I don't know. Depending on the success of VII the action titles will likely be for the side stories. I'm hoping VII turns out fantastic myself because I personally think action was the worst thing that happened to Resident Evil. However, I don't think they need to disappear completely.
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Do you think Capcom will make anymore BIG BUDGET Action Resident Evil games?
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Jawmuncher
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My reply to this is DMC2. Capcom didn't just drop that series from it's style after it's negative reception. So I feel like they know they didn't please everyone with RE6, but that it being an action game wasn't necessarily the reason why. Considering both 4 and 5 are were action and successful before it.
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Resident Evil 6 is Capcom's second best selling game of all time, just behind Resident Evil 5. Their (ridiculous) initial expectations for sales out of the gate were weaker but the game was in no way a commercial failure for them.
Who knows, if Resident Evil 7 wasn't already in development when 6 came out this might've caused them to keep the series action.
Mister Wolf
Gold Member
Resident evil is for vr elitists now. Can't wait for it to come out.
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The best selling Resident Evil games are the action packed ones with RE6 and RE5 being Capcom best selling games on home consoles.
If anything the lesson learned must have been that there is really not that many people interested in Resident Evil games to justify those massive budgets and marketing campaigns but this is Capcom we are talking about so they just throw the towel and end up with P.T. redux.
Oh well, everything will be fine as long as they keep pumping out good Monster Hunter titles.
ethomaz
Banned
Survival sense, horror, inventory management, atmosphere, puzzles, exploration, and still to be showed the use of guns and others weapons.
It checks every single original RE point with exception of maybe the camera angle (and to be fair RE was supposed to be first person too).
brandonh83
Banned
First person
Horror
House
Must be a PT clone!
Horror
House
Must be a PT clone!
We'll have to see how 7 performs but I not only doubt it but also doubt Capcom makes any more BIG BUDGET games in general without the help of a third party.
wtf haha.
wtf haha.
DC1 - 2.4m
DC2 - 1.2m
DC3 - Unknown but possibly 2-300k
Reviving Dino Crisis and making it a big action game would be a huge risk from their perspective.
Difference is RE6 was one of if not their biggest and most expensive production ever, while DMC2 was just another sequel in a time when games cost a lot less to make. DMC is also in a weird position in that since DMC2 it's always been under Itsuno's direction and (for DmC) supervision, while RE has had many different people responsible as producers and directors, with the big people behind the series all eventually leaving the company.
I agree. Which is why they should reuse RE6's combat system for a dedicated Mercenaries game and not another game with the same scope as RE6.
RE6 underperformed. The massive expectations was because RE6 was one of their biggest productions ever. Something can sell well and make a ton of money and still be a disappointment. Batman v Superman being a perfect recent example. When you have a massive production, just doing well isn't good enough. It has to do crazy well.
RSB
Banned
I don't know but I sure hope so. I really want to see another big budget action RE game that combines all the best aspects of RE4, 5 and 6.
My dream would be a game with the excellent encounter design and pacing of RE4 and the awesome gameplay of RE6. It would also have a side co-op campaign in the style of RE5. Both Mercenaries and Raid mode would make a return of course, and they would feature many different characters and stages from the series, with tons of secrets and unlockables.
Also Dragon's Dogma 2 please.
My dream would be a game with the excellent encounter design and pacing of RE4 and the awesome gameplay of RE6. It would also have a side co-op campaign in the style of RE5. Both Mercenaries and Raid mode would make a return of course, and they would feature many different characters and stages from the series, with tons of secrets and unlockables.
Also Dragon's Dogma 2 please.
Son Of Sparda
Member
I think they'll just make Revelations series more action orientated to cater to action fans. I just hope they try to make them a more polished version of Leon's campaign from RE6 and not Chris's.
Also, hope to see a refined version of RE6 combat system in a new IP but I don't think Capcom would take such risks right now.
Also, hope to see a refined version of RE6 combat system in a new IP but I don't think Capcom would take such risks right now.
I'm still waiting for RE6's combat system in a game with Operation Raccoon City's premise. It's too perfect not to happen.
Honestly I think it depends on how well RE7 does, I like the older and newer styles of RE, still a bit iffy on 7, but with REmake 2 also in the pipeline I'm optimistic about the series overall.
Honestly I think it depends on how well RE7 does, I like the older and newer styles of RE, still a bit iffy on 7, but with REmake 2 also in the pipeline I'm optimistic about the series overall.
