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Resident Evil 2: Has CAPCOM ever officially confirmed that Claire A/Leon B is canon?
- Thread starter krg
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Are you playing the remake? The difference with Sherry only applies to the original. In the remake, all of the cut-scenes will be the same for you until the very very end.
Yeah. It has to be Claire first. Though I really want Leon and Marvin's interactions to be canon as well.
Never played the original RE2, but the A/B scenario in the remake doesn't make too much sense when you compare the routes directly. Like how Sherry and Ada both happened to get trapped in the same part of the sewers, or how Leon and Claire both fight G's stage 3 while confronting Annette. I think its best to just take the canon story as bits and pieces from all 4 scenarios.
Claire A/Leon B just makes more sense lore wise as the games after RE2 makes more references to it. That said, both are neither truly canon, as Leon A, Claire B is also referenced at times. The real canon is a mix of it as we've seen in the Remake.
Although, playing Claire A/Leon B in the remake just feels better than Leon A/ Claire B, since the B scenario always has Mr. X showing up earlier and thematically that fits well with Leon having to deal with Mr. X more than Claire. That and in Leon's story,
Although, playing Claire A/Leon B in the remake just feels better than Leon A/ Claire B, since the B scenario always has Mr. X showing up earlier and thematically that fits well with Leon having to deal with Mr. X more than Claire. That and in Leon's story,
Claire clearly made it through the lab first.
on the contrary
it makes more sense that Leon meets Mr X after the Ben scene, as that's his introduction to him
also more even that Leon finishes off Mr X and Claire, G
also more even that Leon finishes off Mr X and Claire, G
On the other hand
Right before G Stage 4 when Claire and Leon briefly communicate, Claire is deeper into the lab then Leon is. Claire passes the room Leon is in with Sherry earlier
But Claire uses Sherry's pendant to open up the G-virus' containment, he'd get nowhere if Claire didn't get there first.
Also Claire didn't pick up the G-Virus
Also Claire didn't pick up the G-Virus
Also Claire opened the G-Virus containment chamber and activated the train before he got to the bottom platform
I've always thought the canon to be a mix of both scenarios just like what happened with the first game.
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yeah, but then again option 2 also makes sense since that opens the path to Code Veronica.
Tehcnically the second one makes more sense. As that actually happened in Code Veronica but neither Leon nor Claire did anything after RE2 to take down Umbrella.
Man thread like this can't hurt me more about a 'true' A and B path. It still plague my hurt such choice. Game feel so incomplete to me.
Just by looking at how the ladder magically drops during Leon A after the first encounter with Birkin while on Claire A the ladder is dropped by Sherry I will say that at least after this game Claire A / Leon B looks like the canon route.
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So far there still no canon/true story of RE 1,2 Event yet.
The later Games and CG-Movies make it look like Chirs,Jill and Leon,Claire go adventure together and split sometime.
When they mentions first two game event.
Also IRCC Claire know Ada and Ada know Sherry.
The later Games and CG-Movies make it look like Chirs,Jill and Leon,Claire go adventure together and split sometime.
When they mentions first two game event.
Also IRCC Claire know Ada and Ada know Sherry.
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I don't know if Capcom has ever officially said anything, but in the original game Claire A/Leon B is referenced in future games with Sherry having the g virus, and also the fact that Ada fucking plummets into a pit and dies in Leon A, which is clearly NOT canon.
The remake is set up in a way that it's kind of canon no matter which route you take.
7 was not a reboot. It takes place after 6 and all of the previous games events have still happened.
The remake is set up in a way that it's kind of canon no matter which route you take.
7 was not a reboot. It takes place after 6 and all of the previous games events have still happened.
Code Veronica literally begins with Claire getting captured at an Umbrella facility.
Which is exactly what happens in the Chronicles games. It just seems to make more sense that they'd be together instead of splitting up.
This honestly bothers me more than anything in RE2. Between the original and REmake, there's still no way to actually play the "canon" RE1 since you never get all five survivors. Plus it would also mean either Chris or Jill is going to spend 98% of the Mansion Incident in a cell, which doesn't match up with both of them being badasses in later games. I don't remember how Umbrella Chonicles handles Rebecca and Barry, but otherwise it might be the most canon depiction of RE1 since Chris and Jill work together in it.
