Resident Evil Outbreak: File #2 | |
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Developer(s) | Capcom |
Publisher(s) | Capcom |
Director(s) | Eiichiro Sasaki |
Producer(s) | Tsuyoshi Tanaka |
Artist(s) | Yoshihiro Ono |
Writer(s) | Yuji Matsumoto Koichi Okada Kazunori Kadoi |
Composer(s) | Akihiko Matsumoto Tetsuya Shibata Etsuko Yoneda |
Series | Resident Evil |
Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
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Genre(s) | Survival horror |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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Aggregator | Score |
GameRankings | 62.92% |
Metacritic | 58/100 (35 reviews) |
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Publication | Score |
1UP.com | D- |
AllGame |
Resident Evil Outbreak: File #2, known in Japan as Biohazard: Outbreak: File 2 (バイオハザード アウトブレイク FILE2 Baiohazādo Autobureiku Fairu Tsū?), is a stand-alone expansion to the original Resident Evil Outbreak. It was released for the PlayStation 2 in Japan on September 9, 2004; North America on April 26, 2005; and Europe on August 26, 2005.
Following the success of Outbreak in Japan, Capcom announced File #2 in fall of 2004. The same eight characters from the first title return with similar abilities, and the game once again takes place in a zombie-inhabited Raccoon City. Five new scenarios are available, the first four being playable from the beginning. In pre-ordered editions in Japan, the game was packaged with a demo of Devil May Cry 3. On January 1, 2014, the servers were opened back up to the public using alternate fan servers, thus, once again allowing for online play, along with new additions to the server such as banlists and leaderboards.
The player selects a scenario, difficulty level and a character. Each difficulty level is associated to enemies and items the player encounters as they progress through the scenario. The game has five scenarios: "Wild Things", "Underbelly", "Flashback", "Desperate Times" and "End of the Road".