Meet the Umbrella Security Squad’s Delta Squad. They’ll be in charge of hunting down Leon S. Kennedy and putting him down like a dog in Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City.
As Stephen mentioned in his impressions piece yesterday, one of the tasks given the USS Delta Squad in Operation Raccoon City involves hunting down Raccoon Police Department officer Leon Kennedy, the hero of Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 4.
Since this game takes place during the events of Resident Evil 4, won’t killing Leon alter the game’s timeline tremendously?
Yes, and I don’t care. Neither does Slant Six. Do you remember running into members of Delta Squad in Resident Evil 2? Of course not. They weren’t there. They are now. Deal with it, or better yet, deal with that insufferable Leon instead.
Splinton
Friday, April 15, 2011 at 8:35 AM“Since this game takes place during the events of Resident Evil 4, won’t killing Leon alter the game’s timeline tremendously?”
I think you meant Resident Evil 2 here.
Jamie Watt
Friday, April 15, 2011 at 8:45 AMI think you mean “Since this game takes place during the events of Resident Evil 2″
David Winston
Friday, April 15, 2011 at 9:31 AMIs this a joke? This game looks dreadful; graphically and conceptually.
Aaron Meacham
Friday, April 15, 2011 at 9:56 AMI agree. Everything about it screams “lame”.
Tali
Friday, April 15, 2011 at 1:25 PMTch tch nay sayers, I reckon this looks great fun!
Although I don’t think i could pull the trigger on Leon :(
PS how pissed off does the Nemisis look when they are shooting at it about half way through the clip?
Mariella Arenas
Friday, April 15, 2011 at 1:35 PMHe’s not Nemesis. He’s just a T103 Tyrant. Mr. X in RE2. =P
Mariella Arenas
Friday, April 15, 2011 at 1:33 PMPoint 1: This takes place during the RE2-3 timeline. Not 4.
Point 2: They’ve already stated this isn’t going to be canon.
Point 3: Delta squad was in Resident Evil 2. They did their tasks in the background while you were controlling Claire of Leon. You might have noticed that from the fact that they showed you a cut-scene of most of Delta squad getting wiped out by Birkin. Learn your Resident Evil history.
Kizaru
Friday, April 15, 2011 at 9:18 PMI think enabling the players to actually kill Leon is a way of quelling RE fanboys psychologically. If you make it evident that your game is non-canon, then they[fanboys] won’t care as much about the game having non-traditional controls.
But I still think it’s too stupid letting players kill one of the series most beloved characters just to make that point.