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[RUMOUR] Resident Evil 8 is a FPS again, features Ethan, Zombies, Wolf-like enemies, a stalker enemy, Chris Redfield [Update: New Rumors]
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I'd say that Resident Evil 7 and 2 feel quite different from each other (and not just because of the camera perspective), and bet it will feel different than RE3 as well. For the stalkers. Mr. X doesn't feel or function like Jack/Marguerite (nor has the same presence), and Nemesis should function differently than both of them as well.
On surface level I understand it's easy to write off all stalkers as "the same", but I'd actually say out of any developer I think Capcom has the best grasp of how to make stalker enemies feel different. This was already present previously in their Clock Tower 3/Haunting Ground game (which those two games have multiple stalkers each, and they all feel and function quite differently), but is reinforced by how they're handling in RE7, RE2 and I will bet RE3 will continue the trend.
Well, obviously, but it's still a repetitive design direction that I got over in the first game. 2 and 3 are remakes, nothing you can do about it, but no reason to keep using the same thing in 8.
I'm sure they can make it feel as different as stalker enemies can feel, it's Capcom, but it won't be as different as just ditching a stalker and doing something else.
Zombies are cool, but RE7's main issue when it comes to the enemies wasn't that the enemies weren't zombies, it was lack of enemy variety. They could have one or two zombies and the wolves and you'd have the same issue. Slightly better, but still not very good. Which is another thing RE2 shares, but thankfully it seems like RE3 is avoiding it.
I actually like RE7 more than RE2, so I'm sure the game itself will be great, but I'd rather see a bigger departure in the main series with the recent remakes.
If RE4~6 is the over the shoulder action RE trilogy, let RE7~3 be the persistent stalker trilogy.
Imagine actually caring that people have preferences? Some people like third-person more than first-person. Hell, first-person is unplayable for some people due to nausea. Resident Evil is largely a third-person series, so having that change does bother some people. Myself included.
Considering this version of RE8 has been rebooted, I'm hopeful it'll move to third-person due to the success of RE2 remake.
I found working out where to go next a bit tricky in VII, had to consult a guide a couple of times, which was a shame. Looking forward to 8 though.
Someone on reddit did what I would have done but less DNA:
Make at a strand Capcom. The last logos:
Shops like Amazon still listed it with a proper 7.
The hype train is already quite operational. Make sense. There are only 3 months left till the only other RE game (compilation) graces us. There is technically some Netflix show in the works, maybe, and we 100% know that the VII team moved on to another game inside Capcom. Now we wait.
I also accept Resid8 Evil Capcom. A VR dating sim. DC Douglas would love it.
Make at a strand Capcom. The last logos:
Shops like Amazon still listed it with a proper 7.
The hype train is already quite operational. Make sense. There are only 3 months left till the only other RE game (compilation) graces us. There is technically some Netflix show in the works, maybe, and we 100% know that the VII team moved on to another game inside Capcom. Now we wait.
I also accept Resid8 Evil Capcom. A VR dating sim. DC Douglas would love it.
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looks gr8Someone on reddit did what I would have done but less DNA:
Make at a strand Capcom. The last logos:
Would be kind of a bummer if it was Ethan and Chris again. I actually would've liked Mia to be the protagonist since she has history with The Connections. You could even have remnants of Eveline messing with her mind as she's trying to help the new Umbrella take the bad guys down for good.
Anyone who's not a monster chose to save Zoe in 7 though
They're fine as long as they're mixed up.
E.g. make all enemies stalkers until you do some thing (use a spray on them, turn on UV lights, etc) so it's conditional, or make them more consistent and meaningful, etc.
New Rumors
New info dump.
As always, take it with a grain of salt, these are merely rumors as of now:
https://www.relyonhorror.com/latest...mors-zombies-witches-and-wolf-like-creatures/
As always, take it with a grain of salt, these are merely rumors as of now:
https://www.relyonhorror.com/latest...mors-zombies-witches-and-wolf-like-creatures/
The whole: "Closer to "Not a Hero" makes sense after what Ethan went through in the first.
