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When you see the famous S.T.A.R.S. photo, or Extreme Battle Mode in RE2make 😧😩 It will be the scariest thing in the game.

And how it seems to call back to Chris’s opening monologue. Mostly because…Chris didn’t believe the world was worth saving or fighting for at the beginning of 5. At least he was in severe doubt about it. 

Wesker also brings up how terrible the world is, how chaos and destruction reign, that because of it the world needs to be wiped clean of humanity to give it a fresh start. 

Which coincides with Chris’ own thoughts on how the problems of the world keep getting worse and worse without end.

The story itself also makes significant note of this as well near the end of the novelization of 5 in its Kaitai Shinsho guidebook.

And the ironic thing is, is that through Wesker’s actions throughout 5, Chris does conclude that the world is worth the pain and strife he and others go through. Because humanity deserves the chance to try and improve itself. That we aren’t beyond hope.  

The difference and contrast was intentional, according to RE5′s writing team. Chris and Wesker were both supposed to represent the best and worst sides of humanity, thematically. 

They both at the start viewed the world as potentially too far gone to waste effort on making it better as it was. Why bother when you get nothing but pain, trauma, and disappointment in trying to do so? 

It’s also not a coincidence that Chris’ disillusionment and Wesker’s decline in sanity began on the same night. The Spencer Estate incident. 

But while Chris regained his hope and belief in the world through the events of 5, Wesker ultimately, adamantly, refused to believe their was any worth in humanity and society until the second he died. 

It took away everything that made the game a good RE game.

The game play was similar but at times it felt more of a spinoff than anything.

Not say it isn’t a good horror game though. It’s bloody brilliant.

But it was not the way to Revitalise the series.

Spoilers ahead~