Magic Box posted some new screens of Capcom's recently announced Biohazard Outbreak: File 2 yesterday. The same images are also littered around Capcom Japan's dedicated website. This is the sequel to last year's multiplayer online zombie fest set in a T-Virus-riddled Raccoon City. File 2 is due out on PS2 in Japan this autumn, while the original is soon to be released in the West as Resident Evil Outbreak - minus the, some would say crucial, online element.
The shots look impressive, but isn't it all beginning to look rather familiar? The grubby back alleys, the boarded-up doors, the enormous mutant spiders. Design lethargy could well be creeping in behind the lumbering undead. Which is perhaps why Resident Evil 4, coming to Game Cube next year, is going to be set in Europe rather than Raccoon City and apparently features no zombies. Instead you'll find yourself in a threatening village filled with bizarre locals. The design team has obviously taken a recent holiday in rural England.
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