The main problem I have with the remake is the lack of Proper B scenarios and cut content

As great as the remake is, it doesn't render the original obsolete at all. While the remake arguably improves on most aspects, the original still does some things better, particularly the A and B scenarios.

Also, RIP the original VA for Leon in RE2, Paul Haddad. Still love your "ADA WAIT!!!!"

I love in the original Resident Evil 2 there's the A and B scenarios. It increase the replayability.

Unlike remake 1 ,where I believe it replaces the original, remake RE 2 and original RE 2 are completely different experiences with different strengths and weakness that both should be experienced Great video keep it up !

It would have been nice if RE2 Remake had another few months or even a year in the oven. That way we could have gotten all the cut content and an improved story more like the original. I would have preferred one fantastic RE2 remake as opposed to having both a great RE2 remake and a mediocre RE3 remake.

*Resident Evil 2 is a masterpiece. I loved playing it as a young teen back in 1998.*

The original RE2 is one of my favorite games ever made, and I’m hyped to see what you think of it

It's cool to see how older games continue to give enjoyment so many years later. It's shows how good they were at their craft despite limits in technology. Enjoyed the video and have a nice day everyone.

One of the greatest games of all time. If you were on PlayStation, you heard about Resident Evil.

The original RE2 is a classic. One of the best games ever made.

i loved the remake but the original will always be my favorite out of the entire franchise. Leon and Claire are some of the most memorable characters in gaming thanks to two Amazing Canadian Voice Actors, Alyson Court and the Late Paul Haddad. Rest in peace Paul, you were a big part of Resident Evils success and the fans will always love you for that.

I prefer the original. Way more finished, and ironically has less plot issues than the remake. Also, better Irons, since the remake one doesn't know what subtlety is, and his death is lame compared to OG Irons.

The A and B scenarios in the OG is so cool and ahead of its time, idk why they didn’t do that in the remake

Re2 is one of those games I played for the first time in 2019 and have played through completely 5 times since and loved every bit of it. I even unlocked all the infinite ammo weapons, a(s) ranked claire a/leon b. Re2make is a great game but I feel it is missing something that makes it truly surpass the original

By the way, J, the remake DOES mention in a file that William needs a genetically compatible host to reproduce. It's the file found in the save room after the first meeting with Annette. I think the developers did it on purpose honestly. I think they made the story more subtle and less "in your face" because they wanted a more cinematic approach, not to mention the fact that Dark Souls games style of storytelling was really popular when the remake dropped.

RE 2 original was my first wow moment as a kid, I was eight years old and the only games I had was a demo that came with the ps,and re:2. That game gave me nightmares but I was still addicted to it, I even had the toys, over 20 years later, this game gets released, I’ve already beat both scenarios on every difficulty at least 50 times, re2 is a big part of my gaming life, especially with the original soundtrack..

RE1.5 is actually really interesting with the many things the remake brought back after being cut from the PS1 version. It's not that fun to play, but it's interesting if you played 2 Remake beforehand, it's neat.

I was hoping you'd mention the use of music and sound design in RE2 Original vs the new scores or lack thereof in RE2Make. For me RE2 was iconic simply for the scores.

I still yearn for an RE2 remake that's like the RE1 remake.

you're killing it with all your series' this year man keep up the great work!!

RE2 has become one of those comfort games for me I just vibe with so hard ^^ Everything from the satisfying exploration/management/gameplay loop, the music, the characters, the character designs, settings, I just love. It's such a unique case for a video game remake where the remake is so god damn well made and fantastic as a game on its own - even doing a lot to improve on the original. But still goes worth mentioning how much lost potential there was when compared to the original. Especially for me, who has that passion for the original game, and seeing how much RE1 remake did for its source material.

Another common W for J's Reviews 👏 Thank you for providing us with new content

This was a fantastic review! I’m so excited that one of my favorite KZfaqrs is exploring one of my favorite game series for the first time! Can’t wait until you get to the original Resident Evil 3 - It’s one of my favorite games of all time, up there with the remakes of RE1 and 2!

Had to get my PS1 chipped back in 1998 so I could play this game. Me and friends were blown away by the intro.

