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I like Resident Evil but i REALLY hope Capcom is not going to release a RE title every year
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Meh, I almost agree with this tbh, but RE3 is kinda the exception as well as it being bundled with Resistance (which to date I have zero interest in). That being said I wouldn't mind a breather year in 2021 for a hopefully January 2022 release of RE8
If the quality holds up then I have no issues with it.
I kinda wish the games were longer though, I really don't believe the so called ''perfect length''
Just because you don't have much free time doesn't mean a 6 hour long game is more perfect than a 20 hour one.
RE4 was about 10 times longer than RE7 & RE2 Remake and it was just as replay-able, if not better.
Alien Isolation was very long as well and people loved it.
I definitely wouldn't mind another RE game that's similar to RE4's length, even if it means a 3 to 4 years dev time.
I kinda wish the games were longer though, I really don't believe the so called ''perfect length''
Just because you don't have much free time doesn't mean a 6 hour long game is more perfect than a 20 hour one.
RE4 was about 10 times longer than RE7 & RE2 Remake and it was just as replay-able, if not better.
Alien Isolation was very long as well and people loved it.
I definitely wouldn't mind another RE game that's similar to RE4's length, even if it means a 3 to 4 years dev time.
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I think they are different enough to each other there's no risk of it becoming stale.
They are also amazing games, that helps too.
They are also amazing games, that helps too.
Origins is way better than Odyssey.
You can tell there's way more attention to detail put into the game thanks to the extra long dev time after Syndicate.
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They also tend to be different enough from each other. Of the games OP mentioned:
- RE7 is first-person survival horror (potentially played in VR).
- RE2 is third-person survival horror.
- RE3 is third-person action horror.
- RE: Resistance is asymmetrical multiplayer with survivors versus a mastermind and traps.
As you're counting REsistance,
Umbrella Chronicles and 0 HD in 2016
Revelations 2 in 2015
RE1 HD in 2014
Revelations in 2013
RE6 in 2012
The Mercenaries 3D in 2011
Umbrella Chronicles and 0 HD in 2016
Revelations 2 in 2015
RE1 HD in 2014
Revelations in 2013
RE6 in 2012
The Mercenaries 3D in 2011
The reason why RE4 was so long is partly because it had such a long dev time. I don't expect we will see a RE game come close to that length anytime soon. Certainly not if there is a yearly release schedule in place. So i do wish that Capcom eases it up just a little bit next gen.
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They have been good at managing the development timeline and quality of their game so far, so I'm not too worry about it.
RE3 will be their first game in couple of years where they actually outsource it to the external studio, which is a bit different this time as it's all managed by the same people who work at Capcom before. Let see how it work out.
RE3 will be their first game in couple of years where they actually outsource it to the external studio, which is a bit different this time as it's all managed by the same people who work at Capcom before. Let see how it work out.
They've pretty much had that density of titles through last-gen, if you're counting Resistance.
RE5, Operation Raccoon City, RE6, Revelations. Then Revelations 2 outside of the four years.
There's a lot of Resident Evil but I think quality is what will impact sales ultimately.
RE5, Operation Raccoon City, RE6, Revelations. Then Revelations 2 outside of the four years.
There's a lot of Resident Evil but I think quality is what will impact sales ultimately.
As long as developers deliver top quality games I wouldn't mind annual releases. Usually they don't, though, so I understand some concerns. I'd only bother if it really shows, though. Let's see and wait how RE3 will turn out.
I'd say the burnout comes from repetition of the premise in the horror genre, rather than the gameplay. Hence RE7 needed to cut out so much of what came before.
If anything, I wish RE7 went further with its separation from the rest of the series in order to be able to sustain the horror and mystery for a whole new trilogy.
I agree in regards to the remakes, having them all play and look the same ala the Yakuza titles can lead to burnout and stagnation. I would rather see more new games like RE8.
Starting anew can have its downsides as well, even if I can respect what they did with RE7.
Ethan and Mia were pretty bad protagonists (particularly Ethan). Part of why the fans appreciate RE are that the main characters are pretty easy to like. Not really the case with these two, I'd say. They did seem to realize this, and had some fun making Joe Baker for the DLC, to be fair.
Non-existent enemy variety (excluding the Baker family, of course). There's biped Molded and quadruped Molded. That's more or less it. Nothing as good as the classics like Lickers, Hunters, Las Plagas, etc.
If they can rectify these sorts of problems for RE8, I won't mind as much that it's disconnected from the rest of the series.
Remakes of past games in the series should not be included in the every year talk since they were already established. Now、 if it were actually new titles/entries in the series then yeah that can be understood but remakes dont count.
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No, it's not.
RE Resistance is a complete game, with both MP and SP
Are you absolutely sure about this being a separate thing from RE3? In the State of Play, they specifically introduced RE3 as the single player campaign for Resistance. This article is from September.
Considering the moulded have the ability to spawn out of nowhere, disintegrate into the ground and can't cross rooms I got the impression they were designed with technical limitations in mind and the desire to not have dead bodies pile up. I'm hoping RE2 solved the former issue with their tech and, as a result, we'll get much more interesting enemies & dynamic encounters in RE8 :)
Yeah, an article from September. And then they announced that Resident Evil 3 is the Single Player mode of that game recently during the Sony stream. Has anyone even watched the announcement of the game, and the way they framed it?
RE Resistance is the MP mode of Resident Evil 3 to the point where there's screenshots of it on the Resident Evil 3 Steam page. Why do people not understand this lol
I agree, shorter games like RE7 is fine but I really miss RE games like 4 where I can just keep playing for literally weeks.
