#re1 (2002)

[alexrainbow]

"I love all my S.T.A.R.S. equally"

[crimescrimson]

Red's Guide to Resident Evil [Volume Five] Resident Evil 1 (2002)

Scenery: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Characters: Jill Valentine [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] | Barry Burton [1] [2] [3] | Albert Wesker [1] [2] | Rebecca Chambers [1] [2] | Richard Aiken [1]

Creatures: All [1]

Alternate Costumes: Jill Valentine [1] [2] [3] [+1] | Rebecca Chambers [1]

[magistera]

Jill Valentine sketch (Resident Evil 2002)

[totallytoby22]

zombie got a friend!!

[hug-kiss-marry-kill]

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Left : Resident Evil  (1996/1997, french PC version)

Right : Resident Evil  (2002 Remake, PC version, remastered)

[resizura]

the thing too is that by not creating a re1 remake within the same continuity and not MENTIONING the events of re1 in the re2r, its no wonder re3r was so bad! obv its not the ONLY reason but how can you have re3r which is directly reliant on the games before it as the third in a trilogy, and you DONT have the first installment AND the second installment doesnt have anything to set up the third! namely the stuff with irons who later dismantled stars

[jamie101]

Jill Valentine had such a significant impact on me realising I was a girl that I briefly considered naming myself after her

Unfortunately, my surname rhymes with Jill in a really annoying way, so it wasn't meant to be. But she remains forever close to my heart

[cenorii]

Drunken theory about EYES

Let's get away from game conventions and the fact that Capcom could have trivially forgotten or left something out. I wrote this theory under temperature, so there is a certain level of absurdity present, especially since I dreamed it and that was the reason for writing it. I warned you!

Until there is an official explanation, this article is up to date.

What is this theory about? It's about both Wesker's eyes and PG67A/W. It's about why his eyes change color and what it depends on.

So, let's talk about PG67A/W first. It is not officially known when exactly this serum was created, but I believe it is definitely after 2003. That's when Wesker merged with Tricell, because the syringe has their brand label on it. He needs PG67A/W to «stabilize the force». But what is this «stabilization» really? We don't really know what happens to Wesker without the serum. The game says that he loses strength without it and so he needs the serum to stabilize his body, but I have a different opinion, which I'll tell you in a moment.

Between 1998 and 2003, Wesker is unable to use PG67A/W because it has not yet been invented. However, the powers he gained from the virus have not left him during these 5 years, he is far beyond a normal human. While fighting Sergei and his Ivans in 2003 (Umbrella Chronicles) he displayed his standard set of abilities. The only thing he lacked was speed, the same speed in re5.

We conclude that he only needs PG67A/W to have speed. It was speed and reaction that he «lost» when Chris and Sheva injected him with an overdose of PG67A/W in re5. However, the strength remained the same, thanks to it, he punched the rocket with Uroboros with his arm.

In fact, if you give him an extra dose of PG67A/W, he doesn't lose any of his abilities, including his speed. Wesker's body is only overloaded, which causes a severe headache as his body tries to cope with the strain. His powers then increase even more, causing them to become difficult to control. When Chris injected him with an extra dose again, his strength became not just difficult, but impossible to control, and he gave up speed altogether, because it was trivially useless.

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Now that we've dealt with how the serum works, let's talk about the abnormality of his eyes. Wesker's eye color is closely related to his ability status. I'll go into detail in a moment.

To make it easier to understand what I'm talking about, we need to trace the entire history of the change. In the fandom, it is commonly believed that his eyes were originally blue, and after the virus injection, they became permanently red-orange. But what if I told you that they change color all the time?

Re1 it's simple - blue. This is the very beginning of the story, so this color is taken as the standard color.

Then the Umbrella Chronicles plot happens, where his eyes changed color for the first time (in the timeline of the story).

The red glow is something similar to re5, however it momentarily goes out, returning his eyes to a blue color, but why? It's really unclear why they're still blue here if the game was released in 2007, long after Code Veronica (2000), in which his eyes were redesigned long ago.

Is the old color persisting not because of Capcoms inattention, but because of canonical processes in his body? The eyes can't instantly change their appearance and need time to fully mutate? We'll come back to that.

Ibid, in Umbrella Chronicles, his eyes are no longer blue in the official material.

Wesker then appears in Code Veronica and there his eyes have the familiar orange look for the first time (according to the games release chronology), like on official Umbrella Chronicles materials.

Given that the events here take place in 1998, like re1, one can really assume that Wesker needed some time to mutate fully.

In 2002, Wesker appears in Operation Javier (Darkside Chronicles, 2009), his eyes blue again.

In 2003, one of the storylines of Umbrella Chronicles and Prelude to the Fall, his eyes came back to design from Code Veronica.

