Resident Evil 2 Remake (2019)

“Puzzles, panic, and a police station that should’ve just burned down.”


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🎥 Let’s start by showing y’all the trailers shall we?

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🧾 Non-Spoiler Plot Overview

So you’ve got Leon Kennedy, rookie cop on his first damn day, and Claire Redfield, college student just trying to find her brother. Both unlucky as hell because they show up right when Raccoon City turns into zombie central. The game locks you in the police station, makes you juggle keys, ammo, herbs, and your sanity while Umbrella’s experiments turn every corridor into hell. It’s survival horror brought back to life, and this time it’s polished, beautiful, and designed to chew you up and spit you out.


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👥 Character Rundown

Leon Kennedy – baby-faced cop who picked the worst day in history to start a new job. He’s brave but constantly looks like he’s five minutes away from giving up. Same, Leon. Same.

Claire Redfield – tougher than Leon honestly. She’s just a regular person trying to find Chris but somehow handles zombies, monsters, and psychos like a pro. Also her campaign is just as good, which makes replaying worth it.

Ada Wong – trench coat, mysterious, and she’s clearly up to something. Leon falls for her instantly like a dumb golden retriever, which is exactly what Leon would do.

Sherry Birkin – kid caught up in the madness, basically the “please survive, child” factor. Claire gets the protector role with her.

William Birkin – scientist, bad dad, bigger monster. The G-Virus mutates him into a nightmare and he just keeps evolving every time you think you’re done with him.



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⏱️ Pacing / Episode Flow

Here’s where I almost quit. I put in six hours, and I swear five of them were me running around like a headless chicken. Every single segment is a puzzle. Doors, medallions, keys shaped like playing cards, moving shelves, statues — I’m bad at puzzles so this game punished me. Hard. But when you’re not lost, the flow is brutal and brilliant. Exploration, then panic, then breathing room, then BOOM — Mr. X stomps in and ruins your day.


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✅ Pros

The atmosphere is perfect. Narrow corridors, flickering lights, every zombie encounter feels like a life-or-death struggle.

Zombies are terrifying again. They take multiple headshots, sometimes get back up after you thought they were dead, and the sound design makes them unbearable to be around.

Limited ammo and inventory slots force actual choices. Do you carry the shotgun or more healing herbs? Do you waste bullets or just run?

Mr. X stalking you through the halls is pure nightmare fuel. Those heavy footsteps… nope.

The remake looks incredible, with the RE Engine making everything gross, wet, and shiny in a way that makes you hate being in this world.



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❌ Cons

Puzzles on puzzles on puzzles. If you don’t vibe with them, it becomes a grind real fast.

Backtracking is constant, and if you don’t keep track of what key goes where, prepare to suffer.

Mr. X is terrifying, but sometimes he feels more annoying than scary when you just want to solve one damn puzzle.

Inventory management will make you rage quit at least once.

❌ Con – The Dumb Cop Station Fence Scene

One of the reasons I could never fully get into Resident Evil was this moment early in RE2 Remake. Claire shows up at the police station and meets Leon through the closed gate. She’s like, “Can you let me in?” and Leon’s all, “Oh no, I don’t have the key.” Her response? “It’s okay, I’ll just run around the other way.”

I’m sorry, what? That fence isn’t high. You’re telling me neither of you thought, “Hey, maybe I’ll just climb over”? This is survival horror, not “wait politely for an unlocked door” simulator. That moment instantly took me out of it, because it felt like the game forcing artificial tension instead of giving a logical solution.




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💭 Final Thoughts

Resident Evil 2 Remake is amazing at what it does, even if it almost broke me. The tension is relentless, the zombies are horrifying again, and every corridor feels like a death sentence. It’s survival horror in its purest form — stressful, claustrophobic, and cruel. And yet… I respect it. It made me terrified of slow zombies again, something I thought was impossible.


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⭐ Rating

I’m giving Resident Evil 2 Remake a 7/10. Brutal, scary, gorgeous, but also exhausting. I’ll be real, I almost walked away — but I’m glad I didn’t.


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⚠️ Spoiler Warning

Alright, time for the guts. Let’s ruin this nightmare properly.


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🩸 Spoilers

Leon and Claire split up early, each with their own nightmare path. Leon runs into Ada Wong, who is totally not trustworthy but he falls for her anyway. Claire ends up babysitting Sherry Birkin, whose dad is the actual monster of the story.

And then there’s William Birkin — scientist who jabbed himself with the G-Virus and turned into a monster with an eyeball bulging out of his arm. You fight him multiple times, and each time he mutates more. At first he’s just a big scary dude, then he’s a hulking beast, then by the end he’s basically a writhing mass of flesh and eyeballs that won’t stop evolving. Umbrella really knew how to cook up nightmares.

The police station becomes your prison — every hallway you memorized gets invaded by zombies, lickers, and eventually Mr. X. That trench coat, that hat, those footsteps… he stalks you endlessly and makes puzzle-solving 100 times worse. It’s one of the most stressful villains ever, because you can’t kill him, you just run and pray he doesn’t corner you.

Ada’s betrayal hits late — she’s an agent after the virus, not Leon’s savior. Leon looks crushed like his puppy just got kicked. Meanwhile, Claire’s story builds up with Sherry, and you realize her parents (both Umbrella scientists) ruined her life by unleashing this nightmare.

The finale goes full chaos. The underground lab blows up, and you fight the final form of William Birkin — a disgusting, overgrown monster that barely resembles a human. The transformation is the plot twist: the man behind the virus is now the ultimate abomination, the “final boss” in every sense. The fight is insane — you unload every weapon you’ve saved, every grenade, every shotgun blast, until finally he collapses.

You escape by train, and of course, because this is Resident Evil, Birkin mutates AGAIN for one last showdown. A monster that looks like meat spaghetti crashes into the train, and you have to finish him once and for all. It’s loud, frantic, and the perfect final scare.

By the end, Leon and Claire escape with Sherry. Raccoon City burns, Umbrella remains evil, and the game closes with the classic “this isn’t over.”