Watch Leon Kennedy Die in Resident Evil: Raccoon City Gameplay Trailer

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Watch Leon Kennedy Die in Resident Evil: Raccoon City Gameplay Trailer


Get a better look at Resident Evil: Raccoon City's gameplay and how it'll break canon in the game's latest trailer.

The Resident Evil: Raccoon City [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/108866-Resident-Evil-Raccoon-City-Trailer-Shows-SOCOM-Influence] was a little tough to judge because of a presentation that used quick flashes of gameplay. The second trailer doesn't suffer from the same problem, giving us a great look at how the game will play.

Resident Evil: Raccoon City is a team-based shooter being developed by Slant Six, as opposed to the survival horror style Resident Evil [http://www.amazon.com/Resident-Evil-5-Gold-Playstation-3/dp/B002Z7BE24/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1302918456&sr=8-3] games of the past. It features a co-op story mode with up to four players and a multiplayer mode where players fill the shoes of one of three factions: Umbrella Security Services, U.S. Special Ops, or zombies and bio-organic weapons (B.O.W.).

The game's story mode will cast players as one of four Umbrella Security Service soldiers during the events of Resident Evil 3 [http://www.amazon.com/Resident-Evil-2-GameCube/dp/B00007KQC4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1302917353&sr=8-1], which as we see in this trailer are something like high-tech ninjas. Yes, players are taking on the role of the bad guys in Raccoon City, and the game will apparently even break canon to allow them to kill notable characters such as Leon S. Kennedy.

The U.S.S. will have everything on the ground in their sights, including the U.S. Special Ops and Umbrella's own out-of-control Tyrants. They seem pretty formidable, using various types of weaponry and even taking zombies as meat shields. The freaky blue eyes don't hurt either, though I wouldn't say "Bertha" is that intimidating of a name.

Resident Evil: Raccoon City is expected in winter 2011 on the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC.

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FoolKiller

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I love the idea that I get to play the bad guy in this but I am just not sure how deep this game could be given that you are in the role of random villain x.
 

Woodsey

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Faceless special-forces types with silly code-names; how exciting!

Surely the appeal in playing the bad guys isn't that huge if they're just faceless grunts with dodgy 'determined' voice-acting?
 

spartan773

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hmm... interesting idea, letting the player play from the eyes of U.S.S opperatives, or even spec-ops.

but breaking canon by killing Leon, Claire, or Ada? Sorry, that will not fly with me.

But otherwise, interesting take.
 

Nedoras

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Was he....punching a zombie? Are zombies even going to be a threat? I really hope that they aren't simply fodder that separate firefights. After seeing that trailer, I'm probably only going to rent this if even that. I know this game was made to be a shooter, but you can still implement survival elements into a shooter. From what this trailer shows, the game just looks like a standard shooter with zombies to me. Which to me is a shame. But I guess I'll just have to wait until it's released to see if that's all it is. I really hope it turns out to be something more ^_^
 

katsumoto03

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Why did they get several 14 year olds to voice all of the characters? It sounds stupid as hell...

Either way, the actual game looks kind of fun. Though I doubt I'll ever play the damn game.
 

Just_A_Glitch

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... Kill Leon?

I'm sorry, I didn't know it was possible to kill a God!

In all seriousness, I'm really excited for this game. I've loved the RE series since the beginning, and this sounds like a really fun part to it.
 

VincentX3

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What's Call of duty doing in Resident evil?

I mean it looks fun an all but taking a zombie as a hostage?...
Really?...
 

Vault boy Eddie

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I'll try the demo, hopefully there will be a PC demo, if not, meh. It'll be interesting to see what's with the Leon killing business. Some alternate universe, he doesn't really die, how exactly is it going to fit into the grand scheme of things.
 

gundamrx101

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Right, cause I've always wanted to be dull one dimensional 'badasses'. I thought we could also play and US special forces? Where those guys at?
 

kibayasu

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This game is looking more and more average. I'm not going to say anything in this trailer was stupider than your normal RE fare though.

Also you'd think Leon would have mentioned to Claire that he was being hunted by highly trained and technogically advanced soldiers.
 

MASTACHIEFPWN

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I haven't been this psyched for a resident evil game sense... residence evil 4... XD

But yeah, I WANT!