History YMMV / ResidentEvilInfiniteDarkness

** Shen Mei is written with the assumption that viewers will find her motives and family tragedies sympathetic, but many simply won't overlook her murdering innocent navy men onboard that submarine.

* NightmareFuel: The rat B.O.W.s Leon encounters onboard the submarine supply one of the creepiest and most nauseating moments in the franchise.

** According to the director Eiichiro Hasumi's [[https://screenrant.com/resident-evil-infinite-darkness-eiichiro-hasumi-interview/ interview]], the outcome of Leon and Claire's ending conversation is up for interpretation. Therefore, it can be assumed that the two still see each other as friends even though they have different methods of fighting bioterrorism and there was no team-up of them in later games. ''Resident Evil 6'' files also attest that Claire is responsible for having Chris and Leon meet each other in person, although it never specifies if it was before or after the events of Infinite Darkness, so the possibility is, again, still there.

* FridgeBrilliance: [[spoiler:Leon refusing to give Claire the chip containing information about Wilson's crimes seems inconsistent with him supporting [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil6 President Adam Benford's decision to reveal the US government's involvement in Umbrella's research]]. However, Leon probably felt that the President of the USA would be much safer than a civilian and underestimated just how far nefarious forces would go in silencing Benford.]]

* ItsShortSoItSucks: The most common complaint levied against the show is how short it is. All four episodes are half-hour long, but it doesn’t help that it feels like a feature-length movie being chopped up into four parts rather than a full-fledged series. This isn't helped by the final episode dramatically increasing the pace of the story, and the way Leon doesn't explain his motivations at all to Jason, Claire, or even the audience. It comes off as rushed, like it retained action scenes at the cost of exorcising crucial character arcs. It would have more than likely benefited from a fifth or even a sixth episode.

* MemeticMutation: RIP Redfield Legacy[[labelnote:Explanation]]In the ending, Leon refuses to give Jun See's chip to Claire in order to preserve the alliance between the US and Penamstan, causing a rift between the two. [[ShipSinking And since this is the last, or at least the most recent, time Claire and Leon team up together]], both in-universe and in RealLife, many fans saw this as Leon rejecting the Redfield Bloodline and joked that Chris is going to be pissed.[[/labelnote]]

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:

** Leon's actions in the ending stirred a lot of discussions with many fans based on the events of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6''. As he explains to Shen Mei, exposing the truth could cause distrust and panic in the public and [[HeKnowsTooMuch earn her enemies]] [[spoiler:which is what would have about to happened to President Graham's successor, Adam Benford, who intended to reveal the truth about the US government's role in bioweaponry and was killed for it]]. Therefore, Leon's reason [[spoiler:not to give Jun See's chip to Claire seems like him protecting her from being targeted by their enemies]]. [[AllAPartOfTheJob And there's also the fact that Leon's job as a government agent means he can't just give classified secrets to civilians Claire]].

** Leon's actions in the ending stirred a lot of discussions with many fans based on the events of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6''. As he explains to Shen Mei, exposing the truth could cause distrust and panic in the public and [[HeKnowsTooMuch earn her enemies]] [[spoiler:which is what would have about to happened to President Graham's successor, Adam Benford, who intended to reveal the truth about the US government's role in bioweaponry and was killed for it]]. Therefore, Leon's reason [[spoiler:not to give Jun See's chip to Claire seems like him protecting her from being targeted by their enemies]]. [[[[AllAPartOfTheJob And there's also the fact that Leon's job as a government agent means he can't just give classified secrets to civilians Claire.]]

** Leon's actions in the ending stirred a lot of discussions with many fans based on the events of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6''. As he explains to Shen Mei, exposing the truth could cause distrust and panic in the public and [[HeKnowsTooMuch earn her enemies]] [[spoiler:which are about to happen to President Graham's successor, Adam Benford, who is about to reveal the truth about the US government's role in bioweaponry and he was killed because of it]]. Therefore, Leon's reason [[spoiler:not to give Jun See's chip to Claire is more about protecting her from being targeted by their enemies]]. And there's also Leon's job as a government agent who is not supposed to give out secrets to civilians such as Claire and [[AllAPartOfTheJob what he did may be part of his job]].

** [[spoiler: The White House Incident could be a foreshadow of future events to come in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6''. Leon most likely wanted to protect Claire which is why he did not want the evidence to be revealed to the public and his [[IronicEcho fear]] ironically came true when President Benford became one of the casualties as he wanted to reveal to the public about the US developing bioweapons and the like so Leon's action towards Claire was probably justified [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies even if it leads to having their friendship strained as a result]]]].