Resident Evil Outbreak - Plot

Plot

The beginning of Outbreak is set a couple of days after the initial outbreak of the T-virus in Raccoon City, moments before the crisis erupts into complete chaos. The game starts with the eight characters at J's Bar, unaware of what is happening until a lone zombie wanders into the bar and attacks one of the employees named Will. After that the characters must make it through the city. The game ends in the final moments of the same incident, with the player attempting to escape Raccoon City before the U.S. government launches a missile strike to eliminate the threat posed by the T-virus. The player controls one of eight characters, or numerous supporting characters who can be selected in their place. Gameplay events transpire across various regions of Raccoon City and span over a period of several days.

There are five individual scenarios in this game, though they are not set in a chronological order. The first, "Outbreak", is set at the beginning of the outbreak, as the police prepare to destroy the zombie horde through explosives. "Below Freezing Point" deals with the events in the former underground laboratory of Umbrella before the events of Resident Evil 2, where a rogue virologist attempts to steal bio-weapons research. "The Hive" involves the survivors taking refuge in the Raccoon General Hospital, which is also featured in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, while it is under assault from a colony of infected leeches. "Hellfire", set the same day as "Outbreak", involves a group of survivors fleeing into a hotel that turns out to be on fire and swarming with lickers. The final scenario, "Decisions, Decision", consults the survivors' search for a cure to the T-virus, which sends them to Raccoon City University, in which the 8 different characters must wisely choose a decision in order to survive the puzzling secrets hidden in the university; they must then escape the city before it is destroyed.