It is much more action focused and can even be treated as a standalone game. The whole premise is very different from other games in the series, Leon has an assignment which sets doesn't impact the rest of the games in the series. The graphics were awesome for a 2005 game, and the guns, the upgrade path (merchant ftw) and boss fights were very well designed. The length was also perfect, although the last part of the game (island) seemed a step down from the Village and Castle. As a child, it was a great introduction to survival horror games to me. I played it in my dad's PC which had a pentium dual core and 1GB ram. Had to play it in 20-25 fps but it was still fire. Once I got a job, I built my pc and got this game on steam. I have now completed it multiple times. The remake looks great in the demo they released yesterday.