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Resident Evil 2 (1998)

Capcom Planning Room 2

Dreamcast · Nintendo GameCube · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation Portable

4.27 from 2156 ratings · #129 top rated on Grouvee

4080 members have it in their collection · 54 playing now · 682 backlogged · 570 wish listed

How long? Main story 7h · with extras 10h · 100% 17h (from 32 logged playthroughs)

Resident Evil 2 is a sequel to the first Resident Evil title. Like the previous game in the series, Resident Evil 2 is a 3D action-adventure using three-dimensional polygon characters over two-dimensional pre-rendered backgrounds, with the action viewed through a variety of cinematic fixed camera angles in each room. Players can choose to play as one of two possible characters; … Read more
Resident Evil 2 is a sequel to the first Resident Evil title. Like the previous game in the series, Resident Evil 2 is a 3D action-adventure using three-dimensional polygon characters over two-dimensional pre-rendered backgrounds, with the action viewed through a variety of cinematic fixed camera angles in each room. Players can choose to play as one of two possible characters; each goes through the same initial scenario but with differences in the type of weaponry they find and the people they meet along the way. Read less

Details

Developers
Capcom Planning Room 2
Publishers
Capcom, Nintendo, Virgin Interactive Entertainment
Genres
Adventure, Puzzle, Shooter
Themes
Action, Horror, Science fiction, Survival
Franchises
Resident Evil
Series
Resident Evil

Release dates

  • Jan 21, 1998 (Full Release) (North_America) PlayStation
  • Jan 29, 1998 (Full Release) (Japan) PlayStation
  • May 08, 1998 (Full Release) (Europe) PlayStation
  • Feb 19, 1999 (Full Release) (Japan) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Feb 28, 1999 (Full Release) (North_America) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Apr 1999 (Full Release) (Europe) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Dec 22, 1999 (Full Release) (Japan) Dreamcast
  • Apr 28, 2000 (Full Release) (Europe) Dreamcast
  • Dec 06, 2000 (Full Release) (North_America) Dreamcast
  • Jan 14, 2003 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo GameCube
  • Jan 23, 2003 (Full Release) (Japan) Nintendo GameCube
  • May 30, 2003 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo GameCube
  • Dec 26, 2007 (Digital Compatibility Release) (Japan) PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable
  • Nov 19, 2009 (Digital Compatibility Release) (North_America) PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable
  • Feb 29, 2012 (Digital Compatibility Release) (Australia) PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable
  • Feb 29, 2012 (Digital Compatibility Release) (Europe) PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable
  • Feb 29, 2012 (Digital Compatibility Release) (New_Zealand) PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable

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Rating distribution

5 stars
988
4 stars
836
3 stars
277
2 stars
42
1 star
12

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LinkToTheTrees

Review LinkToTheTrees 5/5 · May 2, 2020

Damn Fine Survival Horror.

Another brilliant Resident Evil game. I went into this classic after having played the GameCube REmake of the first game, therefore I heavily believed that I would be disappointed by the drop in quality. However, as someone who really cares more about gameplay and enjoyment rather than graphics, I was pleasantly surprised by this game. For a PS1 game, this …

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Another brilliant Resident Evil game. I went into this classic after having played the GameCube REmake of the first game, therefore I heavily believed that I would be disappointed by the drop in quality. However, as someone who really cares more about gameplay and enjoyment rather than graphics, I was pleasantly surprised by this game. For a PS1 game, this game has an astounding amount of atmosphere, and I did actually find myself scared at multiple moments (mainly from the very loud window smashing sound effect). I played all 4 playthroughs (Claire A and B, Leon A and B), and each time I loved to marvel at the great soundtrack, level design and atmosphere, surprisingly beautiful backdrops and camera angles, and gruesome enemy design. This game definitely deserves the "classic" title, and, whilst I haven't played the remake, it should definitely not be missed for the newer, more mainstream versions. It still holds up as a great piece of proper survival horror.

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Ivonnempg88

Review Ivonnempg88 4/5 · Mar 17, 2020

A blast in arrange mode!

I played this game for the first time in 2012 on my psp, and I must admit that I didn't remember anything, except for the croc and the magic mirror licker. I don't even remember if I enjoyed the game back then. Since I already played it before, and I have quite an extensive backlog, I decided to have a …

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I played this game for the first time in 2012 on my psp, and I must admit that I didn't remember anything, except for the croc and the magic mirror licker. I don't even remember if I enjoyed the game back then. Since I already played it before, and I have quite an extensive backlog, I decided to have a go with the arrange mode. That was the best decision ever. Of course, it makes the game super easy, but it is extra fun to blow up everything with the rocket launcher. I started with Leon A and it was ok, a little bland for my taste, but ok. It still has more depth to the story than the first game and the characters were well developed. Then I played Claire B, and holly cow, that was amazing. Even with my rocket launcher, I got scared so many times, and the jump scares were on point. I can't imagine how good this game must have been when it came out for the first time. I loved the character and story development on this one. One thing that has always bothered me in these old games is the item management, having to go back and forth to an item box because you left the key item in the other side of the building. That's annoying, but I understand it is common practice in these games. Well, now I'm ready to play the remake!

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ПавелПахонин

Review ПавелПахонин 4/5 · Feb 13, 2018

Супер

Решил не играть. Посмотрел на ютубе. Сюжет мощный. Но боюсь, что слишком старая

GwyndolinGaming

Review GwyndolinGaming 4/5 · Oct 24, 2016

City Evil

Resident Evil 2 is one of the greatest sequels ever made from the original playstation area. It essentially does everything the first game did but on a much bigger scale and with a much higher variation to locations and a whole new line up of special enemy types. The voice acting has gone from poor dubbing to soap opera levels, …

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Resident Evil 2 is one of the greatest sequels ever made from the original playstation area. It essentially does everything the first game did but on a much bigger scale and with a much higher variation to locations and a whole new line up of special enemy types. The voice acting has gone from poor dubbing to soap opera levels, so still extremely bad but in an enjoyable and alluring way. This is an amazing game and it would be foolish to say that it's anything besides an amazing game. So keeping it short and sweet- Resident Evil 2 is an amazing game that any survival horror fan should play, and any collector of ps1 games should definitely pick this game up.

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