It's hard to believe that I first played the RE1 remake 20 years ago. I bought the game back then but had to borrow a friends GameCube to play it. I recently got the itch to play some more Resident Evil and realised that I had never beaten the remake as Chris! I used to prefer playing the original as Jill because she got the lockpick, so I had just played as Jill in the remake.
This time around I quickly discovered that Chris has 2 less inventory slots than Jill. It's no wonder I liked playing the original as Jill more, those 2 inventory slots make a big difference. Also I noticed how the mansion seems quite a bit more complicated than the original and this being the first playthrough in 20 years meant that I found myself wandering around completely lost lol.
When I finally got to the helipad at the end, the 2nd boss fight with Tyrant didn't happen and I discovered that Chris needs to save Rebecca to get that to happen. So I played through again and successfully saved Rebecca and got to fight Tyrant on the helipad, which was a much better fight than the first encounter in the lab. I beat the game in 6:30 which was 10 hours faster than my previous playthrough. This got me thinking that I might be able to get some of the timed unlockables. I switched over to Jill and 4 runs later managed to get a time of 2:58 successfully unlocking Barry's Samurai Edge and the Rocket Launcher, both with infinite ammo. I never thought I could get under 3 hours and it was a great moment for me when I snuck in by 2 minutes and unlocked what I think might be the coolest looking Rocket Launcher in the series. Here I am with the 2nd unlockable costume for Jill and that awesome rocket launcher:

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This time around I quickly discovered that Chris has 2 less inventory slots than Jill. It's no wonder I liked playing the original as Jill more, those 2 inventory slots make a big difference. Also I noticed how the mansion seems quite a bit more complicated than the original and this being the first playthrough in 20 years meant that I found myself wandering around completely lost lol.
When I finally got to the helipad at the end, the 2nd boss fight with Tyrant didn't happen and I discovered that Chris needs to save Rebecca to get that to happen. So I played through again and successfully saved Rebecca and got to fight Tyrant on the helipad, which was a much better fight than the first encounter in the lab. I beat the game in 6:30 which was 10 hours faster than my previous playthrough. This got me thinking that I might be able to get some of the timed unlockables. I switched over to Jill and 4 runs later managed to get a time of 2:58 successfully unlocking Barry's Samurai Edge and the Rocket Launcher, both with infinite ammo. I never thought I could get under 3 hours and it was a great moment for me when I snuck in by 2 minutes and unlocked what I think might be the coolest looking Rocket Launcher in the series. Here I am with the 2nd unlockable costume for Jill and that awesome rocket launcher:

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