Playing through Resident Evil: Revelations 2 at the moment and came across this special moment. Oh on the surface it's nothing at all really. Just Claire Redfield and Moira Burton making their way through a dimly lot decrepit relic of post-Soviet infrastructure. Very dark, very grimy, very Resident Evil as you might expect. However it's rare that a game gives you such a perfect one line summary of itself. Almost like the writer is simultaneously winking and nodding at us as the characters speak about something else entirely. Or are they? For the most part Resident Evil doesn't do self aware humour too often. Oh there's the memes and the Jill sandwiches and the master of unlocking yes but within the games it's usually a more sincere, earnest affair where no-one really questions the absurdity of the setup, at least not often. For instance, the design of the Spencer Mansion and the Raccoon City Police Department are on the face of it utterly implausibl...
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