Resident Evil Outbreak is back online

[Jonah]

For those of you who dont know. Resident Evil Outbreak was Capcoms first Online multiplayer Resident Evil game where you can choose between 8 different ordinary racc00n city survivors and play various different scenarios taking place in some familiar and new locations from RE1 & 2. The game plays in a fairly updated classic Resident Evil style and was the last game of the old series before Resident Evil 4 came out. A lot of people consider this to be the last great classic RE before everything became Call of dutyish. The servers went up in 2003 and were brought offline in 2008 but thanks to "The Fog" they are back up and able to be played once more.

Basically, you and 4 other people try to survive during the Racc00n City outbreak in various different scenarios. Locations range from the Racc00n City Police Department (RE 2&3), Umbrella Labs (RE2), Racc00n General Hospital (RE3), Racc00n Zoo, Arkalay Mountains (RE1), Racc00n City Subway station, Racc00n university, and the streets of Racc00n City. There are various references and tie-ins to the classic RE games and does fit in nicely without ruining anything in terms of the story. this is also the only RE game I can think of where you can die and turn into a zombie.

the 8 characters are as follows

Spoiler

Kevin Ryman - An officer from the same unit as Leon Kennedy. he failed the S.T.A.R.S. selection process numerous times. in the game he starts with a powerful .45 caliber pistol with limited ammo and can preform a pretty strong kick. Taking time to aim with a pistol as him will cause him to do extra damage. Due to being a cop, he knows the layout of the Police station automatically and can interact with things there that other characters cannot, including his locker.

Jim Chapman - A normal Racc00n City citizen who works in the subway. he has a special coin that can flip between heads or tails, getting heads 3 times in a row will triple the damage you do. You can also play dead in order to keep zombies from attacking you although it raises your virus gauge faster than normal. He can preform a melee weapon combo. playing as him in the lower difficulties on the subway will start him with an employee key and an automatically full map as he works there.

Mark Wilkins - A vietnam veteran who works for a security company. He starts with a handgun and can take a lot more damage than other characters. He can also block attacks to lower the damage he takes and if he has a melee weapon, he can charge up a huge swing that deals extra damage.

David King - An ex delinquent who works as a plumber, his tool belt has wrenches that can be thrown at zombies to knock them down, tape to combine objects and make new weapons, and spare parts to fix broken weapons. he has a knife combo and also starts with a utility knife.

George Hamilton - A surgeon at Racc00n City General Hospital. He carries a medical kit so that he can create new medicines and he has a really strong tackle attack. Playing as him in the hospital will give you a full map and allow you to interact with special things, same with playing as him at the university.

Yoko Suzuki - An asian american college student. due to carrying a backpack, she can carry more items than other characters (8 instead of the default 4). She has the ability to crawl away and instead of tackling like everyone else, she can only push things away due to being weak. She is a critical character in terms of the story element of the game,

Alyssa Ashcroft - A reporter for the Racc00n Press (seen in RE3). She carries a lockpick and can unlock various doors/lockers/drawers scattered around levels for rare items. she also has the ability to readjust her aim for a critical hit and can backstep to excape from danger.

Cindy Lennox - A waitress for "Jacks Bar". she has a herb pouch where she can store and mix various different herbs outside of her inventory. in the bar she can open her personal locker and has other unique interactions throughout the game. She also has the ability to duck under attacks.

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It is truly an underrated game, there was a sequel in 2004 but due to "franchise fatigue" the game was poorly received since it didnt change much in terms of gameplay from the original. it is really worth a playthrough for those who have not played it before.

here is an online guide for how you can play once again if you have a modded PS2 or emulator (PS2 is preferred as it doesnt crash as much as the emulated version does.)

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Hope to see yall online in the game there is also a discord chat service if any of you are interested.

Discord

 

[basketball reasons]

lebrons going back to cleveland?

 

[AJaRuleStan]

This game has been back online

t. my favorite games of all time is the outbreak series.

 

[Jonah]

This game has been back online

t. my favorite games of all time is the outbreak series.

yea I know, been playing it for about a while now. been on the site since 2014

just wanted to let others know that it was up