Resident Evil 2
Intense overall intensityWhat's in it
Realistic firearm and melee combat against zombies and mutated creatures with heavy blood, and enemy limbs can be shot off in real time.
A viral outbreak wipes out a city, with mass civilian death, secret human bioweapon experimentation, and pervasive body horror.
Sustained survival-horror dread with dark corridors, sudden jump scares, a relentless stalking pursuer, and disturbing monster designs.
Enemies can have limbs and heads blown off by gunfire, and mutilated, dismembered bodies appear in the environment.
Occasional moderate profanity in character dialogue during tense encounters.
Infected, hostile dogs are among the creatures the player shoots in self-defense.
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What it is
Resident Evil 2 is a survival-horror game in which you play a rookie police officer or a young woman searching for her brother during a zombie outbreak that has overrun a fictional American city. You explore dark, tense environments, solve puzzles, and fight infected humans and grotesque mutated monsters using guns and knives while scavenging for scarce ammunition and healing items. The game is built around fear and gore: heavy blood, dismemberment where enemies lose limbs and heads to gunfire, disturbing body-horror creatures, and a constant atmosphere of dread punctuated by scares and a nearly unkillable stalker. It contains occasional moderate profanity but no sexual content, and is a single-player experience with no online interaction or purchases.
How it's framed
The game frames the player as a survivor trying to escape and protect others amid a corporate-caused biological catastrophe, with the violence directed at already-infected, hostile creatures rather than framed as cruelty. Horror and gore are used for tension and shock rather than glorified, and the story treats the outbreak and human experimentation behind it as a tragedy.
Details
- Developer
- CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
- Publisher
- CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
- Released
- Jan 24, 2019
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