This was a really good game and definitely a much better game compared to the 1996 original, and I really like just how much more attention is put towards the atmosphere and characters in this one - remixing the original in a way that would throw off people that are incredibly familiar with it.
The original sort of had this campy quality to it, which I think is all but missing from this one - to the point where they changed the dialogue from stuff like the infamous "You were almost a Jill Sandwich!" is changed to "Another second and you could have fit nicely into a sandwich." It is a bit weird at first, but honestly this game becomes way more immersive once you get past all of that - and the story definitely expands upon itself with even more elements, with more creepy backstories - and just the framing of things is better in this one. Barry Burton, for instance, comes across as way more convincingly conniving in this one - rather than how he's portrayed as this lovable oath in the first game.
Everything else about this game is thoroughly tense and makes the absolute best usage out of the survival horror genre - and I like the way the fixed camera angles are used in way more of a suspenseful, cinematic way this time around. I also find it strange how this game is such a revamp, then in 2003 Resident Evil 2 and 3 were released on the Gamecube only they were the original unchanged versions. We didn't see proper remakes of those titles until about 20 years later.
Definitely a must-play for survival horror enthusiasts.
The original sort of had this campy quality to it, which I think is all but missing from this one - to the point where they changed the dialogue from stuff like the infamous "You were almost a Jill Sandwich!" is changed to "Another second and you could have fit nicely into a sandwich." It is a bit weird at first, but honestly this game becomes way more immersive once you get past all of that - and the story definitely expands upon itself with even more elements, with more creepy backstories - and just the framing of things is better in this one. Barry Burton, for instance, comes across as way more convincingly conniving in this one - rather than how he's portrayed as this lovable oath in the first game.
Everything else about this game is thoroughly tense and makes the absolute best usage out of the survival horror genre - and I like the way the fixed camera angles are used in way more of a suspenseful, cinematic way this time around. I also find it strange how this game is such a revamp, then in 2003 Resident Evil 2 and 3 were released on the Gamecube only they were the original unchanged versions. We didn't see proper remakes of those titles until about 20 years later.
Definitely a must-play for survival horror enthusiasts.