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Resident Evil 2

1998 69 / 100 Adventure Puzzle Shooter
Resident Evil 2 is a sequel to the first Resident Evil title. Like the previous game in the series, Resident Evil 2 is a 3D action-adventure using three-dimensional polygon characters over two-dimensional pre-rendered backgrounds, with the action viewed through a variety of cinematic fixed camera angles in each room. Players can choose to play as one of two possible characters; each goes through the same initial scen Show full summary

Resident Evil 2 is a sequel to the first Resident Evil title. Like the previous game in the series, Resident Evil 2 is a 3D action-adventure using three-dimensional polygon characters over two-dimensional pre-rendered backgrounds, with the action viewed through a variety of cinematic fixed camera angles in each room. Players can choose to play as one of two possible characters; each goes through the same initial scenario but with differences in the type of weaponry they find and the people they meet along the way.

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✓ Adventure Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Third person Perspective
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The game is set on September 29, 1998. Zombies have infested Raccoon City. A biological weapon known as the T-Virus was released into the sewer system. Rats then spread the virus to the city's population. Two people make their way to Raccoon City: Leon S. Kennedy, a rookie police officer on his first day on the job, and Claire Redfield, a college student looking for her brother. Leon and Claire quickly find themselves fighting for their lives against hordes of creatures in their search for survival.

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Developer
Capcom Planning Room 2
Publisher
Nintendo, Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Capcom
Franchise
Resident Evil
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Spielprofil

Modi
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Themes
Action, Horror, Science fiction, Survival
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Platform releases

  • PlayStation 3 Dec 26, 2007
  • PlayStation 3 Feb 29, 2012
  • PlayStation Portable Feb 29, 2012
  • PlayStation Portable Dec 26, 2007
  • PlayStation Jan 21, 1998
  • Dreamcast Dec 22, 1999
  • Dreamcast Dec 06, 2000
  • Nintendo GameCube Jan 23, 2003
  • Nintendo GameCube May 30, 2003
  • Nintendo GameCube Jan 14, 2003
  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Feb 19, 1999
  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Feb 28, 1999
  • PlayStation May 08, 1998
  • PlayStation Jan 29, 1998
  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Apr 1999
  • Dreamcast Apr 28, 2000

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