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Not quite scary or clever enough for legendary status: Resident Evil 2 reviewed

2 February 2019

9:00 AM

2 February 2019

9:00 AM

Grade: B

Resident Evil 2 takes the original zombie shooter, which has become a cult classic and, to many, the quintessential horror video game, and gives it a lick of digital paint.


Gone are the blocky hallways of the Raccoon City police station, along with the slow moving hordes of undead who, if you squinted, might’ve had a pixel of drool at the corner of their mouth.

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