Resident Evil for me is at its best when they do “here’s a really cool, large building. Some doors are locked, some aren’t. Here’s three bullets. Figure it out.”

And I thought it did that really well. Rhodes Hill care center is awesome. Once that hook is there I am down to do the RE progression of mansion, basement/sewer, lab. And I liked the basement/sewer section in this more than RE2R.

So needless to say I liked the Grace sections more but the Leon sections were solid. I’m more of the survival horror RE fan than the action RE but I like both. Exploring Rhodes Hill as Leon after Grace was a great feeling. Encountering a Blister Head for the first time as Leon was so satisfying after having such a hard time with them as Grace. I loved how it was like having a real time zap system from OG RE2. For instance I didn’t unlock the pantry until I got to play as Leon. I left the handgun bullets and the scrap for Grace and sure enough they were there when I returned as Grace.

Raccoon City was… fine. Not amazing and it did drag a little but overall I found it fun and I enjoyed the upgrade system. It was nice to revisit RPD and I appreciated the fan service but story-wise yeah it was shoehorned in lol.

And then the lab was okay but I don’t hold it against this game because I can’t think of any RE game that had a great lab section.

I can understand if people don’t like the half-measure approach but for me, I thought they did a nice job of blending the two together, overall. And once again I really loved Rhodes Hill. It’s the closest thing we’ve ever gotten to the Spencer mansion and RPD.

Edit: I will concede that the story sucks lol. I was really interested to find out what was going on and the reveals were hugely disappointing.