It also introduced four of the eight playable characters as well as the “Ad-lib” system - a rudimentary communication system that allowed players to communicate without the use of voice chat. Because of this reasoning, development for the game was put on hold until it was resurrected prior to 2002, although it was headed by a different studio at Capcom - Production Studio 1, who previously had no experience working on the Resident Evil franchise of games.ĭuring Sony’s E3 press conference in 2002, Capcom revealed Outbreak footage for the first time, highlighting its new graphics engine which allowed for full-3D backgrounds, as opposed to the pre-rendered backgrounds found in the first two Resident Evil games. The team felt what fundamentally made Resident Evil scary was actually that sense of being alone. Ultimately, however, early testing showed that players were not encouraged to work together as a team to stay alive, and would instead run away and try to defend themselves individually. Outbreak was originally conceived prior to the release of Resident Evil 2 and included a mini-game where players had to survive as long as possible.
Originally released in 2003 in Japan for the PlayStation 2, Resident Evil Outbreak was Capcom’s foray into an online multiplayer experience - not something the Resident Evil series is known for - after series’ director Shinji Mikami expressed interest in the new technology. If you haven’t played Outbreak, you’re not alone.
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