A good port with a few decidedly foreign design conventions
Between July-September S.T.A.R.S reported the truth about what happened at the Mansion, however no one believed them even though Chris keeps showing evedince to Brain Irons (head of the R.P.D), so Chris decides to leave Raccoon City and is going to Paris to stop Umbrella with Barry Burton and Rebecca Chambers leaving Jill Valentine and Brad Visckers behind. Now it´s the 29th September Claire Redfield has arrived at Raccoon City to find her lost brother Chris Redfield and Leon S. Kennedy has also arrived to start his new job as a police officer however there´s something wrong with the town, monsters have overun the town! now Claire and Leon has to get out of Raccoon City alive.
The PC version is ported from the PSone version and it´s a good port however it´s not perfect, the character models are in high resolution but the background are a bit washed out and the CG movies are somewhat grainy though it´s rendered well however they do look better than the other PSone to PC port like Final Fantasy VII. There´s also extras in the PC version that´s not found in the PSone version, the PC version includes all of the gameplay modes from both the Japanese and American version (this feature is also in the European PC version) and there are enough extras to keep you happy if you want more after the game has been completed (RE2 is the standard 10-12 hours long, but to get the true ending you have to play the game over with each of the 2 characters 2 times), also there´s a art and gallery mode that let´s you see how the design evolved, it´s not vital but it´s a nice touch.
The music is great and creppy, with sad piano music floating in and out of the game, the other sounds don´t fare well with the game, the zombies groaning is creppy at first but it get´s tedious and repetitive over time and the voice overs are terrible, though they seem appropriate in the B-movie setting.
RE2 is a great game and the PC version is even better than the PSone wit it´s great puzzles and story however some might trun off it because of the save system which requries you to collect a special item that´s limited, however overall RE2 is a fun and scary game.