July 24, 1998. A wave of bizarre murders near Raccoon City sends the police department's S.T.A.R.S. Alpha Team to investigate after Bravo Team goes dark. The investigation starts badly: at Bravo Team's crash site, the group is attacked by monstrous dogs, and their helicopter pilot panics and abandons them. Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine, Albert Wesker, and Barry Burton take shelter in a nearby abandoned mansion. Depending on which character the player controls, either Chris or Barry is separated during the chase — but for those who make it inside, the mansion holds horrors that go far beyond a missing team.