Resident Evil Outbreak

Resident Evil Outbreak was the first online Resident Evil game and enabled up to four players to connect to the web and battle through five scenarios set in the hellish Raccoon City. Players take control of one of eight civilians of the city trying to escape the impending doom of a nuclear strike. Outbreak marked a return to the traditional Resident Evil controls with fixed camera angles and a modernized version of the classic control scheme. In PAL regions the game never made it online, with only the offline version being available.

Plot Synopsis

Resident Evil Outbreak is divided up into 5 scenarios each taking the characters to different locations in Raccoon City during the viral infection. As such each scenario has its own unique storyline that are usually independent to another scenario. Many of the actions taken by the characters are complimented with NPC's who aid you during the missions, and its these interactions that all contribute to the overall disaster in Raccoon City

Development History

When it was announced, Outbreak was titled Resident Evil Online. However, after it was soon announced that PAL territories would not see the online aspect of the game, the title was changed to Resident Evil Outbreak.

Around the same time, it was announced that the game would feature many scenarios, roughly 20. This number was cut down to a meager 5 in the final release. Another 5 of the scenarios originally set to be in the first game were used for Resident Evil Outbreak File#2

Scenarios

Outbreak

Below Freezing Point

The Hive

Hellfire

Decisions, Decisions