Are any RE movies connected to the games?

[R1ch4rd N1x0n]

I was told that Resident Evil movies are not connected to the games, but what about Resident Evil Degeneration, Resident Evil Damnation, and Resident Evil Vendetta?

Those movies really seem canon to the games to me...

[CursedPanther]

The live action franchise basically started off with the Racoon City events but also created its unique series protagonist Alice. It later spun off to a different chain of events. You will however still see a number of the well known characters like Jill, Chris, Claire, Leon, Ada and Wesker.

The CG animated ones are in fact set in the very same universe as the games. Yet they are isolated down to one single incident in each movie.

[R1ch4rd N1x0n]

Originally posted by CursedPanther:

The live action franchise basically started off with the Racoon City events but also created its unique series protagonist Alice. It later spun off to a different chain of events. You will however still see a number of the well known characters like Jill, Chris, Claire, Leon, Ada and Wesker.

The CG animated ones are in fact set in the very same universe as the games. Yet they are isolated down to one single incident in each movie.

Why the hell do people turn 10 seconds after a bite in Vendetta and why is there talking zombies in Vendetta?

[CursedPanther]

There are many different strains and sub-strains of viruses in the Resident Evil universe developed and engineered by different parties that can turn people into zombies or other forms of mutated creatures. The most notable ones are probably the original T-Virus that instigated the Racoon City incident and the Uroboros that gives the infected those hideous 'tentacles' stuff.

Click here for more details:
residentevil.wikia.com/wiki/Virus

[Lanzagranadas]

The CGI movies are canon. They had been recognised as part of the official timeline in RE website and official stuff like the RE Archives 2 book.

Originally posted by R1ch4rd N1x0n:

Why the hell do people turn 10 seconds after a bite in Vendetta and why is there talking zombies in Vendetta?

Because in Vendetta they don't use the T-Virus you know from early zombie RE games. It's a different one called A-Virus. T, C, and A viruses can turn people into zombies, but their methods, infection times and results are somehow different.

[ジャックPV_ (J@ckPV)]

By chronological order:
RE4 - RE Degeneration - RE Revelations - RE5: Lost in Nightmares - RE5
RE5 - RE/BIO: The Stage - RE Revelations 2 - RE Damnation - RE Marhawa Desire (Manga) - RE6
RE6 - RE Vendetta - RE Heavenly Island (Manga) - RE7