Resident Evil: Character Guide - IGN (original) (raw)
It's barely a month until Resident Evil 5 finally lands on the Xbox 360 and PS3 in North America. Like any fan of survival horror, we're itching to get our hands on the full version. In fact, we haven't itched this bad since we came down with the T-Virus.We'll be covering many facets of the Resident Evil mythos in the coming weeks. Today, we kick off with a look at the many heroes of the 10 years of RE games. Everyone loves Chris Redfield and Leon S. Kennedy, but do you remember Billy Coen or that pretty-boy Steve Burnside? They're all here in this Guide to Resident Evil Heroes.
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If the Resident Evil franchise has any one leading man, it would be Chris Redfield. He was there at the very first T-Virus outbreak in the Arklay Mountains, and he's still cleaning up Umbrella's mess ten years later.
Redfield served for a brief time as a member of STARS, an elite police force in Raccoon City. When the entire city fell victim to Umbrella's meddling, he took his show on the road, blasting zombie skulls everywhere from the European coast to sunny Africa. There's no one better than Chris Redfield at what he does. Not with his level of experience.
Jill Valentine is no slouch when it comes to headlining this franchise, either. For one thing, she's one of the few game characters t play a starring role in the live-action movies. Actually, we're not so sure that helped her reputation, but at least she has her numerous game appearances to fall back on.
Jill started out as Chris Redfield's partner in STARS. As the so-called "Master of Unlocking", Jill's former life as a cat burglar served her well on the job and off. She made the mistake of sticking around Raccoon City too long, and it as only by the skin of her teeth that Jill escaped the wrath of Nemesis. But really, can you blame Nemesis for wanting to chase her around the city all day?
It's barely a month until Resident Evil 5 finally lands on the Xbox 360 and PS3 in North America. Like any fan of survival horror, we're itching to get our hands on the full version. In fact, we haven't itched this bad since we came down with the T-Virus.
We'll be covering many facets of the Resident Evil mythos in the coming weeks. Today, we kick off with a look at the many heroes of the 10 years of RE games. Everyone loves Chris Redfield and Leon S. Kennedy, but do you remember Billy Coen or that pretty-boy Steve Burnside? They're all here in this Guide to Resident Evil Heroes.
Barry Burton's biggest claim to fame in the RE games is his stupid mouth. He was the one that coined th term "Master of Unlocking", and many gamers still haven't forgiven him for it. That's not to say any of the characters in the original game had a firm grasp on English.
Barry was the weapons expert on STARS, and he carried his trusty revolver along with him on every mission. He tried his best to assist the rest of the team at the mansion, despite the fact that he was being blackmailed by Captain Wesker the entire time. Once Wesker got the first of his many comeuppances, Barry was free to flee Raccoon City with the rest of his friends.
Rebecca was a member of the ill-fated STARS Bravo Team, the group who nearly all perished in their investigation at the Arklay Mountains. Alpha Team found Rebecca holed up in a closet in the mansion, but little did they know she had been very busy in the hours leading up to that.
When Rebecca first fled the initial zombie attack, she stumbled across a mysterious train carrying a prisoner named Billy Coen. The train being overrun by more zombies, the duo were forced to team up and clear out another Umbrella facility. Rebecca may seem like nothing more than a plucky sidekick, but she can more than hold her own in battle.
It's barely a month until Resident Evil 5 finally lands on the Xbox 360 and PS3 in North America. Like any fan of survival horror, we're itching to get our hands on the full version. In fact, we haven't itched this bad since we came down with the T-Virus.
We'll be covering many facets of the Resident Evil mythos in the coming weeks. Today, we kick off with a look at the many heroes of the 10 years of RE games. Everyone loves Chris Redfield and Leon S. Kennedy, but do you remember Billy Coen or that pretty-boy Steve Burnside? They're all here in this Guide to Resident Evil Heroes.
Billy Coen is a former marine who was court-martialed and imprisoned for the apparent murder of 23 people. He escaped from his military transport, only to wind up on a zombie infected train. Talk about put of the frying pan...
