Resident Evil: Outbreak (PlayStation 2)

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Description

Resident Evil Outbreak returns you to the Umbrella Corporation's disaster that consumed Raccoon city. You play one of eight ordinary citizens of Raccoon city attempting to survive the carnage caused by the T-Virus. When attacked by enemies the amount of T-Virus in the player character's body increases; if this reaches 100% they become a zombie. The player can defend themselves with a range of weapons including pipes, handguns and rocket launchers.

There are five different scenarios in this game. Initially only one is open to you, this is concerned with the outbreak in the city, but upon its completion further scenarios with different plots and locations become available.

Gameplay is similar to the previous Resident Evil games. It consists mainly of exploring, solving puzzles, finding items and of course surviving. This is also the first game of the resident evil franchise that can be played on-line, with up to four people playing cooperatively in order to survive.

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Alternate Titles

• "生化危机：爆发" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
• "REO" -- Common abbreviation
• "Biohazard: Outbreak" -- Japanese title

Part of the Following Groups

• Biohazard / Resident Evil series
• Console Generation Exclusives: PlayStation 2
• Middleware: CRI
• PlayStation 2 Greatest Hits releases
• PlayStation 2 Platinum Range releases
• Theme: Zombies

User Reviews

What went wrong with a game so full of promise?!	AxelStone (37)
Possibly one of the worst games in the series.	TwoDividedByZero (149)
The only resdient evil where you get to turn into a zombie.	evan dmith (2)	unrated
You still won't have enough ammo.	Nick Seafort (22)

Critic Reviews

Gamesmania.de	Sep 27, 2004	78 out of 100	78
Game Informer Magazine	May, 2004	7.5 out of 10	75
1UP	May 09, 2004	7.5 out of 10	75
GameSpot	Apr 05, 2004	7.2 out of 10	72
Game Revolution	Apr, 2004	B-	67
G4 TV: X-Play	Apr 10, 2006	2 out of 5	40
Common Sense Media	May 01, 2004		40
Games TM	Jun 17, 2004	3 out of 10	30
Super Play (Sweden)	Sep, 2004	3 out of 10	30
The Video Game Critic	Oct 30, 2007	D	25

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Trivia

Development

The younger Black character in this game, Jim, was originally designed as a comic relief character for the original game. (Perhaps they realized how unintentionally hilarious the game was already?)

European release

In Europe, the publisher decided to release this game without the possibility to play online, which wasn't a very smart idea as the whole game was intended to play with friends and not alone.

Sales

According to publisher Capcom, Resident Evil: Outbreak has sold 1.45 million copies worldwide since its initial release (as of June 30, 2016).

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• Capcom-Europe Official Web Site (Official Capcom-Europe site for "Resident Evil: Outbreak".)
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• Wikipedia: Resident Evil: Outbreak (Information about Resident Evil: Outbreak at Wikipedia)