Resident Evil 2: 7 Ups & 3 Downs

10. Down: Campaigns Aren't As Varied As You'd Like

Resident Evil's 2 central selling point is that it has two campaigns players get to experience. You can play as Leon, a rookie cop fighting to find a cure during his first day on the on the job, or Claire, a young college student trying to find her brother while staving off the undead.

Shifts in storyline structure and certain characters exclusive to the particular protagonist's story motivate you to play both campaigns, ensuring you don't miss a thing.

Yet, once you've played through the rock-solid campaign that first time, doing a second run as the other main character leads to an all-too-frequent feeling of over-familiarity. There are clear divides and components exclusive to Leon and Claire, but there aren't quite enough of them. The main story mostly plays out the same way; you're required to take on the same tasks and solve the same puzzles, with only certain side missions and cutscenes offering anything fresh.

The changes in weapon loadouts between protagonists are appreciated, but the lacking variety in the story and moment-to-moment tasks leads to some disappointing repetition.