

Since they tend to move sluggishly, running past them or using evasive actions often helps to get past them. Some areas also offer ways to take them out efficiently such as luring them near gas canisters which can help wipe out almost all surrounding enemies at the cost of a mere bullet or two. Where a player may have faced a pack of zombie hounds in a particular area, during another playthrough may then find a group of Beta Hunters there instead. The trick to defeating a zombie is to blow its head clean off with a well-timed gunshot. Encountering differing enemies across multiple playthroughs was introduced in Resident Evil 3 to add a sense of unpredictability. When a leg or two is severed, the zombie can drop on the floor and continue chasing their prey by crawling. Just like Nemesis in an RE3 remake, Capcom cant really leave the infected out of their franchise about the zombie invasion.

The zombie relies mostly on its head and hands. Their primary means of attack is biting their victim’s neck to cause them to stagger and bleed. When closing in on their prey, they sometimes charge a bit faster than normal which helps them potentially capture their target. They move slow and tend to reach out their hands in hopes of grappling passers-by. Zombies are common enemies that often move in groups. After transforming into zombies, they have abandoned all means of rationalization, and instead seek for the living to feast on their flesh. These consist of civilians that came into contact with the city’s contaminated water or have sustained injuries from infected organisms. Zombies are residents that have succumbed to the effects of the t-virus that spread across Raccoon City.
