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'''''Resident Evil Outbreak''''', along with its sequel ''Outbreak File #2'', are online entries in the ''[[Resident Evil]]'' series exclusively for the [[
Both games take place during the Raccoon City viral outbreak covered in ''[[Resident Evil 2]]'' and ''[[Resident Evil 3: Nemesis|3]]'' centering on how an octet of normal citizens -- [[Cowboy Cop|Kevin Ryman]], [[Cool Old Guy|Mark Wilkins]], [[Black and Nerdy|Jim Chapman]], [[The Stoic|David King]], [[Combat Medic|George Hamilton]], [[The Heart|Cindy Lennox]], [[Intrepid Reporter|Alyssa Ashcroft]], and [[Asian and Nerdy|Yoko Suzuki]] -- react to the disaster, along with their efforts to escape the city safely.
They really don't have a singular overarching story, per se, and instead are presented as a series of short scenarios which pit a group of characters in a location and task them with following its story to the conclusion and subsequent escape. These games' place in official ''RE'' canon is often the subject of dispute, due to the fact that they need to accommodate all eight characters, as well as contradictions present in these titles compared to the primary series.
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Notable in that Capcom made a conscious decision not to implement voice chat capability, to try and keep the game "in character" (they didn't want a man's voice coming out of Yoko, for example) and also to ramp up the tension. [[Your Mileage May Vary|You decide]] if they succeeded in this venture, but it's rather a moot point now that it's restricted to offline play only, which itself is restricted to single player with AI-controlled partners.
In June{{when}}, the ''Outbreak'' line was revived as a [[Web Games|social network-based game]] known as ''Resident Evil: Outbreak Survive''. Details are slim for now, but what ''is'' known is that players will cooperate to solve puzzles and share items, and it will also be an [[Allegedly Free Game]] -- free to play, but items can be purchased with real-life funds.
See also ''[[Left 4 Dead]]''.
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* [[Abandoned Hospital]]: Twice.
* [[Action Survivor]]: The eight Raccoon City citizens.
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* [[Arbitrary Headcount Limit]]: Four players online, one player and two AI partners offline.
* [[Artificial Stupidity]]: The partner AIs in the original seem to have a brain. For example, they will help you push objects if they see you struggling and they will often go to find key items for you in the last two scenarios. Unfortunately, the [[A Is]] in ''File #2'' are [[Too Dumb to Live|dumber than Swiss cheese]]. They will refuse to help you push heavy objects. They often stand next to zombies and challenge them to a staring contest while said zombies try to feast on whatever nutrition there is in those tiny brains. In the last scenario, {{spoiler|they think nothing of walking onto claymore mines or ''standing in an open area getting repeatedly sniped''}}.
* [[Attack of the 50
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: The rocket launcher required your target to be either shock still or at a slow pace. You had one shot.
* [[Ax Crazy]]: The Axeman.
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* [[Breakable Weapons]]
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: If you hide from a zombie in a locker before it sees you, it will stumble around and leave. If you open up the minimap while it is still there, however, it will 'hear' it and attack.
* [[Bribing Your Way to Victory]]: Late in the game's life cycle, players who had purchased backwards compatible [[
* [[Broken Bridge]]: Literally. If you dawdle too long before crossing the rope bridge in "Flashback", it will crumble. This opens up a separate sidequest however, which you could only play online. [[Lost Forever|Oops.]]
* [[Brother Chuck]]: Part of the reason the ''Outbreak'' games are canonically disputed is that the characters have never been seen again. Not even Yoko, who got the most character development and has ties to Umbrella - and uses it to testify (with obviously damaging results) against Umbrella in the aftermath, helping its downfall. Reportedly, the only way Capcom [[Loophole Abuse|was able to sidestep their Nintendo exclusivity contract]] was to make the non-Nintendo games non-canon.
** Subverted in Umbrella Chronicles, where in Scenario {{spoiler|Death's door, Ada kills the T-0400TP-4, in which is the Tyrant encountered in End of the Line scenario,}} making only David King and End of the Line stated canon so far.
* [[The Cameo]]: Nicholai, [[The Mole]] from ''[[Resident Evil 3: Nemesis]]'' appears in the last mission of the original ''Outbreak'', stealing blood from the Thanatos Tyrant and killing its creator.
