The Resident Evil Thread - Part 1

[Matt Mortem]

I'm just stoked as hell the Leon and Chris are finally in a game together. I didn't see Jill in the trailer. I wonder if she's involved at all?

 

[zenith16]

Well not really, Their not on the same team fully but close enough ,that their dealing with the same event.

 

[Soapy]

I just played the RE5 demo and quickly remembered why I never bought that game. Hopefully RE6 will be better.

 

[Speedball]

Is that Ashley with the new buzzcut guy?

 

[Jennifer Walters]

That's the current speculation considering it sounds like her voice actress. I think the storyline might be this actually:

Leon: Beginning Chris: Middle New Guy: End.

 

[terry78]

While it's a fun looking game, the movies are slowly seeping into the creative juices of Capcom Japan obviously.

 

[Speedball]

That's the current speculation considering it sounds like her voice actress. I think the storyline might be this actually:

Leon: Beginning Chris: Middle New Guy: End.

I hope it's something like that, and not switching between characters a lot.

 

[craigdbfan]

Just caught the new trailer. It looks so good.

Leon & Chris alright!

 

[chiefsrock]

This is what i think it is for the plot.
Alright so first lets start at revelations the new game coming out for the ds the virus(t-abyss) is the main one and based of the trailer i see monsters that look similar to the ones in revelations. Next chris calls the girl a **** and has a vendetta against her which leads me to believe that this girl is Jessica Parker (for those that don't know much about revelations she is chris's partner, i not sure if she dies in it.) So that means she was working as veltro and the guy was just a cover as a leader which also explains chris saying it is time i take responsibility.
Which now leads me to the film damnation that is set to come out 2 months before this game if the dates hold up. It is obvious that there is a global outbreak in the world in there and that means the person who points the gun at leon is none other then chris(note please watch the trailer if you have not yet.) So that means that leon and chris head back to the states after the outbreak (movie is suppose to be in 2008 the game is 10 years after raccoon city so that means 2008 so there your connection there.) As the bsaa is tring to respond to all the outbreaks the president is going to tell everyone he is involved with the raccon city one but gets infected.
Then now we get to the mystery man it is simple it is HUNK. He can fight in hand to hand and said something about being a mercenary and hunk was consider a mercenary to umbrella(this is possible it could be carlos though i highly dobut it) in the trailer and the reason why he says the world needs his blood well that simple... he is immune to all the viruses. He survived every misson he has ever been in so that would make the most sense.
The girl with leon is ashley and she is going to be useful now(woot) and the girl with hunk sherry birkin. The reason why i think it is sherry with hunk is cause the fact that she is immune to the g-virus thus she is a very important person which is why she needs protection.

 

[Matt]

I still want to think this will get pushed back.

Nah, this has probably been in development since shortly after RE5. This is becoming standard practice in the industry. They hold off on revealing games until they are basically done. It is what Bethesda did with Skyrim, Naughty Dog with Uncharted 3, seems to be what Rockstar is doing with GTA V and Capcom is also following suit.

It makes sense. It is easier to build and maintain hype from a year out (or less), than reveal a game in it's very early stages and watch hype fizzle over time (and hope like hell that the product doesn't change too much from the reveal to the release).

Plus, as of now the Christmas season seems to be shaping up to be fairly weak this year (unless Rockstar releases GTA V this winter). It is perfect timing.

As for the concept and trailer....holy **** sums it up pretty well. They seem to be meshing the RE Classic formula with the RE 4/5 formula (which is what I hear they did with Revelations) and the results look AMAZING.

 

[Matt]

The story according to Capcom:




So ten years past the RC incident? Having this take place in 2008? 4 years after RE4 and 1 year before RE5.

BEFORE RE5? Hmm, something tells me that the date may turn out to be a mistake. I couldn't see them making this a prequel to 5.

 

[Ryo Jin]

Alex Wesker? (Mentioned in Lost in Nightmares)

 

[Matt Mortem]

Alex Wesker? (Mentioned in Lost in Nightmares)

That'd be interesting

 

[Matt]

Alex Wesker? (Mentioned in Lost in Nightmares)

I was thinking Hunk due to the mercenary line, but Alex Wesker makes a lot of sense. He stole Spencer's "secret to immortality." He mentions the world needing his blood when Ashley (?) says he is "needed." Whatever Alex made for Spencer and stole may very well be the key to a vaccine for the Las Plagas and T-Virus. Alex makes A LOT of sense.

 

[Ryo Jin]

With moves like that, the all black attire, exposed forearms and leather gloves...it'd be weird if it WASN'T Alex Wesker

 

[craigdbfan]

Damn is Chris Redfield withdrawing from steroids or something. Dude was raging bad in this trailer.

 

[jacobed]

Looks fantastic, absolutely love that Leon is back as well as the over the shoulder camera. I had heard rumors they were going to go away from it. I thought I had heard somewhere that you'll be able to play all 3 storylines seperately so you're not switching between the 3 during the actual game although their stories will crossover.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

I hope it's something like that, and not switching between characters a lot.

It's 3 separate campaigns. In the same fashion that Chris and Jill had 2 different but intersecting campaigns in the orig game.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

It gets worse. That scene was fairly tame. He. Punches. A. Boulder.

 

[Benstamania]

I just watched the trailer for the new movie.

Spoiler

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

 

[Wolvieboy17]

RE5 really wasn't that bad a game. As far as RE games go, it was lacking 90% percent of all the scary atmosphere and survival stuff that made the series great, sure, but as a game itself it's really not that bad. I had plenty of fun playing through that in co-op and then co-op mercenary mode was pretty fun too.

That said, I would still welcome a return to that classic RE feeling with huge, open arms. Although I don't really want them to abandon co-op altogether. I think there is enormous potential in a co-op survival horror game. Instead of letting it disintegrate into an action oriented shooter, I think there is plenty of oppurtunity to play with co-op to enhance the scares. Imagine being with your partner and feeling safe then coming across a giant, spooky mansion and having to split up. You're scared, have no idea where they are and you want to regroup so you can feel safe, then all of a sudden you hear your partner yell in terror or something. It could be awesome.

RE 5, whilst fun, mainly went against the main rule of how to make great co-op. A good co-op game isn't two people doing the same thing together, it's two people doing different things together. You make it more like a shared experience and less like a 2 man shooting gallery.

 

[Soapy]

It gets worse. That scene was fairly tame. He. Punches. A. Boulder.

My distaste for Resident Evil 5 has less to do with boulder punching and more to do with the awkward, jank-ass control scheme.

 

[Wolvieboy17]

I still don't mind the stand still shooting functionality of RE, it makes it tense, but damn those controls need to be streamline. A trigger and a button just to run, a trigger and a shoulder button just to awkwardly swing a melee. That stuff needs streamlining like a muvab***h. That's the stuff that Dead Space nailed that RE needs to emulate. That game had action game controls and still managed to be scary as hell.

 

[Soapy]

I wouldn't say Dead Space was scary per se, it did have a really great sense of tension though.

 

[Wolvieboy17]

I still think the first playthrough for Dead Space was one of the scariest games I'd played. The whole first section you just doubt every sound and every shadow flicked. The mere fact that you can never run away, that they can travel through any vent, that is a fantastic way to inspire fear in the gamer. It wasn't true survival horror though because the upgrade system was borderline RPG, but as far as the control scheme goes and managing action controls with scary atmosphere, they nailed that. A RE game with that control scheme but classic RE setting and horror, that would be beautiful.