why is leon holding his 1911 like a gangster?

[Philhalo66]

it really bothers me how a trained cop is holding a .45ACP handgun like a street thug. id prefer it to work like his normal one from an animation standpoint.
https://i.imgur.com/HQv7dAQ.jpg

[Jäveln]

yeah that confused me too no secret weapons but the one you pretty much must pick up is like the alternate costume in the original

[Philhalo66]

Originally posted by Jäveln:

yeah that confused me too no secret weapons but the one you pretty much must pick up is like the alternate costume in the original

it's a weird decision by capcom that's for sure.

[Goro san]

In original game, unlockable alternative costume made him hold gun sideways with one hand and shoot way faster. Its throwback to that.

[Firkraag]

This is from the original game, he could unlock this weapon and a leather jacket he would hold it like this if I recall. Nice attention to detail by the devs.

[Valefor]

Originally posted by Goro san:

In original game, unlockable alternative costume made him hold gun sideways with one hand and shoot way faster. Its throwback to that.

this.

[ToJKa]

Oh right, forgot about that.
Claire also still gets the Colt SAA on 2nd Run, and she can unload it as fast as Revolver Ocelot. Bill didn't know what hit him

[鬼椒]

Originally posted by Firkraag:

This is from the original game, he could unlock this weapon and a leather jacket he would hold it like this if I recall. Nice attention to detail by the devs.

This is what I figured. One of the alternative outfits let you fire a handgun faster with a different animation. Although it's been a while so I don't know if that was the whole point.

edit - After searching to refresh my memory apparently it was both outfits. Either way a nice throwback from Capcom.

[Cynuma]

It's a reference to an easter egg from the original Resident Evil 2. In that tunnel, there was an easter egg that if you didn't pick any items from the game til you reached RPD, there would be zombie Brad from RE3, and if you killed him, you got a key that could be used in a locker from the save room with the place where you reveal pictures. Inside the locker, there were 2 outfits for Leon, and if you were using one of those, your pistol animation became pretty much the one from that gun. Also, if you are playing the 2nd run as Claire, there will be a revolver, which is the same as the one you get from the same locker when playing as Claire

[Philhalo66]

ahh so its a throwback to the original. now thats pretty cool. well done capcom.