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[C- Warrior]

I played RE2 a long-ass time ago, loved it--my favorite RE for the longest time.

Well, actually it's the only RE I liked save for RE4. :lol

Are the best scenarios:

Claire A/Leon B?

or Claire B/Leon A

or Cliare B/ Leon B

etc. etc. etc. help out me out here. I know one set is the best to go off of (in terms of canon, which also is consquently the most enjoyable)

TIA

 

[ToyMachine228]

Depends on which boss battles matter the most to you I guess...

 

[C- Warrior]

It's really not so much for boss battles--rather, I heard that a set of scenarios flow better together, and basically seem more "fitting" than another scenario.

 

[Parallax Scroll]

IIRC, Claire A / Leon B had a subplot about

Spoiler

Sherry getting infected by a parasite

that didn't occur in the other scenario.

 

[ThirstyFly]

I recall liking Leon A/Claire B the best. Claire's B got a little... messy.

I shouldn't have entered this thread though, now I want to do all 4 again. RE2 was such a great game.

Edit: But if you want something more fitting with RE4, you'll probably want to do Claire A/Leon B.

 

[Solid]

play both of course. they're only like 3h long each.

btw doesnt it say disc 1/disc 2 on the discs? if so begin with 1.

 

[Rocket Punch]

What's this A / B thing? :S

 

[ThirstyFly]

What's this A / B thing? :S

When you finish the game with 1 character, you could load up the save for a slightly different quest with the other character (I believe they called it a "zapping system" in the booklet).

Pretty much, during the game's intro, Claire and Leon get split up by a fire, but when you start each players A (first) game, they're on one side of the fire, no matter what character. Starting the B game sticks you on the other side and you play the game slightly after the events of the A game.

For example, there's a part where

Spoiler

Claire blows up a wall to gain access to an area

, so during your B game,

Spoiler

Leon can go into the area Claire opened up

. Stuff like that. There's a longer ending and different boss battles as well as some other fun surprises too.

 

[Parallax Scroll]

For example, there's a part where

Spoiler

Claire blows up a wall to gain access to an area

, so during your B game,

Spoiler

Leon can go into the area Claire opened up

. Stuff like that. There's a longer ending and different boss battles as well as some other fun surprises too.

The way the scenarios were set up was an awesome surprise for me the first time. After I beat the game with Leon, I loaded up Claire's B scenario thinking it would mostly just be a rehash of Leon A. And then

Spoiler

Mr. X dropped through the ceiling.

 

[Rocket Punch]

When you finish the game with 1 character, you could load up the save for a slightly different quest with the other character (I believe they called it a "zapping system" in the booklet).

Pretty much, during the game's intro, Claire and Leon get split up by a fire, but when you start each players A (first) game, they're on one side of the fire, no matter what character. Starting the B game sticks you on the other side and you play the game slightly after the events of the A game.

For example, there's a part where

Spoiler

Claire blows up a wall to gain access to an area

, so during your B game,

Spoiler

Leon can go into the area Claire opened up

. Stuff like that. There's a longer ending and different boss battles as well as some other fun surprises too.

WTF?? I never knew of this! Damn it! I gotta play it again!

 

[MarkMacD]

Just watched a speed run of Claire B a few days ago (1 hr 23m) and it reminded me how fuckin huge and incredible this game was/is. Expectations were sky high and RE2 surpassed them.

Another random RE thought: I really loved RE3 at the time and still think it's a very good game on its own, but after seeing RE2 again and now RE4, Nemesis is definitely a disappointment in terms of the overall series. (Don't even get me started on RE 0.)

 

[cvxfreak]

I liked LeonA/ClaireB better.

Spoiler

The Ada spy subplot wasn't explored in ClaireA/LeonB, making it fit less with RE4.

 

[ThirstyFly]

WTF?? I never knew of this! Damn it! I gotta play it again!

You should, it really adds a lot of the game.

Oh,

Spoiler

Mr. X

, you sly devil.

I liked LeonA/ClaireB better.

Spoiler

The Ada spy subplot wasn't explored in ClaireA/LeonB, making it fit less with RE4

.

Wasn't it? Well, if my memory is right, Leon B [/spoiler]confirms Ada is alive[/spoiler].

 

[ThirstyFly]

Which did Capcom say was the official combo?

Did they even?

I'm still waiting to find out if CODE: Veronica is considered part of the story since it doesn't really seem to fit in with RE4 at all. But that's a whole other topic.

 

[ToyMachine228]

Yeah you fight a Tyrant in one of the B scenarios, but not any of the A's...If I remember right.

 

[NotMSRP]

RE0's mechanics is the zapping system.

 

[..pakbeka..]

claire A/leon B is the official one and, for some reason, leon A/claire B never felt right for me.

not to mention that judging by the opening and the side each one start claire a/leon b is the only possible one

 

[MarkMacD]

not to mention that judging by the opening and the side each one start claire a/leon b is the only possible one

Does this sentence make sense? I don't follow...

Anyway, near as I can tell either one could be the 'real' one, right? Ada lives in both of them, though it seems a lot harder to believe in one of them....

