This is my favorite game of the series for the following reasons. You actually begin the game on the Raccoon City streets and get to explore small sections of the city on your way to the police station. Once there you explore this creepy massive building. The building itself is old and from another era and its very architectural style helps create loads of atmosphere. There's a lot of enemies and of course your resources are limited as usual. The story's great and you learn more of Umbrellas history. The game has two discs and can be played as either Leon or Claire. It's generally the same game but each has slightly different weapons and a few new small areas to explore. The game has multiple endings so to see them all you'll need to replay it many times.  Improvements over the first game have been made such as more zombies on screen at once and nicer pre-rendered backgrounds. If you're just getting into the series you'll definitely want to play this one. This is the one game most fans want to see Capcom remake like they did the original. Personally I think it's the best of the older Resident Evil games.