Enemy names in Resident Evil 6

Does anyone else feel like they were really forced? Like why are most of the enemies that are not zombies named with Serbian words? I have no idea where Edonia is on the fictional world map in RE but I could see it being located somewhere where they would use these names. The only problem is that we actually get a cutscene where the radio operative says, I think it was to Chris, that they actually came up with the names at the HQ and that Serbian sounds "really cool" or something. Just... why? Of all the things? Moreso, why do creatures only seen in China also have Serbian names? This is just something that stroke me as pretty odd.

I mean, we've been all around the world in previous RE games and usually it has been the locals who have named the creatures as whatever, like we have African names in RE5 and Spanish names in RE4. Why Serbian is beyond me.

It did feel forced honestly. Why not just call them Ooze? They were called Ooze in Resident Evil Revelations. Now they're Raskaljelepe. Or something equally unpronouncable.

I agree. While I thought it was fairly interesting how they were named, for example enemies with head mutations had the Serbian for 'head' followed by a word which described their nature, I did think it was pretty bizarre why it would be decided to name them this way in the first place.

Ever since RE4 I haven't called enemies by their in-game names, since they're all so awkward to pronounce on a consistent basis. I've just resorted to calling them "Bug Guy" or "Flying Dude" or "Spider Thing" or whatever.

I think we can all agree Umbrella had the best names for their creatures.

They should be named after viruses as the tyrants were, really, and the virus should have a scientific-sounding name to a set a good prefix.

Limey wrote:

They should be named after viruses as the tyrants were, really, and the virus should have a scientific-sounding name to a set a good prefix.

They kinda were. C stands for Chrysalid.

Mass Distraction wrote:

Limey wrote:

They should be named after viruses as the tyrants were, really, and the virus should have a scientific-sounding name to a set a good prefix.

They kinda were. C stands for Chrysalid.

They need stuff like C-(insert genetic title) for specimens behind the Serbian nicknames and I don't recollect seeing any. This is quite pedantic, though, and more of an atmospheric effect!

Limey wrote:

Mass Distraction wrote:

Limey wrote:

They should be named after viruses as the tyrants were, really, and the virus should have a scientific-sounding name to a set a good prefix.

They kinda were. C stands for Chrysalid.

They need stuff like C-(insert genetic title) for specimens behind the Serbian nicknames and I don't recollect seeing any. This is quite pedantic, though, and more of an atmospheric effect!

To be fair, a lot of the tyrants didn't have a T in front of their names and considering the sheer amount of chrysalid monsters in RE6... That C would wear out pretty quickly.

Mass Distraction wrote:

Limey wrote:

Mass Distraction wrote:

Limey wrote:

They should be named after viruses as the tyrants were, really, and the virus should have a scientific-sounding name to a set a good prefix.

They kinda were. C stands for Chrysalid.

They need stuff like C-(insert genetic title) for specimens behind the Serbian nicknames and I don't recollect seeing any. This is quite pedantic, though, and more of an atmospheric effect!

To be fair, a lot of the tyrants didn't have a T in front of their names and considering the sheer amount of chrysalid monsters in RE6... That C would wear out pretty quickly.

C-C-C....CRAP!