[Gamescom 2018] Resident Evil 2 Remake - Tried, it's back to Raccoon City

It really feels like yesterday when we first walked into that Raccoon City with a novice policeman and a girl who came to visit her brother. Gamescom gave us this nostalgic pearl, which carries in itself more new than old, and we have tried it with hand: here Resident Evil 2 Remake.

In the demo we played Leon Kennedy in the early stages of the game: upon entering the building, everything will seem to have remained as we left it years ago. Everything, with the exception of the technical sector, brought to the right level of the current generation. The gameplay takes a lot from Resident Evil after the fourth, but retains the strong component of puzzles that characterized the old titles. If then the chapter 0 and 1 of Resident Evil had simply undergone a graphic restyle, this overturns everything a bit, within the limits.

- puzzles that you will find on the street will be almost identical to those of the original, although many more aids scattered throughout the game will allow you to overcome them easily, favoring the new generations accustomed to lower difficulty levels. Even the typewriter to save will no longer require tapes, adding lightness to a game that at the time scared even just for the difficulties scattered in the game.

For the rest of the experience, now that it is painted with a photorealism at the limits, it manages to impress a lot more than the original chapter, and the transition to an over-the-shoulder third-person camera doesn't weigh a bit. Aiming in Resident Evil 2 will be much more challenging: taking the gunplay of Resident Evil 4, not only now will you have to aim well to kill the zombies, but shooting them in the head will not always give the right result, at least with the starting weapons. To conclude, the inventory and life management remain similar to the historical ones, complete with limited spaces and green plants to heal.

We just have to wait for more details over the months, hoping to be able to see new game sessions not only of Leon but also of Claire, waiting to dive back into Raccoon City, among the zombies.