Some memories from the original Resident Evil 2.

That game was magical to me. First Resident Evil I ever played; first I ever finished. And it’s also one of the few games that left me wanting to know more about the characters, what they did after. I didn’t even understood most of what they said, my english wasn’t as good at that moment, I was like 12. But that feeling made the Scenario A ending music I love even more magical.

Scenario A credits music

A calm, beautiful piano piece, contrasting with the horror nature of the game it just multiplied the feeling even more. Given I love contrast; zigzags, good and evil, black and white, the ups and downs in music to name a few; I felt enamored with it.

“Human” was my favorite word for some time, along with “justice” some time after or before. For instance, all my Guild Wars 2 characters are human. I relate it to beauty, but I don’t believe other species aren’t beautiful; I want to love life equally. In my search for valid answers, I know that’s the right path. Sometimes feeling like a demon, sometimes feeling like an angel, in the end I know I’m just human.

So that music, right after the first ending (which is not the real one, that would be Scenario B’s), hit me in a special way. Magical.

Playing on hard

I knew this game in and out. I played it hundreds of hours, but always on easy. Once I had the marvelous idea of playing on “normal”, which for some reason I remember as “hard” (was hard an unlocked difficulty or is my memory playing a joke on me? ). And no, I’m not being sarcastic, IT WAS A MARVELOUS IDEA. I remember the experience fondly.

It was another experience.

Bullets were more scarce, you just couldn’t kill everyone, unlike on easy. There were more enemies (iirc) but for the most part I knew what was ahead. Because of that (and probably especially), I had this new strong feeling that I probably didn’t experience before. I kinda remember thinking about always playing games on hard, but I never did.

That takes us to recently. With the remake of the game releasing on 2018. I remembered said experience and I thought about doing it again. And as if the universe conspired in my favor, my friends gifted me the game some weeks later in my 36 birthday in 2023.

So I started it in hardcore, got until the first boss Birkin, but then my ssd broke and I haven’t continued it yet. I have to say It is very good, I’m loving it so far. This new Claire is gorgeous. That beautiful face and the shy flirty way she speaks to Leon is hypnotizing.

All the other RE games

After playing the other games, including the very first, I feel satisfied. I now know more about these lovely characters. It is no longer a mysterious universe, but I know it quite well. Especially the RE6 one, which makes several of the main clash together. For example, Chris and Leon fight before they recognize each other was very cool and even shows they are at the same level.

I have played most of them, but not all. So I still have a lot of RE to discover. RE0, RE:CV, Village; to name a few.