History VideoGame / ResidentEvil6

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: C-Virus zombies are a little different from T-Virus zombies. They're just barely smart enough to hold onto a weapon (bad news for you if you face one holding an axe or a machine gun), sometimes they mutate right in the middle of battle into horrible skinless berserkers, and they have a few sub-variants like the DeadWeight "Whoppers" or the "Shriekers" that puff up their throats to [[MakeMeWannaShout unleash a deafening scream]]. Spitting zombies that puke projectile acid show up from time to time too, though these are a classic of the series.

* KickTheSonOfABitch:
** [[spoiler:Carla's]] decision to infect [[spoiler:Simmons]] with the C-Virus undoubtedly counts as this. It's pretty hard ''not'' to cheer her on for it when we remember that this is the guy who killed the President and destroyed Tall Oaks while framing Leon and Helena for both, and also held Helena's little sister hostage to {{blackmail}} Helena into helping him do so and then experimenting on her with the C-Virus regardless.
** Also, let's face it, even though you have to fight the thing afterward, watching the first Bloodshot you encounter maul the DomesticAbuser who constantly yelled at his girlfriend, called her useless, and tried to leave you all behind was immensely satisfying.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Everything associated with Ada's campaign gives it an odd-man-out feel.

* AnotherSideAnotherStory: Although there are some story intersections in earlier chapters (specifically with Chris and Jake at Edonia and then Leon and Ada at Tall Oaks), all four campaigns begin to converge into a common outcome when everyone arrives at Langshiang.

* FlunkyBoss: Sort of, in Leon and Helena's campaign. The flunkies for the boss in question are just some of the thousands of Chinese zombies wandering into the area. The boss takes advantage of them by consuming them to regenerate itself. [[spoiler:To defeat it, you have to turn this advantage against it by spearing one of the zombies with a lightning rod.]]

''Resident Evil 6'' — the [[SequelNumberSnarl ninth]] main installment of the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' franchise, released for the UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation 3}} and UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}} in 2012 and the PC in 2013 (as well as UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation 4}} and UsefulNotes/XboxOne in 2016, and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in 2019) — features multiple campaigns with their own controllable characters, unique settings, gameplay styles, and tones. The partner system from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' also returns, and Capcom included additional multiplayer options to boot.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: In real life, duress is a mitigating factor for severe crimes such as murder and terrorism, not a full excuse. [[spoiler:Helena would almost certainly be facing serious jail time for taking part in a terrorist attack that resulted in the deaths of 70,000 innocent civilians, including the sitting president (even if some clemency would be likely due to her sister being threatened with murder if she didn't take part and then murdered anyway), and she would definitely ''not'' be reinstated into the Secret Service (since it's clear that her family is a weak point that could be used to force her to betray her country).]]

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Despite being Leon's new partner and having grown to like, trust, and rely on him, Helena encourages him to leave her to chase after Ada when she runs off again. How platonic this is depends on your ShippingGoggles, but Leon declines and insists they stick together, [[spoiler:which pays off when they need to work together to kill Simmons one more time]].

* CloningBlues: Carla flips out when she discovers that [[spoiler:Simmons turned her into an Ada Wong clone]].

* ExposedToTheElements: [[spoiler:Carla/]]Ada walks around a war zone in December with only a revealing dress and high heels to ward off the cold. This is the first clue that something isn't normal about her.

* CameraScrew: Happens on some levels, particularly Chris's, where you have to run through a gauntlet while evading the enemy or a hazard such as an explosion. In those scenes, the camera tends to be at fixed locations rather than directly behind the player as normal. Can lead to FakeDifficulty when the camera is in front of you, then suddenly pans behind, causing you to run directly back where you were coming from, just in time to die from whatever you were trying to escape from.

* FakeDifficulty: Often used on the levels where you have to run away from an enemy, or an environmental hazard such as an explosion, largely thanks to CameraScrew being in effect during those moments.

** [[spoiler:Simmons is initally this; it was his [[PerverseSexualLust obsession with Ada, as well as his independent experiments with Carla's C-Virus, that directly led to Carla's StartOfDarkness and the game's entire plot. However, he has largely [[BigBadWannabe lost his importance]] by the time the game begins, being relevant to the plot ''only'' in Leon's campaign — and even then, it ends up leading just to him falling right into Carla's trap as she planned]].

* BareYourMidriff: Sherry's China costume is unbuttoned a little bit on the bottom of her shirt, showing a bit of her stomach. Helena's China outfit bares only a small sliver of her belly. Sherry's alternate costumes in The Mercenaries are an even better example.