One of my gripes about the RE2 remake is they really half-assed the "second run", there is no true B scenario, and no zapping system. The OG RE2 had much better pacing, and the unfolding of the story. I love how in the original you don't even see Mr. X until the B scenario. When I encountered him for the first time it was such an unexpected shock! Plus in the B scenario you have different boss fights. In the remake, for the most part you have the same boss fights in the second run. The only thing that stood out was the new Mr. X final form battle at the end. When I played the second run, I was majorly let down. It was great how in the original they saved a lot of stuff for the B scenario exclusively, it really helps it feel like you're playing two different games. I love the RE2 remake, but there's still plenty I prefer about the original over the remake. The pacing was just perfect, and to me it's magic that seems hard to capture nowadays with modern games.

It's so interesting to listen to someone's review of the original RE2. Most of my feelings and critiques come from the game experience from that specific time.

Re 1 remake is probably the greatest horror game remake of all time....as far as resident evil 2.....maybe I'm biased but I'm born 89 and I got re2 for my n64 1999 my mom got it for me I was 10 years old....I will never forget that feeling playing it the next day it was raining outside and my baby sister sat in my room watching me, that probably is one of the most special moments in my life...but then when re2 remake came out me and my wife just got our first house and I sat up all night playing the remake in 2019....with that being said, nothing beats the classic re2 I still beat and enjoy that game to this day, and it's one of the reasons I would NEVER give up my ps3....so happy I have retro re2 and retro re3 on my ps3....

I prefered the Tyrant in the original. It was a genuine wtf moment when it appeared in scenario B and ramped up the jump scares. In remake it gets old real fast, and it ends up just being an annoyance when you want to do a puzzle

I have to say I'm surprised that our thoughts line up on the story for RE2make. I figured I was the only one who felt disappointed in how Leon and Claire's Stories were no longer intertwined, and that the didn't really do much in the way of building a friendship between them. I mean, if they were meant to intertwine, Annette would have had to die in front of Sherry, come back to life, then help Leon, then shoot Ada and finally die again. But yeah. Just had to express my pleasant surprise. Great video as always!

List of things I dislike about the Resident Evil 2 Remake: 1. The A and B Senarios Re screwed up. 2. New plot holes, 3. Removed enemies ( no Spiders,Crows giant moth etc) 4. The Super Tyrant like a generic monster as opposed to more creepier demonic look he had in the original Resident Evil 2 5. Birkins 4th form redesign is just disspoiniting.

nice one. good to hear from someone first experiencing the old games for the first time and comparing the remakes. look forward to nemesis

A and B scenarios differences of the original is so much better...

I'm an older gamer that was around for the release of RE2 on the PS1 and N64. Still one of my fondest childhood memories, playing one whole scenario in a day without saving once. The tension was palpable, trying to get that coveted S-Rank finish.

The A B scenarios was called the Zapping system. It fascinated me and I am confused why this system isn't in the remake or other titles.

This is a good video and I'll definitely check out more of your stuff. RE2 OG was absolute groundbreaking game when it game out, it completely flipped the way I thought about games and was one of the first PS1 games I played. For me it will *always* be not only the best version of the game but my personal favourite RE game. The fact that RE2 remake was as good as it was really surprised me. It's very well designed for a new audience and it sent my nostalgia for the original off the scales.

Actually, the N64 version is missing the EX Battle mode from every other re-release. Otherwise it's uncompromised and even adds a new analog control scheme that RE Remake would later bring back.

I do prefer the original mainly because of the b scenarios and Leon and Claire interact more

I’m always so shocked how quickly you put out videos.

The original beats the remake in every way. From music, zombies and other enemies, puzzles, plot, character development. The remake was absolutely abysmal in comparison.

I love RE2, I first played it on the GameCube and loved it so much. The remake is so good, but I admit, I have never finished the remake.

OG RE2 is still my favorite RE and one of my top 5 games of all time. It's near flawless and has some of the best pacing a game can have. I do still love RE2make though and have put almost 100 hours in it. I feel like if they just built on RE2 like the original REmake did RE1 instead of cutting and changing things it would have surpassed the original. I'd legit pay full price for a Director cut of RE2make with full A/B scenarios and some cut things restored.

