<s>
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
Survivor	I-Application
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
light	B-Device
gun	I-Device
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Tose	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Capcom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
January	O
27	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
in	O
Europe	O
on	O
March	O
31	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
August	O
30	O
,	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
spin-off	O
of	O
the	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
video	O
game	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
game	O
predating	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
7	I-Application
:	I-Application
Biohazard	I-Application
by	O
seventeen	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
only	O
in	O
China	O
and	O
Taiwan	O
on	O
September	O
7	O
,	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Gun	B-Application
Survivor	I-Application
series	O
,	O
this	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
major	O
difference	O
from	O
the	O
main	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
series	O
,	O
substituting	O
the	O
third-person	O
perspective	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
games	O
to	O
a	O
first-person	O
view	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Japanese	O
and	O
European	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
were	O
compatible	O
with	O
Namco	O
's	O
GunCon/G	B-Device
-Con	I-Device
45	I-Device
light	B-Device
gun	I-Device
,	O
making	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
off-rail	O
light	B-Device
gun	I-Device
games	O
,	O
whereas	O
light-gun	O
compatibility	O
was	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
North	O
American	O
release	O
due	O
to	O
shooting	O
games	O
being	O
partly	O
blamed	O
for	O
the	O
motivation	O
of	O
the	O
then-recent	O
Columbine	O
High	O
School	O
massacre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
Survivor	I-Application
2	I-Application
–	I-Application
Code	I-Application
:	I-Application
Veronica	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Survivor	O
's	O
gameplay	O
is	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
and	O
arcade-style	O
light	B-Device
gun	I-Device
shooter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
using	O
a	O
light	B-Device
gun	I-Device
,	O
players	O
move	O
around	O
by	O
shooting	O
off	O
screen	O
to	O
move	O
and	O
the	O
side	O
buttons	O
to	O
turn	O
,	O
and	O
point	O
at	O
the	O
screen	O
to	O
shoot	O
enemies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
borrows	O
its	O
enemies	O
from	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
featuring	O
the	O
zombie	B-Application
models	O
from	O
that	O
game	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
creatures	O
such	O
as	O
Lickers	O
,	O
the	O
Ivy	O
plants	O
,	O
Moth	O
Giants	O
and	O
Tyrants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
Survivor	O
also	O
reintroduces	O
the	O
original	O
Hunters	O
from	O
the	O
first	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
and	O
features	O
two	O
new	O
enemies	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
the	O
Umbrella	O
Trashsweeper	O
unit	O
–	O
soldiers	O
armed	O
with	O
machine	O
guns	O
–	O
and	O
the	O
Hypnos	O
T-Type	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
Tyrant	O
model	O
that	O
evolves	O
into	O
different	O
forms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Not	O
long	O
after	O
this	O
incident	O
,	O
a	O
helicopter	O
crashes	O
on	O
the	O
outskirts	O
of	O
Umbrella	O
Corporation	O
's	O
private	O
township	O
,	O
located	O
on	O
Sheena	B-Application
Island	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Vincent	O
"	O
then	O
learns	O
from	O
Lott	O
that	O
he	O
is	O
,	O
in	O
fact	O
,	O
Ark	O
Thompson	O
,	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
sent	O
to	O
Sheena	B-Application
Island	I-Application
by	O
Leon	O
S	O
.	O
Kennedy	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
Lott	O
knew	O
who	O
Vincent	O
Goldman	O
really	O
was	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
sun	O
rises	O
,	O
Ark	O
,	O
Lily	O
,	O
and	O
Lott	O
flee	O
from	O
Sheena	B-Application
Island	I-Application
together	O
safely	O
,	O
just	O
as	O
the	O
island	O
's	O
complex	O
self-destructs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
received	O
"	O
unfavorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thompson	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
biggest	O
critique	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
made	O
to	O
be	O
played	O
with	O
a	O
light	B-Device
gun	I-Device
,	O
which	O
the	O
American	O
version	O
did	O
not	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shooters	O
are	O
supposed	O
to	O
be	O
quick	O
,	O
raw	O
and	O
visceral	O
,	O
the	O
total	O
opposite	O
of	O
what	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
is	O
,	O
for	O
better	O
or	O
worse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Gun	B-Application
Survivor	I-Application
series	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
three	O
sequels	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
and	O
utilised	O
the	O
G-Con	B-Device
2	O
peripheral	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
Survivor	I-Application
2	I-Application
–	I-Application
Code	I-Application
:	I-Application
Veronica	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
in	O
2002	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
characters	O
and	O
enemies	O
of	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
–	I-Application
Code	I-Application
:	I-Application
Veronica	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dino	B-Application
Stalker	I-Application
,	O
a	O
spin-off	O
of	O
the	O
Dino	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
series	O
,	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
in	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
fourth	O
game	O
,	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
:	I-Application
Dead	I-Application
Aim	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
