Official Resident Evil Discussion Thread

[Ryo Hazaki]

Well, since RE5 launched last week, I felt that it was finally time to open a thread for the discussion of this series.

Also, to note:

Spoilers are to be expected. Just like Raccoon City, If you're looking for stuff on RE5, enter at your own risk.

(Also, don't expect to see favorable things about RE: Gaiden. That game's officially been stricken from canon, and just plain sucked in general.)

Well, to kick things off:

http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/693947/Capcom-Reveals-New-Resident-Evil-For-Wii.html

What are your opinions on the news about a new Wii RE Game: Darkside Chronicles?

[Fuzion Phoenix]

Looks like a near copy of Umbrella Cronicles, but with different storylines.

I'm more interested in RE5, especialy on the topic about how F***ing CHEAP the Reaper bugs are! Sure, they go down in one shot, but the weakpoint is almost impossible to hit, and they have a Damn 1 hit kill move!

[Ryo Hazaki]

Hmmm... They sound almost like the Novistadors from RE4. Try a machinegun/TMP-style weapon? Don't need to be accurate when you're filling the air with lead.

I have to admit that RE5 was filled with 'shocker moments'. Although I'm disappointed that the 'Sherry' rumors weren't real.

But really, a few that seemed contradictory actually made sense:

For example, the biggest concerned Jill. In one of the viral teasers Capcom released to promote the game, it showed an image of Chris kneeling in front of a tombstone that had Jill's name on it and a date of death of 2006, a few years before RE5 took place:

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/residentevil/images/9/9a/Jill_Grave_2.jpg

But it showed that the 'Bird lady' from several of the preiviews and viral trailers was in fact...

Jill.

The following is from the RE Wiki's page on RE5:

"After managing to destroy it, Chris and Sheva send the data they obtaind to HQ , andeventually meat up with the BSAA Delta Team, lead by Captain Josh Stone. Josh gives Chris a memory card which contains a set of photos for research materials. Among these is an image of Chris's supposedly dead partner, Jill Valentine. Determined to find out if Jill is still alive, Chris journeys with Sheva to hunt down Irving and find answers. It is during this time that Chris reveals the truth behind Jill's supposed "Death": In 2006, Chris and Jill were tracking down Albert Wesker, and attempted to gain answers from Umbrella's former President, Ozwell E. Spencer. Upon arriving at Spencer's estate, however, they find him dead, on the ground, and Wesker above him. After Wesker savagely beats Chris, and prepared to kill him, Jill flung herself onto Wesker, pushing the two of them off a cliff, in order to save Chris's life. Since her body was never found, she was presumed dead by the BSAA."

And now more from Wesker's page on the same site:

"While putting Jill in a cryogenic sleep in the intention of turning her into a weapon against Chris, Wesker continued his activities. With the help of Excella Gionne and the Tricell Pharmaceutical Company, the old Umbrella research facility in Africa was reopened, along with a source for the progenitor virus. Now in possession of the mother virus, Wesker created Uroboros, the most powerful virus yet. With Uroboros, he planned to spur the next step in human evolution. Although the virus proved to be too poisonous for humans to be of much use, Wesker found a way to make the Uroboros less poisonous. In Jill were powerful antibodies that were made from her previous infection with the T-virus. Using these antibodies, Wesker was able to perfect Uroboros to suit his needs.

Using the newly discovered chemical called P30, Wesker attached a device on Jill's chest that would continuously inject Jill with the chemical. With this, he was able to bend Jill to his will and enhance her abilities. By doing this, not only would Jill continue to assist him and Tricell, but she would also as a method of revenge against Chris. At the same time, Wesker began placing the Uroboros virus into missiles with the plan of releasing it by jet into the Earth's atmosphere, causing a global outbreak.

Eventually, the BSAA would dispatch Chris and his new partner Sheva Alomar to capture and interrogate Ricardo Irving, who had been selling B.O.W.s in the black market. It didn't take long for them to find out what was really going on and for Chris to discover that both Wesker and Jill were still alive.

Eventually, Chris and Sheva would meet Wesker face to face. After revealing Jill to them, Wesker confronted his old nemesis. After a while however, he abandoned the fight to finish his plans, leaving Chris and Sheva to deal with Jill. But Chris and Sheva were able to remove the device from Jill's chest and free her from Wesker's control. Leaving Jill, they chased Wesker and Gionne onto the carrier ship they were planning to use to launch the jet. "

Wow... a spoiler within a spoiler... A first for me.

[Fuzion Phoenix]

I knew this already, I watched my 12 year old (He act like he's 15) bro beat the game.
Edit: The Reapers are NOTHING like the Nosvistador.