Thumbing this up already cause I already know this video is fire 🔥🔥🔥

Ada's "Death" was MUCH better in the original with the music playing.

Do kind in mind, people (such as myself) were waiting for RE2make since REmake was released on Gamecube. And we were certain that we would get it.... we didn't know at the time we would have to wait 15+ years... we thought maybe 2-3 years. With that being said, I still love the original more since that was my game. I thought RE2make was fantastic, but it was disappointing that they basically removed RE2's gimmick of zapping/A and B. And the fact that they removed pretty much all interaction with Claire and Leon with each other. The one other thing I disliked was new Irons. I thought the original did it better. This was compounded with the removal of an iconic line, which was strange since they kept in the iconic moment from the FMV when you open the door and Leon points his gun and says get down. What I'm referring to with Irons is this moment (if one is old enough to remember) that was in ALL the marketing for the original RE2. It was in all the commercials etc. "Everyone's gonna die.." I remember hearing it so many times, its tattooed on my brain. But nope.. they didn't have it. Side note, his death in the original was far better. The remake made it look like a joke. The spawn bursting out and ripping him open from his stomach to his shoulder was awesome.

The remake is good but flawed. I prefer the older version. Not so much for RE 1 remake. Now that is a perfect remake.

I love all the people arguing about which one is better... OG VS Remake. *Meanwhile, me:* "Why not both?" ;) Seriously both OG and Remake are some of the best games ever made.

You never disappoint, J. Great review! I'd love to see your thoughts on RE Darkside Chronicles, it's a Wii game heavily focusing on Leon and Claire. They retell the events of RE2, code Veronica, and a sorta prequel to RE4 overall. Give it a look sometime

Excited to see you review RE3!

RE2 original is a masterpiece! its absolute perfection.

This video made my day. Thanks J!

Loved this vid keep up the good work!

I completely disagree about the characters being better in RE2 Remake, especially Chief Irons and Annette Birkin. They made Irons completely balls to the wall insane for no reason, in the og he was crazy sure but he was also still believable. He felt overly evil because "he's a badguy". Annette basically has the same issues, she has like zero character in the remake, in the original you can tell she cared about William and Sherry, in the remake she sounds like she just doesn't even give two shits about Sherry.

I like the remake, but they messed up the A B scenarios so badly. The timeline inconsistencies really suck. Clair and Leon shouldn't experience repeated events the way that they do, that makes no sense. Kinda lazy on capcom's part and it's the only issue I have with the remake.

Alright I'm sold. Up till know I had only played RE4, going to give this franchise another try thanks to you J!

I really liked the zapping system in RE2 PS1. It's unfortunate that the remake didn't recreate the zapping system properly.

Original re2 is way better when I played the remake it felt like alot of things where missing and lacking clairs section was pretty much the same with leons except for the ada and sherry segment it felt like I was playing the same section all over again what a joke

Thank you Shinji Mikami for making such a great franchise.

Resident Evil 2 (1998) was my first step into the survival horror genre and I've loved it ever since

the motivations of Annette Birkin is worse than original. She basically acts like Sherry is meaningless until she’s on the verge of death after William attacks her.

Missed a lot of iconic dialogues from the original though

WAY back in 1997 I was laid up for 2 weeks with a broken foot. RE2 on the PS1 was the only thing that kept me entertained long enough for me to forget about the pain in my foot. :-)

Great reviews as always.

I prefer the old ps1 resident evil 2 because it was way more scarier than the remake

The PlayStation's RE, RE2, and RE3 remain one of video games' best trilogies.

I currently playing the remake of re2 I really love it so far I need to go back to it

wasn't big on story based games but my younger sister recommended RE2 Remake and it became one of my top 3 favourite games of all time (Hard Mode was so tense my god) love the review !

RE2 still to this day is one of my favorite games, I absolutely despise the REmake.

