Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is a video game in horror genre which is survival in nature. This video game is set for release this March and April 2012 in different parts of the world. Operation Raccoon City is co-developed by Capcom and Slant Six Games for PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360. Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is the sequel of the Resident Evil video game series with the same setting as Resident Evil 1 and 2, nemesis and with 2 Outbreak titles of Resident Evil.
This installment of Resident Evil is a shooter experience video game based in third person unit which is set within the sinister and dark universe of Resident Evil in which the events showed at the Resident Evil 1 and are reinterpreted. This version of Resident Evil allows players to battle unpredictable elements aside from competing against another opposition or teams. This feature of Operation Raccoon City is a new style of gameplay which breaks the fundamentals of traditional team-based shooter.
The time setting of the Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is 1998 in the month of September. Raccoon City is the center of action where the T-virus from the facility of the Umbrella organization have proliferated causing massive havoc. The Umbrella organization dispatched an elite squad to infiltrate the city in order to destroy the entire evidence and liquidate survivors that will link the organization to the viral outbreak. But the United States government has heard about the cover up so it dispatches an elite squad of its own to locate any evidence that will expose the true cause of the outbreak and the actions of the Umbrella organization.
Gamers will choose whether they will be an Umbrella soldier of on the side of the U.S. special force. These two factions have different objectives, the Umbrella soldiers are tasked to destroy all remaining evidences of the illegal activities of the organization while the U.S. forces are tasked to uncover all possible evidences that will expose the Umbrella organization.
The gameplay of the Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City includes 12 playable characters where each side will have 6 players. The reconnaissance expert for umbrella is Vector who has a cloaking device, explosives expert Beltway, the medic is Bertha, the marksman is Spectre, Four Eyes the scientist, skilled in bio-organic weapon and Lupo the team leader. The team on the other side includes Willow (recon expert), Tweed (demolition expert), Dee-Ay (team leader), Harley (medic), Shona (field scientist) and Party Girl (Sniper).
The Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is a groundbreaking video game when it comes to graphics and settings as it adds new experience to the horror video game genre. The Resident Evil video game series is no doubt an excellent game. The four-player cooperative video game is Campcom’s most ambitious addition to the series. It also provides a true ambiance of horrification and still a solid video game for all Resident Evil fanatics. It is all worth the wait for the development and the anticipated release of the new installment from Capcom.
