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Resident Evil 5 Countdown Ends; New Website Launches

The countdown for Resident Evil 5 has ended, leaving a new website in its place after a short sequence of flashes images from the game. The website has 4 sections including "Videos", "Gallery", "Downloads" and "About". The video section contains the new and old trailers, while the images section holds 21 images mainly from the trailers. The downloads section has two wallpapers with notes scribbled onto them as well as a few icons for instant message programs/avatars. The about section talks about the plot of the upcoming game as well as the development team and the franchises history.

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Mc Fadge6567d ago

Who was expecting something more from this countdown rather than 2 wallpapers and perhaps 1 or 2 new screenshots? :<

OldGamer6567d ago

Try not do build expectations and you will be disappointed less often.
Haven't you learned anything from the hype and high review scores for GTAIV?

Thursday6567d ago

I wasn't surprised. Sadly, Capcom isn't that great when it comes to updating their web site, and posting new information. They seem to be somewhat oblivious to the fact that their web site is probably the best way to spread information and to create hype. Cause they are great at making games, no doubt about it.

Sangria6567d ago

Well, Capcom and countdowns... Remember their last countdown, Capcom announced before the cancellation of Monster Hunter on PS3 and said they had a surprise, after a countdown. Result: Capcom announce the port of Lost Planet... Greaaaaaat....

However, there is at least a trailer and i guess more content will be added soon, but i'm still disappointed by Resident Evil 5. Resident Evil 4 was innovating and interesting, but in my opinion, it was not a real Resident Evil.

Resident Evil 5 follows this way. I remember years ago with the first Resident Evils, the matter was not to shoot zombies but to survive, because there was not much weapons and ammos, and because zombies could come at anytime. Each room you were passing, you were scared to face a zombie off.

And then, in Resident Evil 4, first zombies don't really surprise you, then you are no more in closed area and finally you have so much guns that becomes too easy. You are no more scared because you know you can kill them all.

So why do we call this a "survival"-horror if your survival instinct?
Resident Evil 5 does not interest me anymore because Capcom killed the spirit of the series making it a too much wide audience. Now Resident Evil is no more a game where you have to escape to survive, but a game where zombies have to escape to survive.

Thursday6567d ago

Alot of people make the same mistake as you do in your post, when you say that RE4 "was not a real Resident Evil". Capcom makes the series, and they decide what is Resident Evil and what isn't. If RE4 had been a clone of Pong, it would still be Resident Evil, since they set the norm.

Furthermore, an interview with one of the producers have been released, and while I do agree with you that RE4 is riddled with guns, all that will change in RE5, acoording to the producer. Not because you have less guns, but because the next-gen consoles allows for crap-loads of enemies on screen at any given time, and that will be the new definition of survival horror. The only reason you didn't get loads of weapons in the first games was that they couldn't add that many enemies to the games.

I for one think that this is a great path for the series, and I've completed RE4 20 times. RE5 will probably be my favourite game ever.

Panthers6567d ago

I was expecting the game to release worldwide >:(

Nah, I actually forgot all about it until now. This is a game I am really excited for, but Im not going nutz over like Socom.

Sangria6567d ago

I have to agree and disagree with you. Yes, Capcom like anyone who created a game, has the right to do whatever with its game. But imagine for example if Metal Gear Solid 5 was a FPS with sci-fi weapons, zombies and no cut-scene, would you still consider it as a Metal Gear Solid?

I don't think so. The spirit of MGS is infiltration, scenario and
government conspiracy. Same for Resident Evil, which has always been for me surviving more than killing, being scared at any door not to be confident when you jump in a whole, etc...

Yes, i agree that there were technique limitations with the old generations of consoles, but "evolution" doesn't have to be "revolution". In my opinion, if Capcom wanted to do a shooter with zombies, they didn't had to do it with Resident Evil, but more like a crossover. Each game keeps its genre and no fan would be disappointed.

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OldGamer6567d ago

Very cool. I hadn't seen the newest trailer.

And I guess the debate on whether or not this game is racist is over. Chris has an African female partner.

Can't wait to play. Looks real good.

DoctorXpro6567d ago

1 Sorry but I'm the n1 Resident Evils fan

2 new trailer looks amazing

3 can wait

4 Capcom 4ever

Mc Fadge6567d ago

Sorry if I threatened your title, but I've never played Resident Evil in my life XD

DoctorXpro6567d ago

You don't no what you have lost : )

afghani6567d ago

hi there! its me again. the absconder from afghanistan
well i wanted some insights on the graphical area of this game. Will the graphics me amazing? or will it be in the league with dark sector?

and one more thing..is it true that the game would have launched this year but capcom had to delay it cuz they wanted to avoid the ps3 version looking pigshit?

