A nice touch that has been added is the fact that when you are more seriously injured, your character will now limp or hold one of their arms across their chest. This gives you a nice visual reference to your characters well-being, instead of having to constantly switch to the menu system to see your stats. The overall shock value of the game is incredible. This game is gonna scare the heck out of more than a few people. Violence and gore is off the scales.
Blood is used in mass quantities and displayed very realistically.
There are many places to investigate both above and below the doomed town of Raccoon City. Some of the locations you need to go through are so claustrophobic that it will make your skin crawl. Again, this game deals out the emotion of fear and foreboding to perfection. Okay, so in closing Resident Evil 2 is really a game that you should experience. It's a perfect example of how to combine all of the elements that make a great game so pleasurable and compelling to play.