This mission was the hardest for me to complete, for one reason: The final boss. While Leon has no trouble taking it down with his Custom Magnum (9 shots total), Claire has moderate difficulty since it takes her 14 shots using the Granade Launcher loaded with Flame Rounds - 50% more shots than Leon, which results in a longer battle and more chances for the boss to hit her.

There was also a slight mishap with Sherry in the sewers: In the room with the Eagle Medal after fighting the Giant Crocodile, I prefer to leave Sherry behind at the split so I don't have to wait for her after taking the Medal. When I ran past her she got stuck on the railing, then decided to run the exact opposite direction, which caused her to sit down. I ran back to get her to follow me, then headed for the ladder, and she did it AGAIN! I swear I would've thrown the controller out the window if had done it a 3rd time.

Other than those 2 things, the rest of the run was pretty good. Claire actually has equal or less trouble with all other bosses compared to Leon.

The only real mishap in this run was in the Kennel. I misjudged how close to the dog I would end up, and caused it to start running too soon, making it difficult to pick up the Crank. I also got hit a few more times on the way out of the room, causing me to be on orange caution status.

Other than that, everything else went well. All boss fights went smoothly, and most normal enemies cooperated and died quickly.

Finally, I actually got a decent run of RE2. *_*

First off, ranking. Contrary to popular belief, you can get away with using two First Aid Sprays before the game penalizes you.

I mostly borrowed strategies from Trevor's run of the Japanese version and adjusted for difficulty. The shotgun is necessary for clearing out all the extra zombies present in the NA version as well as Birkin's Claw in the tram. Most people aim for the head when taking down zombies, but I aim for the kneecaps instead. The weapon draw time is considerably lower if Leon aims low. While they don't die 100% of the time this way, they don't respawn with all their limbs intact when you re-enter the room.

Also, I unequip the shotgun when I'm not using it. You run marginally faster without a two-handed weapon equipped. How much exactly, I'm not really sure, but keeping guns unequipped for the majority of the game does save on loading time.

There were only a couple of mistakes that made me cringe a little (Using 8 magnum bullets on G-Embryo instead of 6 because the game decided I was aiming at crotch huggers instead of the boss, and the slight mishap in the MO Disc room), but I was able to power through the rest of the game without any real problems.

I actually prefer doing this mission with Claire rather than Leon. One of the reasons is the fact that the lickers disappear in the wreckage hallway for Claire, but not for Leon. This is compounded with the fact that Leon needs to pass through here 5 times.

Leon also ends up dealing with "Tiny" (that's what I call the monster in the trench coat) an extra time compared to Claire. Not really an issue, just annoying since it's a difficult place to dodge him.

The only thing that cost me time really was the fight with William on the lift. He insisted on jumping around rather than walking toward me, which doesn't give me many chances to take shots.

This mission was a welcome relief after doing the other 4 due to it's short length, 3 minutes compared to 80 minutes.

The trick to this mission is to find the fastest was through each room without taking massive hits. Most rooms are rather easy to dodge through, but there's a few that require a shot or 2 to make through safely, such as the east stairwell on the 1st floor of the Precinct with the 3 dogs - narrow halls suck.

I also found that the Plants don't actually do any damage when they grab you as long as you shake free before they do anything. This gave me an easy way past the 2 in the west hall.

The only real "tough" room is the secretary's office on the 2nd floor, with like 10 zombies inside. There's virtually no point in taking any shots since you'll get hit if you do. Taking a couple hits and knocking them down tends to be the best course of action.

Played with an american PSOne (the smaller, compact model; the same platform Zeno used for his 1:13:18), the original version of Biohazard 2, and "breaker pro," a boot disc to change the region code.

Occasionally through the video the image will brighten or dim itself. this is probably because my capture card, a Lifeview Flyvideo2000, by default is implementing its "white peak" and "color peak" functions, automatically trying to adjust color settings according to the content of the picture, and I can't disable it with the capturing software I use (VirtualVCR).

Huge credit goes to Zeno because I used his videos as a base for my run. here's the page.

I would like to give shoutouts to Zeno, Shin and the other Biohazard players on their site - you guys are all very inspirational and talented gamers.