Thursday6567d ago

Your post is a fine example of why they created the Open Zone.

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Best Selling Resident Evil Games US Revealed by Circana Data

Circana data shows Resident Evil 5 as the best selling Resident Evil game in the US, ahead of Resident Evil 4 remake and Village.

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SimpleDad85d ago

So the most successful RE is the one where a white man is killing Africans.
This can't be real.

bryght84d ago

i love resident evil from 2006

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Insider Reveals Cancelled Resident Evil Projects, Denies RE5 Remake

New leaks from Dusk Golem detail cancelled Resident Evil projects, including a Rebecca focused Revelations game, while stating no Resident Evil 5 remake is in development.

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__y2jb101d ago

Capcom's willingness to invest in experiments and scrap them sets them apart form many other developers (Nintendo have a similar methodology). Far too often companies push a game setting or game mechanic that is just not that good and the final product is middling or poor.

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No Resident Evil 5 Remake Announcement This Year as Code Veronica Remake Is Scheduled Next

Dusk Golem claims a Resident Evil 5 remake is not coming this year, with a Code Veronica remake expected instead.

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Neonridr125d ago

I mean 0, 1 and Code Veronica should be way before we get into 5 or 6.

Darkseeker125d ago

5 and 6 are so bad that even Capcom want to pretend they don't exist.

Levii_92125d ago

Dude Code Veronica is bad too but RE5 and 6 were mega successful and to me it makes much more sense for Capcom to do them instead. Nobody cares about Code Veronica except niche fixed camera era RE fans, i bet most modern RE fans probably don't know Code Veronica even exists. Based on all that i don't believe CV remake is coming but we will see i guess.

MehmetAlperTR125d ago (Edited 125d ago )

Actually RE5-6 was not Classic RE game.. They are not even Survival Horror game.. They are just an action game with coop and named by RE... And for me RE Code Veronica was masterpiece.. I remembered the first time i played it in Dreamcast.. It was absouletly excellent game. And specially for RE6.. I was quit from game after the camera shakes when Leon's kick to zombies.. There's a video about RE6 and they are telling the truth about that shitty game https://www.youtube.com/wat... here it is.. Enjoy it..

Neonridr124d ago

people are DYING for a Code Veronica Remake. Not sure who you are talking to, but the die-hard RE fans of the series are very familiar with every entry. That's what it means to be called a die-hard fan.

neutralgamer1992124d ago

Levii

I am sure If they were to remake CV that it 2ont have fixed camera angle. I hope whatever they do they take their time like RE2/4 remakes and not rushed with cut content like RE3 remake

Before they should do RE5 they should go back and remake earlier games. In a perfect scenario we would get CV and RE/Zero before RE5/6

Tapani124d ago

Code Veronica on Dreamcast was absolutely AWESOME.

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LucasRuinedChildhood125d ago (Edited 125d ago )

It makes more sense for them to remake earlier games like Code Veronica. RE5 is a good game though - it's not THAT different from RE4.

RE5 just doesn't really need to remade in general. The co-op element makes it tricky - you'd probably add more moments where Chris is by himself enhance the horror but some would want co-op to stay.

thesoftware730124d ago

RE:5 Was and still is a great game, with hands down the best Merc mode, that I still play from time to time with my brother.

RE:6 blah, I agree, it was awful.

Redgrave124d ago

Other than Code Veronica, 6 is the one ai want to see remade the most only because pretty much everything has to be redone; can't streamline that hot mess.

DarXyde124d ago

6 was pretty bad. 5 just tried too hard in being an action-oriented RE4.

In some fairness to Capcom, 5 was the first Resident Evil on then-new hardware for them (X360 and PS3). And it was pretty damn hard to follow up RE4.

Imagine everyone's surprise when EA of all companies dropped Dead Space.

Alos88124d ago

The first half of 5 wouldn't be too hard to do in the more grounded style the remakes have gone for, but the second half gets pretty silly and uncomfortable at parts.
6 is a wash. You'd have to basically make a whole new game to salvage that one at this point.

__y2jb124d ago

6 is garbage. 5 is excellent.

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_Decadent_Descent124d ago

Hopefully if and when they do a RE5 remake, they give it the RE3 remake treatment, because this is certainly one title that I don't want a faithful remake of.

gerbintosh124d ago

I need a Parasite Eve remake

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