8 Resident Evil Games Albert Wesker Appears In
In the Resident Evil games, Albert Wesker is the main character. How many games has he been in so far?
Albert Wesker was the first bad guy in the Resident Evil series and is still by far the most famous, even though he hasn’t been in the main story of a game since Resident Evil 5 came out almost 15 years ago. This character is very smart and cruel, and he is one of the main reasons why life-threatening bioweapons were made. He has earned his place as one of the best and most memorable bad guys in video game history.
Wesker is without a question a pure evil person who does everything he can to destroy the world and take control of it. This character is one of the most common in the series. He has been in several Resident Evil games since his first appearance in 1996, which makes me wonder how many games he has been in.
Resident Evil (1996/2002)
In the first Resident Evil game, Albert Wesker makes his first showing as the main bad guy. Wesker has a double life in this game. He is both the head of S.T.A.R.S. and a high-ranking researcher for the Umbrella Corporation. This is why his reveal at the end of Resident Evil was such a big surprise.
He planned to then betray Umbrella and keep the study for himself, which is why he let the Tyrant loose in Spencer Mansion. Even though the Tyrant stabs him through the chest, Wesker lives through the events of the game and escapes the mansion. He lives because of the virus he gave himself before this game, which Birkin gave to him. This virus not only brought him back to life but also gave him superhuman powers.
Wesker also shows up as a zombie in the Battle Game mode of the Sega Saturn version of Resident Evil. He can also be unlocked in the online mode of Deadly Silence, which is an improved version of Resident Evil.
CODE: Veronica (2000)
Wesker comes back in Resident Evil CODE: Veronica as a minor character and secondary enemy. Players will see Wesker’s superhuman powers for the first time in this game.
Wesker no longer works for Umbrella in CODE: Veronica. Instead, he works for a company that competes with Umbrella. His main job is to get a sample of the T-Veronica virus. But when he tries to stop Chris Redfield’s goal, he gets sidetracked. This may be because Wesker is still angry with Chris after what happened in the first game.
Resident Evil 4 (2005/2023)
Wesker is not a main character in Resident Evil 4, but that doesn’t mean he wasn’t important to the story. In the remake, Wesker shows up in the scene after the credits, where it is shown that he paid Ada to steal the amber, which was the key to the Las Plagas virus, so he could take over the world.
Wesker, on the other hand, doesn’t show up at all in the main story of the original game. He only shows up in the Separate Ways DLC and the Assignment Ada part. Here, he had very different plans. He wanted to get the amber so he could bring back a dead Umbrella.
The Umbrella Chronicles (2007)
The Umbrella Chronicles is an on-rails shooter that tells the same stories as the other games, but this time from the first-person point of view and with Albert Wesker himself as the voiceover. Its goal is to explain what happened in the past and show how Umbrella came to an end.
Wesker is available in the main game for the first time, along with other well-known characters like Jill and Chris, in the “Beginnings,” “Rebirth,” and “Dark Legacy” scenarios.
Resident Evil 5 (2009)
In Resident Evil 5, the main bad guy fans know and love, Albert Wesker, is back. Wesker wants to use this game to spread the Uroboros virus all over the world. This is a virus that works like natural selection, letting only people with better genes live and turning the rest into super humans. Wesker himself had a virus called Uroboros.
Wesker will show up several times during the mission, but he won’t be Backrooms game’s final boss until the end. Here, Chris and Sheva are finally able to stop him for good.
The Mercenaries 3D (2011)
The Mercenaries 3D is a game that was made just for the Nintendo 3DS. It is basically a mix of The Mercenaries minigames from other games. Its story, however, is not official, which is why Wesker is back.
Wesker is one of the playable characters in the game, and the player can unlock him by getting a B or better on mission 5-5. You can also get a new outfit if you get a B rank or higher on all possible missions. Overall, he is one of the strongest characters in the game, but he also has one of the slowest rates of healing.
Revelations 2 (2015)
Wesker died at the end of Resident Evil 5, but that doesn’t mean he won’t show up again, at least in the extra modes of later games. In fact, Wesker is an unlockable character once again, this time in Revelations 2’s Raid Mode, which is a minigame where players (alone or with a friend) have to fight through stages and are rewarded with EXP that they can use to improve their characters and equipment.
Wesker is one of the game’s best characters in this mode because he is very strong, tough, and able to dodge attacks. You can only get him, though, if you buy the extra DLC.
Resident Evil 0 (2016)
Wesker looks very different in Resident Evil 0, especially in the 2016 version of the game that was updated. He doesn’t show up in the main story, which takes place before Resident Evil. However, when the player finishes the game, they will be able to play in “Wesker Mode.”
In this mode, Billy is replaced by Wesker, and Rebecca is sick with P30, the same chemical that Wesker used to brainwash Jill in Resident Evil 5. Wesker has many strong skills, like “Shadow Dash” and “Death Stare,” and, unlike Billy, he can mix herbs together.
The remake of Resident Evil 4 is now available for PC, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.
