History VideoGame / ResidentEvilGunSurvivor

* WholePlotReference: Dead Aim is an obvious one to ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'', [[spoiler: down to the ending]].

* ThisCannotBe: Pretty much uttered verbatim ("This... can't... beeeeeee!") by the UT Commander when the Tyrant kills him.

!!This series provides examples of:
* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: ''Dead Aim'' has [[spoiler:Morpheus Duvall]] transforming into a Tyrant.
* AllJustADream: The ending of ''Survivor 2'' reveals that the events of the game were part of a long dream Claire had while she was napping on her trip to Antarctica in ''Code: Veronica''.
* AmnesiacHero: Ark in the first game has no memory of who he is.

* BladderOfSteel: The first Resident Evil Survivor has ''no in-game saving'' (saving is prompted in the end for NewGamePlus where you carry some of the collected items on previous playthrough). Somewhat downplayed that you still can pause the game, the inventory are unlimited allowing to stock a lot of healing items, and for new players the game took two hours to beat including reading all the important files without even rushing. It was also at this point that the series started giving you continues as a safety net in case you died, else you'd have to start all over again.
* TheBeautifulElite: During his tenure at Umbrella, Morpheus became obsessed with beauty, spending inordinate amounts of cash on surgery and treatment, and after getting scapegoated by Umbrella for causing the Raccoon City outbreak, finally flew off the handle, used whatever resources left behind by Umbrella, and began plotting an absolutely insane scheme to rid the world of "ugly people" and create a haven for those he considered beautiful in Africa.
* BoomHeadshot: The first two games avert this; shooting zombies anywhere on their body has the same effect regardless of weapon choice. In ''Dead Aim'', however, a little spot around the top of their forehead counts as a nice, splattering headshot, saving ammo and popping zombie skulls like popcorn if you do it right.

* CaptainErsatz: ''Dead Aim'' was based on a rejected proposal for ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', with Bruce [=McGivern=] and Fong Ling being obvious stand-ins for Leon S. Kennedy and Ada Wong.
* ChineseGirl: Fong Ling, a PLA agent investigating Morpheus' terrorist attacks.

* ColonCancer: The full Japanese title of ''Dead Aim'' is ''Gun Survivor 4: Biohazard: Heroes Never Die''.
* DegradedBoss: The T-00 Tyrant from ''Resident Evil 2'' makes a comeback in ''Survivor'', but they're now fought as GiantMook enemies.
* DirtyCommunists: While China is one of the good guys, they promptly attempt to dispose Fong Ling as they finally have ceded to Morpheus' demands.

* EasyAmnesia[=/=]IdentityAmnesia[=/=]LaserGuidedAmnesia: Ark Thompson in ''Survivor''.

* EnergyWeapon: The Charged Particle Rifle in ''Dead Aim'', the only weapon that can damage Tyrant Morpheus.

* GenderBender: [[spoiler:Morpheus Duvall]] after he becomes a Tyrant ''seriously'' looks like a female, to the point of growing breasts. This is most likely the virus responding to [[spoiler:Morpheus']] narcissistic personality.
* GhostShip: The ''Spencer Rain''.
* GiantSpider: All the games have oversized arachnids as enemies, with two particularly massive KingMook spiders serving as bosses in ''Survivor 2''.

* ImmuneToBullets: Tyrant Morpheus from ''Dead Aim'', due to generating an electromagnetic [[DeflectorShields deflector shield]]. You can only damage him with an experimental railgun.
* ImplacableMan: The Nemesis and Tyrant Morpheus.

* InconsistentDub: While ''Dead Aim'' has perfectly understandable English voice acting, the official subtitles almost never match the spoken dialogue, as if translated directly from the Japanese script without the audio for reference. This even applies to the opening text scroll, which is shown in English ''on-screen'' in all releases.
* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: ''Dead Aim'' gives the impression of being an unimportant GaidenGame with only a token mention of Umbrella and Raccoon City, but ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheUmbrellaChronicles'''s existence, along with the general plot of it, ''4'' and ''5'' retroactively makes the events of ''Dead Aim'' this. There were a lot of rich folk aboard the Spencer Rain looking to buy some Umbrella [=B.O.Ws=], all of which ended up dead or zombified by Morpheus' spiteful rampage. Had this not happened, Umbrella might have made enough bank to defend themselves in court, or at least delay proceedings long enough to rebuild.
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: For all of his talk about beauty and perfectionism, the final form of Duvall is a massive fleshy blob with his blood soaked, skinless head occasionally conveniently pop up [[AttackItsWeakPoint for the player to shoot]].]]

* KillSat: Used to try and kill Fong Ling in ''Dead Aim'' after China pays off Duvall to try and not turn their country into a radioactive zombie wasteland. Pretty strange considering the game is set in 2002 and the Chinese managed to obtain orbital bombardment weapons well before the United States in this game!

* LongTitle: ''Dead Aim'''s full Japanese title is ''Gun Survivor 4: Biohazard - Heroes Never Die''.

* MiracleGroMonster: [[spoiler:Morpheus]] becomes subjected to this when he suffers heavy damage. The virus within him causes him to grow into a huge blob that engulfs the entire ship. His growing body makes impact with the missiles on board, causing them to explode and killing him for good.

* PinPullingTeeth: Fong Ling does this at the beginning of ''Dead Aim'', inadvertently saving Bruce from Morpheus.

* TheScapegoat: After Raccoon City, the blame publicly was laid on Morpheus' shoulders. This being Resident Evil, Morpheus didn't take it well at all and went completely bonkers.
* ThisCannotBe: Pretty much uttered verbatim ("This... can't... beeeeeee!") by the UT Commander when the Tyrant kills him.

