Resident Evil: Resistance features twelve playable characters as seven survivors and five masterminds. The game puts a team of four survivor players against a mastermind player who can create traps, enemies, and other hazards.[2] Players can choose seven levels: Downtown, Uptown, Casino, Prison, Research Facilty, Abandoned Park and Bemusement Park to compete in three challenges during a time limit.Resistance's gameplay is similar toResident Evil Outbreak (2003).
In September 1998, Umbrella Corporation kidnapped civilians during the Raccoon City outbreak, bringing them to the "NEST2" facility, where employees force citizens they infected to prove the effectiveness of the T-Virus Project.
Samuel Jordan (voiced by Clayton Froning/Shōgo Batori) - An injured boxer who signed up for Umbrella's medical trial. He can punch enemies.
Valerie Harmon (voiced by Alex Ryan/Hitomi Suzuki) - An intern at NEST2 and a chemistry student of Raccoon University who investigated her roommate's memory problems. She can detect the location of items.
Tyrone Henry (voiced by John Eric Bentley/Ryūnosuke Watanuki) - A firefighter of the Raccoon Fire Department who responded to a fire at an Umbrella facility. He can kick enemies.
January Van Sant (voiced by Melanie Minichino/Ai Kaneda) - A hacker who was sent by a reporter to find information on Umbrella and the Raccoon Police Department. She can disable cameras.
Becca Woolett (voiced byTara Sands/Natsu Yorita) - A park ranger from the Arklay Mountains. She can use firearms for critical hits.
Martin Sandwich (voiced by Nicolas Roye/Taiki Terai) - A mechanic who unintentionally found NEST2 underneath Spencer Memorial Hospital. He can set mines.
Jill Valentine (voiced by Nicole Tompkins/Atsuko Yuya) - An officer of the Raccoon Police Department's Special Tactics And Rescue Service (S.T.A.R.S.) unit who was trying to escape Raccoon City. She can dodge enemy attacks.
Daniel Fabron (voiced by Kaiser Johnson/Hiroshi Shirokuma) - An intelligence division member who eliminates threats to Umbrella. He can summonMr. X.
Alex Wesker (voiced byMary Elizabeth McGlynn/Rika Fukami) - A chief researcher who works for Ozwell E. Spencer. She can summon Yateveo.
Annette Birkin (voiced byKaren Strassman/Marika Hayashi) - A virologist who contributed to the G-Virus research. She can summon G-Birkin.
Ozwell E. Spencer (voiced by Time Winters/Issei Futamata) - One of the founders of Umbrella who is searching for immortality. He can use an energy field to trap survivors.
Nicholai Ginovaef (voiced byNeil Newbon/Kenta Miyake) - A mercenary sergeant of Umbrella's Biohazard Countermeasure Service (U.B.C.S.). He can summonNemesis.
Resistance is the first project developed by NeoBards Entertainment. Although the studio was formed in 2017, many of its staff members had previously worked on various projects withCapcom,[3] includingOnimusha: Warlords.[4] Development of the game started in 2017 by a team of roughly 120 people, who were based in two offices inTaipei andSuzhou.[3] The idea of having a mastermind player using security cameras to view survivor players was inspired by the fixed camera angles of the firstResident Evil games.[3] The game runs on Capcom's proprietaryRE Engine.[4] It was announced at the 2019Tokyo Game Show asProject Resistance.[5] Abeta was released onSteam andPlayStation 4 on March 31, 2020.[6]
Resistance was bundled with theResident Evil 3 remake and released on April 3, 2020 because Capcom felt thatResident Evil 3 on its own does not have as much content as theResident Evil 2 remake.[7] Capcom supported the game with additional updates anddownloadable content until July 2020.[8] These include the option for survivor players to play asJill Valentine and a new costume pack which allows survivor players to dress up asLeon S. Kennedy andClaire Redfield from theResident Evil 2 remake.[9][10] Another update introduced the character ofNicholai Ginovaef as a mastermind, allowing players to summon and controlNemesis. Nicholai had been considered a candidate since the early stages of development.[11] A patch that focused on balance adjustments was released on June 19, 2020.[12] Support for the game ended with the final patch released on October 8, 2020.
Resistance received "mixed or average reviews" from critics.[13]IGN criticized the game for being unbalanced and for lacking visual diversity.[14]Shacknews criticized the game's poor connection quality because it does not have its own dedicated servers. Instead, the player who plays as the mastermind is the host of the game, resulting in the survivor players being at the mercy of the quality of the mastermind's connection.[15] A large number of technical issues were also identified, which were said to make the game almost unplayable.Stutter and the fact it takes almost three seconds for enemies to react after being shot were highlighted as some of the most common issues.[17]Wccftech editor Nathan Birch criticized the game's inclusion ofmicrotransactions andloot boxes.[16]
