Resident Evil 2 sets a new standard for remakes

Resident Evil 2 is probably the best remake ever made. That's high praise, but it is absolutely warranted: Capcom has created exactly what you want out of a remake. This is the story, world, and characters that you remember, but built from the ground up in a modern engine, and using modern gameplay mechanics. This is no halfway house remaster; this is what everyone wants from the Final Fantasy VII remake, but applied to one of the 1990s' greatest horror games.

The E3 playable demo is short, but demonstrates the two greatest strengths of this remake. The Raccoon City Police Station is exactly how you remember it; an almost gothic labyrinth of passages, with secret routes that require medallions to access them.

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It is, once again, Leon Kennedy's first day on the job, and he makes progress through his dreadful career start in a slow, deliberate manner with extensive use of cautious room exploration and puzzle solving. But all of this is rendered in the Resident Evil 7 engine, and played from Resi 4's over-the-shoulder perspective. As such, the game looks stunning, and arguably plays better than the series ever has.

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