10 Video Games The World Wasn't Ready For

10. Resident Evil Outbreak

When you think of survival horror, most likely you think of isolation. Tight corridors of a creepy location that gives you that fight or flight feeling when you encounter an enemy. You’ve only got yourself, and far too little ammo, to rely on.

In the scramble of the clearly oncoming wave that was online gaming, Capcom decided to take Resident Evil in a surprising direction with the Outbreak duology. By making use of the PlayStation 2 Network Adapter, the theory was surviving a Resi-style puzzle-box scenario online with other fans of the series.

With a dozen characters to choose from, as well as lots of interesting locations each with their own gimmicks and enemies; Outbreak wasn’t just an interesting twist on the classic Resi style, but it also built out the lore.

Unfortunately, a lack of voice chat functionality made it pretty difficult to work with your team, and that’s even if online functionality was even available in your country (hello from us long suffering PAL players).

It seems in retrospect that Outbreak had jumped the gun. Thankfully, dedicated fans have crafted PC servers that keep Outbreak’s online experience a possibility and thus we can all experience what exactly this could’ve felt like if it came at the right time.