Resident Evil 2 Remake had the tough job of living up to the highest of expectations when it released in 2019, and outside the fixed camera purists there aren't many people who'd say Capcom failed to deliver. It's still the tense, eerie journey through the RPD and beyond that we all remember, but Leon and Claire's surroundings have received one heck of a visual upgrade, which we now get the see from an over-the-shoulder perspective.
In our Resident Evil 2 Remake review, Andy Kelly called it a superb reimagining of a survival horror classic that somehow made zombies exciting again. It was also named our best 2019 remake, with Wes Fenlon mentioning it "managed to retain the low-level anxiety and occasional bursts of terror that early Resident Evil excelled at," and Andy coming back for an encore to say that the remake "takes the essence of the 1998 original and transforms it into a fresh and excitingly modern game."