European Gothic Medieval Castle setting-?! Oh my...Oh my....
I hope the rumor isn't true about it being more action heavy then 7. The pacing to most of RE7 was pretty good and got more action oriented toward the end (as is the case with most Resident Evil titles). I wouldn't want to see them go backward with 8.
Glad to hear it's first person. Third person camera just isn't scary unless it's fixed camera angles. I enjoyed RE7 a lot more than RE2
I always mix up Not a Hero and End of Zoe so I got REALLY excited for a few seconds before realizing my error.
It's a bit weird that Capcom would use the same protagonist in 2 mainline games in a row. I know they did with 5-6 but 6 had many protagonists actually.
That was one of the most pointless choices, I thought I was playing a Telltale game for minute. "Oh so now I play through the ship as Zoe this time, cool" haha no actually you're inexplicably still Mia and it's the exact same except an extra minor bossfight
He better be a brunette.
The blonde makes him look like a rando calling himself Chris
Not a Hero had improved enemy hit reactions and melee flourishes. The guns had a bit more kick too.
I hope that's what they mean and not, as some people have read it entirely on the surface, a small scope, free dlc metroidvania epilogue set in RE7's mines.
I hope that's what they mean and not, as some people have read it entirely on the surface, a small scope, free dlc metroidvania epilogue set in RE7's mines.
They'd better not make it more action heavy.
I don't mind Ethan. The rest of the cast are basically action hero's now, and that doesn't work too well with survival horror.
4,5 and 6 must have undoubtedly created a rift in the fanbase, with action fans on one side, and survival horror on the other.
I don't mind Ethan. The rest of the cast are basically action hero's now, and that doesn't work too well with survival horror.
4,5 and 6 must have undoubtedly created a rift in the fanbase, with action fans on one side, and survival horror on the other.
I think the rumored Redfield Design will just actually attempt to bridge both versions. You can tell they never did as much work on Chris as they did Claire and Leon.
Dandy is in Project Awakening and looks more like Chris in there than he does in RE7
Dandy is in Project Awakening and looks more like Chris in there than he does in RE7
Was hoping they wouldn't do a stalker enemy for this game. I'm gonna be over that by the time I finish RE3 Remake.
Parry addition was fantastic, I can understand why Ethan couldn't do it but it added a lot to the melee side of things and I really hope they include stuff like that and Joe's fists in RE8
That's what I would imagine. You can have the NaH elements without it going off the deep end into RE6.
You were already blocking giant BOWs as ethan to negatome some damage after all.
RE4-6 and a lot of other RE games during that time made up a decade + of RE and resulted in like 25+ million sales. So yeah, despite the series roots that decade of games will always carry their weight into the series and future projects. For some people that period is "RE" to them.
This is all sounds like a completely different game. Don't be surprise if this actually turns out to be a new IP.
yeah I'll agree with some of these other posts you already had the block so you know just make the natural move and give give Ethan a parry.
To be fair a lot of RE sounds like that on paper
"You're a secret agent investigating a village full of murderous people, Giants, and a evil cult"
"You're trapped in a house with country family and one boss fight has an old man doing donuts in the garage"
Yep. Taking notes from RE4 (in particular) means this new game will be LOVE.
If you describe the likes of RE4/RE5/RE7 they all sound like they should be new IP's.
Wait a second. Wasn't there a rumor that Resident Evil 8 was going to take alot from Hookman, and be set in a castle, with alot of ties to 7?
The "going for more action" statement is precisely why Mia/Zoe should be the protagonist instead of Ethan. You can't realistically have someone who already fought their way out of a previous game be able to be a proper vehicle for horror. It's the same reason why asking for Leon or Chris (or Even Jill) to be back as the playable protagonists just does not make sence.