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Resident Evil 2
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2019 survival horror video game remake developed by Capcom
Game data
Metacritic 91- Released
- 2019-01-25
- User rating
- 4.50 / 5
- Genres
- Adventure, Action
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, macOS
- ESRB
- Mature
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Game details · IGDB
Resident Evil 2 is a remake of 1998's Resident Evil 2. The game was not developed with the intent of improving the original, but rather a reimagining of the original story with redesigned maps, characters and story elements. Gameplay mechanics are more similar to Resident Evil 7: Biohazard though with the use of an over-the-shoulder camera.
- Released
- 2019
- Genres
- Shooter, Adventure
- Platforms
- Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
- Game modes
- Single player
- Engine
- RE Engine
- Franchise
- Resident Evil
- Developer
- Capcom Development Division 1
- Publisher
- Capcom
Key facts
- Developer
- Capcom
- Publisher
- Capcom
- Directors
- Kazunori Kadoi Yasuhiro Anpo
- Producers
- Yoshiaki Hirabayashi Tsuyoshi Kanda
- Designer
- Hidehiro Goda
- Programmer
- Masatoshi Fukazawa
- Artists
- Gez Fry Satoshi Takamatsu
- Writer
- Brent Friedman
- Composers
- Shusaku Uchiyama Zhenlan Kang Sakiko Sakuragi Yuichi Tsuchiya Tadayoshi Makino
- Series
- Resident Evil
- Engine
- RE Engine
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4 Windows Xbox One PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X/S Nintendo Switch iOS iPadOS macOS Arcade
- Release
- PS4 , Windows , Xbox One January 25, 2019 PS5 , Xbox Series X/S June 13, 2022 Nintendo Switch November 11, 2022 iOS , iPadOS , macOS December 10, 2024 Arcade TBA
- Genre
- Survival horror
- Mode
- Single-player
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Encyclopedic overview
Resident Evil 2 is a 2019 survival horror game developed and published by Capcom. A remake of the 1998 game Resident Evil 2, it was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in January 2019 and for Amazon Luna, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch in 2022. Versions for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS were released in December 2024. The player controls rookie police officer Leon S. Kennedy and college student Claire Redfield as they attempt to escape Raccoon City during a viral outbreak that turns the citizens into zombies and other monsters.
Capcom considered remaking Resident Evil 2 following the release of the remake of the first Resident Evil in 2002, but the producer, Shinji Mikami, did not want to divert development from Resident Evil 4 (2005). Capcom announced the Resident Evil 2 remake in 2015 and released the first trailer and gameplay footage at E3 2018. It was built on the RE Engine, which was also used for Resident Evil 7: Biohazard.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Resident Evil 2” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.