Resident Evil 2002

Is it still worth playing?

Capcom's 2002 remake of the 1996 PlayStation survival horror game, directed by Shinji Mikami, first on the GameCube and later on other platforms including the Switch. You explore a mansion as Chris Redfield or Jill Valentine, with limited inventory slots, limited ammo, herbs that heal and can be mixed, and ink ribbons that you need to save at typewriters. Defeated zombies come back as stronger Crimson Heads unless beheaded or burned. It keeps the 3D models over pre rendered backgrounds, with new areas, revised puzzles, a rewritten script and a new subplot, and the controls are tank style over a fixed camera. Ammo, inventory and saves are scarce, so you keep deciding what to fight, what to carry and when to backtrack, and that tension is the reason to play it now.