Resident Evil 0 begins in July of 1998 in the suburbs of Raccoon City; a small town located in the Midwest. Several reported incidences of people being eaten by a strange creature have surfaced. The Raccoon city police department viewed the terrible murders as a top priority and quickly dispatched a special task force; the S.T.A.R.S Bravo team; to investigate. As the team heads to the scene of the murders; the helicopter transporting them begins to have mechanical problems; eventually crashing deep into the forest surrounding Raccoon City. While the Bravo Team was successful in escaping from the crash; they lost all of their equipment and weapons. As they began to gather their wits; the team saw a shocking image. Before them lay a half-destroyed; over-turned transport truck with corpses of several navy officers that had been gruesomely killed and mangled. Under orders from Commander Enrico; the Bravo Team began investigating the disappearance of Captain Billy Coen one of the officers who was supposed to be in the over-turned transport yet his remains could not be found. Little does the Bravo Team know that this investigation is the beginning of a horrific nightmare.
Circumstances soon throw S.T.A.R.S operative Rebecca Chambers together with Billy Coen and the two must work as a team to stay alive. Resident Evil 0 features the ‘Partner Zapping’ system which allows the player to switch between control of the two characters instantly in order to solve puzzles and defeat the game’s terrifying creatures.
