TheResident Evilseries is no stranger to guts, gore, and some of the most confusing plotlines in gaming history. Although the zombies and T-virus might be the center of the show, that doesn’t mean Capcom didn’t try to squeeze in a few hidden story threads.
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Considering the fact thatResident Evilis a near quarter-century-old franchise with theeighth mainline installment fast approaching, there are bound to be a few tales that players have missed. Scattered throughout the multiple files in the games are story beats that casual and hardcore players might not have noticed on initial playthroughs.
10Wesker’s Little Secret
Wesker has done some questionable things throughout theResident Evilseries, but this has to take the cake. Hidden within Wesker’s desk in the S.T.A.R.S. offices is a secret photo featuring a questionable character. In the 1998 release, players had to inspect Wesker’s desk over 50 times before finding a mysterious roll of film. In the remake, after returning to the S.T.A.R.S. office from the sewers and finding a roll of film labeled “Hiding Place,” and, after following the series of photos, they would be led back to Wesker’s desk. There they can find a photo of Rebecca Chambers fromResident Evil Zeroand the original in a basketball outfit.
9Stairway of the Sun
Many players would never believe it were it not for a file inResident Evil 5, but the T-Virus actually stems from a flower in West Africa. Known as the Stairway of the Sun, this flower was the base for the progenitor virus, the strand which lead to many of the bioweapons in theResident Evilseries. Located in the fictional region of Kijuju, this flower was protected by the Ndipaya people that inhabited the region. Unfortunately, however, onceRE5rolls around, the indigenous people are fully under the effects of the Virus and Tricell’s meddling.
8The Last Remaining Umbrella Member
In the first three entries in theResident Evilseries, players dealt with the pharmaceutical company Umbrella and their seedy activities that eventually led to the destruction of Raccoon City. In the opening scroll ofResident Evil 4, gamers learn that, after the destruction of Raccoon City, Umbrella was dissolved.
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This led players to believe that Umbrella was finished. However, inResident Evil 5, players can discover Spencer’s Notebook. This file reveals that an executive known as Jenny K. is the only remaining member from the original board.
7The Wesker Project
If there were to be a central antagonist of theResident Evilseries aside from Umbrella, it would be Albert Wesker. However, inResident Evil 5’sLost In NightmaresDLC, players learn that Albert was one of 12 Wesker children and a part of a secret project within Umbrella.
One of these children is his sister Alex, the central antagonist ofResident Evil: Revelations 2. The same file fromRE:5also reveals that the other children are dead. After witnessing both Alex & Albert Wesker’s resilience throughout the series, it only shows that the Weskers don’t go down so easily.
6Corporate Warfare
Although Umbrella may be the first corporation that comes to mind when it comes to theResident Evilseries,they are not the only ones in the bioweapon business. InResident Evil 5, players face the Tricell Corporation. This is the competitor to Umbrella that tries their hand at world domination with the Uroboros project. Even though the series may have started with just the Umbrella Corporation, it has evolved to be more about how illegal corporate experimentation and bioweapons can get out of hand.
5How Raccoon City Became Infected
In this year’s remake ofResident Evil 3,Capcom revealed the origins of how Raccoon City became infected. Once players reach the Police Station in theRE3remake, players can find a memo that discusses how teams were sent to investigate the secret labs underneath the mansion in the Arklay Mountains. During their mission, however, only one survived and began infecting people upon his return.
4The Life of a Reporter after an Outbreak
An investigative reporter and former resident of Raccoon City, Alyssa Ashcroft, is a playable character originally fromResident Evil: Outbreak. Players can find examples of Alyssa’s work post-Raccoon City within the Baker’s home inResident Evil 7.
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In the foyer of the home, if players were to inspect the piles of newspapers, they would find Alyssa’s latest article titled “Over 20 Missing in 2 Years.” Here Alyssa reports the disappearances of victims that are later revealed to be the Molded captured by the Bakers.
3The Jacket
After sporting a snazzy jacket in the opening chapter ofResident Evil 4, Leon loses his outerwear. However, this is not the last we see of this popular jacket.
After completing the story, players can play an additional mode titledSeparate Ways, featuring Ada Wong. In it, they will discover that, after being knocked unconscious, Leon’s jacket was stolen by one of the villagers. This is the cue that tips Ada off about Leon being captured from the main campaign.
2Lisa Trevor
Few characters have a more tragic story than Lisa Trevor, an enemy from the 2002Resident Evilremake. Kidnapped and forced into unethical and illegal experiments at a young age by Oswell E. Spencer, one of the founders of Umbrella, she later escapes and commits suicide after learning of her parent’s deaths. Following this, she reanimates into a grotesque monstrosity during the T-Virus outbreak within the Mansion. Players can encounter Ms. Trevor once they reach the Cabin on the outside of the Mansion.
1D.I.J.’s Diary
D.I.J. is a small character that appears briefly throughoutResident Evil: Code Veronica X. What makes this diary so special is that players can only access it via the Battlemode in the game. This is a mode that the player can only unlock when they’ve beaten the campaign. If players were lucky enough to find the diary, they’ll learn that it illustrates first-hand accounts of certain events in the game.
When players return to these key-events in their second playthrough, if they were to pay close attention, they would discover that the diary was written by none other than a rodent within the background of the scenes.
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