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Resident Evil 5 to include 16-player offline multiplayer?

The Xbox 360 version of Resident Evil 5 will contain 2-16 player offline multiplayer, if the latest UK packshot of the game is to be believed.

As pictured, the rear of the steelbook limited edition version of Resident Evil 5 states that 2-16 players will be able to hook up and play together via system link. Online multiplayer, however, is still restricted to 2.

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RyuStrife6325d ago

Maybe it's a separate Story...kind of like Outbreak. We'll find out.

ThanatosDMC6325d ago

So what would the other 14 people do? They'll be the "zombies" or another Leon-like character???

Marceles6325d ago

I'm surprised it has the system link tag and not the "co-op" tag on the back.

PirateThom6325d ago

I bet it's a misprint... how can you have 16 people at once?

thereapersson6325d ago

I agree.

I don't understand why developers are intent on putting co-op in EVERY game this generation, even when it makes no sense in the context of the title. When a game doesn't have co-op, no matter the reasons why, it gets bashed accordingly.

That said, i really think this is a misprint. 16 players in Resident Evil makes no sense, let alone a smaller number like 4.

thor6325d ago

It says - it means via system link.

Perfectly possible - but maybe a bit pointless if it doesn't have the same option online.

It will probably be a half-arsed deathmatch mode too.

hay6325d ago

It seems to be mispring although it would be really awesome to have offline coop. I'm into this kind of stuff so would be highly appreciated by me.

ice_prophecy6325d ago (Edited 6325d ago )

For normal people, Lugging together 16 ps3, letting alone finding 16 ppl with ps3 locally is a major pain the arse.

I rather get 4 ps3 together, and just have 4 ppl on each...

When I hard COoP and Split screen were the next big thing i rushed out and bought a projector.... but alas, it has been disappointing.

die_fiend6325d ago

Ignore PirateThom's ridiculously dumb comments, Capcom have just confirmed that the box art isn't lying. So stop betting on things you don't have a clue about; something you do on a regular basis

Armyless6325d ago

I guarantee you'll be nice and toasty.

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SAiOSiN6325d ago

i'm not buying this game becuase it's forcing co-op on you. resident evil is dead.

thereapersson6325d ago

Capcom is straying from the survival-horror aspects that made the once-great series what it is. Now with this game, it seems more about "survival-action", which I'm not sure I am comfortable with.

Hopefully when more previews come out, we can see just how the game is coming together in terms of gameplay and atmosphere. That's mostly what I'm concerned about.

pippoppow6325d ago

But I do wish they had the classic zombies in there. I want to see a slow moving zombie get it's arm blown off and still keep coming with it's gut coming out while reaching for you all in HD. Maybe have both infected and zombies that attack each other as well as the main character. They need to bring back the suspense and tension of the earlier games or at least bring back some of it. Also puzzles unless they make sense should be kept to a minimum.

SAiOSiN6324d ago

in the words of gamespot in the r&c tod review. i think that re5 is having a bit of an identity crisis. it doesn't know what kind of game it wants to be. it slowly starting to build itself around a co-op gimmick and the whole horror aspect from previous Re's isn't quite there. i will probably be passing on this one.

peeps6325d ago

bound to be a mistake. for a start why would you allow 16 players locally but only co-op online... and how would 16 offline even work. you'd have to link up atleast 4 tv's/consoles with 4 split screens on each!

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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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SimpleDad78d ago

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

bryght77d 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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__y2jb94d 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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Neonridr117d ago

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

Darkseeker117d ago

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

Levii_92117d 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.

MehmetAlperTR117d ago (Edited 117d 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..

Neonridr117d 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.

neutralgamer1992117d 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

Tapani117d ago

Code Veronica on Dreamcast was absolutely AWESOME.

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LucasRuinedChildhood117d ago (Edited 117d 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.

thesoftware730117d 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.

Redgrave117d 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.

DarXyde117d 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.

Alos88117d 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.

__y2jb116d ago

6 is garbage. 5 is excellent.

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_Decadent_Descent117d 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.

gerbintosh117d ago

I need a Parasite Eve remake

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