Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
About the Game
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is a third-person shooter and a spin-off of the long-running Resident Evil series. Unlike the main games in the series, it is less of a survival horror game and more of an action-packed shooter, also prompted by the involvement of Slant Six Games , known for its titles in the militaristic SOCOM series. The game is not part of the series' canon and details a hypothetical scenario set in September 1998 around the same time as Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis . Players control a member of the USS (Umbrella Security Service) Delta team, nicknamed Wolfpack, as they're sent into the Umbrella Raccoon City facility to neutralize Dr. William Birkin before he can sell the mutation-inducing G-Virus to the American government.
Gameplay & Core Systems
At the start of each mission players assembles a team of four characters based on a pool of six with different classes. Next to a primary and a secondary weapon they all have a different playing style and both passive and active abilities tied to their class. Spectre for instance has a threat scanner to scan nearby enemies, biothermal vision, sonar vision, item detection, and proximity detection (large min-map). The weapons are also selected from a large arsenal with similar unlocks. The game is played from a third-person perspective and combines shooting with cover mechanics.
Standout Features
- It is not possible to switch between team members but the game can be played cooperatively with four human players, each controlling a team member.
- The first is the use of bioweapons that causes members of the same team or infected to fight each other.
- Kennedy, Claire Redfield, Jill Valentine and Carlos Oliveira, while the other has Ada Wong, HUNK, Nicholai Ginovaef and the new character Lone Wolf.
- Team Attack: The other game modes include Team Attack (team deathmatch), Biozahard (capture the flag), Survivor (survive with a team until the helicopter arrives), and Nemesis Mode (exclusive to the Xbox 360 version; one player can control the Nemesis from Resident Evil 3 to take out members of the opposing team).
- You control a single character as the other team members are controlled by the AI.
- Next to the shooting, the use of abilities, and various melee attacks, there are two additional mechanics that are used.
- Health is drained and the character is eventually turned, attacking the team members (while players are not in control) until an immunisation spray cancels it out.
- Multiplayer adds a second team of six characters from the United States Special Ops (USSO) with similar abilities: Willow, Dee-Ay, Tweed, Harley, Shona and Party Girl.
Modes & Ways to Play
The Heroes Mode pits famous characters from the series' franchise against each other.
Player support includes Co-Op and Team.
Presentation & Atmosphere
Display support includes HDTV 720p. Audio support includes Dolby Digital and DTS.
