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Yes, it's a faithful recreation of the 1998 survival horror classic, but it has been rebuilt completely from the ground up, resurrecting iconic locations like the Raccoon City Police Station using Resident Evil 7's RE Engine. Availability: Out January 25th on PS4, Xbox One and PCĬalling this modern Resident Evil 2 a remake feels like an undersell.As an old-school Resident Evil fan, I couldn't be happier. Lion statue? Stained glass? Locker room? Keypad? This is the frenzied, stream of consciousness-style note-taking of someone deep down a Resident Evil rabbit hole. Sitting on the first open page of my notepad, in a frantic scrawl, are rudimentary diagrams with numbers sticking out at odd angles, repeating three letter codes, bizarre rune patterns, abbreviated riddles, safe-cracking combinations, random running tallies, and then sometimes just the odd word, number or phrase followed with a bemused question mark. You know you're playing a good Resident Evil game when you need to keep a pen and a piece of scrap paper close at hand. Capcom finds the perfect middle ground between old and new in this sterling remake.
