I'll never forget the day I rented RE2 as a kid. Never played the first RE. Loaded the game up, was in awe of the cutscenes, got control of Leon and made it to Kendo. When the zombies broke through the glass to maul homie, I freaked out and unloaded all of my ammo. Felt like a badass as I walked over to dudes corpse. A zombie latched onto my leg and I screamed like a girl, turned the game off, took it back to the rental store and told them the game didn't work and I wanted to swap it for another game lol I eventually went back much later and 100% the game.
Lol, I didn't return it but yeah, as a kid these were pretty freaky. It was cool to get that feeling again as an adult with Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Alien: Isolation. 😃
@FoNgThOnG I remember when I was a kid my dad bought all the resident evils. My first one was outbreak file one Jay's bar (my dad left his character afk to use the bathroom and when I heard the door break open and the zombies moaning I freaked out and grabbed the controller and moved my dad's guy to the nearest room where I learned you could hide under the bed) good times lol
Without a shadow of a doubt the 1998 release of RE2 set a gold standard that games would follow decades later. It was amazingly detailed, a tightly woven story and plenty of replay value. Zombie satire, action, explosions and mystery. It just begs the question and shames as to why RE2 remake did not get that treatment instead of a cobbled together mess of both A and B story campaigns, continuity errors in the story and a complete derail after the police station segment. Not to mention all the other dump truck sized loads of missing content it failed to give When talking about this with other horror fans we think they ether ran out of money, ran out of time or they were on a strict leach.
@@Xabier2.0 there was a lot missing in Re2make. And there were some moments that were facepalm inducing. One encounter that exemplifies this is the scene were the player finds the bolt cutters (specifically in Claire's scenario). Leon and Clair meet in person but Leon is on the other side of the average height chain link fence. They then proceed to split up again. During this scene I find myself saying "oh no. An average size chain link fence. It's too bad there isn't an item close by that could cut through the links!" I mean come on, the bolt cutters are literally right there, and Leon isn't even in immediate danger. The two had plenty of time to catch up and formulate a plan.......
@@piloto88ed Absolutely. Especially if you were alive when they were first released. They are great games even to this day. But back then the hype was like nothing ever seen before, or since, and they beat the odds and lived up to the hype, and in many cases surpassed the hype. And the only "influencers" were still photos found in a monthly magazine.
> One improvement RE2 made was letting you switch what grenades you are using; In the first game, you had to use up all the rounds in the launcher before being allowed to switch to a different type (an earlier build had that, but it didn't make it in to the final release) > You can cheese the game into giving you free ammo refills by emptying your guns before using Leon's weapon upgrades on them > It's kind of a shame they removed proper item examination, with the 3D models, but I guess it wasn't really needed
Code Veronica has evolved more than RE 2 ever did, I loved those games but the difficulty and content shows that RE 2 was missing from the original playstation which was later added in various versions like PC (Dreamcast, the PC legacy equivalent was used to promote Code Veronica and the "Value Pack" release, meaning Capcom apologized to Sega fans who wanted to see RE 2 on the Saturn, so the next game was released exclusively on the Dreamcast).
The biggest downside to the upgraded shotgun was the recoil because it slowed the rate of fire and reaction time. It did pack a wallop though. You just had to make sure you weren't too close to enemies that took more than one shell to kill. I really didn't like the stock attachment for Leon's handgun. That thing would make you piss precious ammo when it was on Automatic.
I remember my Nana letting me skip school and taking me to town to pick this up on launch day. I had to share it with my cousin and we each took a disc each. I got Leon. He got Clair. Blew our minds when we figured out the scenario system. Such an amazing game.
Oh, TH-cam. Recommending me brand new content, from channels I've never encountered, because of subject matter I've been into recently. You're doing good.
I still remember my first day with this game. I was like 7 years old. My mom wouldnt let me play it because it was too violent, but my dad did, so I played it while my dad slept and mom wasnt home. Even then, I knew the hiding spot was on top of the fridge, so I played it other times as well. I didnt understand tank controls at the time, so I was perpetually stuck in the opening segment with the burning cars behind me, watching the zombies slowly approach me and inevitably kill me. and my god, the death scene of the zombies eating me and the blood splatter on the screen was nightmare fuel for my 7 year old brain. so much so I didnt touch the game for another year after 🤣 but once I got to the second camera angle and got to Kendo's shop, the controls finally made sense, and was addicted to the game after that. this game will always be an integral part of my childhood
My first experience with RE2 was only being able to play the A scenarios, as I couldn't save my game on a PS2 memory card. Countless hours were spent on Leon A, trying to perfect my strategy to get to the end of the game in a single sitting. Got myself to about sub-1 hour, and that's how I got into speedrunning too, funnily enough. It's only after I bought the GC version that I got to fully experience the rest of the game's content, and needless to say, it's no surprise that RE2 is the pinnacle of RE for me. This game set my standards so high even as a kid, so when Remake 2 came out, I was heartbroken to see how lacking it was. But at least we still have RE2 to go back to.
The marshalling yard has the best creepy, ambient music in game. Especially when you hear a dog bark and zombie moan in the distance. Loved that track so much.
Was crushed when they cancelled RE2 80% through development so they could start from scratch. Would take another year for the game to release. I wish more elements of RE 1.5 remained in the final release. The original police station looked more modern than the police station that we got that is more akin to a museum.
One thing I note is how iconic the music was for OG RE2. I once watched a playlist of the OG OST and the Remake OST and the views for one was incredibly disproportionate than the other. Also, I forked out the money to add the OG RE2 OST to the Remake. Never played the Remake soundtrack even once.
