The scope of
XCOM 2s modding community has grown throughout February, with people taking advantage of every opportunity to create custom characters, patches, and voice packs. Characters and references to other games are constantly being added by fans, and theres a surprisingly robust collection of
Resident Evil-inspired mods and character pools in the game.
The most helpful of which might just be the
Resident Evil Character Pool by TheDarkFallout. It adds characters inspired by the series as possible soldiers you can use in
XCOM 2. To be more specific, Albery Wesker, Ada Wong, Barry Burton, Billy Coen, Carlos Oliveira, Chris Redfield, Claire Redfield, Hunk Grim Reaper Death, Jack Krauser, Jake Muller, Josh Stone, Leon Scott Kennedy, Nikolai Zindviev, Parker Luciani, Peirs Nivans, Rebecca Chambers, and Sherry Birkin are all among the options available. In some cases, the likenesses arent exact, but theyre close enough to be recognizable. Bios arent included for each character.
Once you have the
Resident Evil characters in
XCOM 2, you might want the right voices too. There are four available so far. The first is a work-in-progress
Resident Evil 1 Voice Pack from Great Lion. It includes the classic Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine voices, with Barry Burton, Rebecca Chambers, and Albert Wesker coming eventually.
There are also three voice packs from James Jblade35 Stanfield. His
Albert Wesker Voice Pack includes lines from
Resident Evil 5 and
Marvel vs. Capcom 3. The
Chris Redfield Voice Pack also takes lines from
Resident Evil 5 and
Marvel vs. Capcom 3, for use in
XCOM 2. His
Jill/Sheva/Rebecca Voice Pack provides 30-40 lines for Jill Valentine, Rebecca Chambers, and Sheva Alomar. Combine the three, and youll have quite a few characters in the
Resident Evil Character Pool covered.
Its also important to have the right patches in
XCOM 2, to improve the ambiance. There are Umbrella and S.T.A.R.S.
Resident Evil ones available right now. In fact, there are three Umbrella patches, all by mafia_corporation. The first has a
classic Umbrella logo, with Umbrella Corporation written beneath it. The second is the
Umbrella logo with the crossed swords and shield. The
final design has the logo with the crossed swords, shield, and reads, Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Service. Mafia_corporation also has created a
S.T.A.R.S Police patch.
To install all of these
Resident Evil mods in
XCOM 2, click the subscribe button on their Steam Workshop pages. They will then be available in games. Installing
XCOM 2 mods affects save games, so keep that in mind when installing.
XCOM 2 is immediately available for PCs.
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