Resident Evil is all about the characters. Ever since the decision to expand the game's world by connecting different characters to each other in Resident Evil 2, players have felt a connection to the heroes fighting for survival. Credit could be given to the original RE2 supervisor, Yoshiki Okamoto for enlisting the assistance of screenwriter Noboru Sugimura to re-write the story for the game to include Claire Redfield. Okamoto's vision for an expanding game franchise consisting of self-contained stories that are all connected to the lore created by Shinji Mikami is part of what made Resident Evil what it is today. And Claire Redfield is an important part of that development.