With Resident Evil: Revelations 2 reanimating the survival horror genre February 25, let’s not forget ground zero. The ambiance was that of a séance as your PlayStation lit up the screen with Resident Evil - the room aglow from your old box TV. (Remember those?)
From that first choppy helicopter ride over the woods of Raccoon City, you were slammed face first into the evils of the Umbrella Corporation. You know the scenes - the things of your adolescent nightmares. Either when that first zombie turned, face bloodied and skin taught like rawhide, or when the skinless dogs burst through the hallway windows – oh, what you wouldn’t have given for Barry Burton’s Colt 45 on the first floor of the mansion – you were hooked (and admittedly drunk on adrenaline).
Fast forward. The system has changed and the graphics have become troublingly lifelike, but the same terror grips you. We hope you thoroughly saturate your controller in palm sweat as you dive into Resident Evil: Revelations 2. But, before that, feast, zombie, feast! on the Complete Resident Evil Chronology.
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Resident Evil Chronology Transcription
Resident Evil
- Year the Game Was Released: 1996
- Year the Story Took Place: 1998
Resident Evil 2
- Year the Game Was Released: 1998
- Year the Story Took Place: 1998
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
- Year the Game Was Released: 1999
- Year the Story Took Place: 1998
Resident Evil Code: Veronica
- Year the Game Was Released: 2000
- Year the Story Took Place: 1998
Resident Evil Zero
- Year the Game Was Released: 2002
- Year the Story Took Place: 1998
Resident Evil 4
- Year the Game Was Released: 2005
- Year the Story Took Place: 2004
Resident Evil 5
- Year the Game Was Released: 2009
- Year the Story Took Place: 2006, 2009
Resident Evil: Revelations
- Year the Game Was Released: 2012
- Year the Story Took Place: 2005
Resident Evil 6
- Year the Game Was Released: 2012
- Year the Story Took Place: 2012, 2013
Resident Evil: Revelations 2
- Year the Game Was Released: 2015
- Year the Story Took Place: 2011
Playable Characters
Resident Evil
- Chris Redfield - Playable Lead
- Jill Valentine - Playable Lead
- Rebecca Chambers - Playable Only in Co-Op or Side Missions/Bonus Missions
Resident Evil 2
- Leon S. Kennedy - Playable Lead
- Claire Redfield - Playable Lead
- Ada Wong - Playable Only in Co-Op or Side Missions/Bonus Missions
- Sherry Birkin - Playable Only in Co-Op or Side Missions/Bonus Missions
- Hunk - Playable Only in Co-Op or Side Missions/Bonus Missions
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
- Jill Valentine - Playable Lead
- Carlos Oliviera - Playable Only in Co-Op or Side Missions/Bonus Missions
Resident Evil Code: Veronica
- Chris Redfield - Playable Lead
- Claire Redfield - Playable Lead
- Steve Burnside - Playable Only in Co-Op or Side Missions/Bonus Missions
Resident Evil Zero
- Rebecca Chambers - Playable Lead
- Billy Coen - Playable Lead
Resident Evil 4
- Leon S. Kennedy - Playable Lead
- Ada Wong - Playable Lead
- Ashely Graham - Playable Only in Co-Op or Side Missions/Bonus Missions
Resident Evil 5
- Chris Redfield - Playable Lead
- Jill Valentine - Playable Only in Co-Op or Side Missions/Bonus Missions
- Sheva Alomar - Playable Only in Co-Op or Side Missions/Bonus Missions
- Josh Stone - Playable Only in Co-Op or Side Missions/Bonus Missions
Resident Evil: Revelations
- Chris Redfield - Playable Lead
- Jill Valentine - Playable Lead
- Jessica Sherawat - Playable Only in Co-Op or Side Missions/Bonus Missions
- Parker Luciani - Playable Only in Co-Op or Side Missions/Bonus Missions
- Keith Lumley - Playable Lead
- Quint Cetcham - Playable Only in Co-Op or Side Missions/Bonus Missions
Resident Evil 6
- Chris Redfield - Playable Lead
- Leon S. Kennedy - Playable Lead
- Ada Wong - Playable Lead
- Sherry Birkin - Playable Lead
- Jake Muller - Playable Lead
- Piers Nivans - Playable Lead
- Helena Harper - Playable Lead
- Agent - Playable Only in Co-Op or Side Missions/Bonus Missions
Resident Evil: Revelations 2
- Claire Redfield - Playable Lead
- Morta Burton - Playable Lead
- Barry Burton - Playable Lead
- Natalia Korda - Playable Lead
*Alice: Despite being the lead character of the Resident Evil film series, Milla Jovovich's action heroine has never appeared in the games.
Sources: Resident Evil Archives I & II, ResidentEvil.net
So, which was your favorite Resident Evil game? Lead protagonist? Let us know in the comments! In the meantime, you can peruse our zombie costumes to help you get in the game spirit.
