Resident Evil: Resistance is a 2020 online multiplayer video game developed by NeoBards Entertainment and published by Capcom for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows. It involves four survivor players competing against a mastermind player who can create traps, enemies, and other hazards. The game was bundled with the Resident Evil 3 remake and received mixed reviews from critics, who criticized the gameplay for being unbalanced and for lacking dedicated servers.
Plot[]
Resident Evil: Resistance is an online multiplayer game that puts a team of four survivor players against a mastermind player who can create traps, enemies, and other hazards.
The game takes place in 1998 just before or during the Raccoon City Destruction Incident, where civilians have been abducted by the Umbrella Intelligence Division. Sent to the "NEST2" facility, they are forced to fight a number of mutants on behalf of senior Umbrella employees to prove the effectiveness of Umbrella's T-Virus project.
Survivors[]
- Samuel Jordan (voiced by Clayton Froning) - A boxer that was forced into retirement after an injury. He signed up for a medical trial at Umbrella Pharmaceuticals, hoping to return to boxing. Instead, he was taken to NEST2 for B.O.W testing.
- Valerie Harmon (voiced by Alex Ryan) - A chemistry student at Raccoon University. Valerie was an intern at the NEST2 lab while taking her Masters course. She was investigating her roommate's mysterious memory problems. She caught the attention of Umbrella and was abducted to participate in experiments.
- Tyrone Henry (voiced by John Eric Bentley) - A firefighter for the Raccoon City Fire Department. He was taken to NEST2 after he responded to a fire at an Umbrella USA facility.
- January Van Sant (voiced by Melanie Minichino) - A computer hacker that was commissioned to find information about the relationship between Umbrella USA and the Raccoon City Police Department. After being discovered, she was kidnapped by Umbrella and brought to NEST2.
- Becca Woolett (voiced by Tara Sands) - A Park Ranger who grew up in the outskirts of Arklay County. She was called out to investigate screaming by the Marble River. Becca was attacked by a pack of Cerberus, one of Umbrella's B.O.W.s. She survived her attack and was taken by Umbrella to the NEST2 facility.
- Martin Sandwich (voiced by Nicolas Roye) - A mechanic working for an unnamed medical appliance company. While doing repairs at Spencer Memorial Hospital, he accidentally saw the Umbrella testing facility hidden there. He was abducted afterwards to become a test subject at NEST2
- Jill Valentine (voiced by Nicole Tompkins) - After being suspended by her R.P.D supervisor for investigating Umbrella's illegal activities, Jill begins to have horrific "dreams" where she and other survivors encounter unfathomable terrors. Jill gradually realizes that these nightmares are actually real.
Masterminds[]
- Daniel Fabron (voiced by Kaiser Johnson) - An intelligence division member and colleague of Dr. Alex Wesker. With her help, his job is to eliminate threats to the company.
- Alex Wesker (voiced by Mary Elizabeth McGlynn) - Chief researcher, Alex finds subjects and carries out the experiments, reporting her findings to Ozwell E. Spencer.
- Annette Birkin (voiced by Karen Strassman) - A virologist, Annette Birkin was brought on board by Alex Wesker after significant contributions to the G-Virus research.
- Ozwell E. Spencer (voiced by Time Winters) - One of the founders of Umbrella, Ozwell E. Spencer refuses to face his own mortality. He was intrigued by Alex's reports of a virus mutation that grants superhuman abilities without altering the subject's physiology and decided to take part in the experiments himself.
- Nicholai Ginovaef (voiced by Neil Newbon) - Nicholai Ginovaef's incent for participating in these experiments is strictly monetary. His experience as a mercenary forged him into a skilled marksman and shrewd opportunist. Even if the survivors manage to escape his arsenal, they will soon be hunted down by the ever-persistent Nemesis.