With all the fan remixes of the RE2 OST on TH-cam already, perhaps they didn’t want the remake to sound like a pale imitation, and decided to go their own way. Not an easy decision to make. Credit where it’s due though: The sound design was terrific in every other way. I play the remake with headphones on. In the main hall, it’s so eerily quiet that you can sometimes hear the occasional zombie scraping and hissing outside. The Tyrant (I’m not calling him Mr X) stomping around the cop shop lets us know specifically where he is. That was very effective at intimidating players, at least until I replayed the game until I can figure out how to work around his limitations
The licker crawling past the window just before you meet it is top 3 video game scares of all time. Not loud, distracting, just subtle and gives the perfect amount of tension.
Re2 is my favourite game of all time, I remember playing Re1 at about 7 years old and it freaked me out and I spent weeks on it trying to figure out how to play through it. I eventually got Re2 when I was around 9 and had the same experience, I remember thinking it was a never ending game and I loved every minute of it, it took me about a year to get through claires first scenario, I still play it to this day and still enjoy it every time I play it. (I have managed to complete all scenarios now lol)
I was gifted a PlayStation from a family friend when I was sick for 7 months after the Resident Evil games were already out. I had seen Resident Evil being played at another friend's house but I tracked down them all to own and play them myself. It's been so long since I've played the PS version, I love the Remake for PC.
Oh man, could talk about RE2 all day - I'm not some wiz-kid that knows every fact about the game or could beat it blind-folded. Its just simply one of my favorite games of all time and I'll never forget the first experience with it. I enjoyed all the things you highlighted in your video with it also being at a digestible runtime; some folks have hours -long videos and say so much without saying anything of real substance - so good on you for keeping it more concise. The RE2 GOG release will be such a gift, my friend!
I also love the soundtrack to this game. When the remake came out, I bought the deluxe edition just because of the option to use the original sound effects and music. I'm so glad they added that feature (although a little scummy to charge money for it)
Yeah I couldn’t help myself but do the same. It adds so much to the atmosphere across the entire game. Every once in a while I’ll use remake OST but it’s mostly just silence. The 4th Survivor music worked quite well, and the Tyrant pursuit music but otherwise a whole loada nothing
I worked at car factory, a lad sold me a copy of re2 and a scart lead lol, I took it home and thrashed that game, finally i could run it under two hours, s+ ranking, no saves or sprays used. God I loved that game.
What a great video, reminding me of how blessed we were as children. After having played RE1, I could not wait for every new RE title to come out. RE2 is, to this day, one of my all time favorite games. And what you say about "no shark jumps" is absolutely correct. Not spoiling where Ada came from and who she really has been working for until 3 games later is just so confident and suspenseful.
What I loved, too, was the police reports. Reading the timeliness of how the city fell. The music was top-notch, like even the save rooms the music was like, yeah you're safe, but watch your ass.
Man, I loved this game when I was a kid. I think I was 6 or 7 when I started playing it, it was a while before the PS2 came out for sure. I remember walking through the hallway where the windows are boarded up, the arms came through those windows and scared the crap out of me twice. Then I'm like "I'm going to stay far away from them much as I can" I even swung the knife at them later on just to see what happens and sometime I get caught being too close. I think most people would quit out of fear at that age. But I'm built different, I keep playing to challenge myself and for the sake of going through the experience of feeling scared and suspense. I am looking forward when you get to the remakes.
@@metalfreak1324 same. I was like 7 when re1 came out. We rented it from blockbuster on a Friday. Me and my little brother played all weekend and barely got out of the main hall. That first zombie cutscene has given me a love of all survival horror
Maybe I missed, but kind of surprised that you did not mention how the Character selections works in this game. Instead of choosing the character in game, you selected the character by inserting one disc in real life, as one disc had the Claire scenarios, and the other one had the Leon scenarios. I don't remember that happening on another games, so was a very cool idea at the time (or it was for me)
I always thought 3 nemesis was just a filler for re 2 original. I mean I just killed the worm and neither character nor any of the notes to read, saved itself from how flat the story is. It makes sense because now with 3 nemesis, you can quick turn, sexily climb up and descend down the steps mind you which is a good thing because you couldn’t do that with re 1 directors cut, re 2 and strangely not even in code veronica. Also in 3 you could dodge simple to major attacks, if the game asks you of whether you would like to discard an item, you could just say yes without having to see an animation for it. Unfortunately the door opening and closing is still a short loading screen but the good news is Raccoon city has a bigger map to explore, lots of puzzles if you like and personally my favourite are the cutscenes are pretty and not like dolls like re 2. Oh and Jill’s choice of clothing personally for me I just can’t take seriously. Its just too much I don’t know never bothered to find out more but maybe she was partying 🤷♂️
Re2 and Re3 are my all time favorite games ever created. The remakes fell short of capturing this original fear and dread. I wish we could access these titles on our PS5's smh.
Just randomly found your channel, watched both your RE1 & 2 videos and thoroughly enjoyed both! Get well soon, and looking forward to whenevs you cover RE3!
as a big re fan, it has been a joy going through some of videos i haven’t played all the way through the original re2 but a watching this made me want to go play some re2
I was 18 when this came out and had just come back from my first 12 hour factory night shift. My buddy borrowed me the game and I remember going home thinking I'll just play a few minutes to see what it's like and then get some sleep and maybe play a bit later before my next shift..... BIG mistake. Couldn't stop playing and ended up getting no sleep and had to go back to work, luckily I was 18 and managed to get through the next shift but Resi 2 really was that good.
This one has the best soundtrack of all the RE's, i remember having those tracks on my mp3 player in the late 2000's. So creepy, yet so melodic and absorbing.
Still one of my favorite games of all time. And I agree with you that the music in this game is just so on-point. The theme music for the save rooms still lives rent-free in my head to this day.
I absolutely loved this game. I played it so much that when me and my friend tried playing a recreation of the game in Left 4 Dead 2, we basically speedran the map.
