Unfortunately, there are no new characters, but every character from the original is present, and they all are given a secondary specialty item this time around. The virus meter from the original returns without much change, but the overall gameplay scheme saw a number of welcome additions (such as a decrease in load times). Surprisingly, it was actually added in this instalment. One of the most requested features was the ability to strafe and shoot at the same time, something that had never been available in the series. Not much changed between the two Resident Evil: Outbreak games in terms of gameplay. With only a year of development time for the game, there were not significant upgrades in terms of graphics, but a number of gameplay features (as well as the online play) were given robust makeovers.

All eight characters from the original game have returned, mostly in the same forms they inhabited just a year earlier when the original was released. The sequel once again allows for up to four players to co-operatively battle the T-Virus outbreak and the mayhem it has wrought. Resident Evil: Outbreak File #2 is the sequel to the original Resident Evil: Outbreak game, which itself was the first in the series to provide online multi-player.

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