Resident Evil 2 (2019)

In Resident Evil 2, players step into the shoes of rookie police officer Leon Kennedy and college student Claire Redfield as they navigate through the nightmare of Raccoon City, overrun by deadly zombies. With separate playable campaigns for Leon and Claire, players experience the story from both perspectives, making critical decisions that shape the fate of these iconic characters. With tense exploration, puzzle-solving, and terrifying encounters with grotesque zombies, Resident Evil 2 delivers a spine-chilling reimagining of the horror classic for both longtime fans and newcomers alike. Special thanks to user SoulziesArt on Twitter for compiling a lot of the below information.

• Release date: 01-25-2019
• Developer: Capcom Development Division 1, K2, NeoBards Entertainment
• Publisher: Capcom
• Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

Triggers for this game

Animals & Wildlife

• Dogs

  Zombie dogs

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  You have very little choice but to kill zombie dog enemies. One is killed in front of you in your first encounter on Leon's route. Several are seen dead on the ground in Claire's route.

  • Can't be avoided

• Insects

  Cockroaches

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  Large cockroaches can be seen around in various places

  • Can't be avoided

• Misc. Animals & Critters

  Alligators (main game), racoons (The Ghost Survivors DLC)

  • Can't be avoided

Crime

• Being Held Against Will

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  A character has their hands tied behind their back, and is physically struck while unable to defend themself.

  • Can't be avoided

• Explosions & Bombs

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  At the start of the sewer section as Leon, you are chased by a giant zombie alligator for about 2 minutes. At the end of the section, you trick it into biting a gas pipe and detonate it, blowing its head open.

  • Can't be avoided

• Fights

  • Can't be avoided

• Guns & Shooting

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  Handguns, shotguns, anti-tank rocket launcher, grenade launcher (can also use acid and flame rounds), submachine gun

  • Can't be avoided

• Kidnapping

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  Sherry

  • Can't be avoided

• Murder

  • Can't be avoided

• Road-Related Violence

  Car accidents

  • Can't be avoided

Death & Loss

• Abandonment

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  An orphanage is a main area you play in. Sherry gets left in a trash compactor to die by her mother after she gets infected.

  • Can't be avoided

• Death of Child

  Implied

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  There is an orphanage section where the notes imply the children were used as test subjects and died. Strongly implied with an infected child offscreen in another room during Leon's campaign. After her father takes her to another room, a gunshot is heard.

  • Can't be avoided

• Death of Parent

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  Sherry's parents

  • Can't be avoided

• Suicide

  Self-sacrifice, implied, interrupted

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  Self-sacrifice -- Marvin. Implied -- Kendo. Interrupted -- Robert in The Ghost Survivors DLC

  • Can't be avoided

Disturbing Sounds & Sound Design

• High-Pitched Prolonged Tone

  Loud ringing

  • Can't be avoided

• Misc. Eerie Noises

  Footsteps, humming, raspy speaking, wobbly noises

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  Footsteps -- Mr. X's footsteps can be heard 2 rooms away. Humming -- G-Spawns audibly hum. Raspy speaking -- Ivy Zombies. Wobby noises -- The Ghost Survivors DLC / Tofu

  • Can't be avoided

• Screams

  • Can't be avoided

• Sirens & Alarms

  EAS alarm sounds

  • Can't be avoided

• Wet Sounds

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  Zombies can be heard eating bodies

  • Can't be avoided

Drugs & Alcohol

• Casual Drug Consumption

  • Can't be avoided

Gore

• Amputation

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  Zombies regularly lose limbs in battle, or are seen already missing a limb. In a rather graphic scene towards the start, the player character fails to rescue a policeman trapped under a door, his lower half is eaten by zombies when they manage to pull him through. This is seen in both routes.

  • Can't be avoided

• Animal Violence

  Death, taxidermy

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  Zombie dogs -- You have very little choice but to kill zombie dog enemies. One is killed in front of you in your first encounter on Leon's route. Several are seen dead on the ground in Claire's route. At the start of the sewer section as Leon, you are chased by a giant zombie alligator for about 2 minutes. At the end of the section, you trick it into biting a gas pipe and detonate it, blowing its head open. The police chief has taxidermied animals in his office.

  • Can't be avoided

• Blood

  • Can't be avoided

• Body Horror

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  Early in the game, you see someone’s entire jaw hanging off their head. It is dangerously close to completely falling off. A zombie that grabs you as you crawl through a barely open shutter at the start of the game is crushed to death and cut in half by another character who slams the shutter door shut on top of him. In one scene, a man is impaled through the head via a zombie mutant. A character is trapped in an incinerator during a quick time event, and if you do not find a way out in time she will burn alive. Two burning zombies will emerge from the wreckage of the crashed chopper. Presumably, they were infected before boarding the chopper and this played a role in the chopper suddenly crashing. Elliot Edwards' bottom half is bitten off. It's not directly shown, but entrails are graphically shown as he dies. After taking some damage in an explosion, Mr. X's Tyrant form is missing his lower jaw during Leon's final encounter with him. William Birkin (Also referred to as “G”) is a reoccurring boss in the game who becomes increasingly more mutated and horrific looking the further the game goes.