(not to mention all the weirdness of Rebecca not acknowledging the events of Zero in RE1)
As for Outbreak, I'd like to eventually see canon survivors there too (maybe if it gets a remake). All we know is Alyssa survived.
Rebecca still has a role (and has a side-mission with Richard leading up to them getting attacked by Yawn and meeting Chris and Jill)
Barry just isn't in the game at all :|
In the original RE2, the official canon is a mix of all four scenarios. But Claire A/Leon B is probably the base scenario, as there are certain things that are cemented in the canon that only occur in that scenario combination. This includes Leon starting out in the driver's seat side of the road in Scenario B (he was the one driving the police car), and Sherry getting infected by the G-Virus. Another thing to take note of is that RE2's scenario is basically a more fleshed-out and modified version of 1.5's. Conveniently enough, Elza and Leon's starting locations mirror those of Claire A/Leon B's. Elza starts in the precinct lobby while Leon starts on the helipad. Likewise, Claire enters the RPD via the lobby while Leon enters via the helipad area. Elza is also the one who meets Roy (basically 1.5's Marvin) in one of the office rooms, which again mirrors Claire meeting Marvin in Scenario A. Elza also arrives at the factory and lab before Leon does, which mirrors Claire A/Leon B's progression. If I had to guess, the reason why Claire A/Leon B was intended as a "second run" is precisely the same reason why the game had an A/B scenario for the characters: Leon A/Claire B is the "Scenario A" while Claire A/Leon B is "Scenario B". Scenario B being the one that gives you a complete picture of the events of the game.
I mean who would go alone at the place that full of zombies and monsters ?
If anything is canon it's the original because the scenarios in the remake make absolutely no sense when combined in whatever order.
Not that the old scenario A B Made perfect sense but at least they had somewhat plausible different routes and events.
Not that the old scenario A B Made perfect sense but at least they had somewhat plausible different routes and events.
There was an interview recently where the lead designer actually used "parallel universe" to describe it (in response to being asked whether there were two Tyrants).
I expect the official canon now is that the canon scenario is a mix of Leon and Claire's campaigns, like how RE1's canon scenario is a mix of Jill and Chris's.
I would assume that Leon A / Claire B is the intended experience, at least in the PS1 version because Disc 1 is Leon, Disc 2 is Claire
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but even if she falls into the pit, she didn't actually die (god knows how she survived...) since she's the one (the shadow) throwing the rocket launcher to Leon.
Leon A Claire B is the real cannon for the remake simply because Claire gets the S.A.A.
Also Claire is supposed to fight G5 so that makes LA-CB even more canon.
Also this.
Also Claire is supposed to fight G5 so that makes LA-CB even more canon.
Also this.
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Which only happens in Leon B. She only falls into the pit in Leon A, and is never seen again. In B it plays out entirely different, with her just getting slammed into a control panel by Mr X.
Sherry only gets infected in ClaireA/LeonB which gives her the super human healing you see in RE6. Pretty simple.
don't Ada die if you play the scenarios inverted? Considering how she still alive in the sequel s, I assume it is not canon
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lol..and now the remake is a mix of both Leon A and B then, since she falls into the pit AND throws the rocket launcher, god damn what a mess.
I think Capcom just said fuck it, and combined all of the main plot points into both scenarios in the remake. It also seems like they were going for the Remake1 approach where your character is doing all the heavy lifting with bosses and such while the other character is speeding through (similar to how Jill or Chris was stuck in a jail cell throughout Remake1).
Claire gets the grenade laucher and the bowgun. Just use the grenade launcher loaded with explosive or acide rounds for lickers. Flame rounds for the plants.
Why didn't Claire just use the chain cutters on the chain link fence? Instead, she jus joked to Leon "dont suppose you have a key in one of those pockets?".
Like.. you literally pick up some chain cutters right before the cutscene.
Like.. you literally pick up some chain cutters right before the cutscene.