This and Code Veronica both on Dreamcast were my entry into the series! I love Resident Evil and after decades later, i can see why RE2 is favored over RE1 by a longshot.
Before the release of this game my excitement for it was through the roof!! Never felt such high anticipation and excitement over a game, this and Tekken 3 were the 2 games! So much so I would play the hell out of the demo of RE2 with my pals and we would see how far we would get before the time ran out. The memories were amazing, loved them days. Since then never really had that kind of anticipation for games from that point on and during the ps2 era even though there were great games.
I remember playing RE2 for the first time at a friend's house. I didn't have a PS1, but it was one of the games that convinced me to ask my dad to get me a PS1 and RE2 for Christmas. The game captured the feel of being trapped in an apocalyptic zombie outbreak so well and in such a cinematic way that rivaled any zombie horror movie. The scary mood and atmosphere was so effective that my best friend's little cousin would ask me to come over and play the game for him as he watched because he was too afraid to play it himself.
better days. im not feeling recent resident evil games because of that first and third person view with dizzying camera movements it's stressing to play than fun. these classic games with fixed camera angles are much much better
A couple of years ago, I bought a second hand copy of RE2 for the GameCube for 25 quid, about 33 bucks. It was worth every penny and I loved playing it. Great bit of nostalgia from when I had it years ago on the playstation.
I could barely watch my uncle and sister play RE one when I was a kid (I was only 5 or 6). I stayed away out of fear until RE3 came out and then I beat that game a few times. Once I beat that I was hooked and went back to RE2 and realized this was as my favorite of them all.
I’ll never forget when I played this game and felt it was hard but not as hard as the first but also it was pretty short. However, there were more zombies than the first. I had to get a game enhancer and loaded a bunch of cheat codes on the PS1 that would unlock all the guns and made me invincible to my all the enemies and I just maul every enemy with a chain gun with also unlimited ammo. I was able to beat the game really fast.
Man i remember this game very well I was teenage at the time my dad bought the game he would tell me it was his but then i started to keep playing my dad would say son take over it’s yours love the introduction of this game
Wait, did Ada _actually_ die in RE2 Original, with no "Use this!" rocket launcher throw to hint (at least to us, if not also Leon) that she survived? It's been forever since I saw non-remake play to remember how it played out.
well she dies in his arms and then a _very mysterious figure_ throws in the rocket launcher during the final Tyrant fight... could've been anyone really 😉
I believe Ada’s exact fate in the OG RE2 depends on if you’re playing Leon A or B (I don’t remember which is which tho), with one of them giving her a Disney Villain Death then vanishing thereafter, while the other has her die in Leon’s arms then reusing her model to toss him a rocket launcher for the Super Tyrant.
@@notcole it was obvious that it was ada and she also lived in leon a claire b she gave claire the rocket launcher also she is not a villain she never was
Still arguably my favourite game ever in terms of impact. I was obsessed with zombie movies when I was a kid. This game was just about perfect in every way. I would play it at least twice a year, but now I only have a ps5 so can't play it at all. I really hope we get the original re2 and 3 on ps plus.
I love all the early resident evil games, up until they changed the camera angels to over the shoulder, then i lost interest. It will never be what it was but i will have a lifetime of memories, thinking back to the first time i ever laid eyes on resident evil 1 on ps1 in 1996. I was an 8 year old kid and my uncle bought the game and id stay up all night with him watching him play it. The first one will always be my favourite, simply because without the first, none of the others would’ve come into existence.
Good video and thank you for not succumbing to the demands of the disgrace known as TH-cam. TH-cam is apparently VERY strict and you putting the actual in game music normally would result in copyright strikes and the video being taken down or demonetized but it seems in this case you won and I’m so happy for it. Screw TH-cam and their stupid against the constitution rules. So thanks for putting the music in the video and not letting TH-cam win.
Good video and thank you for not succumbing to the demands of the disgrace known as TH-cam. TH-cam is apparently VERY strict and you putting the actual in game music normally would result in copyright strikes and the video being taken down or demonetized but it seems in this case you won and I’m so happy for it. Screw TH-cam and their stupid against the constitution rules. So thanks for putting the music in the video and not letting TH-cam win. Btw RE2 is one of my all time favorite games and the remake was awesome!
I started my RE experience with the second game. Have beaten it around 20 times where game one was only beaten once and the third game twice. It’s the same with the remakes.
Nice finally finding out whos saying the hey, its up to us to take out umbrella , i remember downloading that song w / that line but figured it was like a swat member or something, didnt know it was leon saying that.
Re2 really was perfect in every way for its time, the environments, the soundtracks, the storyline, everything about it was just was just perfectly creepy and captivated me when I was a kid, I remember getting up some nights late at night and being scared to even go to the bathroom because of it haha, and even though the remake was very well done, the OG RE2 to this day remains my favorite game of all time. I first played it when I was around 8 years old, and now I'm 34. And even though the remake was really good and it did a good job of capturing that 90s era vibe, the original just holds a lot of nostalgic value that the remake just doesn't quite hit on, especially playing the original game back in the actual 90s. Play that game back then actually I felt like it fit perfectly into that timeline. 😎
Mikami was not directing the beta of 2, it was always being directed by Kamiya. When it restarted as the final version it was mainly Noboru Sugimura being brought on for editing. And the T-103 is not there to kill survivors more than it is to obtain G since Umbrella thinks that Hunk's team had failed to obtain it. For the STARS members in 2 they're all intended to be in Europe, but 3 changed that.
I first got my PS one with resident evil Warhawk and twisted metal. RE is a top five game of all time in my opinion. I don’t think people realize how incredible the release of resident evil II was. The game was perfect. It took fans to another level. Ahead of its time.
