Despite being a huge baby when I was a kid, there were few horror games or movies that scared me. I was mostly scared by trivial things, like the boulder in Crash Bandicoot or the PS1 startup screen. I was never really scared of anything horror related… Resident Evil Remake was that one exception.
Being worked from the ground up to reimagine the original game and make it even more stunning, the game follows the S.T.A.R.S. team as they go into the mountains to investigate mysterious murders. There, they find a mansion full of zombies and monsters and now must survive to uncover the truth being all of this. You can play as two major characters of the franchise, Jill Valentine, the master of unlocking, and Chris Redfield, the boulder puncher himself. They both have their own unique traits, like how Jill can carry more items and pick locks while Chris has more health and always has a lighter on hand. Each playthrough is different, and not just from the perspective of the characters. You have different teammates helping you, and scenarios will change depending on who you are. Like the piano, Jill can play it perfectly, but Chris will need Rebecca’s help, because only girls can play piano. Fact. And let’s talk about the atmosphere of this game, just going down a hall waiting for a zombie to pop up is scary as hell. These slow lumbering morons who were just fodder for weapons in Dead Rising are now terrifying as all hell in this game. And when they turn into the dreaded Crimson Head, just fuck it all. It’s the music, the sound effects, the lighting of the room, it all makes your skin crawl and really helps envelop you into that horrifying atmosphere and I just.. I love it so much. You are always worried that you are in danger until either another character comes with you into a room to help solve a puzzle or until you reach the safety of the save room, where you can feel at ease knowing that you are safe, for now. And despite this game being released on the Gamecube, it still looks beautiful even now. Maybe not so much the character models, though they’re okay, but the backgrounds are amazing. They’re pre rendered, so they are just still images with characters walking around them, and I have to say, the detail in these backgrounds are incredibly. Just looking at them is enough to make you feel disturbed at the level of perfection that went into making them. God, I just, I love all the details in this game. It’s so good
Resident Evil Remake is a game I have gushed about time and time again and will continue to gush about time and time again in the future because it is the perfect horror game. Sure, it’s got no creative writing and underlying themes like the Silent Hill games, but I still love this franchise a lot and Remake was the one to bring me into it. And I can appreciate it for that. Please get Remake. It’s like RE4 and is on every console ever made.