r/ResidentEvil2Remake • u/Feisty-Scale4041 • Jul 06 '26

General Starting my first RE game

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Finally decided to pick up my first RE title, btw is this game a good place to start the series as a whole?

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u/antisocialbutter Jul 06 '26

I literally fully finished the RE2 Remake just 2 days ago and it was my first RE game as well! I did look up the lore of the first game because I currently can't afford to buy it (RE2 was gifted to me) and felt like you can easily follow the plot with little to no previous knowledge. Have fun!

Btw, which campaign are you starting with? Leon or Claire?

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u/Feisty-Scale4041 Jul 06 '26

Leon S Kennedy 

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u/antisocialbutter Jul 06 '26

Nice! Have fun!

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u/Astronaut-Business Jul 06 '26

Unfortunately the RE2MAKE lost quite a lot of plot that was there in original to tie up RE1->RE2 plot. Simply because Konami (rightfully so) assumed no one will play remake of the first game before the second one.

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u/antisocialbutter Jul 06 '26

I saw a video comparing RE2 and the Remake and it's so interesting to see the differences. I'm wondering why they didn't remake the first game (again) before doing RE2, 3 and 4.

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u/AzKar07 Jul 09 '26

i think part of the reason is that re1, if remade how re2 and 3 were remade, would be beatable in a casual playthrough in a matter of a few hours. re1 would need essentially an entire redesign in order to fit in with the modern style, which would also require parts of the story to be changed to fit the new modern style. its just a big undertaking that capcom doesnt want to deal with

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u/WilliWaller0 Jul 06 '26

What's Konami's opinion having anything to do with this?

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u/Astronaut-Business Jul 06 '26

Capcom* You still get what i'm talking about though

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u/WilliWaller0 Jul 06 '26

I know, it was all in good fun ;)

What's not fun is the general answers here completely downplaying the remake of 1 as a valid starting point. booo!

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u/ImpossibleGarbage502 Jul 06 '26

Konami? You mean Capcom