One of the greatest games of all time and a huge part of my childhood. I really enjoyed the remake and thought it honoured the original pretty well but nothing will beat the PS1 classic for me.
not gonna lie, when i first saw this game, back in 1998 i almost wet myself when the horde of zombies mauled Kendo! that was so absurdly terrifying to me! that game still give me nightmares here and there whenever i had bad dreams! lol and i pass through this game like a walk in the park nowadays!
I remember olaiying this and always worrying that the next area would be scarier this game definitely had a hold on me and learning it was on the playstation had me wondering what i missed out on seen the comparisons and was dumbfounded to see developers did magic with the port love this history and the series
I literally could not tell you how many times I've played this game and I was today years old when I realized you could use the lighter on the plant in the vent in the lab area. 😮🤦♂
Wish this would come onto Sony’s PS Plus Premium Classics Catalogue. Capcom re-released RE1: Director’s Cut. Not only is it perfectly preserved in its original form, but it’s played through an emulator that lets you auto save and even rewind gameplay
The only thing I felt was lacking compared to the first game was the boss designs. Besides the giant alligator, they were all just mutations of Birkin or Mr X encounters. The first game had a giant snake, spider, shark and mutated plant.
Ever notice that the new enemies are always shown in dramativ but brief cutscenes? In RE1 we see cutscenes for zombies and the hunter. In RE2, it happens for thr licker. And in 3, it introduced Nemesis
I still don't understand why RE2 is my favorite, even to this day. It was more than shooting zombies, and running from Mr. X. The story is RE1 but bigger, but I did always get the feeling that while Claire and Leon were trying to survive, there were others in the city who were doing the same off screen. It always felt like if you just got there sooner, you would've saved more people.
I played re1 at my cousins every time i went there on the ps1 prob when it was just out. I never beat it at that time i wasnt too great at puzzles i guess haha, i was young. But then a friend on my block i lived on had re2 he let me borrow it for less than a day and had his mom come over and get it back😮. My parents helped me by picking it up at the store, a used copy. Since then been buying resident evil.
One thing I think is interesting that I’ve never heard anyone bring up is if you don’t take either the submachine gun or side pack in your first playthrough, both will be there in B scenario which is my go to strat. I’m not sure if there’s actual evidence to support this or if it’s my own head playing with me but I’ve always felt B scenarios are way harder so both items definitely help even it out
You’re not imagining it. It’s called the “zapping” system. You can unlock a room in the lab by registering Leon/Claire’s fingerprint in their A & B scenarios. It’s in that room with the big moth
I also think that its cool that you can kill Brad from RE3 in the beginning. Also cool that it’s technically RE3 because it takes place after the events of RE3
I always wanted to play this but was too scared as a kid. I loved DinoCrisis though and only recently learned that it was harder than the resident evil games.
I'll never forget the day I rented RE2 as a kid. Never played the first RE. Loaded the game up, was in awe of the cutscenes, got control of Leon and made it to Kendo. When the zombies broke through the glass to maul homie, I freaked out and unloaded all of my ammo. Felt like a badass as I walked over to dudes corpse. A zombie latched onto my leg and I screamed like a girl, turned the game off, took it back to the rental store and told them the game didn't work and I wanted to swap it for another game lol I eventually went back much later and 100% the game.
Lol, cool story, RE 3 is even better.
Lol, I didn't return it but yeah, as a kid these were pretty freaky. It was cool to get that feeling again as an adult with Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Alien: Isolation. 😃
@FoNgThOnG I remember when I was a kid my dad bought all the resident evils. My first one was outbreak file one Jay's bar (my dad left his character afk to use the bathroom and when I heard the door break open and the zombies moaning I freaked out and grabbed the controller and moved my dad's guy to the nearest room where I learned you could hide under the bed) good times lol
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Such a similar experience here, got it for my birthday and ended up too scared to go through my garden at night 😅
Without a shadow of a doubt the 1998 release of RE2 set a gold standard that games would follow decades later. It was amazingly detailed, a tightly woven story and plenty of replay value. Zombie satire, action, explosions and mystery. It just begs the question and shames as to why RE2 remake did not get that treatment instead of a cobbled together mess of both A and B story campaigns, continuity errors in the story and a complete derail after the police station segment. Not to mention all the other dump truck sized loads of missing content it failed to give When talking about this with other horror fans we think they ether ran out of money, ran out of time or they were on a strict leach.
RE2 was legit one of first PSOne games I've completed and boy it was good!
This is STILL my favorite RE game. I still prefer the original RE2 over the 2019 r2make.
@@Onering80 the zapping system was sadly missing in the remake.
@@Xabier2.0 there was a lot missing in Re2make. And there were some moments that were facepalm inducing. One encounter that exemplifies this is the scene were the player finds the bolt cutters (specifically in Claire's scenario). Leon and Clair meet in person but Leon is on the other side of the average height chain link fence. They then proceed to split up again. During this scene I find myself saying "oh no. An average size chain link fence. It's too bad there isn't an item close by that could cut through the links!" I mean come on, the bolt cutters are literally right there, and Leon isn't even in immediate danger. The two had plenty of time to catch up and formulate a plan.......
Same, I was disappointed with the scenarios in the remake.
Obviously. Original RE2 is in the same level of Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid, etc. Another dimension.
@@piloto88ed Absolutely. Especially if you were alive when they were first released. They are great games even to this day. But back then the hype was like nothing ever seen before, or since, and they beat the odds and lived up to the hype, and in many cases surpassed the hype. And the only "influencers" were still photos found in a monthly magazine.
re2 is still my favorite resident evil game to this day.