Billy put his military expertise to good use, helping Rebecca mow through hordes of zombies and putting down many of Umbrella's freakish creations. In the end, Rebecca allowed the prisoner to flee into he mountains, free to seek his own fate.
If Chris Redfield is the main man of Resident Evil, Leon S. Kennedy is the determined guy clawing his way up the ladder. Leon has starred in just as many games as Chris, though one of them was the godawful Resident Evil: Gaiden. Still, it's an impressive resume.
Leon was a cop who arrived in Raccoon City for his first day on the job, only to discover the city overrun by flesh-eating monsters. He made his way through the city and into an underground Umbrella facility, eventually halting th spread of the even more deadly G-Virus.
More recently, Leon has paid the bills by working directly for the President, rescuing the President's daughter from a group of crazed Spanish cultists. Leon is enjoying a sorely-deserved break right now, but it's probably only a matter of time before he finds himself shoulder-deep in zombies again.
It's barely a month until Resident Evil 5 finally lands on the Xbox 360 and PS3 in North America. Like any fan of survival horror, we're itching to get our hands on the full version. In fact, we haven't itched this bad since we came down with the T-Virus.
We'll be covering many facets of the Resident Evil mythos in the coming weeks. Today, we kick off with a look at the many heroes of the 10 years of RE games. Everyone loves Chris Redfield and Leon S. Kennedy, but do you remember Billy Coen or that pretty-boy Steve Burnside? They're all here in this Guide to Resident Evil Heroes.
Claire may be the younger sibling in the Redfield clan, but she has a habit of looking after her older brother. Claire came to Raccoon City in search of Chris. However, she managed to get herself caught right in the middle of a massive biological outbreak. There was even a big, creepy bald guy in trenchcoat.
Claire made it out alive, but she wasted no time before picking p the search for Chris and falling itno another Umbrella-induced quagmire. Once again, she managed to make it out alive, and this time she actually found Chris. These days, Claire finds trouble even when she doesn't go looking into it, but no one can argue she isn't capable of taking care of herself.
Carlos is a mercenary and freedom fighter who unwittingly found himself on the wrong side of the conflict. When his South American resistance group was broken up by the government, Carlos went to work for Umbrella as a security agent. Carlos was sent along with dozens of other agents to defend Raccoon City. As he eventually realized, they were all little more than cannon fodder.
Carlos joined up with Jill Valentine in a collective bid to escape the city. He even managed to synthesize a cure for the T-Virus just in time to save an ailing Jill. The pair made it out of the city, and we're still waiting to see what became of Carlos in the years afterward.
It's barely a month until Resident Evil 5 finally lands on the Xbox 360 and PS3 in North America. Like any fan of survival horror, we're itching to get our hands on the full version. In fact, we haven't itched this bad since we came down with the T-Virus.
We'll be covering many facets of the Resident Evil mythos in the coming weeks. Today, we kick off with a look at the many heroes of the 10 years of RE games. Everyone loves Chris Redfield and Leon S. Kennedy, but do you remember Billy Coen or that pretty-boy Steve Burnside? They're all here in this Guide to Resident Evil Heroes.
If Leonardo DiCaprio were to take up fighting zombies instead of acting, we imagine the results would be a little like Steve Burnside. Steve is the pretty boy of the RE cast. He was thrown into an Umbrella prison during the events of RE Code: Veronica. His looks might have been his downfall there, but instead he escaped with Claire and resumed the fight against the pharmaceutical giant.
Naturally, it was only a matter of time before Claire fell head over heels for Steve and his movie star looks. So, of course, it was only natural in turn that Steve become infected and morph into a hideous bio-weapon. The heroes of Resident Evil don't have much in common, but they're all notoriously unlucky at love.
Sheva is the newest hapless recruit in the ongoing crusade against Umbrella and its successors. She works for the African branch of the BSAA and fights to keep all bio-organic weapons out of her homeland.
Unfortunately, Sheva's newest mission pair her with an American named Chris Redfield. We all know by now that the name Redfield is an instant attractor for trouble. We don't suspect Sheva will have an easy time with this assignment, but she looks like she can dish out more than she takes.