There's a theory that because the original writer of RE1 left, the new writers wanted to create a new slate of characters who would then take over and star in the series. And seeing how they planned out RE2 and its sequels, this looks to be the case. The logical starting point would have been to have more STARS members investigating Umbrella. The promotional media REALLY pushed Claire and Leon in ways that the original didn't push Jill and Chris. Leon and CLaire were meant to be the face of RE going forward. Of course, it didn't quite work out like that.
>>12892209Leon is the face of Reaident Evil though. Why did Claire fail?
>>12892209That's like, most sequels not made by the original writers. See how Dino Crisis 2 is all about the OC blonde faggot and his down syndromed daughter while you play as Regina less than half the time and she's only tagging along.Even when characters get re-used by new writers, their personalities change so much they're basically a different person, which is the ultimate "I was forced to use this character but fuck you I'll do what I want", see Leon in RE4 or Rebecca in RE0. See also the classic, "we'll kill off the old character to strengthen our new OC" because we all know seeing your hero dead pathetically is what all the fans wanted to see (Harry in Silent Hill 3).The only character that was ever re-used in a way that makes sense and feel natural in the RE series was Jill in RE3.
>>12892228wesker > leon
>>12892246Dead nigga
>>12892228the next game she was in wasn't very good in a lot of people's eyes, and after that she was a mostly inactive character plotwise,i think it would have been neat if Leon was government man, but claire was still going around trying to find stuff out on her own like they did with CV.although maybe RE4 starting with "UMBRELLA IS DEAD" made that possibility null.
>>12892209You could have googled the story of RE2's development instead of throwing your incorrect rumors and hearsay around like a fucking numpty.
>>12892546I know the literal official story of RE2's development. They never mention Kenichi Iwao once. They only talk about the new writer: Noboru Sugimura and his background as a film and tv writer. One major change he introduced was to create Claire Redfield to replace Elza Walker. At no point in promotional materials or interviews is anyone going to blurt out "Yeah we're gonna bury those stars faggots, and make it the Claire-Leon show where they're super heroes saving the world."
>>12892546>incorrect rumors RE2 retconned STARS from being a government or state agency to a subsidiary a of a city police, who answer to a lowly commissioner and a corrupt one at that. STARS were reduced to a powerless unit in a small out of sight corner office, office which was so small it could only hold the Bravo team anyway.They didn't have to do that. They could have found any other explanation for the story of RE1 to get buried and it would have worked just the same.The intent was clearly "Fuck these guys, here are the real heroes now". It's actually pretty fucking mean and disrepectful when you think about it, but then it's like, nobody even realized there was a retcon, everony bought it, that's how effective it was. And I would say it set the standard for the rest of the series too.
>>12892209I have a theory that you're a faggot. >>12892246So are you. Wesker is a corpo cocksucking back stabbing bitch. Fuck that guy. They should have capped him as soon as they got inside the mansion.
>>12892265Why can't they just reconstruct Wesker? He's a frankenperson wearing Wesker's face mask then put sunglasses over him. Upload his mental state to a chip and slap that shit on.
>>12892209People say Claire failed but the same is true of Jill. They didn't make another Jill or Claire game ever again until Revelatoins which aren't even mainline. The truth is RE became male-character focused for RE4-6, 7 and 8People give Jill a pass because she's in RE5 as a villain but that was it. They just stopped doing the female badass thing, because it detracts from the self-inserting and then the audience also starts expecting zapping systems and the like.
>>12892725>because it detracts from the self-insertingResident Evil is mega popular with girls, it's almost impossible to find one that doesn't claim to be a RE and SH fan
>>12892738>Resident Evil is mega popular with girls,You live in a bubble
>>12892539>the next game she was in wasn't very good in a lot of people's eyes,Code Veronica got almost universal praise when it came out.
I always sort of felt that Resident Evil would have worked best as some kind of anthology series. Game 1 would be Chris and Jill then you had Leon and Claire in part 2 and from there they should have done new characters in new survival situations. But they didn't.
>>12892764Within the scope of videogames and gamers yes, I wasn't talking about your mother
>>12892706>Upload his mental state to a chip and slap that shit on.They should have made a cyberpunk horror RE about the 7-V1RU5 spreading through the 'net, hijacking people's chrome and turning them into cyberzombies.
>>12892242Dang!
>>12892228You know why Leon caught on? Because Nintendo. RE4 was the big Nintendo game, however briefly, so all the nintendies latched onto Leon like they do other Nintendo characters. Everything before and after the Nintendo one doesn't matter. Yes, I know RE4 sold more on PS2, but RE4 was the big adult cube game and nintendo fans will treat their games like a cult.
>>12892937tendo tendo man I wanna be a tendo man
>>12892937No I just think he is a cooler character than rock puncher chris
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>>12892242>That's like, most sequels not made by the original writers. See how Dino Crisis 2 is all about the OC blonde faggot and his down syndromed daughter while you play as Regina less than half the time and she's only tagging along.And the ironic part is, i prefered dino crisis 2 over dino crisis 1.Dino crisis 2 has a lot of action and some few fair puzzles, while dino crisis 1 has a lot annoying puzzles after another more annoying puzzles.
>>12892209Almost 30 years of lurking resident evil forums tells me OP is underaged