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight:
** Despite Fong Ling being marked "obsolete" and almost disposed by the Chinese government, she is determined to continue her mission as she believe Morpheus will not stick up to the end of his deal. She is right all along.
** Bruce Mcgivern saving Fong Ling despite losing a significant amount of time to disarm the T-virus warheads.
* StalkedByTheBell: ''Survivor 2'', due to its arcade nature, gives each level a time limit. Let it run out, and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis Nemesis]] comes for your blood.
* ThirdPersonShooter: ''Dead Aim'' was sort of a hybrid between this and an FPS. The player could move in the third person perspective, but would have to switch to first person whenever aiming.

* QuestForIdentity: Ark, again.

* {{Expy}}: ''Dead Aim'' was based on a rejected proposal for ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', with Bruce [=McGivern=] and Fong Ling being obvious stand-ins for Leon S. Kennedy and Ada Wong.

* BoomHeadshot: All three games avert this; shooting zombies anywhere on their body has the same effect regardless of weapon choice.

A spinoff series of the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' franchise, ''Gun Survivor'' is a series of [[FirstPersonShooter first person shooters]] produced by Creator/{{Capcom}} between 2000 and 2003. Apart from gamepad control, the series has its gimmicks by optionally allow the player to use gun controller.

A spinoff brand of the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' franchise, ''Gun Survivor'' is a series of {{light gun game}}s produced by Creator/{{Capcom}} between 2000 and 2003. Unlike traditional gun shooters, which are usually [[{{rail shooter}} on-rail shooters]] as well, the ''Gun Survivor'' titles allows the player to explore the game's environment freely, making them much closer to [[FirstPersonShooter first person shooters]].

* DirtyCommunists: While China is "somehow" one of the good guys, they promptly attempt to dispose Fong Ling as they finally have ceded to Morpheus' demands; this is a common practice especially in the Chinese Communist Party that disposes of "obsolete" members.

* FrickinLaserBeams: The Charged Particle Rifle in ''Dead Aim'', the only weapon that can damage Tyrant Morpheus.

* EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped: Sort of. In ''Dead Aim'', everyone is understandable, but the subtitles have a habit of deviating from what anyone is saying, probably because of the different script, where the audio are (as usual) already in English, but the subtitles are directly translated from Japanese to English individually, presumably without the translator even looking at the video. In fact the opening text scroll, which is in English in both the Japanese and English version, in the English version there are two script (the opening text scroll and the subtitle) with different wordings.

# ''Resident Evil: Survivor 2 – Code: Veronica'' (Arcade, UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation 2}}) -- A reinterpretation of the events of ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica Code: Veronica]]'', except modeled as an arcade-style shooter, with co-op play enabled with players controlling either Claire Redfield or Steve Burnside. It's also known as ''Resident Evil: Fire Zone''.
# ''Dino Stalker'' ([=PlayStation 2=]) -- The only installment that is not related to ''Resident Evil'', ''Dino Stalker'' is actually a ''VideoGame/DinoCrisis'' spinoff. Mike Wired, an ace fighter pilot from World War II, is transported to hyperspace in order to fight against time-displaced dinosaurs.
# ''Resident Evil: Dead Aim'' ([=PlayStation 2=]) -- A government agent, Bruce [=McGivern=], boards a luxury liner called the ''Spencer Rain'', owned by Umbrella and itself another site of a T-virus outbreak. (Developed by Cavia.)

# ''Resident Evil: Survivor'' (UsefulNotes/PlayStation) -- An investigator named Ark Thompson gets trapped on Sheena Island during a T-virus outbreak and must escape.

* EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped: Sort of. In ''Dead Aim'', everyone is understandable, but the subtitles have a habit of deviating from what anyone is saying, probably because of the different script. In fact the opening text scroll, which is in English in both the Japanese and English version, in the English version there are two script (the opening text scroll and the subtitle) with different wordings.

* TheBeautifulPeople: During his tenure at Umbrella, Morpheus became obsessed with beauty, spending inordinate amounts of cash on surgery and treatment, and after getting scapegoated by Umbrella for causing the Raccoon City outbreak, finally flew off the handle, used whatever resources left behind by Umbrella, and began plotting an absolutely insane scheme to rid the world of "ugly people" and create a haven for those he considered beautiful in Africa.

* CutAndPasteEnvironments: ''Survivor'' recycles a lot of enemy assets from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'', and ''Survivor 2'' naturally takes liberally from ''Code: Veronica''.

* BladderOfSteel: The first Resident Evil Survivor has ''no in-game saving'' (saving is prompted in the end for NewGamePlus where you carry some of the collected items on previous playthrough). Somewhat downplayed that you still can pause the game, the inventory are unlimited allowing to stock a lot of healing items, and for new players the game took two hours to beat including reading all the important files without even rushing.

* BoringButPractical: Your handguns aren't as devastating to use, but [[BottomlessMagazines infinite ammo]] covers a multitude of sins, and the sliding scale of speed vs. power on the different models makes them decent enough for situational use.

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[[caption-width-right:350: Pictured: The less commonly encountered psychokinetic zombie.]]

* BladderOfSteel: The first Resident Evil Survivor has NO IN GAME SAVING (saving is prompted in the end for NewGamePlus where you carry some of the collected items on previous playthrough). Somewhat downplayed that you still can pause the game, the inventory are unlimited allowing to stock a lot of healing items, and for new players the game took two hours to beat including reading all the important files without even rushing.

* GenderBender: [[spoiler:Morpheus Duvall]] after he becomes a Tyrant ''seriously'' looks like a female, to the point of growing breasts.

* TooDumbtoLive: The people of Sheena Island decide to brag to Vincent about how they have evidence against him that they'll use to get him fired, this results in him unleashing the T-Virus as revenge.