Resident Evil 2 retells the outbreak in Raccoon City through rookie police officer Leon Kennedy and college student Claire Redfield. Their separate playable campaigns present the story from each character’s perspective as they try to survive the zombie-filled city and uncover the cause of the attack. The remake rebuilds the 1998 game while retaining its focus on tense exploration, combat and puzzle solving.
Its over-the-shoulder camera and modernized controls frame a close-up survival horror experience, set among the dark corridors of the Raccoon City Police Department. Exploration is practical as well as atmospheric: players search the environment for items, use them, and solve puzzles to access new areas. In combat, enemies react to damage, and the description emphasizes that every bullet counts, reinforcing the pressure to survive rather than treating encounters as simple action sequences.
Leon and Claire’s parallel journeys, combined with exploration, resource-minded combat and puzzles, define its distinctive play experience.
