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Resident Evil 2 (Japanese:バイオハザード２, Biohazard 2) is a survival horror game by Capcom originally released for the Sony PlayStation in 1998 and the second installment in their Resident Evil video game series. It was later ported to the PC, Nintendo 64, Sega Dreamcast and Nintendo GameCube

Development History

After the surprise success of the original Resident Evil, Capcom immediately began the development of a sequel. The first public showing of Resident Evil 2 was in the Tokyo Game Show '96, only a few months after the original's release. Resident Evil 2, in constrast to the original, would've taken place in a decidedly more urban setting in a police station. The main characters were Leon S. Kennedy, a police officer, and Elza Walker, a college student.

Resident Evil 2 was initially scheluded for a March, 1997 release. But as the game was approaching its release date, producer Shinji Mikami and the development staff were unsastified with the direction the game was taking. Rather than release a game they were unsastified with, Capcom took the risk of cancelling the nearly-completed version of Resident Evil 2 (which was dubbed Resident Evil 1.5) and rebuilding the game from scratch.

Yoshiki Okamoto hired Japanese television writer Noboru Sugimura (who formed Flagship with Okamoto and wrote most of the Resident Evil games up until the release of Resident Evil 4) as a story consultant. Several changes were then made to the game's storyline. The most notable being the omission of Elza Walker, who was considered unlikeable by Sugimura and was revamped into Claire Redfield, the sister of protagonist Chris from the original game.

Since revamping Resident Evil 2 delayed the release of the game by several months, Capcom compesated to the public by releasing an updated version of the original Resident Evil titled Resident Evil: Director's Cut, which came packaged with a Resident Evil 2 demo.

Resident Evil 2 was finally released on January, 1998 in North America and Japan and gathered generally positive reviews from the press.

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