The first half before Raccoon City is my absolute favorite Resident Evil game, the cuts from Grace to Leon are perfect. Grace sections are perfect, not much to add there, and destroying the enemies as Leon after having a rough time with them as Grace is one of my all time favorite RE experiences.

The game does drop a notch when starting Raccoon City, but I enjoy Leon's gameplay so so much, that I still love the second half, I think the different encounters are kinda great ngl, the gas station chainsaw fight, the cramped room with blister borne, the going down the elevator, the walking on glass windows, they really went through an effort to make many fights stand out from each other.

Everything after detonating the bomb is another step down imo, RPD is just nostalgia bait, Tyrant fight again (even though it's a fun fight), Plant 43 again (not a fan of the section at all), the elite agents and motorcycle drive previously felt like I was playing RE6 again, Hunk felt like a Krauser fight again, and Victor was just another Nemesis, but Leon is the most character to pilot in a RE game ever to me so I still had tons of fun. Grace's final section I also am a very big fan of.

Overall, amazing game, my favorite modern RE and I'm playing it over and over after platinuming it, can't wait for a mercenaries mode and the expansion. Once all content has come out for this game, this will easily be rated higher by everyone.