Welcome to Raccoon City!
There is a certain charm to the campy live action antics that set the scene for the original Resident Evil, but those with more conventional tastes would definitely opt for the FMV opener for Resident Evil 2. Hotshot rookie officer Leon Kennedy arrives in Raccoon City, reacting to a dead body with all of the passion of someone who has just found a dollar (seriously, Leon; “What have we got here?” It’s a corpse, bro, in the middle of the street – show some respect).
He soon finds himself surrounded by zombies, and after unloading a few rounds to no avail, takes to the side streets where he happens upon Claire Redfield. They climb into a police car, exchange pleasantries, and are accosted by an undead stowaway who is very dangerously not wearing a seatbelt. Leon carefully parks the car into a street sign, flinging the zombie through the window in the process, but before they have a moment to catch their breath, a truck plows right into the vehicle. The ensuing explosion separates the pair, and that’s where you take over.
The stakes were higher than ever, and you didn’t have any time to waste. Hopefully, you were as adept at survival as Leon was in the cinematic, because it would be awfully lame if you died immediately thereafter.
