But when you move, the reticle resets and takes time to close in again. When you aim, the cardinal markers on your reticle slowly move until they're closed in on the center, allowing you to fire a more precise shot. The new aiming style feels like a modernized version of the aiming from classic Resident Evil games that allows you to move and pick out where you want your shots to land. You're not given the same amount of power that the more action-oriented games in the series offer you. If you're worried this deviates too far from the original's fixed-camera system, don't let this get you down: the remake still emphasizes survival-horror above all else. The Resident Evil 2 remake plays from a third-person over-the-shoulder perspective, similar to Resident Evil 4.

The result of the pitch meeting was confirmed the following August when the game was formally announced by Hirabayashi in a special message to fans. The request was met with enthusiastic support, which prompted Hirabayashi to pitch the idea to his boss sometime later. The project came to be after Capcom producer Yoshiaki 'H' Hirabayashi took to Facebook on Jto ask the Resident Evil community if they'd be interested in a remake. X returns and he's just as relentless as before-if not more so! You once again control rookie cop Leon Kennedy and college student Claire Redfield, who must escape Raccoon City after its citizens are transformed into zombies by a virus two months after the events of the first Resident Evil.

While not explicitly titled 'Resident Evil 2 Remake,' the game is in fact a total remake of the classic survival-horror game, and not a remastered version of the PS1 original with touched-up graphics-much in the same vein as 2002's Resident Evil remake. Though Resident Evil 2 has its roots firmly in the past, it reworks the familiar horrors into something that feels brand new and all its own.' Read the full review. But above all, the remake is an impressive game for the fact that it goes all-in on the pure survival horror experience, confidently embracing its horrifying tone and rarely letting up until the story's conclusion. 'Resident Evil 2 is not only a stellar remake of the original, but it's also simply a strong horror game that delivers anxiety-inducing and grotesque situations, topping some of the series' finest entries. By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's

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