* [[Camera Screw]]: In ''Outbreak'' there is one camera angle that gives almost every player fits. The first floor of the Apartment building next to Jack's Bar is a low angle shot that ruins your perspective. Naturally there are three zombies and a hard time limit to get through it. Many players can navigate it by rote, but that only works if you're the first one through.
* [[Captain Obvious]]: "The Hive" opens with an establishing shot of the hospital with copious zombie moans and destruction. The halls are littered with bloodstains and corpses. The first thing an NPC says to you is "The hospital is not as safe as it may look or sound." Gee thanks.
* [[Cold Sniper]]: In "End of the Road," an Umbrella sniper brags about killing 100 zombies and shoots Linda and the player (who are clearly human) for no good reason.
* [[Collection Sidequest]]: One that relies on the difficulty setting, your chosen character, and a completely random variable, and is needed for a 100% completion.
* [[Continuity Snarl]]: With ''RE2'' and ''RE3'', generally regarding the condition of the Raccoon Police Department.
* [[Controllable Helplessness]]: If you're knocked down, you are denied access to any weapons until you were pulled back to your feet by another character. However, you can crawl around on the ground to try and evade danger.
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* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: ''Resident Evil: Outbreak'' contains a scenario called "Outbreak" that details the first stages of a viral outbreak.
* [[Distress Call]]: Poses quite a few problems.
* [[Do Not Run
* [[Duct Tape for Everything]]: David can create some unique weapons using the duct tape in his tool belt along with the right implements.
* [[Escape From the Crazy Place]]: The no-amnesia variety.
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** Online, if the virus gauge reaches 100%, the player becomes a zombie and can attack his or her former teammates.
** If the Leech Man kills a character, he or she will be resurrected a while later as another Leech Man that can't be killed in the same way the regular Leech Man needs to be.
* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: Raccoon City's getting [[Resident Evil 3: Nemesis|nuked]]. Hope the characters got out of range!
* [[Gaiden Game]] - May or may not be canon.
* [[Game Breaking Bug]]: A player-controlled Alyssa using her ad-libs can cause ''File #1'' to lock up.
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* [[Intrepid Reporter]]: Kurt, whose files are read and story uncovered in "Flashback".
* [[Inventory Management Puzzle]]: Oh so very much, especially offline. Yoko often alleviates this problem - in fact, some players have one player deliberately die as Yoko, so they can use the corpse as a storage device.
* [[It's the Only Way
* [[Joke Character]]:
** The Mr. and Mrs. series of secret characters. They're ''coloured stick figures''.
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** "Below Freezing Point" in ''File #1'', "Desperate Times" in ''File #2''.
** "End of the Road" in ''File #2'' ends, yet again, in the area outside Apple Inn. This time though, you find out just what's behind that mysterious door off to your right. {{spoiler|It's a shortcut to the bridge where you blew up the zombies in "Outbreak"}}.
** "The Hive" features a few areas from ''[[Resident Evil 3: Nemesis]]'' and 2.
* [[Not a Zombie]]: "What a weird customer."
* [[Old Save Bonus]]: Characters and costumes purchased in one game can be exported into the other in ''File #2'''s menu.
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* [[Say My Name]]: Character names are mapped to the right analog stick for a quick means of getting someone's attention.
* [[Schmuck Bait]]: Hitting the second floor elevator button in "The Hive" dumped you into the Doctor's Office, an extremely cramped room with two zombies and no useful items. It was very easy to get yourself severely wounded before you could get back into the elevator and if Leech Man joined the fray...
* [[
* [[Secret Character]]: Every NPC you encounter can be unlocked and controlled. But...
** [[Send in
* [[Shoot the Shaggy Dog]]: ''Not'' of the entire series, but only happens with certain conditions. For example, if no one is Yoko during "The Hive", she never gets to find out why Monica (an Umbrella scientist and Yoko's co-worker) recognizes and hates her, on account of being a zombie. "Decisions, Decisions" may end in this if you fail to take or replicate enough Daylight to get out.
* [[Sinister Subway]]: "Underbelly".
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