Resident Evil 0 returns to that concept, but instead removes all the boxes entirely, allowing players to leave items anywhere on the map. Before settling on that design decision, Capcom experimented with not having them connected, and instead tasking players with lugging all their guns and items around the game with them.
The original 1996 Resident Evil kicked off an early series tradition of magically interconnected storage boxes. Resident Evil Deluxe Origins Bundle / Biohazard Deluxe Origins Bundle The more agile characters don’t break the balance of the game, either, as sloppy play will get you chewed up by zombies or swallowed whole by mutant frogs. The new control scheme – which eschews awkward “tank controls” in favor of characters moving in the direction of the analog stick – works wonders here, especially when controlling both characters with both sticks at once. Controlling both Rebecca and Billy, sometimes simultaneously, is a unique departure from the standard formula. Rebecca teams up with fugitive Billy Coen as they explore a runaway luxury train, abandoned Umbrella Training Facility, and other appropriately ominous locales that tie into the early RE games in fun ways.
Resident Evil 0 is the last hardcore survival horror entry in the series, before the juggernaut Resident Evil 4 sparked a dramatic paradigm shift away from the demanding resource management, complex puzzles, and fixed camera angles.
