The Joy Of S-ranking Resident Evil 2

I m not usually one for speedrunning. I do however get a kick out of being able to get through a game much faster on the second or third time around. There s just an immense satisfaction of revisiting a brain-bending puzzle or boss fight that had you agonising over an hour the first time, only to mop it up in minutes on a second run.

Of the different reasons for playing games, mastery has a strong appeal for me, something I get a great deal from Dark Souls — but it s a buzz I ve also found myself getting with the Resident Evil 2 remake, so much so that I ve been replaying it a lot more than I ever expected to.

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