As much as games have changed since the original PlayStation, a handful of the era’s titles did so much to define their genres that it’s impossible to escape their influence today. Silent Hill and Resident Evil are foundational horror series, showing up both in intentional throwbacks like Heartworm and in games without such clear connections. Even though they’ve received recent remakes, the earliest Resident Evil titles are still worth revisiting in their original forms, and two are now available with PlayStation Plus.
This month, PlayStation Plus adds both Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3. While the former is by far the more beloved and influential, both are excellent, old-school survival horror games that still hold up alongside their newer counterparts.