In 2005, when re4 released his eyes are blue again. I could say that this was allowed by accident, when Wesker's model, from the re1 remake, Capcom simply forgot to change the eye color. But that theory is ruined by one small fact... the remake.

In the re4 remake, his eyes aren't orange either (actually they are orange, but human).

They're not blue, of course, but different from Code Veronica, suggesting that his eyes probably do lose their inhuman appearance over time, slowly turning into normal eyes. In Code Veronica, they're orange because Wesker is at the peak of his powers, but over time he weakens, his eyes change, and he needs PG67A/W to get things back to the way they were, only with bonuses like reaction and speed.

And by the way, in the concepts for re5 there's a shot where Wesker's eyes regain their blue color. If even at the stage of game development Capcom thought about this feature, when the developers already had several games where his eye color varied, then it can be considered a canonical feature. We take into account not only this concept, which was not included in the game, but also the eye from the remake of re4, which does not look like Code Veronica or re5 at all.

In standard form, after taking PG67A/W and\or at the peak of his powers, Wesker's eyes look like this. Essentially identical to Code Veronica, it just looks better due to the graphics.

My conclusion: the color of his eyes directly shows the state of strength. Weakened body - first the pupil changes, becoming round again, and then the color already changes, gradually «dimming» in approaching the original (blue) color. After taking the serum - red or orange color with a narrow pupil. The blue color could mean complete weakness, but judging by re4r, he doesn't drive himself to that extreme state, so it's unlikely Capcom will ever show such a thing again. The only time his mutated eyes have been blue canonically is Umbrella Chronicles, but there it's due (presumably) to the mutation not being completed yet, and also in Darkside Chronicles.

Yes, I actually had a dream that I was writing this theory, but I had to do some brainstorming to turn it into something readable, as well as gather material. Don't take it too seriously.

[beguilingcorpse]

given that the 30th anniversary of resident evil is next year and it will have been three years since the last game release, i am interested to see if they’ll end up remaking re1 again. obviously the 2002 remake still holds up REMARKABLY well considering it’s 23 years old, but it is also 23 years old. the style of the games has changed dramatically TWICE since its release. considering that they remade re4 even though the 2005 version is available on everything and sells well to this day, it’s definitely not out of the realm of possibility.

but also. it would be very very funny if that is what they choose to prioritize. code veronica has been found dead in antarctica

[nihil10]

• Rating RE characters’ designs •

Albert Wesker

Desclaimer: these are just my personal opinions based on outfits/character models

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Resident Evil (1996)

8/10 What I like about this version are the aviator sunglasses, other than that, I don’t have much to say.

Resident Evil Code Veronica (2000)

7/10 Boring fit, but I like the boots and the total black. I like his face ngl.

Resident Evil Remastered (2002)

9.5/10 Vastly improved version of the original uniform. One of his best models too. I like the sunglasses.

Resident Evil 0 (2002)

6.5/10 Probably the worst version of STARS Wesker. He looks like RE1 Wesker but drawn from memory and aged up.

Resident Evil 4 (2005)

7.5/10 Another boring fit but it’s not necessarily bad

Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles (Umbrella’s End) (2007)

7.2/10 This is RE4 but with a coat. I would give him the same rating as the former but somehow he looks a bit worse. Hate the sunglasses.

Resident Evil 5 (2009)

10/10 He’s so extra and for what. Love the shape of the sunglasses. The outfit is cunty, and so is the mutated version. This Albert Wesker listens to Rammstein.

Resident Evil 4 (2023)

10/10 Unpopular opinion? Maybe. I know some people dislike him. I personally dig the whole vibe. Best face model. Simple outfit but it has more going on than the original, plus I like how he has his sleeves rolled up like in RE1 and CV. This is my favourite Wesker hands down, and the sunglasses are really cool too.

RE4 Alternative outfit: original

8/10 I would honestly give him the same rating as in the og game, but I give him the 0.5 extra just because of the model.

[sapphire-weapon]

?

Since when RE1 have a remake? It's called HD remastered everywhere...

SINCE BEFORE YOU WERE BORN PROBABLY

this is the ORIGINAL resident evil

in 2002, they REMADE IT

and in 2015, they REMASTERED that remake

[dykesbites]

[sunnwalker]

be so for real with me: what resident evil game would you suggest for someone who doesn’t love the gameplay but wants to get into the stories. the first game is a valid answer i’m just genuinely curious

RE2 and 3 remakes would be my go-to suggestions because in my opinion at least, they're pretty accessible and they play pretty easy while being a good place to start following the story, lots of vital information lives in those games. Sometimes they can be a slog if you get turned around or whatever but that's just a Resident Evil thing I think.

RE1 2002 is a sightly easier version of the original tho if ur feeling that dedicated to starting at the very beginning. It has Wesker and I like him because he makes me laugh.

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Left : Resident Evil  (1996, french PC version)

Right :  Resident Evil  (2002 Remake, PC version, remastered)