resident Evil series is a superb series and anyone who loves survival horror will love it. I personaly think it's one of the best gaming series out but I don't have ALL the resident Evil games.. The only ones I have are the one that go with the story like the ones I have are

And for any newbie out there who is trying to get into the series, if you have a gamecube and get the remake of the original and start with that...then 2, 3 then Resident Evil zero which is a really enjoyable Resident Evil game...Well

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