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''Resident Evil Survivor'' is a first-person
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developed by
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and published by
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. It was released on the
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in Japan on January 27, 2000, in Europe on March 31, 2000 and in North America on August 30, 2000. It is a spin-off of the ''
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'' video game series. It is also the first first-person perspective ''Resident Evil'' game predating '' Resident Evil 7: Biohazard'' by seventeen years. A
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version was released only in
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and
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on September 7, 2002. As the first release of the ''Gun Survivor'' series, this game was a major difference from the main ''Resident Evil'' series, substituting the third-person perspective of the previous games to a
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. The Japanese and European versions of the game were compatible with
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's GunCon/G-Con 45
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, making it one of the first off-
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light gun games, whereas light-gun compatibility was removed from the North American release due to shooting games being partly blamed for the motivation of the then-recent Columbine High School massacre. It was followed by '' Resident Evil Survivor 2 – Code: Veronica''.


Gameplay

The player takes control of an amnesiac protagonist, struggling desperately against overwhelming odds to stay alive and uncover his identity. ''Survivor's'' gameplay is a combination of
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and
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-style
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. The player views the environment from the perspective of the character (first-person view) and moves the character through the environment with the controller. At the same time, if the player wishes to attack an enemy or destroy an object, they press a button which allows them to control a crosshair on the screen. This crosshair can be moved to any location within the main character's line of sight. When using a light gun, players move around by shooting off screen to move and the side buttons to turn, and point at the screen to shoot enemies. The game borrows its enemies from ''
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'', featuring the
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models from that game, as well as creatures such as Lickers, the Ivy plants, Moth Giants and
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s. In addition, ''Survivor'' also reintroduces the original Hunters from the first ''
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'' and features two new enemies in the form of the Umbrella Trashsweeper unit – soldiers armed with machine guns – and the Hypnos T-Type, a new Tyrant model that evolves into different forms. The player's arsenal consists almost entirely of pistols, such as the
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and the CZ75 with unlimited ammo. As the protagonist progresses through the game, the player receives larger weapons to aid in defending against even more dangerous opposition while they make their way through Umbrella's ruined city and shadowy research labs. The game features branching paths that allow the player to determine how the story will unfold and whom they will meet along the way.


Plot

The game takes place after the missile explosion that wiped out the contaminated
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. Not long after this incident, a helicopter crashes on the outskirts of
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's private township, located on Sheena Island. The pilot escapes the burning wreckage only to find himself fighting a battle against the living dead, with no memory of his identity or his reasons for being there. During his quest, he comes across a man named Andy Holland, who knows him as Vincent Goldman, the man said to be responsible for the outbreak of T-virus in the island. Due to his amnesia, he assumes this as a fact. Moments after he gets out of the city, "Vincent" comes across Umbrella's facility, where he meets Lott and Lily Klein, two siblings whose parents used to work for Umbrella. They misjudge him because they were made to believe that Umbrella stands for the common good of all people. The two kids run away from him during their encounter, as "Vincent" follows the children outside the facility, through the canal system, and eventually to their house. He finds Lily in the house and learns from her that Lott has gone to a nearby factory alone to find a way off the island. Upon learning this, "Vincent" tells Lily to stay and take refuge until he comes back with Lott. He finds his way to the place and, after encountering many monsters, successfully infiltrates the Umbrella research facility just in time to save Lott from a Hunter. "Vincent" then learns from Lott that he is, in fact, Ark Thompson, that he was sent to Sheena Island by
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, and that Lott knew who Vincent Goldman really was. Due to his knowledge, Vincent later became a vehement enemy of Ark. However, upon this realization, the facility suddenly activates a self-destruct system that will obliterate the island within 10 minutes. Lott tells Ark that within the facility, there is a railway station that runs underground. Ark tells Lott to go ahead to the station first and regroup there. However, along his way to the station, Ark encounters the real Vincent and the Hypnos T-type Tyrant. Much to his surprise, the Umbrella executive is killed by the new bio-organic weapon, which then turns its attention to Ark, who manages to hold it off long enough to make a getaway. Ark reaches the railway station and sees Lott and Lily, safe and waiting for him. Using the railway station, they are able to arrive at a landing zone, where a helicopter waits. But on their way to safety, the Hypnos Tyrant shows up again, in a more mutated form. Ark manages to hold off the beast before joining the children in the helicopter. Persistent on its pursuit, the Tyrant leaps onto the helicopter, and Ark kills it firing it off the helicopter with one of the helicopter's missiles, and then kills it with a second one. As the sun rises, Ark, Lily, and Lott flee from Sheena Island together safely, just as the island's complex self-destructs.


Reception

The PlayStation version received "unfavorable" reviews according to the
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. Jon Thompson (''
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'') gave the game a negative review. Thompson noted that the biggest critique of the game was that it was made to be played with a light gun, which the American version did not support. He continued that even the Japanese version of the game which did include it, "really wasn't any better. Shooters are supposed to be quick, raw and visceral, the total opposite of what Resident Evil is, for better or worse. This shooting game opts to stick with the slow pacing of the rest of the series, and the result is a gun game with no gun that absolutely crawls along." Thompson critiqued the graphics as being "not very attractive" and "very pixelated close-up" ''
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'' praised the Japanese import's well-rendered 3D environments, but criticized the long loading screens between opening and closing doors. The magazine concluded that the Japanese import is best suited to the rental market, describing it as "more of a cash-in than a knockout." Eric Bratcher of '' NextGen'' said of the game, "The ''RE'' universe could definitely inspire a great gun game. But with bad technology, unforgivable control limitations, and an uncanny lack of fun, this non-gun game definitely isn't it." In Japan, however, ''
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'' gave it a score of 31 out of 40.


Sequels

The ''Gun Survivor'' series was followed by three sequels, which were released for the
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and utilised the G-Con 2 peripheral. '' Resident Evil Survivor 2 – Code: Veronica'' was released for the
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in 2002, based on the characters and enemies of '' Resident Evil – Code: Veronica''. ''
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'', a spin-off of the ''Dino Crisis'' series, was also released in 2002. A fourth game, '' Resident Evil: Dead Aim'', was released in 2003.


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