How were Leon/Claire never infected?

[cha0tic]

They got bit throughout the playthrough. Also if the water being contaminated is the reason the virus spread throughout the city how come they don't get infected when they wade through the Sewers with open wounds?

[TheLightningYu | Mike]

Originally posted by cha0tic:

Originally posted by Sammy:

It's just a video game... Relax.

I love how people are like "relax" I'm just asking a simple question.

The thing is, this type of question often tend to get annoying. Like you know you have a Movie Night with your friends and you watch an Horror-Movie, and one of the Characters go into the Woods because he heard something, and everytime there is this one guy who nitpicky and complain about "stupid, dumb decisions..." and "why they do that?". And you can only facepalm to that.

It's actually common knowledge for people, who played Videogames for an long period, that he / she should know that Gameplay and Story / Lore doesn't neccessary reflect each other. Sure there "could" be "possible" a logic explenation, but in general and i'm sure the same goes for Resident Evil, lore / storywise you simply never got bitten or wounded, as exception if it's happened story and cutscene wise..

[Captain Raynor]

Originally posted by Zero Skill Legion:

Originally posted by Cavou:

If I recall correctly, it's stated in one of the Resident Evil games that the herbs (green, blue and red)

That's shenanigans otherwise the protagonist would just cure Marvin with an herb on the spot.

The truth is: if the bite didn't happen on cutscene then it never happened. Beca gets bitten by a monkey in a RE Zero cutscene but i hasn't been proven that the monkey subject could transmit the t-virus.

I think this makes sense. For example Jill gets infected by Nemesis via plot design and later got cured with Carlos' help. So it would be logical that if the player character does not get bitten in a cutscene, then he/she will not become a zombie.

[Karosu-Maker]

It's a bit tricky.

Other than in the live action (bleh) and CG RE movies, I think it's never stated clearly in any canon game that a bite of a zombie can infect you. Raccoon City infection spreaded through the water because of the infected rats.

In RE3 Jill is infected with the T-Virus by Nemesis, but the guy injects the virus directly into her body with a tentacle.

Big HOWEVER here, we know almost for a fact that some characters in the game have been infected "arguably" by zombie bites, Marvin, the truck driver, some U.B.C.S mercs, etc. They never say "they bite me I'm infected" but it's something we can put together ourselves.

There's also in game documents that state T-Virus has an infection success rate of 90%, we could argue our heroes may be part of that immune10%.

Another howerver here, we knowJill Valentine wasn't immune before the vaccine was injected to her in RE3, and she could get bitten way before in RE1 or the first parts of RE3. Was Nemesis T-Virus a different type maybe with a 100% infection success rate?

I think it's something left open to interpretation by the developers and there's no correct answer that makes lore and gameplay make sense once they're put together.

Plot hazzard suit is the best we got for now.

[Shiroi Ren]

T-Virus can be transferred via ingestion, contamination via bodily fluids and direct injection. 10% of people are immune to it. However, T-Virus is not instant-kill virus. It slowly detoriate infected mind. It would take around a week for symptoms to appear.

[BMF'Makavelli]

Cannonically, the were not bitten. No Damage Runs are Cannon.
Herbs play a role in counteraction if applied right away. And zombie transfer through saliva, might be very low. Rabies is a low chance, believe it or not. Being munched on while dead, that's another story.

The Drank the Water in the City and it mass infected. Trudging through sewer water, infected, may make you sick, yes. But plot armor. It's a game I guess. Unless theres a better reason for that one, I don't know. Herbs smoked on the regular I guess.

[Elensar]

Lore wise they don't get bitten however I think it's safe to say zombie bites can turn you eventually if you are killed, but other than that there's not enough virus in a zombie bite to turn someone by itself. Bites are more likely to cause other infections, sepsis etc zombies are really just secondary infections from the source virus outbreak, Marvin had a massive injury that killed him and so yeah he turned but I think the human immune system can probably deal with it if the body isn't being mauled to death or dying from other infections caused by massive injuries.

After the bites and wading through sewers etc I suspect they're going to need a few rounds of antibiotics and other drugs lol.

[One Stoned Bastard]

Because the main characters never get infected in any Resident Evil game to date, except during scripted events that solve themselves if you continue to play. But yeah as far as zombie bites go it's gameplay and story segregation like everyone says.
Actually most games with zombies don't allow players to get infected by them.

But if you want a story handwave, not *everyone* is vulnerable to the T-Virus, but everyone dies when a zombie chomps at their flesh long enough. Look at all the perfectly preserved corpses that DON'T get back their feet. Perhaps the protagonists are always conveniently lucky with their immunities.

[Shiroi Ren]

Originally posted by Senpai-kun:

The Resident Evil movies are trash and the "one little scratch" line should never be taken seriously.

Movies were actually quite nice. Leon kicked asses left and right in them. Especially funny fight Leon vs Super Tyrant in "Damnation".
"Degeneration" actually told us that you need to transfer bodily fluids to wounds. And even then infection would take several day to fully manifest. Unless your immune system is out.

[One Stoned Bastard]

Originally posted by Shiroi Ren:

"Degeneration" actually told us that you need to transfer bodily fluids to wounds.

Well, that's pretty easy to accomplish when the wound in question is a bite.

[Nicovahkiin]

Well, they don't live in Raccon City, so no infection through water, 10% or so of the world is immuned to T-Virus, and storywise, they never get bitten/Infected anyway.

[Bullett00th]

There's the plot armor explanation, but I prefer to think the protagonists are just in the 10% of immune folk.
Otherwise - suspension of disbelief.

Originally posted by BMF'Makavelli:

Cannonically, the were not bitten. No Damage Runs are Cannon.

more like No Bite runs, I'm not sure if licker slashes can transfer the virus, and Mr.X punches to the face certainly don't)