> One improvement RE2 made was letting you switch what grenades you are using;
In the first game, you had to use up all the rounds in the launcher before being allowed to switch to a different type (an earlier build had that, but it didn't make it in to the final release)
> You can cheese the game into giving you free ammo refills by emptying your guns before using Leon's weapon upgrades on them
> It's kind of a shame they removed proper item examination, with the 3D models, but I guess it wasn't really needed
I FORGOT TO MENTION THE GRENADE ROUND SWAPPING 😭
Code Veronica has evolved more than RE 2 ever did, I loved those games but the difficulty and content shows that RE 2 was missing from the original playstation which was later added in various versions like PC (Dreamcast, the PC legacy equivalent was used to promote Code Veronica and the "Value Pack" release, meaning Capcom apologized to Sega fans who wanted to see RE 2 on the Saturn, so the next game was released exclusively on the Dreamcast).
The soundtrack is so memorable that playing the remake without it sucked the joy out of it.
you can play remake with original soundtrack
it's in the sound settings
@@gem7den678 It's paid DLC, but the option is there.
The remake is awful, dross.
I hated all the remakes, even the RE1 remake.
@@manticore4952 bait
Ada's death in Leon A was such an emotional moment. And the upgraded shotgun was so cool!
@@friendsfan987 Adaaaaaa!!!!!!!!
The biggest downside to the upgraded shotgun was the recoil because it slowed the rate of fire and reaction time. It did pack a wallop though. You just had to make sure you weren't too close to enemies that took more than one shell to kill.
I really didn't like the stock attachment for Leon's handgun. That thing would make you piss precious ammo when it was on Automatic.
I remember my Nana letting me skip school and taking me to town to pick this up on launch day. I had to share it with my cousin and we each took a disc each. I got Leon. He got Clair. Blew our minds when we figured out the scenario system. Such an amazing game.
@DuggyDarko remake isn't good as B.B is different then remake they shouldn't called B there both the same as a lol.
Oh, TH-cam. Recommending me brand new content, from channels I've never encountered, because of subject matter I've been into recently. You're doing good.
I still remember my first day with this game. I was like 7 years old. My mom wouldnt let me play it because it was too violent, but my dad did, so I played it while my dad slept and mom wasnt home. Even then, I knew the hiding spot was on top of the fridge, so I played it other times as well. I didnt understand tank controls at the time, so I was perpetually stuck in the opening segment with the burning cars behind me, watching the zombies slowly approach me and inevitably kill me. and my god, the death scene of the zombies eating me and the blood splatter on the screen was nightmare fuel for my 7 year old brain. so much so I didnt touch the game for another year after 🤣 but once I got to the second camera angle and got to Kendo's shop, the controls finally made sense, and was addicted to the game after that. this game will always be an integral part of my childhood
My first experience with RE2 was only being able to play the A scenarios, as I couldn't save my game on a PS2 memory card. Countless hours were spent on Leon A, trying to perfect my strategy to get to the end of the game in a single sitting. Got myself to about sub-1 hour, and that's how I got into speedrunning too, funnily enough. It's only after I bought the GC version that I got to fully experience the rest of the game's content, and needless to say, it's no surprise that RE2 is the pinnacle of RE for me.
This game set my standards so high even as a kid, so when Remake 2 came out, I was heartbroken to see how lacking it was. But at least we still have RE2 to go back to.
The marshalling yard has the best creepy, ambient music in game. Especially when you hear a dog bark and zombie moan in the distance. Loved that track so much.
yeah, both Marshalling Yard tracks (there are 2) are among the best in the whole series.
Fully agree. Such eerie scenes that capture the moment of being hopelessly stranded
when you asked if the short development harmed the final product i nearly burst out laughing
@@DpNemo i nearly projected coffee across the room, re2 was anything but rushed.
Was crushed when they cancelled RE2 80% through development so they could start from scratch. Would take another year for the game to release. I wish more elements of RE 1.5 remained in the final release. The original police station looked more modern than the police station that we got that is more akin to a museum.
@@MC-zt3wb p sure it was a museum turned into a police station
@@SpartanXDAI was gonna say they overlooked that lore in the game I guess 😂
@@MC-zt3wb I’m more mad the man spiders didn’t make it into either the remake or retail RE2. Much scarier than those plant men imo.
One thing I note is how iconic the music was for OG RE2. I once watched a playlist of the OG OST and the Remake OST and the views for one was incredibly disproportionate than the other. Also, I forked out the money to add the OG RE2 OST to the Remake. Never played the Remake soundtrack even once.
With all the fan remixes of the RE2 OST on TH-cam already, perhaps they didn’t want the remake to sound like a pale imitation, and decided to go their own way. Not an easy decision to make.
Credit where it’s due though: The sound design was terrific in every other way. I play the remake with headphones on. In the main hall, it’s so eerily quiet that you can sometimes hear the occasional zombie scraping and hissing outside. The Tyrant (I’m not calling him Mr X) stomping around the cop shop lets us know specifically where he is.
That was very effective at intimidating players, at least until I replayed the game until I can figure out how to work around his limitations
The licker crawling past the window just before you meet it is top 3 video game scares of all time. Not loud, distracting, just subtle and gives the perfect amount of tension.
Re2 is my favourite game of all time, I remember playing Re1 at about 7 years old and it freaked me out and I spent weeks on it trying to figure out how to play through it. I eventually got Re2 when I was around 9 and had the same experience, I remember thinking it was a never ending game and I loved every minute of it, it took me about a year to get through claires first scenario, I still play it to this day and still enjoy it every time I play it. (I have managed to complete all scenarios now lol)
@@alexgregg2466 you're describing my exact experience with both RE1 and 2, at the same age too 😄 it's so funny how games can act like a time capsule
I was gifted a PlayStation from a family friend when I was sick for 7 months after the Resident Evil games were already out. I had seen Resident Evil being played at another friend's house but I tracked down them all to own and play them myself. It's been so long since I've played the PS version, I love the Remake for PC.
