cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/horror_games/p/901546/when-capcom-brought-in-a-professional-screenwriter-for-the-original-resident-evil-2-it-w

In an alternate timeline, Resident Evil could’ve become a lot more serious.

At first people were saying, ‘This isn’t very realistic’, but I replied that reality depends on persuasion and belief, so as long as everything was consistent, it would appear real."