Resident Evil 0 HD has a slower pace and less thrilling atmosphere than its contemporaries. It’s a good game and interesting in its own right, but the nature of the title, which focuses more on partner swapping and puzzles than previous installments and adjustments made to allow it to run on the hardware available at the time resulted in something a little more deliberate and tedious. Fortunately, Wesker Mode livens things up and totally alters the attitude of the game.

Resident Evil 0 gets into your head. It isn’t about the threat of zombies, diabolical dogs, and flesh-eating leeches. (Though, to be fair, all of those elements are horrifying on their own.) It’s about the cheap tricks Capcom had to use when making a thriller for a console incapable of delivering the most horrifying experiences. Years ago, games had to be creative to be scary. Silent Hill needed to resort to fog tricks to mask loading issues, while adding ambiance. Corpse Party uses sound to terrify folks. By playing through this HD remaster, we’re able to see the lengths Capcom went to in order to get us. Resident Evil 0’s design makes our own minds, with their anxieties and insecurities, our worst enemies.