Resident Evil 6 krijgt veel informatie over zich heen

Resident Evil fans, gooi even alles aan de kant, want vandaag is er een hoop informatie over Resident Evil 6 vrijgegeven. Allereerst speelt Resident Evil 6 zich af in 2013, zo’n tien jaar na de gebeurtenissen uit Raccoon City. HIer komt Leon S. Kennedy om de hoek kijken.

Wanneer Adam Benford, de president van de Verenigde Staten, geraakt wordt door een bioterroristische aanval en transformeert in een gruwelijk monster, dient Leon een levensbelangrijke keuze te maken. Op hetzelfde moment is China, eigenlijk het fictieve dorpje lanshiang, zwaar getroffen door eenzelfde soort aanval en hoog tijd voor Chris Redfield om in actie te schieten dus. Het is de eerste keer dat we Leon en Chris in dezelfde game zien en als we de verhaallijn lezen, weten we nu al dat dit wel eens heel erg vet kan gaan worden!

Dit is echter niet alle informatie die we voor onze kiezen kregen; Capcom wist ons namelijk te verwennen met de nodige profielen over personages, zowel vriend als vijand.

Character profiles
* Leon S. Kennedy: Following the Raccoon City incident Leon was recruited as a US government agent by none other than Adam Benford, who would later become the President of the United States. Ever since the nightmare that was Raccoon City Leon has made it his life’s work to eradicate bioterrorism.

* Helena Harper: Like Leon, she is also a government agent, but was in the process of transferring to the Secret Service to become one of the President’s personal bodyguards. In the announcement trailer it is Helena who admits to Leon that she is the one responsible for this incident.

* Chris Redfield: The ex-S.T.A.R.S member who continued the fight against bioterrorism as the leader of the BSAA underwent a personal trauma some six months prior to the events depicted in RE6. In spite of this he has rejoined his BSAA colleagues in China to uncover a major bioterrorist attack.

* The mysterious third protagonist: We’re still trying to track down his real identity but we do know this man is a mercenary currently engaged in a bloody conflict in Eastern Europe where reports confirm that B.O.W.s are increasingly being used. One day, he’s told that he is the man to save the world. Whilst he doesn’t understand the implications of this, he does immediately think how much money he can make from it.

* Ingrid Hunnigan: A member of Field Operations Support (FOS), Ingrid has been working with Leon for a long time, and they share a mutual trust.

* Adam Benford: President of the United States and the man who hired Leon after the Raccoon City incident.

Enemy profiles
* Zombies: Yes they are back, but now they run, jump at you, even use weapons and as such are different from those encountered in previous games.

* J’avo: Named by the BSAA after the Serbian word for ‘demon’, the first J’avo made an appearance in the conflict zone of Eastern Europe about six months before the action of Resident Evil 6. The J’avo still exhibit certain human elements – such as the ability to understand speech, work together as a group and use weapons – but they are also incredibly aggressive and a number of their actions have regressed to pure instinct. When a J’avo takes damage it has the ability to regenerate itself. However if it is receives major damage then it will mutate that affected body part into a number of varied forms, meaning players will have to rethink their strategy and adapt to this unpredictability.

Klinkt behoorlijk interessant of niet? Als laatste wist Capcom ons nog te melden dat de controls in Resident Evil 6 behoorlijk anders zullen zijn ten opzichte van de andere delen. Zo kunnen we lopen en richten en schieten tegelijk en is er tevens de mogelijkheid om te glijden, rollen en gebruik te maken van cover. Ook zal de mêlee-aanval verbeterd worden.