This page is a WIP and more notes may be added!

Introduction from McKinley: I’m not as rabid of a “purist” as some fans may be regarding the Silent Hill and Resident Evil video games; I’ve tried to be fair over the years, but I did have a limit, and thus this comic series is majorly geared toward the originals/most well-liked games in each series with only a couple exceptions (which have been given reasoning at the bottom of the page). If you’re wondering, I liked the more recent Silent Hill games far more than the recent Resident Evil games, so I am a harder critic on “new” RE lore.
It should also be said that this series is almost EXCLUSIVELY based on the video game lore and not things like comics, books, or movies, regardless of their “canon” status.

List of game/lore included, any changes, and other important notes (may contain mild spoilers):

If I missed anything please send me a message! I’d like these notes to be as complete as possible!

Notes from McKinley:
*Addition of Silent Hill: Origins: Personally I found little to nothing wrong with Origins despite being by different designers. Strangely enough, Origins (and Travis Grady) became one of my favorites in the franchise. I feel the majority of “added” content merely expanded upon things we already knew happened from the first and third games and cleared things up. There wasn’t much I counted as a “write-in” that seemed out-of-place, implausible, or otherwise detrimental to the series.

**Additon of Homecoming: Despite rather mixed reviews, Alex Shepherd became a very liked protagonist within the series. Like Downpour, there was a lot about Homecoming I liked, but also a good deal I didn’t, so I’m personally rather neutral to both games.

***Addition of RE5: In my opinion, RE5 was neither terrible nor great; many of the “additions” were relatively benign in terms of write-ins that they merely answered questions and added fairly interesting and detailed backstory, especially to Albert Wesker, whom we’ve not known much background for until this game. Being that the original comic was made before RE5 existed, it actually didn’t have a part initially, but in this incarnation, ideas such as Project W and Tricell have found a very relevant place in the plotline. You will notice, however, that other RE5 ideas(such as Uroboros and additional characters) do not exist in the comics universe. Project W specifically was a huge detail to add into an already complex story, but regardless, I found the idea plausible and interesting. However, it was this mindset that caused me to reject RE6 and subsequent sequels, both as personal canon and denial to add them to the comic. One can only take so many desperate write-ins and redundant story continuations that exist more to make money than to benefit a coherent story! >:V

Research/References:

Information was obtained through various resources such as books (Resident Evil: Archives 1 & 2), wiki entries, and of course the games themselves, as well as a few of the supplemental pieces such as S.D. Perry’s novels (used sparingly). Data from the Resident Evil Wiki was used sparsely, as its content lacked statements (and often even reference notes) such as when a specific piece of information was added, which was something I was trying to specifically avoid (info/events added in RE6 or beyond) [e.g.; while the Silent Hill wiki generally states when/where such information was revealed, the Resident Evil wiki states information as if it were always there, much too often). This does, however, mean that some of the lore on the Resident Evil side of the series may be “inaccurate” when compared to the more inclusive wiki data. While I probably could have picked through what was added when in terms of wiki data, the newer games I payed little attention to, therefore I wouldn’t have been entirely sure of some of the newer lore or where it stemmed from. It was actually less work just to avoid the wiki altogether than attempt to piece together what I should be willing to use.