  • Can't be avoided

• Cannibalism

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  Zombies are seen eating other zombies at time

  • Can't be avoided

• Dismemberment

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  Zombies regularly lose limbs in battle, or are seen already missing a limb. In a rather graphic scene towards the start, the player character fails to rescue a policeman trapped under a door, his lower half is eaten by zombies when they manage to pull him through. This is seen in both routes.

  • Can't be avoided

• Guts

  • Can't be avoided

• Misc. Gore

  Audio gore

  • Can't be avoided

• Viscera

  • Can't be avoided

Hate & Discrimination

• Appearance Discrimination

  Fatphobia

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  Fat/Plus Sized zombies are sometimes seen being "distracted" by vending machines, not focused on the player. This does not happen with skinny zombies.

  • Can't be avoided

Horror Themes

• Chase & Pursuit

  • Can't be avoided

• Jump Scares

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  Audio cues, audio jump scares, visual jump scares

  • Can't be avoided

• Monsters

  • Can't be avoided

• Psychological Horror

  • Can't be avoided

• Zombies & Undead

  Variety

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  In The Ghost Survivors DLC (No Time to Mourn), some zombies are armored, mutated, or poisonous.

  • Can't be avoided

Law Enforcement

• Misc. Law Enforcement

  Most of the game takes place in a police station, and Leon is a rookie cop

  • Can't be avoided

• Prison & Incarceration

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  As Leon, you meet a character who is locked in a cell who tries to convince Leon to free him.

  • Can't be avoided

Non-Sexual Abuse & Violence

• Child Abuse

  The worst of this is avoidable by only playing Leon's storyline.

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  Children were experimented on and killed. Avoidable -- During Claire's section, you play as a child named Sherry while running and hiding from an abuser.

  • Can't be avoided
  • Has options to lessen

• Stalking

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  After triggering Mr. X’s first appearance, he will follow you the entire time you are in the police station and try to kill you. He will continue to follow you infrequently in other areas of the game.

  • Can't be avoided

Phobias

• Acrophobia

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  Most of the G bosses end with him falling down from a large height but he always survives and comes back. A major character is seemingly killed by falling off a collapsing platform but are revealed a few minutes later to have survived, although the other character who witnessed their “death” still believes them to be.

  • Can't be avoided

• Agliophobia

  • Can't be avoided

• Agoraphobia

  • Can't be avoided

• Claustrophobia

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  Scenes in elevators and fights that take place in narrow hallways

  • Can't be avoided

• Emetophobia

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  Large enemies in the sewer may vomit if they grab you.

  • Can't be avoided

• Katsaridaphobia

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  Large cockroaches can be seen around in various places

  • Can't be avoided

• Merinthophobia

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  A character has their hands tied behind their back, and is physically struck while unable to defend themself.

  • Can't be avoided

• Misc. Phobias

  Fire

  • Can't be avoided

• Necrophobia

  • Can't be avoided

• Nyctophobia

  • Can't be avoided

• Ommetaphobia

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  Ben, the FBI informant in the jail cell, is killed by having is head squashed by a giant mutants hand. His eye can be seen popping out of its socket afterward. Some zombies have large eyeballs that you have to shoot in order to injure & kill them. If you play as both Claire and Leon, you will encounter a final boss that is basically just a large eye that you have to attack.

  • Can't be avoided

• Trypanophobia

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  The game revolves around a pharmaceutical company, the Umbrella Corporation, and their creation of a deadly virus. At one point a character is seen injecting it into his body.

  • Can't be avoided

Physical Health & Body Issues

• Hospitalization

  Hospital-like scenes in the final area of the game

  • Can't be avoided

• Misc. Physical Health & Body Issues

  Poisoning

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  Causes your character to have coughing fits

  • Can't be avoided

• Pain & Physical Suffering

  • Can't be avoided

• Terminal Illness

  • Can't be avoided

Sex & Erotica (Consensual)

• Kissing

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  Ada kisses Leon

  • Can't be avoided

• Nudity

  Sexualized photos

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  There are sexualized photos of women in the gas station on the wall.

  • Can't be avoided

Sexual Abuse

• Child Sexual Assault

  Implied pedophilia

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  Chief Brian Irons

  • Can't be avoided

Traumatic Events

• Accidents

  Car crash, helicopter crash

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  Mr. X in Leon’s route is hit by a car

  • Can't be avoided

• Human Experimentation

  Children

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  Umbrella conducts experiments on children

  • Can't be avoided

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