A Special Handgun
Resident Evil 7 Secrets and Easter Eggs
Before you read any further, do be warned that this entry contains major spoilers for Resident Evil 7’s ending.
During your final boss fight with a horrifyingly mutated Eveline, Ethan receives a call from an unknown person, and has a gun dropped down to him. The gun is called the Albert-01R, and it’s pretty damn effective against BOWs. Upon defeating Eveline, Ethan soon comes face to face with the man who dropped him the gun, and it’s none other than Chris Redfield. Or at least someone claiming to be him. After completing the game once, you’ll unlock the Albert-01R for subsequent playthroughs.
However, if you take a closer look at the gun, you’ll see that it’s actually a modified Samurai Edge handgun. The Samurai Edge itself was a modified version of the Beretta 92F handgun, and it was specially designed for members of S.T.A.R.S. This was a handgun used by Chris, Jill, Wesker, and Barry (though he really just stuck with his magnum for the most part). With the Albert-01R being a modified Samurai Edge, coupled with the S.T.A.R.S. logo etched on the side of it, there are a couple of conclusions we can draw from this. The first is that the man who gave us the gun is actually Chris himself, and for reasons yet unknown to us, he’s now working with Umbrella.
The second conclusion is a little more sinister. There has to be a reason why the gun is called the Albert-01R. It’s a clear reference to Albert Wesker, the series’ iconic villain. Now, I’m not suggesting that Wesker is back yet again (he can’t possibly survive two rockets to the face, right?), but perhaps the “Redfield” that we saw was actually a Wesker clone. Either way, these are very obvious and direct references to Wesker himself that can’t really be ignored. We should find out more about “Redfield” in the upcoming Not A Hero DLC this spring.
What other secrets and Easter eggs have you uncovered in Resident Evil 7? Feel free to sound off in the comments down below.
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