The game's plot revolves around the personal stories and tragedies in the series.[4] Its main focus is retelling the events of Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil Code: Veronica, and a new chapter is featured.[5] For the Resident Evil 2 segment, the player takes control of protagonists Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield,[1] with Sherry Birkin acting as an escort character in one chapter.[6] The Code: Veronica chapter features Claire, accompanied by fellow Rockfort Island prisoner Steve Burnside and later her brother Chris Redfield.
[edit]Scenarios
[edit]Operation Javier
In 2002, somewhere in South America, Leon S. Kennedy and his partner Jack Krauser are searching for Javier Hidalgo, an ex-drug lord who had been reported to be approaching Umbrella Inc. However, when Leon and Krauser reach the nearby village, they discover that the people there have been turned into zombies. Some zombies have the Sacred Snakes indentation, meaning that they worked alongside Javier. Leon and Krauser find their guide who, before he dies and has his body taken away by a water-bound BOW, says that the girl (Manuela) "brought devils to this village." Fighting their way past more BOWs and hungry piranhas, Leon and Krauser eventually find the girl, but have to face the creature that took their village guide. They successfully chase it off after Leon shoots the bell tower which causes it to fall on the creature. Krauser asks Leon to tell him everything about how he first encountered the BOWs. The scenario resumes after Resident Evil 2.
Due to rising water levels, the survivors make their way to the water dam, where Javier and his BOWs await. Javier releases the monsters to attack Leon and Krauser while attempting to retrieve Manuela. It is revealed by Javier that Manuela is his daughter and that he had been tampering with the T-Veronica virus. Leon tells Krauser the "Game of Oblivion" incident from Resident Evil Code: Veronica to give him the knowledge of the virus. Both of them also discover that Manuela has been receiving regular doses of the T-Veronica virus to contain her illness. At this point, Krauser finally pledges to Leon that he will view Leon as a worthy partner. Soon after, they learn that the reason Javier has been kidnapping young girls is because he was trying to extract organs to perform transplants in order to cure Manuela. Almost immediately, they are confronted by the gigantic monster that ambushed them back at the church, who they soon learn is actually Manuela's mother. Having the same illness as Manuela, she mutated due to the failure to keep the virus in check. Right before dying, she shoots out spikes from her body, one of which pierces into the arm of Krauser, wounding him. After defeating Manuela's mother, Javier injects himself with the T-Veronica virus. He begins to mutate and attacks Leon and the injured Krauser. Manuela assists Leon and Krauser in the battle against her father by using T-Veronica, at the risk of turning into a monster herself. The three survive, and are rescued by helicopter. The US government takes care of Manuela, and Leon and Krauser's story continues in Resident Evil 4.
An alternate ending occurs if the player takes too long to defeat the final boss, where Manuela loses too much blood from the fight and fades into embers in the helicopter.
[edit]Memories of a Lost City
This scenario re-tells the events of Resident Evil 2, leading up to when Leon and Claire destroy 'G' (a mutated William Birkin). Claire Redfield and Leon S. Kennedy have just arrived in Raccoon City, when they learn that the city has been infested with zombies and other monsters. They decide to go to the police station, hoping to find answers and discover Umbrella's involvement in the ordeal. William's own daughter, Sherry, becomes his target and Leon and Claire must protect her from becoming mutated by his G-virus. All the while stalked by the powerful Tyrant and dealing with the mysterious agenda of Ada Wong.
[edit]Game of Oblivion
An abridged re-telling of Resident Evil Code: Veronica, where Claire Redfield and Steve Burnside remain together and attempt to escape Rockfort Island in a seaplane, while having to contend with the psychotic Alfred Ashford, and eventually, his sister Alexia. Claire and Steve are eventually separated and Chris arrives to help her find him, before taking on Alexia. In this iteration of the story, their father Alexander Ashford makes his first physical appearance, in a video, prior to becoming the monster known as Nosferatu.
[edit]Darkness Falls
Darkness Falls[7][8] is a hidden story of the game which tells the thoughts of Krauser. This scenario follows right after Krauser's acceptance of Leon in the middle of the game. As the trio goes deeper into Javier's hideout, Krauser's faith is shaken when he discovered the background of Leon. As he learns more about Javier's intentions with the virus, he finds himself beginning to accept Javier's thinking. The injury sustained during the fight against Manuela's mutated mother causes Krauser to lose confidence when he found himself having to rely on Leon, rendering his thought of what is going to happen to him after completing the mission. During the final battle against the mutated Javier, Manuela uses her T-Veronica virus to fight her father. The demonstration of the T-Veronica virus helps in convincing Krauser that the dark side is the path he has to take, especially when he believes that the military will throw him aside once they learn of his injury. After the mission, it was discovered that there's no way to heal Krauser's arm. Krauser soon begins his search of Wesker for power.
