Resident Evil wants to be Metal Gear Solid. Oi. Maybe it wasn't well told but at least in the very first RE you had a clear plot: evil company wants to make monsters. Kill they ass. How much you wanna bet this one has all the lousy conspiracy theory garbage that Resident Evil: Revelations had? Complete with goofy-sounding names for cities, institutions and monsters, a lousy backstory, predictable plot with mountain-sized plot holes, and a good chance that by the end of the game, you'll be fighting another Sephiroth wannabe.
Just make it the T-Virus again. Honestly. It works FINE as your MacGuffin mutagen.
I hope Chris kicks Leon's twirly little ass. Yes, I'm taking his side because he feels like a more classic Western hero, and Leon is like the androgynous Japanese counterpart. I have made peace with the fact that I enjoy heroes who don't need to defy physics in order to be badass.
Rrgh. I just can stand it. This series has nothing left to enjoy anymore, it's just congealing into the same boring J-plots that are in EVERY Japanese game that takes itself too seriously. Replace all the monsters in this with robots and you get Binary Domain. Replace them with mind-controlled soldiers and you get Metal Gear Solid 4, yadda yadda yadda.