Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 2 is a sequel to the first Resident Evil title. Like the previous game in the series, Resident Evil 2 is a 3D action-adventure using three-dimensional polygon characters over two-dimensional…
Resident Evil 2 is an adventure developed by Capcom Planning Room 2, released 21 January 1998 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Dreamcast and Nintendo GameCube. The main story takes about 7.2 hrs to finish.
What Resident Evil 2 is
Resident Evil 2 is an adventure game developed by Capcom Planning Room 2 and released in 1998. It was published by Capcom. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Dreamcast, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game is set on September 29, 1998. Zombies have infested Raccoon City. A biological weapon known as the T-Virus was released into the sewer system. Rats then spread the virus to the city's population. Two people make their way to Raccoon City: Leon S. Kennedy, a rookie police officer on his first day on the job, and Claire Redfield, a college student looking for her brother. Leon and Claire quickly find themselves fighting for their lives against hordes of creatures in their search for survival.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, science fiction and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Resident Evil series
Resident Evil 2 is the fifth of 190 entries we hold in the Resident Evil series. The next entry was Resident Evil: Director's Cut Dual Shock Ver. in 1998. Its critic score of 55 is 19 points below the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Resident Evil 4 at 95.
How it was received
Resident Evil 2 holds a critic score of 55 out of 100. That places it above 11% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1998 averaged 70, so it scored 15 points below the year average. Players rate it 69, 14 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 7.2 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5 8500 or Ryzen 3 3100 or better, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GTX 1660(6GB) or Radeon RX 5600XT(6GB). An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 4GB.
What it launched against
Resident Evil 2 launched on 21 January 1998, within three weeks of Resident Evil 2 (1998), Xenogears, Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes and Sega Rally 2. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil 2 (1998), Xenogears, Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Sega Rally 2.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Resident Evil 2 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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