@@jamesabernethy7896 and now the original trilogy is available on gog
Oh man, could talk about RE2 all day - I'm not some wiz-kid that knows every fact about the game or could beat it blind-folded. Its just simply one of my favorite games of all time and I'll never forget the first experience with it. I enjoyed all the things you highlighted in your video with it also being at a digestible runtime; some folks have hours -long videos and say so much without saying anything of real substance - so good on you for keeping it more concise. The RE2 GOG release will be such a gift, my friend!
bro you deserve more subscribers. I loved your armored core series, and hope you continue it when its time
When I was 10 I played RE2 for the first time, and the zombie arms coming out of the window was so scary I cried.
I also love the soundtrack to this game. When the remake came out, I bought the deluxe edition just because of the option to use the original sound effects and music. I'm so glad they added that feature (although a little scummy to charge money for it)
Yeah I couldn’t help myself but do the same. It adds so much to the atmosphere across the entire game.
Every once in a while I’ll use remake OST but it’s mostly just silence.
The 4th Survivor music worked quite well, and the Tyrant pursuit music but otherwise a whole loada nothing
Im still kinda sad that the remake didn't blend nearly as well the 2 playthroughs.
@@Zorrio people do not acknowledge or even realize how much of Problem the campaigns and their inconsistencies are.
They DESTROY the game and its Plot
I worked at car factory, a lad sold me a copy of re2 and a scart lead lol, I took it home and thrashed that game, finally i could run it under two hours, s+ ranking, no saves or sprays used. God I loved that game.
GUYS A MANIAC..... WHYDD HE BITEEE MEE!!!???
Hahahahahahaha. Still laugh at that till this day. 😂😊
Sounds like my wife...
I got this for my birthday on Oct 26th 1998 which is ironically today as well. Still sits on my shelf. One of my favourite games of all time.
What a great video, reminding me of how blessed we were as children. After having played RE1, I could not wait for every new RE title to come out. RE2 is, to this day, one of my all time favorite games.
And what you say about "no shark jumps" is absolutely correct. Not spoiling where Ada came from and who she really has been working for until 3 games later is just so confident and suspenseful.
Really enjoying these so far! I could listen to people talk about this series all day.
What I loved, too, was the police reports. Reading the timeliness of how the city fell. The music was top-notch, like even the save rooms the music was like, yeah you're safe, but watch your ass.
4:08 preach! 🙏
Man, I loved this game when I was a kid. I think I was 6 or 7 when I started playing it, it was a while before the PS2 came out for sure. I remember walking through the hallway where the windows are boarded up, the arms came through those windows and scared the crap out of me twice. Then I'm like "I'm going to stay far away from them much as I can" I even swung the knife at them later on just to see what happens and sometime I get caught being too close. I think most people would quit out of fear at that age. But I'm built different, I keep playing to challenge myself and for the sake of going through the experience of feeling scared and suspense. I am looking forward when you get to the remakes.
@@metalfreak1324 same. I was like 7 when re1 came out. We rented it from blockbuster on a Friday. Me and my little brother played all weekend and barely got out of the main hall. That first zombie cutscene has given me a love of all survival horror
Maybe I missed, but kind of surprised that you did not mention how the Character selections works in this game. Instead of choosing the character in game, you selected the character by inserting one disc in real life, as one disc had the Claire scenarios, and the other one had the Leon scenarios. I don't remember that happening on another games, so was a very cool idea at the time (or it was for me)
I always thought 3 nemesis was just a filler for re 2 original. I mean I just killed the worm and neither character nor any of the notes to read, saved itself from how flat the story is. It makes sense because now with 3 nemesis, you can quick turn, sexily climb up and descend down the steps mind you which is a good thing because you couldn’t do that with re 1 directors cut, re 2 and strangely not even in code veronica. Also in 3 you could dodge simple to major attacks, if the game asks you of whether you would like to discard an item, you could just say yes without having to see an animation for it. Unfortunately the door opening and closing is still a short loading screen but the good news is Raccoon city has a bigger map to explore, lots of puzzles if you like and personally my favourite are the cutscenes are pretty and not like dolls like re 2. Oh and Jill’s choice of clothing personally for me I just can’t take seriously. Its just too much I don’t know never bothered to find out more but maybe she was partying 🤷♂️
What a classic. And yes, the soundtrack echoes in my mind 20 years after playing this gem.
Re2 and Re3 are my all time favorite games ever created. The remakes fell short of capturing this original fear and dread. I wish we could access these titles on our PS5's smh.
@@BigSparky1316 i would pay money for capcom to release a new resident evil game. But using the same hardware and graphics of the originals 😂
Still mad they haven't released an og re triple.pack on current consoles. I would pay full price for a re1 - 3 re release.
@@TuLokotron2010 I swear man I would pay full price too, hell I'd buy the ps1 games for w.e they're going for if we could just play them on console.
awesome vid bro. The OG RE2 is just too good. The remake pales in comparison
Just randomly found your channel, watched both your RE1 & 2 videos and thoroughly enjoyed both! Get well soon, and looking forward to whenevs you cover RE3!
as a big re fan, it has been a joy going through some of videos i haven’t played all the way through the original re2 but a watching this made me want to go play some re2
I was 18 when this came out and had just come back from my first 12 hour factory night shift.
My buddy borrowed me the game and I remember going home thinking I'll just play a few minutes to see what it's like and then get some sleep and maybe play a bit later before my next shift..... BIG mistake.
Couldn't stop playing and ended up getting no sleep and had to go back to work, luckily I was 18 and managed to get through the next shift but Resi 2 really was that good.
