This is the 567th original article of the Old Boy Game Box, by @Overlord Crab
Numbers are a very wonderful thing, in ancient times the number "nine" is considered to be the most auspicious and masculine boss in China, so September nine is called "Chongyang", and "seven" is considered the most feminine and least auspicious number, so the number of three seven July 14 is said by the people to be the ghost festival of the opening of the prefecture. When it comes to the island country next door to us, its culture inherits from the Tang Dynasty culture of the Chinese land, and there will be similar attention to numbers, a typical example is the widespread "seven incredible" legends among the people.
Today @ Old Boy Game Box Let's take this opportunity to talk about the "seven incredible" phenomena that this crab believes in the horror game "Resident Evil" series, and the reason for the length is to sacrifice the previous article today:
1. Dimensional boxes
After playing "Resident Evil" for so many years, the problem of the box is what I want to spit on the old crab the most. Although the Resident Evil series was created with the idea of how to add despair and tension to the game, a limited backpack system was designed.
Including Shinji Mikami's interview also mentioned this, he said that players cannot be provided with too many resources and ammunition, because if the materials are sufficient and the player's confidence will come up, then the horror of the game will disappear. Therefore, successive generations of "Resident Evil" are very stingy in the design of carrying items, although the protagonists are five big three rough in the face of zombies without fear, but there are always only a few things that can be brought on the body, what to do with the extra things or the items that pass the plot? The answer is the big road furniture box that has existed since the first generation.
Having said that, this box seems to apply Doraemon's dimensional pocket technology, no matter how far you run, as long as you go to the safe house to open the box, you can instantly get all the props that have been placed inside, and this box seems to have no capacity limit, what bazookas, grenade launchers, a lot of ammunition... As long as everything you can find is stored here, no problem!
Although the box system is only set up like this for the convenience of everyone, all the settings of the "Resident Evil" series are based on reality, and suddenly such a dimensional box that cannot be explained by common sense appears in front of the player, it doesn't matter when I first play, and now every time I taste it feels very dramatic.
Second, you can't do without a lighter
The unlucky egg Leon in "Resident Evil 2" encountered the raccoon city zombie outbreak on the first day of work, in this city about to be destroyed, Leon can have no weapons, no bullets, no herbs, no spray, but as a player who has cleared the level many times, you must not be without a lighter!
Because in the labyrinthine police station, you need a lighter to get the gem that opens the passage, and the police station with so many mechanisms + puzzle elements, I think there is only one in the world in Raccoon City.
It is said that after Lyon entered Raccoon City, it became a mobile arsenal, what sabers, guns, incendiary bombs, which one can not be taken to open a hanging painting, why do you have to use a lighter? It's really thought, more than twenty years of CPU burning, can't figure it out.
When it comes to the lighter of "Resident Evil 1 Remake", it also increases its role, that is, the burning of the corpse after the killing ring, and this lighter really expands some practical value. But the old crab Xunsi Lyon does not smoke, you see he did not bring a lighter when he went to Spain on business, why did he carry a lighter with him when he came to Raccoon City? Maybe thinking that I'm new and have to light a cigarette to the old-timers, well... It sounds logical.
3. Protective clothing that you never wear
The early "Resident Evil" were all emergencies, so the characters basically acted in regular equipment or even civilian clothes. However, since the zombie outbreak has become known to the world, bioterrorism attacks have become a global problem, and some of the protagonists belong to the BSAA (Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance), a global resident crisis defense agency, which clearly exists in response to bioterrorism, but none of these team members who deal with biochemical events are wearing chemical protection suits? It's really counterintuitive.
And in "Resident Evil: Apocalypse", the protagonist wears simple equipment to deal with beach pollutants at the beginning, and on the cruise ship Jill reaches into a drainage channel full of pollutants with his bare hands and pulls out a broken hand, note that this is not doing any protective measures, not even wearing gloves Oh, seeing such a scene The old crab is really shocked to see!
It can be seen that BSAA is also a serious organization, on the contrary, Umbrella is a conscientious company that thinks about employees everywhere, you see Hank is wearing a chemical protection suit every time he goes out on a mission, and the she-wolf team of "Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City", in terms of equipment, it is professional to deal with biochemical events, and can definitely kill the BSAA team members next door.
As an aside, "Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City" changed some settings of the original because it was done by "outsiders", including allowing the "execution" of Leon, so it received a lot of scolding among many old biochemical players, but it is a very enjoyable work in the eyes of Old Crab.
Fourth, it will never be infected
Even if you don't wear chemical protection suits mentioned earlier, what is even more outrageous is that the protagonists are actually not infected, or successfully turn into a steel physique that resists the virus after infection! Whether it is Chris and Jill who are seven in and seven out of the Western-style museum, or Leon and Claire who uphold the three-light doctrine. On the road, he encountered countless zombies, was gnawed and caught, turned his head and entered the frontline battle like a nobody.
However, in "Resident Evil 1", there has been a situation where the bitten team members mutate into zombies within 24 hours, why did the protagonists jump alive for several generations without the slightest sign of infection? Especially Jill, or are these protagonists all born with resistant physiques? Then the graduate chemical vaccine is better than directly catching a few of them to draw blood.
Not only can the steel protagonists resist the virus, but even the ordinary citizens played by the player in Resident Evil: Outbreak can effectively resist the virus, which is a bit of that.
Excluding the protagonist's halo setting, in fact, because the final interpretation power can be held in the hands of the old card official, according to the official setting: the reason why it will not be infected with mutation is because in the original setting, the protagonists are out of the crisis unscathed. Therefore, being bitten to catching is caused by your operation of rookie chicken!
The reason for the space will be here today, in the next article, the old crab will complete the remaining seven incredible of the "Resident Evil" series, thank you for chasing!
Author: Overlord Crab
Editor: Xiao Lei