Resident Evil 2 may be lacking as a REmake, but it is far better than RE7 in every single way and still offers a fuller experience. RE7 didn't even look or play like a Resident Evil game and didn't even concern itself with the rest of the series. The game was only partially designed like a classic Resident Evil game and even then, it was done in a much more linear fashion. It can honestly be passed off as an indie game that was inspired by Resident Evil and someone's favorite horror movies than an actual sequel to Resident Evil. Its connections to the rest of the series are nonexistent up until the end through a file and "Redfield." That hardly makes you feel like you're playing a Resident Evil game, and Redfield's inclusion was done poorly as hell too and in no way resembles the character in design, personality, or voice. It honestly felt like it was supposed to be some kind of twist ending and it wasn't...
I disagree on this, I think that resident evil 7 feel like a resident evil game, that s my opinion...
For me resident evil 2 remake isn't better IMO since the story doesn't have any sense compared to the original, and you cannot understand the story if you never played the original, you are simply put in a world that has no sense, nothing is explained in that game, nor the zombie that are made because of t virus nor tyrant nor birkin motivanion anything, the story is simply poor, resident evil 7 feel more like a complete game in my opinion, resident evil 2 is good but it's missing its goal and look like and unifinished game, look like half of a game and doesn't manage to deliver it's story, while resident evil 7 tell a story from start to finish and tell it well... The bosses are also better in 7, I like the boss in re 2 because they are the one from original re 2 but the boss battle are all the same in the end, they play all the same, just shoot them in the eyes and dodge the attack than repeat...
Even re 2 remake had no connection to the series in my opinion, if you played it after resident evil 1, the remake would have no sense in term of connection since only umbrella and stars are mentioned in poor way and via some files sometimes, we feel Re 2 Is more connected because we know claire and leon and the whole raccon city story and we are used to them but if you never played any other resident evil but only the first one and than you play this the story had no connection besides stars, raccon city, umbrella and the fact that Claire is chris sister, but this was not the case in the original since it was well connected to the first one...
Obviously I love resident evil 2 remake dispites some of its failure, but in my opinion it's not better than re 7, re 7 is a more complete game in term of story and all and was also more innovative for the series, re 2 remake simply take the gameplay concept from resident evil 7 but only whit third persone camera... The gameplay is totally taken from resident evil 7, the flashback That play trought tape, the inventory, the save sistem with checkpoint, the map, use the knife to open the first box whit a lever, even Mr x who play like Jack baker, an immortal enemy who pursued you trought the map, the only new concept are the zombies That roam the map and the game remember their position and damagr
Resident evil 7 Doesn't feel or play like a re game? Are you serious? You are in an house whit infected people and monster and mistery, and you must find key and iteme to procede inside this house and you can only take few items ammo and weapon whit you, you must decide how to use ammo and herb, you must use box to put item in it, you had to use recorder to save, you had to hide from an immortal enemy who pursued you trought the map, there is a corporation behind this, helicopter save you in the ending, sorry man but this totally feel and play like a re game to me... Resident evil 5 and 6 feel like Re game only because they have everyone beloved protagonist? Well I don't think so since they miss the gameplay and mechanic of a resident evil game, but resident evil 7 had that