Loving all the videos man keep up the good work can’t wait to see more of the resident evil videos
This one has the best soundtrack of all the RE's, i remember having those tracks on my mp3 player in the late 2000's. So creepy, yet so melodic and absorbing.
16:21 you mean to tell me.. my whole childhood.. I've been LEAVING AMMO BEHIND?!
Still one of my favorite games of all time. And I agree with you that the music in this game is just so on-point. The theme music for the save rooms still lives rent-free in my head to this day.
This and the 2019 remake are the GOAT in the franchise.
I absolutely loved this game. I played it so much that when me and my friend tried playing a recreation of the game in Left 4 Dead 2, we basically speedran the map.
I've related this to the equivalent of T2: Judgment Day as far as sequels.
I agree
The OST gives you that, 'city in the 90's at night with dim street corners and ominous alleyways' type feel. I don't know how to describe that vibe...
This and Code Veronica both on Dreamcast were my entry into the series! I love Resident Evil and after decades later, i can see why RE2 is favored over RE1 by a longshot.
Before the release of this game my excitement for it was through the roof!! Never felt such high anticipation and excitement over a game, this and Tekken 3 were the 2 games! So much so I would play the hell out of the demo of RE2 with my pals and we would see how far we would get before the time ran out. The memories were amazing, loved them days.
Since then never really had that kind of anticipation for games from that point on and during the ps2 era even though there were great games.
I remember playing RE2 for the first time at a friend's house. I didn't have a PS1, but it was one of the games that convinced me to ask my dad to get me a PS1 and RE2 for Christmas. The game captured the feel of being trapped in an apocalyptic zombie outbreak so well and in such a cinematic way that rivaled any zombie horror movie. The scary mood and atmosphere was so effective that my best friend's little cousin would ask me to come over and play the game for him as he watched because he was too afraid to play it himself.
better days. im not feeling recent resident evil games because of that first and third person view with dizzying camera movements it's stressing to play than fun. these classic games with fixed camera angles are much much better
A couple of years ago, I bought a second hand copy of RE2 for the GameCube for 25 quid, about 33 bucks. It was worth every penny and I loved playing it. Great bit of nostalgia from when I had it years ago on the playstation.
I could barely watch my uncle and sister play RE one when I was a kid (I was only 5 or 6). I stayed away out of fear until RE3 came out and then I beat that game a few times. Once I beat that I was hooked and went back to RE2 and realized this was as my favorite of them all.
I’ll never forget when I played this game and felt it was hard but not as hard as the first but also it was pretty short. However, there were more zombies than the first. I had to get a game enhancer and loaded a bunch of cheat codes on the PS1 that would unlock all the guns and made me invincible to my all the enemies and I just maul every enemy with a chain gun with also unlimited ammo. I was able to beat the game really fast.
Man i remember this game very well I was teenage at the time my dad bought the game he would tell me it was his but then i started to keep playing my dad would say son take over it’s yours love the introduction of this game
Games I'd love to see turned into animes, RE(the first 4 games, UN SQUADRON, NINJA GAIDEN (NES games).
Wait, did Ada _actually_ die in RE2 Original, with no "Use this!" rocket launcher throw to hint (at least to us, if not also Leon) that she survived? It's been forever since I saw non-remake play to remember how it played out.
well she dies in his arms and then a _very mysterious figure_ throws in the rocket launcher during the final Tyrant fight... could've been anyone really 😉
I believe Ada’s exact fate in the OG RE2 depends on if you’re playing Leon A or B (I don’t remember which is which tho), with one of them giving her a Disney Villain Death then vanishing thereafter, while the other has her die in Leon’s arms then reusing her model to toss him a rocket launcher for the Super Tyrant.
@@notcole it was obvious that it was ada and she also lived in leon a claire b she gave claire the rocket launcher also she is not a villain she never was
Ahhh, I believe back in the day there were discussions about wether it was Ada or Annette the one who helped you with the rocket launcher.
the first game that introduced me to the series, absolutely a masterpiece imo
I've been playing the og re2 after never playing it as a kid. 26 years late! I started with re3 nemesis. I am really enjoying it and am almost done.
Playing RE: Directors cut and the included RE2 demo… over and over and over again… memories cut into my childhood
This was my first RE and first PS game. Bought it when I was 9 and man it was so intense to play.
Lucky you playing two fun gems.
the best review of RE2 of all the time. it would've been nice to mention the side missions of hunk and toefl as well.
Still arguably my favourite game ever in terms of impact.
I was obsessed with zombie movies when I was a kid. This game was just about perfect in every way.
I would play it at least twice a year, but now I only have a ps5 so can't play it at all. I really hope we get the original re2 and 3 on ps plus.
that thumbnail is so great, if only i actually used light mode when i saw it for the first time
I love all the early resident evil games, up until they changed the camera angels to over the shoulder, then i lost interest.
It will never be what it was but i will have a lifetime of memories, thinking back to the first time i ever laid eyes on resident evil 1 on ps1 in 1996.
I was an 8 year old kid and my uncle bought the game and id stay up all night with him watching him play it.
The first one will always be my favourite, simply because without the first, none of the others would’ve come into existence.
Good video and thank you for not succumbing to the demands of the disgrace known as TH-cam. TH-cam is apparently VERY strict and you putting the actual in game music normally would result in copyright strikes and the video being taken down or demonetized but it seems in this case you won and I’m so happy for it. Screw TH-cam and their stupid against the constitution rules. So thanks for putting the music in the video and not letting TH-cam win.
Good video and thank you for not succumbing to the demands of the disgrace known as TH-cam. TH-cam is apparently VERY strict and you putting the actual in game music normally would result in copyright strikes and the video being taken down or demonetized but it seems in this case you won and I’m so happy for it. Screw TH-cam and their stupid against the constitution rules. So thanks for putting the music in the video and not letting TH-cam win. Btw RE2 is one of my all time favorite games and the remake was awesome!
