Corona Virus and the release of Resident Evil 3 Remake and Final Fantasy 7 Remake

[Darren Decibel]

In the midst of the Corona Virus that the world is experiencing I find it very interesting that 2 games from the 90's that are being remade all these years later are very similar in story to the Corona Virus story.

The chances that these 2 games were even remade were very slim to begin with, combined with the timing that BOTH are releasing in April and that the stories both relate to viruses and the earth. Final Fantasy 7 is my all time favorite game and I have been waiting so many years for it to be remade and it is finally releasing soon, in line with the time of the virus that's really happening.

The story of FF7 relates to Jenova that landed on the planet 2000 years ago and wipes out a good population of the Centra through a virus. The story is about the life-stream of the earth, the forces of nature in place that protects it and basically that we shouldn't mess with mother nature's resources. Today maybe nature is a bit angry with the world for us treating her so badly and wanted to speak up, but I'm just letting my imagination run wild.

The story of Resident Evil 3 of course relates to a virus outbreak but is more connected to zombies. I just find it uncanny that these old games I grew up playing are even coming back, and that the timing ties into this challenging virus, and that the stories of these games almost want to speak to us and give us some sort of message... Let's just not bring the recent classic Doom release into this equation :)

[nullable]

Illnesses and diseases are very common, so are stories about them...

Also I think Plague Inc is a better analog.

[Darren Decibel]

Yeah I forgot about Plague Inc although I didn't play that yet....looked decent....

[Walach]

Somehow I'm thinking of this when reading what you wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_dredging

It's hard to explain but it feels like you're using way to broad a brush when explain this, sorry. :P

[ShelLuser]

It has been foretold indeed:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/246620

[Ruse]

cSg|mc-Hotsauce eredeti hozzászólása:

Bill Gates warned us...

It's almost like this is the 19th version of this strain, weird.

[wuddih]

Dogbait eredeti hozzászólása:

cSg|mc-Hotsauce eredeti hozzászólása:

Bill Gates warned us...

It's almost like this is the 19th version of this strain, weird.

the name of the virus is SARS-CoV-2.

COVID-19 is the name of the disease and the 19 is for the year it was discovered 2019, not for the 19th strain.

[Akari Yura]

Hmmm

[Axxux]

Hmmmmmmm

[Axxux]

Hmmm

[Akari Yura]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Shawyboy]

Sounds like a conspiracy

[Brian9824]

Doesn't sound remotely similar. Neither of those games are remotely close storywise.

What is close is this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7QRsx9lbBU

[Electric Cupcake]

And Max von Sydow passed. Coincidence?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD66mg5_reg

[BossGalaga]

Disease, natural disasters and war aren't anything new.

[Darren Decibel]

Yes guys I agree there are some stories/books/speeches released that tie in more closely to the Corona story, but the examples given do not tie into the TIMING of the Corona Virus and the lock-down being in place (which is happening now). The lock-downs are happening at different times but at the moment we are all facing this currently.

RE3 remake and FF7 remake are being released while most countries are in lock down. The stories are related to viruses, both of them (if you think not then maybe you are not aware that viruses play a big part in these games, do some research if you need into their stories)

Coupled with that I still find it very cool that two old school games from the 90's are being released during this time and the chances of this happening all at once is very interesting to me.

What other AAA games are being released that relate to pathogens during this time as we go into lock-downs? This would also be interesting to know...