The characters with the remake are a lot worse than in the original. Irons in the original was more charismatic he seems off but given the situation also "failing to protect the mayors daughter" you can understand at least through the eyes of the main characters, he sounds more distraught. But even through that he still came of as polite and calm, it's good that he is like that cause that's how he made it to be chief of police. In the remake he came off as crazy, quickly threatening them with a gun which makes no sense. No charm or charisma, when Claire said "he's the chief of police?" I was just as surprised as her, that's not Irons in anyway. If he was looking for the pendant, since he is crazy in the remake why not just hold them at gunpoint and ask for the pendant. If sherry declines then just say that he will shoot Claire or something instead of dragging Sherry to the orphanage. Which is more dangerous since you would have to go outside where it's dangerous. You have potential zombies or whatever to take care of while dragging a uncooperative girl and he's using a revolver so he only has so many shots. One thing that doesn't make sense in the remake is that Irons is the one that trapped Ben in the prison area but that's just dumb, if he wanted to kill Ben he would have let him free since there are zombies and other monsters around the station that would kill him. Or just shoot him and then if someone said anything he could have claimed Ben was a zombie. In the original Ben locked himself in the cell in order to protect himself from the monsters. Annette Birkin is one of the most destroyed characters in the remake, in the original while still a workaholic she still loved both William and Sherry since in the original when William is shot she is horrified and quickly tries to look for help, with Sherry she told her to go to the police station cause she said it was safer there. She always did think of her even if she didn't spend a lot of time with her. You can tell in the original that she does love her very much since when Claire (someone she doesn't know) tells her that Sherry is in the sewers she drops everything to look for her especially to find her before William does. She wrote down the instructions to create the vaccine for Sherry. Another part that shows her love for her husband is when she gets mad at Claire for "killing" him. Even as a monster all she saw was William which is why she dropped her guard and is very protective of the G-virus since it's very important to her husband it's also very important to her. In the remake she doesn't really care for William or Sherry telling Claire that she and William were "more married to their work" and ignoring Claire just to "observe " his transformation and the most egregious thing she did was what she did to Sherry in the sewers. Her daughter is alone and scared in the sewers and she dared to tell her daughter that she "didn't have time for that" and proceed to shut off the camera, she didn't tell her to stay put that she will go to her. If it was the old Annette she would have come running towards her. With gameplay having Mr.X following you around is more annoying since he makes you have to wait to pass by so you can be on your way. There are right way and wrong ways of doing that. the original Nemesis was a good example of having a enemy follow you the right way, Mr.X in the original is fine as well since the times she shows up he does corner you in cramped spaces. in the remake everytime you hear his footsteps you will more likely go "ughh" since you have to wait. He feels more like a pesky fly.

It's surprising how few videos there are about both these games at once

2 very different games. The remake is missing a ton of content but the combat is very fun and the graphics are amazing. The original is one of my favorite games ever.

Original is always the best hands down!

i prefer the original. the remake is fun but i still play the original to this day

I love how Leon ended the original on "It's up to us to take down Umbrella" and in RE4 it says their stock prices dropped and killed the corporation. "Who took down Umbrella?" "*Leon Mumbles*" "What's that Leon?" "Capitalism..."

I got RE2 on N64 for christmas along with Road Rash 64. It was one of the best Christmas's of my childhood.

If you're just getting into horror games and don't mind older games you should check out parasite Eve and parasite Eve 2. Both on ps1 and both are different from one another gameplay wise but both really good. I guess you could argue they aren't like horror horror but I remember as a kid it scared me but in more recent years it's just a fun two games to play. Imo

I’ve played the remake and it’s so good, Resident evil 2 is such a fantastic game. I need to play the original on my ps1 as I can’t wait to play it one day

I love your reviews!

N64 port also had a Randomizer mode that mixed up item placement and ammo amounts. A huge plus for replayability. Also you could change controls to a more modern style instead of tank controls. Feels wonky at first with fixed camera, but once you get use to it, it's practically easy mode. You could also change blood color for a small mix up visually.

