So, how accurate is the Umbrella Archives?

[sogar]

Is every exact word in that book canon?

[Helegad]

If it's official Capcom, it should be.

[Becky's Butt]

Some fans argue it's a good source, others disagree.

[Ridley W. Hayes]

I'd give it a 8 out of 10 on credibility. It's not too accurate in some matters.

[Bertha]

One of the pages with the character charts has Rebecca listed as dead...but on another it has her still living.

[TheSelfishGene]

It's obvious they've word-filtered 'biohazard' to be 'Resident Evil'. If you look at the Resident Evil 2 precis, and Claire and Leon are on the train out of the labs, it says something like. "Unknown Resident Evil outbreak detected. Due to unknown Resident Evil outbreak, the carriages will detonate sequentially".
And also along the top of the pages for about the second half of the book, all the titles are 'Resident Evil 0'. But this is all production, and not the actual content.

I'd say it's a good resource, and things that don't conflict anything else that comes from a more solid source is fine. It's just when there are obvious inconsistencies (ie. Rebecca being dead), it's obviously wrong.

There is a pretty big grey area but. Like IIRC it says Marvin was injured in the West wing of the RPD? Whereas in OB file #2, it was outside the front of the RPD. Which is more canon? Archives or OB file #2? It's pretty inconsequential really, but it's also an inconsistency.

[sogar]

Yeah, I'm not asking about the accuracy of the translation, more about the information itself, like when it says Leon came to Racoon city late because he just broke up with his girlfriend. I wonder if that's true.

[Twist]

Yeah, I'm not asking about the accuracy of the translation, more about the information itself, like when it says Leon came to Racoon city late because he just broke up with his girlfriend. I wonder if that's true.

I've read arguments about how that is bs [Leon breaking up with his gf/waking up late] but to be honest, theres nothing suggesting it didn't or couldn't have happened. It's not that far-fetched.

[Canas Renvall]

I think it was more or less true, but some parts can still be debated or thrown up for interpretation.

Btw, I found it so annoying that they were lazy even with the book. They did word-filter biohazard into Resident Evil.

Case in point: The U.B.C.S. is mentioned countless times in the RE3 section. When they fully say it (which they do almost every other time it's mentioned), they call it the Umbrella Resident Evil Countermeasure Service (or something like that). Really distracting.

[Twist]

Well, it's distracting alright but then again, I don't really consider Capcom to be proffesionals. Too lazy with the Archives book, too lazy with parts of the main storyline, and then, for what seemed like no reason, they retconned the goddamned storyline.

[Mr_Zombie]

I really ponder why did they even filtrate the world. It's not like changing "Biohazard" into "Resident Evil" was the only thing they were to edit before they published the book in USA/EU, they translated the whole book; so what, first they had translated the book and put "Biohazard" word where there was "Baiohazādo" katakana in japanese version, and then someone realised "Oh wait, the game is called Resident Evil here -- I don't feel like reading the whole document again so I'll just quick change the words"? :/

[Neptune]

When we are adding to the timeline on Project Umbrella we consider most sources and provided it doesnt contradict a main source such as game, then a little tidbit like Leon breaking up with his girlfriend will be added.
It adds more character and humanity to these characters and helps fill in their backgrounds.

and i agree with Ridley, an 8/10 is a reflective score of its content and accuracy. In terms of its canon placement, it falls below the games, on the same parity as say Weskers Report I

[P Anderson DIE]

Who is to say whats right or wrong there so many different theorys I just look at it as pick your own favorite.

[Jill Lover]

It should be official, there's something weird that it says about Rebecca. She assumed yo be dead.

[Biohazard EX]

Who is to say whats right or wrong there so many different theorys I just look at it as pick your own favorite.

I agree with this 100%. If they wanted one particular storyline, they wouldn't have made a whole bunch of endings. And that's the coolest part about the first three RE games, the events can happen in a variety of different ways.
Sometimes, I play REmake, and I let everyone die, and only Jill/CHris survives. And I just imagine what the canon would be like if that happened.
I mean, imagine if only Jill survives... Then you play RE3 and get the Ending A, where Barry doesn't save her, then it's like... That's how it could've happened if you ignore Jill's Diary and a couple of files.

Or only Chris survives, then you play as Leon A, Claire B in RE2, then Code Veronica, that's how it could've happened.... It's an interesting way to reinterpret the canon.