I interpreted that line from the State of Play to be a way of masking what they were about to show. Instead of saying, "Now for a look at Resident Evil 3" they said it was the single player mode for Resistance to probably save the reveal for the trailer
I don't understand how people can get burned out of a game series that gets yearly good releases.
People got tired of Call of Duty because some campaigns got pretty underwhelming and multiplayer was more of the same with a few additions here and there.
I, particularly, got a bit burned out on Yakuza because we got a full game every six months, and the completion lists can take their toll on completionists. However, I wouldn't say that's the series' fault. The games themselves, stories and substories, minigames and additional content are great, and I brought the burnout on myself by trying to achieve 100% on every game in the series, which ain't that different from people who play CoD multiplayer all year long.
Assassin's Creed is another that has mostly good campaigns surrounded by a ton of additional content that can burn people out. I went through the whole series (sans the first one and Odyssey) this year and had a great time with it. Even buggier titles such as 3 and Unity were still very fun to play and had interesting plots. Some of the side content got tiresome, yeah, but the good outweighed the bad by far.
Resident Evil has been giving us consistently good titles for now, and I want to believe Capcom will keep raising the bar. As long as they're delivering strong single player campaigns, they can keep making yearly releases.
People got tired of Call of Duty because some campaigns got pretty underwhelming and multiplayer was more of the same with a few additions here and there.
I, particularly, got a bit burned out on Yakuza because we got a full game every six months, and the completion lists can take their toll on completionists. However, I wouldn't say that's the series' fault. The games themselves, stories and substories, minigames and additional content are great, and I brought the burnout on myself by trying to achieve 100% on every game in the series, which ain't that different from people who play CoD multiplayer all year long.
Assassin's Creed is another that has mostly good campaigns surrounded by a ton of additional content that can burn people out. I went through the whole series (sans the first one and Odyssey) this year and had a great time with it. Even buggier titles such as 3 and Unity were still very fun to play and had interesting plots. Some of the side content got tiresome, yeah, but the good outweighed the bad by far.
Resident Evil has been giving us consistently good titles for now, and I want to believe Capcom will keep raising the bar. As long as they're delivering strong single player campaigns, they can keep making yearly releases.
I'm glad they are going ahead with 3 on the current engine and visuals before PS5/SX starts. I'd rather play it now than wait, but I'm a major RE fan to be fair. I don't think it will hurt the quality of 3 because its coming so soon. I just hope people don't expect vast changes to the game play like the complaints we saw when RE5 released complaining the gameplay had not changed from 4, which was the first change in the main titles.
Boy oh boy though, Gimmie that Code Veronica remake. That's the one that has the most potential. Turn the opinion of that one around PLS CAPGOD
Boy oh boy though, Gimmie that Code Veronica remake. That's the one that has the most potential. Turn the opinion of that one around PLS CAPGOD
I wouldn't mind getting a mainline every 3 or 4 years and a remake bi-yearly. If they could squeeze a co-op RE in there too I would be thrilled.
Keep 'em coming.
Keep 'em coming.
RE3 reveal on Stat of Play was literally introduced as "reveal of the unannounced campaign portion of Project Resistance".
As long as they dont forget about new games i dont mind remakes every year, there are a lot of smaller games itd be nice to see shiny again
Too late, the media nominated 2 for a Game of the Year nom....for a old ass story.
As long as people buy them they will prioritize them over other titles it seems.
As long as people buy them they will prioritize them over other titles it seems.
It deserved the nom. It's based on an older game, but it's also its own thing, just like FF7R will be its own thing and most likely also nominated.
I personally see nothing wrong with Resident Evil having frequent releases, IF the quality of the content is there. I'm also extremely biased with RE being one of my favorite franchisees so I wouldn't mind it what so ever. However, I can't stress again that the quality needs to remain in tact. The last thing I would hate to see is that Capcom end up taking RE back in the weird "action hero movie" style like they did with RE4-6.
They've been aiming for yearly releases for a while. 2015 had Rev 2, 2016 had Umbrella Corps, 2017 had RE7. Then a year's gap before RE2 in 2019 and RE3 in 2020.
With that said, I suspect that the reason RE3 is coming so soon AND being released in April rather than their usual Q1 window is to give them some breathing space going into next gen. It gives them a guaranteed hit for the next FY. I wouldn't expect to see RE8, or any big next gen title from them, until Q1 2022.
With that said, I suspect that the reason RE3 is coming so soon AND being released in April rather than their usual Q1 window is to give them some breathing space going into next gen. It gives them a guaranteed hit for the next FY. I wouldn't expect to see RE8, or any big next gen title from them, until Q1 2022.
Not a big deal really. I mean... RE7 had finished development end of 2016, RE2 end of 2018. RE3 being ready a year and a half later is an outlier, it uses a lot of assets from RE2 and it's a relatively short game
Not sure if it's a yearly release strategy as much as games being ready when they are. Until recently, Capcom had RE7, RE2, RE3, and Project Resistance in development. 2 had issues and was delayed; 3 was originally meant to release with 2, but also had issues. Also, three of these share a lot of assets, and at least a few gameplay elements.
Maybe they could have Code Veronica, RE4, and RE8 in dev too, but two of these would need way more new assets compared to the others.
Maybe they could have Code Veronica, RE4, and RE8 in dev too, but two of these would need way more new assets compared to the others.
I'm the opposite. Give me all the remakes STAT.
Though I am sure we'll get a break in 2022 when they release Dino Crisis.
Though I am sure we'll get a break in 2022 when they release Dino Crisis.
They aren't.
If you had followed the development an interview, you would have known Capcom wanted to release both game back to back but problem arise in the third game.
RE Residentence is a separate game with no connections to RE3. It being Resistence's singleplayer campaign was Capcom trying to surprise us, which they might have if not for the leaks. The way they are package together can be confusing, but they are two different games.