Biohazard Outbreak: File 2 (2004) (VG)

Director:

Eiichiro Sasaki

Writers:

Yasunori Ichinose (scenario director Desperate Times)
Kazunori Kadoi (scenario director: End of the Road/Flashback)

Release Date:

26 April 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

The deadly T-Virus plagues Raccoon City with zombies and monsters of all kinds. Survive the scenarios...

Cast

Beau Billingslea	...	Mark Wilkins / Jim Chapman / Marvin Branagh / Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Bob Buchholz	...	George Hamilton / Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Richard Cansino	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
D.C. Douglas	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Dorothy Elias-Fahn	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Peter Emshwiller	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Bridget Hoffman	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Wendee Lee	...	Rita / Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Larry Leong	...	Rodriguez / Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Michael Lindsay	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Julie Maddalena	...	Cindy Lennox / Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Michael McConnohie	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Matt K. Miller	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Daran Norris	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Liam O'Brien	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Bob Papenbrook	...	David King / Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Jamieson Price	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Debra Rogers	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Michelle Ruff	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Lia Sargent	...	Yoko Suzuki / Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Joshua Seth	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Steve Staley	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Skip Stellrecht	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Jessica Straus	...	Alyssa Ashcroft / Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Kim Strauss	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Jim Taggert	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Jeff Teravainen	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Kirk Thornton	...	Kevin Ryman / Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Kari Wahlgren	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Dave Wittenberg	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)

Also Known As:

Resident Evil: Outbreak - File #2 (USA)

Country:

Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:M

Company:

Capcom Company

Trivia:

The original Outbreak game was to feature 20 levels, however, as time pass, the development team only finished 5 and packaged them in the first Outbreak. File 2 contains 5 of those unfinished levels, as well as 6 bonus levels made just for this game.

Goofs:

Plot holes: Both the Outbreak games end at the same time in time line, but they both end in different places. In the first Outbreak file game, the game ends with your character being escorted out of Raccoon City by helicopter, and the second game ends with your character down a highway looking back at the ruined city.

Quotes:

Mark Wilkins: Front and center!

Movie Connections:

Follows Biohazard Outbreak (2003) (VG)

Fear And Loathing In Raccoon City

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Goddamnit, we've been stuck in this city for 7 years, we need to get out! Have Capcom run out of ideas and are milking Raccon City for all it has? Who cares...

A slight improvement on the first Outbreak game, File#2 has better everything - smoother and sharper graphics, extra items, better enemies (zombie Hyenas!), better weapons... This game is also much harder, too.

As with the first one, the level design is simply great. A zoo full of zombiefied animals, a subway station, an abandoned hospital, and ol' Raccoon City Police Station - yes, it gave you nightmares in 1998, you were scared to death revisiting it in 'Nemesis', now see the RPD building with state of the art graphics and be truly terrified. All four scenarios are unlockable from the start, plus one you need to unlock by completing the other tasks.

The enemies in this game are a lot more horrific. In Outbreak what did we get? Zombies, Lickers, Hunters, a Tyrant - not many new enemies, really. Here we get zombie Lions, Elephants and Hyenas. Remember the horrible Leechman? File#2 has it's own seemingly unstoppable enemy - an axe-wielding psychopath that will stop at nothing to hinder your efforts at revealing the secret. There's also the usual Hunters and Zombies to contend with, watch out too, some Zombies are lightning fast. Mr X even makes an appearance.

This game is far from perfect, and many will see little point in buying it. As little more than an add on, a full-price tag is very steep. This game offers hours of entertainment, and you really will struggle to unlock all the secrets due to the measly point system - this time they're not just giving things away.

If you liked the first one, this might appeal - it's nothing majorly new, but if you couldn't get enough of Outbreak, then this is for you. Might just feed our urges until we get RE4...

6.5/10