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This game is CANON , either you like it or not. http://www.relyonhorror.com/latest-news/resident-evil-news/resident-evil-operation-raccoon-city-is-canon-if-you-want-it-to-be/
That, if you chose to carry on with the ending that doesn't get Leon killed, obviously. Capcom's voice.
And I don't mind it because I love this game and these additions to RE's franchise.
This should end the debate once and for all.
The game isn't canon, and your linked article, does little to prove otherwise. The word of an unknown PR rep in some random internet article is in no way anything solid to go by. Even if you don't kill Leon and Claire some of the events simply contradict events in both RE2 and 3 nor is anything that happend in ORC ever mentioned in later games. Don't act like you presented facts when in reality you haven't.
Alright, if you want to prove me wrong, use your own proofs. "No it's wrong because it doesn't make sense" isn't enough if Capcom claimed it to be "canoninable".
That's how it works. No reason for this guy to be lying.
This game has literally no reason not to be considered canon, even in the storyline the parts where you get to encounter Leon could be counted as "off the scene" from RE2's pov, and yet, making everything that happened in RE2 canon while taking ORC seriously.
There's the problem, they never did. That one article literally proves nothing. I could just write an article under a different name and then claim a Capcom rep told me it's not canon, there isn't even one official interview that depicts the game as canon. Maybe the guy isn't lying, but sometimes reps don't know the whole story and thus make false statments by accident or he was really vague and didn't directly say it's canon and the article writer just understood it differently.
While basically any other website calls the game a spin-off and non canon, hell it's not even made by CAPCOM. In the end your article lacks any credibility
First of there are no "off the scene" parts in Resident Evil 2 as you play through the entire game without breaks or time skips. Leon never encounters any mercenaries or UBC soldiers, nor does he meet up with Claire after the crash until the very end of the game.
Leon and Claire only met up at the beginning of RE2 and at the end of the game.
And also, have you looked at the content of the RE Recollections?
https://www.residentevil.net/recollections/chronicle.html?l=en#age_1990
None of the events in ORC are menetioned even once in this timeline. ITS NOT CANON!
The re recollections is part of re.net which is handled by CAPCOM.
You can even filter articles by official articles and user articles.
This should end the debate once and for all. You lost, it's not canon, end of story.
If the other websites you are referring to are things such as wikis , people like you and I write those, just FYI. You said you could make an article claiming someone from CAPCOM told you it wasn't canon, just as I could make a wiki dedicated to Resident Evil and consider RE4 not to be cannon because I decided to. That's even worse.
As long as there is no clear evidence that this guy is lying and that CAPCOM themselves claimed this game not to be part of the franchise , this article is the closest I can have to consider this game cannon, judging by the seriousness of the website, of the article and the reasoning behind the rep's answer.
No, it is not wrong to consider this game canon. It has its place in the series. And if you now want to make this a matter of opinion, then, allow me to say I'll consider this game canon.
And honestly, putting RE2/RE3 aside, either you consider RE2/RE3 to be incompatible and therefore canon with ORC or not, does it even matter? Raccoon City is long time over in RE's chronology, so it wouldn't even impact RE4,5,6 and 7 storylines.
How do you know for sure? And what if Capcom decided to add something within their lore that pleases them? Just because a fan team made it doesn't mean it CANNOT be added to the original storyline if CAPCOM wants to.
They could decide all of a sudden RE5 never happened and that'd be their right. Just because they didn't mention something doesn't mean it cannot later on or completed with more information brought by some more Raccoon City episodes, either are they made by CAPCOM themselves or by fans whose work was approved by CAPCOM.
You're reminding me of the people claiming Half-Life : Opposing Force and Blue Shift not to be cannon.
Just when I thought I was for once debatting with someone mature, you had to consider this some game where there is something to win and/or lose. Congratulations for showing a nice act of maturity.
Honestly just accept you were wrong. I provided you with proof yet you continue to try so hard to argue that this game could be canon. Yes, they could decide to make it canon later but it ISN'T as of now and there is nothing to debate. It's rather hilarious how you try to argue that these articles are 'fanmade'. Are you really that desperate to grasp at straws like that?
It also wasn't a game but people like you simply can't accept they're wrong unless they're slapped with cold facts in the face... which you have and you still wanna try to argue. You lost the argument, it's as simple as that, but it's typical for people to try to get back at someone by trying to call them immature. It doesn't take away from the fact that I provided something far more credible than you have.