I started my RE experience with the second game. Have beaten it around 20 times where game one was only beaten once and the third game twice. It’s the same with the remakes.
a masterpiece of its time my brother came home and was not happy that I finshed the game yes it was 1998. I have the remake with the 98 sounds
Nice finally finding out whos saying the hey, its up to us to take out umbrella , i remember downloading that song w / that line but figured it was like a swat member or something, didnt know it was leon saying that.
Re2 really was perfect in every way for its time, the environments, the soundtracks, the storyline, everything about it was just was just perfectly creepy and captivated me when I was a kid, I remember getting up some nights late at night and being scared to even go to the bathroom because of it haha, and even though the remake was very well done, the OG RE2 to this day remains my favorite game of all time. I first played it when I was around 8 years old, and now I'm 34.
And even though the remake was really good and it did a good job of capturing that 90s era vibe, the original just holds a lot of nostalgic value that the remake just doesn't quite hit on, especially playing the original game back in the actual 90s.
Play that game back then actually I felt like it fit perfectly into that timeline.
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Mikami was not directing the beta of 2, it was always being directed by Kamiya. When it restarted as the final version it was mainly Noboru Sugimura being brought on for editing.
And the T-103 is not there to kill survivors more than it is to obtain G since Umbrella thinks that Hunk's team had failed to obtain it.
For the STARS members in 2 they're all intended to be in Europe, but 3 changed that.
I dunno why but every time I walk by the crashed Helicopter area, I get visibly uneasy. Am I alone in that?
I first got my PS one with resident evil Warhawk and twisted metal. RE is a top five game of all time in my opinion.
I don’t think people realize how incredible the release of resident evil II was. The game was perfect. It took fans to another level. Ahead of its time.
One of the greatest games of all time and a huge part of my childhood. I really enjoyed the remake and thought it honoured the original pretty well but nothing will beat the PS1 classic for me.
Your style of reviewing every game in a series has all the right to blow up in popularity!
10 months of development?! Each person on that team had BETTER have been rewarded with an Infinite Rocket Launcher for that kind of a speed run!
Definitely do resident evil 3 next (the OG one)
not gonna lie, when i first saw this game, back in 1998 i almost wet myself when the horde of zombies mauled Kendo! that was so absurdly terrifying to me! that game still give me nightmares here and there whenever i had bad dreams! lol and i pass through this game like a walk in the park nowadays!
I remember olaiying this and always worrying that the next area would be scarier this game definitely had a hold on me and learning it was on the playstation had me wondering what i missed out on seen the comparisons and was dumbfounded to see developers did magic with the port love this history and the series
I literally could not tell you how many times I've played this game and I was today years old when I realized you could use the lighter on the plant in the vent in the lab area. 😮🤦♂
The “first floor theme” is a permanent part of my psyche
Resident evil 2 was a master piece 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
The upgraded shotgun in Leon's campaign was awesome.
Wish this would come onto Sony’s PS Plus Premium Classics Catalogue.
Capcom re-released RE1: Director’s Cut. Not only is it perfectly preserved in its original form, but it’s played through an emulator that lets you auto save and even rewind gameplay
This was my first RE game I've played n the N64 days and loved it, Mr.X is probably my top 3 bosses
The only thing I felt was lacking compared to the first game was the boss designs. Besides the giant alligator, they were all just mutations of Birkin or Mr X encounters. The first game had a giant snake, spider, shark and mutated plant.
Covid in 2024? That’s rough man hope it’s over and done with soon for ya.
Covid never went away, it is still around and has been. Just nobody talks about
it. Regardless it sucks
Ever notice that the new enemies are always shown in dramativ but brief cutscenes? In RE1 we see cutscenes for zombies and the hunter. In RE2, it happens for thr licker. And in 3, it introduced Nemesis
I still don't understand why RE2 is my favorite, even to this day. It was more than shooting zombies, and running from Mr. X. The story is RE1 but bigger, but I did always get the feeling that while Claire and Leon were trying to survive, there were others in the city who were doing the same off screen. It always felt like if you just got there sooner, you would've saved more people.
RE2 was like the birthplace for the one of the legendary character of all time - Leon Scott Kennedy 🔥
Like how Resi 2 kind of follows the Terminator 2/Aliens sequel trajectory
heh. go to settings ingame, hold R1, keep pressing square until the boxes in the settings turn red :)
I played re1 at my cousins every time i went there on the ps1 prob when it was just out. I never beat it at that time i wasnt too great at puzzles i guess haha, i was young. But then a friend on my block i lived on had re2 he let me borrow it for less than a day and had his mom come over and get it back😮. My parents helped me by picking it up at the store, a used copy. Since then been buying resident evil.
Resident Evil 2 is still one of my favorite games of all time and my introduction to Resident Evil.
One thing I think is interesting that I’ve never heard anyone bring up is if you don’t take either the submachine gun or side pack in your first playthrough, both will be there in B scenario which is my go to strat. I’m not sure if there’s actual evidence to support this or if it’s my own head playing with me but I’ve always felt B scenarios are way harder so both items definitely help even it out
I'll actually have to try that sometime because I honestly just never thought to 😂
You’re not imagining it. It’s called the “zapping” system.
You can unlock a room in the lab by registering Leon/Claire’s fingerprint in their A & B scenarios. It’s in that room with the big moth
R.E. 2 is my favorite❤
I also think that its cool that you can kill Brad from RE3 in the beginning. Also cool that it’s technically RE3 because it takes place after the events of RE3
I always wanted to play this but was too scared as a kid. I loved DinoCrisis though and only recently learned that it was harder than the resident evil games.