- A fine portIn this game, you take control of a cop called Leon Scott Kennedy, who is in his first day of job; and a woman named Claire Redfield looking for her brother Chris Redfield (one of the main character of the original game). Unfortunately, they're both unlucky. The whole Raccoon City is infected by a new virus, who turn people into zombies, dogs into monstruous creatures, and other horrendous monsters. Considered by many the best Resident Evil charpter ever, it's finally on the Nintendo GameCube... Let's check out what's it all about:
- Graphics: Ok, this is the worse part in here, but it's not that bad. Do you notice any differences in this graphics and PSOne's, talking about this game? Yes, you do.. But it's not a big difference, not a thing to notice at first. In the GameCube version, the characters' and monsters' faces can be seen clearly, unlike in the PSOne versions. Background is the same as PSOne's. So, if you were expecting a graphic evolution like from PSOne's Resident Evil to GameCube's, then I'm sorry.. You'll be disappointed in the graphical part.
- Sound: There is not a difference between this version and PSOne's if you're talking about sound. Sometimes the music can be too loud when characters are speaking, so you won't understand wha they're saying. But that's no problem. Just ajust the sound effects and you're done. The soundtrack is scary and classical, voice acting is not bad either.
- Fun: It's such a great thing to play this fine Resident Evil charpter with the awesome GameCube controller. It feels like a new game. Even though I've played (and beaten) this game before in the PSOne, I must say that I was still scared of those weird corridors with that scary soundtrack. The game story is really good. Overall, this game is really fun if you're a Resident Evil fan. You have to beat the game twice with every character, because both have 2 scenarios, and you will not know the whole story if you don't finnish the game's four scenaries. Plus there are three mini-games. One of them is called Extreme Battle. In this one, you'll have to take and plant bombs all around the RPD, but time is limited so you have to hurry. This game can be played with many characters, incluiding Chris Redfield. Another one is called Hunk - The 4th Survivor. In this mini-game, you must get to the helicopter room, so they will rescue you (you are Hunk, the only one who survived trying to take the G-Virus from William Birkin), but it's not that easily because they have really few items and lots of zombies. The other mode is almost the same thing, except that the difficulty is extreme and you play as To-Fu (a cheese, yes), and the mini-game is called Tofu- The Survivor. Still, it's far from being my favorite Resident Evil charpter.
- Educative: Ok, this game is not educative, not at all.. Lots of blood, violence, body parts falling down zombies, heads cut off and all this kind of thing, that you'll see in nearly every Resident Evil game. But there is no cussing in this game. So, parents... you should only buy this game if your children have played this kind of games before and if they do not get scared easily, unless they'll have nightmares, lots of 'em...
The veredict: Resident Evil 2 i very cool game, it's in the Top 10 of the Best PSOne Games Ever. So it can't be bad... If you've played Resident Evil 2 before and you own an authentic copy for another plataform (PSOne, Dreamcast, Nintendo64 or PC), I don't think you should buy this game unless you want the whole series in the GameCube console (which is my case, because I bought the GameCube to play the whole Resident Evil series in it). If you've never played it or if you do not own this game for other plataform, it is a must-buy. One of the best Survival Horror games ever. In this game, if the suspense doesn't kill you... something else will.
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