It's essentially as if you started the campaign 30 minutes into it, skipping a lot of the exposition and early Raccoon City establishing sequences.īut while the first and second run campaigns differ in how the narrative starts, the real substantial differences are between Leon and Claire's two stories.

As Claire, you're forced to run off and find a different way into the Raccoon City Police Department.

To play a 'B' campaign, select 'New Game ' from the Story menu after beating the campaign the first time.Ģnd Run campaigns skip the truck driver and gas station intro, instead starting shortly before the cutscene where Leon meets Claire at the locked gate.

The differences between A and B campaigns are relatively minor and largely confined to the beginning of the game. Leon Campaign B: You played Claire Campaign A and you're playing as Leon 2nd playthroughĬlaire Campaign B: You played Leon Campaign A and you're playing as Claire 2nd playthrough Leon Campaign A: You pick Leon for your first campaign playthroughĬlaire Campaign A: You pick Claire for your first campaign playthrough Resident Evil 2 is designed for multiple runs through its campaign, so it can vary depending on whether it's your first or second time through. Here's the thing about Resident Evil 2 campaigns for Leon and Claire: there aren't two campaigns, there are four. Still, here are the campaign differences-time for a Leon vs. Which one you should do first is something of a judgment call. So while your first big decisions is whether to play Leon or Claire, there's every incentive to go through the campaign again as the other character.

The Resident Evil 2 remake has a fairly short campaign-it took me about eight and a half hours-but it's what you do after beating the campaign that gets interesting, when a wealth of options open up.

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