Played this way back in 2008 and loved it, mostly because of the characters — Rebecca Chambers especially. Just replayed it twice more in June 2026, once on Wesker Mode and once on Hard, and it holds up okay.

It's still the characters that carry it for me. The partner-zapping system (swapping between Rebecca and Billy) is a neat idea but the lack of an item box makes inventory management a constant hassle, so in opted out with a mod that turns the typwriter into an item box which made the game way more enjoyable. Overall it's a solid prequel, just not quite as strong outside of the character work.