 

[Parallax Scroll]

not to mention that judging by the opening and the side each one start claire a/leon b is the only possible one

I think you're referring to the fact that Leon and Claire get stuck on opposite sides of the wrecked police car at the beginning of the game. Your scenario A character (whether this is Leon or Claire) always takes the path through the gun shop, while your scenario B character always heads towards the

Spoiler

chopper crash

.

The game accomodates for this by actually having a slightly different crash scene in the intro based on whether youre playing ClaireA/LeonB or LeonA/ClaireB. In one pair of scenarios, Leon crashes into a post head-on, while in the other pair, the car flips around and its rear hits the post. This way, your characters always get out on the appropriate side of the car to start their game.

 

[Daigoro]

Quote:
What's this A / B thing? :S



When you finish the game with 1 character, you could load up the save for a slightly different quest with the other character (I believe they called it a "zapping system" in the booklet).

its just 2 halves of the same game. you have to complete them both in order to actually finish RE2. there are slight differences depending on which character you choose to begin the game with. that what the A/B thing is all about (yes "zapping" is something completely different, from RE0.)

(Don't even get me started on RE 0.)

0 kicked all sorts of ass and shits all over RE3.

 

[Lakitu]

I have to say that this may still be favourite RE atmosphere-wise, it has the best atmosphere I reckon, the best locations, best music, it's certainly very epic and the scenarios are just awesome. Kamiya is just amazing

 

[cvxfreak]

About the Ada spy subplot:

Spoiler

Annette tells Leon that Ada is a spy, but Mr. X scares her away. Then Ada saves Leon from Mr. X. Therefore, Leon leaves Raccoon City believing that Ada was looking for John. This does NOT fit in with Leon's attitude toward Ada in RE4. True, 6 years have passed, but the way Leon and Ada interacted in LeonB makes it hard to believe it is the real scenaro, RE4 considered. With LeonA, Leon realizes that Ada is indeed a spy.

 

[C- Warrior]

I have to say that this may still be favourite RE atmosphere-wise, it has the best atmosphere I reckon, the best locations, best music, it's certainly very epic and the scenarios are just awesome. Kamiya is just amazing

Hell yeah Hideki Kamiya is amazing. He's made so many kickass games, and they aren't even underground (cult) either, many of them are multi-million sellers.

Resident Evil 2
Devil May Cry 1
Viewtiful Joe 1
Okami

And just to let you know, I'm not "filtering" anything out. Those are ALL the game's he was the acting lead game designer/director on. Given the huge praise given to Okami, the guys freakin' 4 for 4. As stressed by the numerals though--he only likes to work on a franchise once and make new and original games. Sucks for those who want him to return to the VJ, RE, DMC series.

The guy's a fuckin directing/game creating machine. I talked to a few Capcom guys to try and get an idea on why the guy doesn't get respect (take for example, I personally think Kamiya >>>> Jaffe) but apparently, I found out Kamiya refuses to do interviews, doesn't like being praised as the "high and mighty" in the public eye, and just wants to make games and leaves the PR to the producers....eh, really modest dude.

In anycase, I'm getting (or seem to be...) getting a majority "Claire A Leon B" vote. Which I guess makes sense.

Cus' I played Leon A and *spoilers* and Ada falling down a HUGE shaft and surviving (as seen in RE4) doesn't make a lot of sense like Mark said.

 

[cvxfreak]

^Not quite. We never *SEE* Ada hit the ground. We know for a fact Wesker saves her from the fall. With the LeonB scenario, Leon sees her dead and not breathing. The only way Ada would have survived is if she had Wesker's virus, but RE4 proves she doesn't.

 

[C- Warrior]

Thanks for the spoiler tag ... =p

I checked my save file and apparently I've finished Claire A and Leon A.

So I guess I'll hit up Leon B. But wow, it's really hard.

Luckily playing Outbreak 2 has nullified my fear of the "Mr. X"

but--I use the valve, the water comes out--I get the shotgun rounds and Mr. X falls down. So should I not go back and use the valve? Cus doing that apparently activates the cutscene where he comes down.

And then, I get owned by a licker. A freakin licker. WTF?! Leon doesn't shoot fast enough or something, and all I have is a handgun--I guess I'm supposed to go through the blue door then, instead wrapping all the way down...



C-Warrior is getting owned...by a freakin Resident Evil game.... pity me softly /10 :lol

 

[sc0la]

About the Ada spy subplot:

Spoiler

Annette tells Leon that Ada is a spy, but Mr. X scares her away. Then Ada saves Leon from Mr. X. Therefore, Leon leaves Raccoon City believing that Ada was looking for John. This does NOT fit in with Leon's attitude toward Ada in RE4. True, 6 years have passed, but the way Leon and Ada interacted in LeonB makes it hard to believe it is the real scenaro, RE4 considered. With LeonA, Leon realizes that Ada is indeed a spy.

meh, leon makes it sound like he learned about all that shit afterward (after RE2 that is) in RE4. "so the rumors are true" etc... So him discovering her motives is far less of a consideration than her being dead (obviously) would be.

Her being where he was again confirmed what he already heard/knew.