The gas station

There is, to be frank, very little to say about Resident Evil 2’s first level. All you’ll do is enter and leave a gas station while encountering your first zombies. You collect and key and unlock a door. There are no collectibles to find. All you need to do is get in and get out alive.

Here’s our only advice: Don’t shoot. And if you have to, aim for the legs to get zombies down quickly.

Ammunition is scarce, and saving your bullets until you need them is a habit you should ingrain from the moment you have a gun and bullets to load into it (which is right now). Every bullet you have at the gas station will follow you into Raccoon City proper. Save them for later, when you’ll need them more.

Raccoon City streets

There is, to be frank, very little to say about Resident Evil 2’s second level, too. Get into the police station, and save your ammo.

Bottom line: Get to the Police Station as quickly as possible with as much ammo as possible.