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My name is Moira Burton.
I’ll admit I have a soft spot for this game. It’s perfect if you have a friend who is a scaredy-cat, as you can be in front as Claire/Barry, while the friend can stay behind and point out items and act as support as Moira/Natalia. The gameplay and story mesh well together as you play through the villain of the week’s sadistic traps and zombie horror as Claire/Moira, then play as Barry/Natalia 6 months later trying to figure out what happened. The only bad thing is there’s a really dumb thing you have to do to get the “true” ending, which you definitely won’t figure out on your first playthrough.

Me and my sweet ass are on the way!
No, I didn’t make that line up. And despite how stupid that line was and some of the supporting characters are, this game does have an interesting plot, with a couple of juicy twists to chew on. Considering that of all things this started as a 3DS exclusive, it’s well put together. Some of the enemies are a little spongy but the game makes use of its ocean liner setting very well. The scanning mechanic is boring. I can’t think of any other strong negatives or positives for it.

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This is real bottom of the barrel level stuff. The best I have to say about it is there’s a button where you hurl yourself backwards and can then roll around on the ground which is hilarious.

Complete. Global. Saturation.
A child, playing with his father’s tools not knowing how they work, and sacrificing too much on the altar of forced co-op. The elegant attache case system and the iconic merchant are both gone. The treatment of women has gone from quaint “ballistics” references to fanservice close-up camera shots on Sheva’s ass and breasts. Chris has cartoonish proportions, and as for the story most people only remember the infamous boulder punching QTE. Through the muck in the moment to moment gameplay you can see glimpses of the greatness that Resident Evil 4 was, but this was a firm step backward.

♥♥♥♥♥ can’t even swim.
Let's get one thing out of the way first: that scene with the drain deimos. You know the one. It wasn't even a death scene! Despite an obvious note nearby telling how they worked, some creep(s) at Capcom decided they wanted their weird fetish in the game. ♥♥♥♥ off.
Besides that, the biggest mistake this game makes is moving Jill’s “stars” line into a throwaway line while being chased. It’s the most iconic line in the series outside of Resident Evil 4 or the original RE, and Capcom did it dirty.
The good things this game does are letting you see and maneuver around enemies (static camera angles and tank controls are bad, take off your nostalgia glasses), making the dodge mechanic useful, an excellent story, removing that stupid decision system, good remixing of the source music, and, without wishing to spoil, making the final fight with Nemesis outrageously cool.
There was a price, however. Nemmy’s other appearances besides in the city go from being scripted sequences (with honest to goodness QTEs) to standalone boss fights. He isn’t chasing you much, gameplay wise. There have also been a lot of cuts; while I thought the city was nice, it’s smaller than the original and sacrifices some alleyways. The park, the clock tower, the gravedigger, the mercenaries, and probably some more things I’m forgetting have all been axed. There’s a new small sewer area, if you like those (?).
On its own, this remake is a good game, but don’t expect too much reverence for the source material.

This place will eat you alive if you aren't careful
WE DO IT! Resident Evil 2 was the best of the classic Resident Evil games, and this remake has broken it free from the shackles of tank controls, static camera angles, and ink ribbons, leaning more towards Resident Evil 4 gameplay. The dialogue between Leon and Claire is somewhat awkward and stilted, though it’s hardly a downgrade from the 1998 localization.

Enter the survival horror
I will always contend that static camera angles, tank controls, limited inventory systems, and ink ribbons are all benchmarks of poor design. This game is excellent regardless of such handicaps, and has possibly the best level design in the series.

"Games these days suck, they're always shoving a political agenda down our throats"

This is the first traditional (read: not Smash Bros.) fighting game I've sunk any time into and I just hit 100 hours so I suppose it's earned a review.

Pros: The soundtrack is incredible, the graphics are beautifully animated, all of the character designs are intriguing (there's only like 1 "generic guy holding sword" character), and only get more so if you know the lore behind all of them. If, like me, you've never played a fighting game before, this is a forgiving first entry that teaches you the basics but by golly does it move at lightspeed once you've mastered the fundamentals.

Meh: The lore is an off-the-rails-in-a-good-way mess. I'm not sure if it's dumb anime junk or a masterpiece. There's precious little single player content, and the story mode is just a 3 hour non-interactive cutscene. The lobby is kind of a scrappy mechanic.

Strong Recommend at any price. Get the Ultimate Edition. Pick it up, get obsessed with it, annoy your friends, family, and people in various Discord servers about it, and pray to Daisuke-san that Dizzy will be added next Season.

The gameplay is a fantastic improvement on the original and removes much of the clunky combat and "tomb raider" levels. You also have a useful map now! Without spoilers, the plot is also an excellent follow up as well. The graphics are ass, but you already knew that.
The only question I have is: why in the Builders name did they make Karras sound like that?