Have you played the Re1 remake BTW? That game is nothing short of perfect I recently replayed it like 3 times in a row on real survivor

The original RE2 is my favorite RE game but not a fan of the remake it’s a pretty game love how the lickers act,but the laziness of not having A and B and cutting enemies was a big no for me and I found Mr X not scary just annoying in the remake like a toddler when u are trying to do house work they always are there bugging u. But that’s my opinion

RE2 original came out when I was 12. I still play it a couple times a year. The GameCube version with the HD Mod is my absolute favorite version. The Dreamcast port has an exclusive Nightmare difficulty mode, and the SourceNext PC port has a lot of mods out there for it. As much as I like RE2 remake, the original is still my favorite game of all time.

Regarding N64 version having all CGI cutscenes. You didn’t seem to realise that the scene with William Birkin killing Hunks unit. The CGI cutscene is Claire’s version repeated over both Claire and Ada’s sections.

For me, the Re2make is almost a perfect game. The things they left out were a bit unforgivable for me though, like the spiders and the factory/warehouse section. I'll never forget my first playthrough of the original in 1998, when you finally make it out of the sewers you ascend through the factory and warehouse portions which were only a few scenes but when you reach the surface, you get a brief break when the track "Marshalling Yards" plays and it still haunts me to this day. It gave a feeling of ghostly loneliness that I haven't experienced in a horror game since. It's a masterpiece and I'll always treasure it.

IN MY OPINION, original RE2 (1998) win.

15:29 funfact: The editor of that magazine was Rich Leadbetter who you may now know as the head honcho at Digital Foundry. I still have most copies of the UK Sega Saturn magazine somewhere including that issue.

I do wish you had talked a bit more about RE2's unlockable bonus modes, especially Hunk's. Same where I do hope you talk about RE3's mercenaries mode when you finish reviewing that.

The RE2 Remake is probably my favorite game ever and is the reason I'm an RE fan today! As awesome as the OG RE2 looks, I could just never get the hang of the camera and controls. Glad I could still become a fan.

Remake had incredible graphics, scenery, and gameplay, but it just felt... incomplete. The A/B system had corners cut, certain enemy types were removed, a couple weapons absent, some scenes scrapped, a few locations gone. Extreme Battle ditched too. They removed one of my favourite scenes with Leon meeting Claire in the Stars room. Their relationship was mostly expressed through letters which was lazy, imo. However I really liked the Orphanage, but they should have made it scarier.

just beat hardcore on the re2 remake, and yeah it was my first resident evil game and my favorite storyline horror game by far, loved beating it on stream

There was an article in Game Developer magazine written by the guy who did all the compression on the N64 version and it was crazy.

They’re both great ! I don’t know why there has to be a battle between them .

RE 2: Remake is a fucking marvel, dude. Love it.

I wish Capcop would make an update to add proper B scenarios. Like that would make it perfect. I didn't care for the really tough dlc ghost survivor modes.

Digging the Jak background music

I like the original more because it feels a bit more complete. RE2 remake fell through for me when they didn't have the zapping system and both A and B scenarios ended the same.

Having played RE2 when it came out, I was really looking forward to the remake, though I found myself very disappointed with it. I feel somewhat validated in that you touched upon most o the criticisms I had of it which most people seemed to have overlooked in the hype surrounding it at release. It does make a lot of sense that the A/B scenarios were crammed in at the last minute, which explains why Mr X was in both scenarios. I was surprised when he turned up in the A scenario which I initially thought was great and I assumed they'd have something new in the B scenario to mix things up further, so that was a huge let-down. That and the complete disconnection between the A/B runs where there was no choices you made that effected the second run. While I enjoyed RE2make as a fun game, I thought it was a terrible remake, which is a real shame. Clunky though the original is, it remains my favourite of the two versions.

29:21 Did you ever notice that the credits song for the A scenario (not the B version here) is actually a "peaceful" version of Birkin's leitmotif? I took me twenty years, and was a random moment of clarity, after deciding to listen to the song again on KZfaq for nostalgia.

R2 Remake or Reimagined or whatever it is, it has visuals, a somewhat good stalking enemy and thats it. OG RE2 on the other hand has the heart, soul and escence. It can be consider the peak of the classic REs and followed by RE3.

The problem with these new remakes to much cut content especially that horrible RE3 remake than you look at the original remake RE1 which is a masterpiece because noting was cut instead added upon a original game how it should be.