Just as typical as switching subjects or trying to attack me on personal grounds for people not knowing what to reply and yet convinced to be right, no matter what, feeling like they are far too intelligent to even listen what people might have to say.
I call you immature because that's exactly how you were being with this little addition of yours, and you seem to be carrying on.
As to be back to the subject :
I'm just going to post one more link : http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/625677-resident-evil-operation-raccoon-city/60851901 . Because, that's basically how this thread is going to end like, so, I'll save some more comments. There are different arguments pointed out in the thread (and in so many others) related to the article I've linked and various interviews that were made with Slant Six Games and Capcom officials. So , while I'll admit we have no direct official sources claiming this game to be canon, neither do we have some claiming it not to be besides wikis.
So, allow me to modify my claim :
Consider this debate over or don't, but for me it is, as long as it is not clearly stated by the developers themselves and/or CAPCOM that this game is not canon.
Maybe I've put it in a too factual way, but the closest things to "serious" I've read tend to consider this game as a canon entry in the series, as its scenario, no matter what, would hardly change what happened afterwards in the franchise, as I've said earlier.
But here again, listen or don't. People will think what they want.
Never directly switched topics and you decided to take it as a personal attack. Not my problem.
You were wrong and you can't accept that. I'm honestly done with this, becasue the official articles apperently are not official enough for you. As much as you want this game to be canon, it's not and there's clear evidence that as of now it's not. It's okay for you to feel that it is canon but don't go around saying it is when it really isn't an the most official source cleraly shows it's not part of the timeline while yourself linking to some random internet article when trying to back up your claim.
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You did switch topics to people supposedly not being able to accept they're wrong while categorizing me not for agreeing with you immediately after your answer was posted.
All this, while considering me desperate. If you do not want me to take this on personal ground, then please work on your argumentation and quit abusing ad hominem.
I may sound obstinate, but I never insulted you nor have I questioned your behavior/relation to to the subject in the first place. No, it wasn't a game, it isn't, and it never will be. You're the one aiming at turning this into some kind of fight.
If I didn't care about what you have to say, I wouldn't even reply.
But I am done with this too, I'll let you think you've achieved something, if that pleases you.
Have a nice day.
You're the one who first said the closest thing to what could be considered an insult. Saying you 'you lost' might have been agressive but it wasn't an insult. You took it way too personal and pulled out the 'You're immature' card.
And when I responded to that, apperently I was the one switching topics when you're actually the one who started it in the first place. Sorry, but you're being a hypocrite, please look at the things you said to me.
Considering that you were trying to go through hopes to discredit the source I provided, yes, you came off as very desperate.
You're the one who started taking this into personal ground, so much in fact that your entire reply was dedicated to that instead of the actual topic.
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~ 75-80% of unwanted/implied attacks towards me only because of approx. 5% of what I've written in my previous reply...
For no more than 20% of an actual answer. Am I still the one who made this escalate quickly? Am I to blame for having adapted myself to my interlocutor?
How hypocritical of you is all that?
Oh, and about this that you've said in the first place , yeah, you weren't insulting me, you were only being overly agressive for no reason at all. My bad, I should have made a difference. That indeed makes you fall into the second category instead of the first one : "I may sound obstinate, but I never insulted you nor have I questioned your behavior/relation to to the subject in the first place. ".
You have my apologies.
Considering that you were trying, and still are to consider this some kind of thing where anything you have to link and/or prove can't be argued or discussed about since you already consider yourself winner of a game that only exists in your head, yes, you came off as very immature.
Speaking of which, I wasn't even discrediting your source but was talking about the "other websites" part of your replies, since, having made my own researches, most websites claiming this not to be cannon are wikis hardly quoting any reliable source.
But hey, does it even matter that you've misunderstood me? I think not. Neither do you care, anyway, but I wanted to point it out.
At the end, it's all about either considering a chronology that could be extensible, or numerous articles and attestations of people (-whom are very unlikely to be lying, you've admitted it yourself-) whom talked with CAPCOM and the developers themselves. , as well as some other clues I won't even bother talking about since you are obviously the winner.
As much as you consider you've "'""won"""", I have every right to still question myself regarding this matter.
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Oh is that so?
Well lets look at an earlier quote:
This is what you said in response to the link I provided. You were trying so hard to reject my proof. Stop lying and twisting ♥♥♥♥.
But run.