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Resident Evil: Six Evils is Too Many

The Resident Evil series has seen its share of ups and downs in story, quality, and acceptance with fans. Besides remakes, side stories, and multi-platform crossovers, there have been seven entries in the Resident Evil saga (Zero, 1, 2, 3, Code Veronica, 4, and 5). With the release of the fifth installment, seventh overall, it got me thinking that maybe its’ time to say goodbye to this beloved series.

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s0ph1atr0n5656d ago

I didn't realize that the story was basically a done deal at the end of Part 5. But Tricell? Really? I don't understand why Capcom would recycle the plot.

KyRo5656d ago (Edited 5656d ago )

Make a new Resident Evil Outbreak game I say. At least we'll be able to play it the way it was men't to be played this time around with solid online networks and voice chat.

Oh and got back to ZOMBIES!!

Dramscus5656d ago

I think they could use this as a good opportunity for a franchise reboot of sorts.
Start again fresh characters, plots and stories. Probably a cameo or two from the original characters.
It could be done well if they made it into a nearly different game. Advance the genre kind of thing.
lol

s0ph1atr0n5656d ago

I would be so happy if they did that. New gameplay style wouldn't hurt either.

lociefer5656d ago

for me res died with res4 . nemesis was the best one, it had thrills/scares and everything, i hope they consider making one like res2 or nemesis

King_many_layers5656d ago

@ dramscus

i agree that they do need to go back to the drawing board. But not just for ideas on where to take the franchise, but as to what else they could produce.
I personally would love for them to make a new franchise, no milking it to it's increasingly close demise. A blank canvas without limitations. No need to ruin characters any further, no need to lose sight of what a series of games were about.

Resident evil 5, whilst a good game in its own rights (not great or excellent), is the beginning of the downfall if they're not careful.

poopface15656d ago (Edited 5656d ago )

I never played 4, but 5 was way different than I remembered. It was ok but old ones were different. Re5 is a 3rd person shooter.

I liked Re2 because you had could play it through twice with each character and experience different things and see more of the story all 4 times. MR. X scared the crap out of me on my second playthrough with each character. Nemesis was cool, but he was the same idea as mr x in RE 2, so it didnt really surprise me as much as it did in re2.

The way that it was set up was that youve already played the game with that character once(LCLC, or CLCL), but you see more of the story and things are different. You go to a room and complete the puzzle, just like you did the first time with that character. Then you find out what tha vague new cut scene wit ha helicopter was, Mr. X smashes through the wall and beats you to death.

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ALFAxD_CENTAURO5656d ago (Edited 5656d ago )

I really miss the original RE's, those ones are the good RE Games and the best thing, it have the scary feeling.

I hope Capcom really make a good Scary Resident Evil.

Survival Horror FTW.

I remember the comparison of RE series to Silent Hill series, which one was more scary with better story, now is different.

visualb5656d ago (Edited 5656d ago )

if you watch degeneration you'd know there's more to it than just tricell

basically...there ought to be at least ONE more final RE that would consist of Chris, Jill, Leon and clair all together to take down the remaining remnants of the new virus

however I agree, a game ala "the walking dead" is in need

zombies, survival. outbreak style

THATS IT

finsfan0075655d ago

Yea its called left for dead...

Ducky5656d ago

Forget about the gameplay. Give Wesker a moustache and you'll have the horror back in the series.

CombineElite5656d ago

Take the story and game play back to it's roots as the game went from survival horror to borderline Call of Duty w/ Zombies.
Sure make some updates but keep the original feel and effect of the original game that started it all.

Some of the original characters are gonna have to get old and die as to make way for new ones. As for The Umbrella Corp, They get bought by BP or AIG and Whalla you have an evil company that everyone hates.

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ZombieAssassin5656d ago

Nah they just need to bring it back to it's routes. Just don't hand it over to the west.

WildArmed5656d ago

I agree, stick to it's roots.

RE5 was more of a side-track than anything, it hardly embodied what previous RE's did.
Not to say I didn't like the game, I loved it.

But no doubt about it, it would have been better if it actually was a survival horror.. (you know, open world, pick ur battles kinda thing)

Imalwaysright5656d ago (Edited 5656d ago )

I agree. RE5 was an action game and even though it was an ok game imo was the worst in the series. I hope that RE6 is a survival horror or im afraid that RE5 is the last Resident evil ill ever play.

Neckbear5656d ago

It's another case of Capcom Sequel Stagnation, doc.

Imalwaysright5656d ago (Edited 5656d ago )

I disagree. From RE4 to RE5 a de-evolution happened from survival horror to action game wich imo is the absolutely worst thing that capcom could have done to the series.

DiRtY5656d ago

I actually liked RE5. Don't let your memory fool you. The old games were awesome, but ate dated these days. You need to make them as modern as possible without losing the re feeling. It is a hard job to do a new Re IMO

Goeres5656d ago

Graphic wise and perhaps the flexibility of your movement+shooting.

However, the old RE games (1 and 2 in particular) formula will never be old. If you can mix great horror, atmosphere, monsters and bosses you got a potential GOTY.

galgor5656d ago

Dare I say it...Reboot? Fresh story, proper zombies, more horror than action.

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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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SimpleDad93d ago

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

bryght92d 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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__y2jb108d 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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Neonridr132d ago

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

Darkseeker132d ago

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

Levii_92132d 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.

MehmetAlperTR132d ago (Edited 132d 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..

Neonridr132d 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.

neutralgamer1992132d 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

Tapani131d ago

Code Veronica on Dreamcast was absolutely AWESOME.

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LucasRuinedChildhood132d ago (Edited 132d 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.

thesoftware730132d 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.

Redgrave132d 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.

DarXyde131d 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.

Alos88131d 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.

__y2jb131d ago

6 is garbage. 5 is excellent.

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_Decadent_Descent132d 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.

gerbintosh132d ago

I need a Parasite Eve remake

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