InsaneTiger
Member
I just want another third person RE, horror or action -horror.
It did do crazy well, it did not under perform. Once again; their second best selling product of the companies history. People like to try to cast RE6 as a failure cause of critical reception and Capcom's initial disappointment in sales, but it isn't.
We can only hope. I couldn't care less about 7.
I'll say that 7's direction looks like a conscious effort at making a relatively cheap to produce game, whereas you could see allllll of the money in 6. So that probably puts a damper on them trying anything like that again.
A standalone Mercs in the vein of 6 would be neat, ESPECIALLY if it includes the awesome Tetris Attack mode DLC.
I'll say that 7's direction looks like a conscious effort at making a relatively cheap to produce game, whereas you could see allllll of the money in 6. So that probably puts a damper on them trying anything like that again.
A standalone Mercs in the vein of 6 would be neat, ESPECIALLY if it includes the awesome Tetris Attack mode DLC.
Moon_frogger
Member
I have no doubt that there will be plenty of action in re7. People jumping to conclusions based on a teaser and a trailer has been a source of constant amusement for me. Some of you folks seem to think that re7 is gonna be some sort of steam green light walking simulator. Can't wait for those (ridiculous) expectations to be shattered.
The Silver
Member
If it continues going down the path of RE6 then good god I hope not, if they calm down and bring it back to RE4 then I'll be happy.
OnimaruXLR
Member
If RE7 underperforms you bet your sweet patootie they will
Hell maybe that's what the RE2 remake will be
Hell maybe that's what the RE2 remake will be
Fancy Clown
Member
7 is no more independent from the other games in the series than 6 was in. In fact it sounds like it has a lot more in common with other entries than 6 or 5.
CrimsonCrescendo
Banned
Not on the scale of RE 6, no. Then again, I don't think Capcom will make anything on the scale of RE 6 again (besides maybe Deep Down if that is still even a thing). They will, though. Maybe RE 8 if RE 7 is a bust (FPS survival horror seems to hit a ceiling at 2 to 3 million copies), maybe a new spin off series.
brandonh83
Banned
Oh, man.
Spieler Eins
Member
Hopefully not.
And what we really should be hoping for is Vanquish spiritual successors from Platinum, not more crippled RE games like 5.
And what we really should be hoping for is Vanquish spiritual successors from Platinum, not more crippled RE games like 5.
Master Milk
Member
Where's the :lol option in the poll?
Astral Dog
Member
something something ambition RE6.
ArchedThunder
Banned
Big budget? No. Action? Yeah probably, I'm betting now that the main series is going harder on horror the spin-offs (Revelations 3 maybe?) will go harder on action.
Muchi Muchi Pink
Member
Where are the cheesy lines and soap opera drama and the tone? So it doesn't check every single og re point. Where are the bows?
Fucking Grandma isn't frightening me either.
Is it possible to have a game that does both atmosphere and action, done right :/ ?
Not a shitty first person "horror" game with barely any effort put it (and reused props everywhere), and neither a linear corridor where you shoot shit up.
Have good combat but make it sparse and pretty hard, make saving the game hard again, so that each encounter has tension, put an accent on exploration...
Please.
I'll take episodic releases of this rather than whatever 7 is.
Hell I'd also take a modern take on "outbreak" over 7.
Not a shitty first person "horror" game with barely any effort put it (and reused props everywhere), and neither a linear corridor where you shoot shit up.
Have good combat but make it sparse and pretty hard, make saving the game hard again, so that each encounter has tension, put an accent on exploration...
Please.
I'll take episodic releases of this rather than whatever 7 is.
Hell I'd also take a modern take on "outbreak" over 7.
Spieler Eins
Member
You must be talking about RE4 in contrast to 1-3,0,CV,REmake before it.
Almost 7 million copies sold is "lack of commercial succes" ?
It's their second best selling game of all time
Sanctuary
Member
Hmm?
They didn't have almost 7 million sold. It sold 6.3 million total, and that 7 million figure was what they initially expected it to sell, before lowering expectations.
/yawn.
Oh, you mean this?
Although I'm not sure what you mean by "action" since you then go on to complain about shooting things...which is how the first Resident Evil games played too. Because other than RE4, Dead Space, and to a lesser extent Dead Space 2 were the only action/horror games that were nearly balanced in terms of action and atmosphere.
RE4-6 has more in common with classic RE than 7 ever will.
The Evil Within had good gameplay and great atmosphere.
ArchedThunder
Banned
7's plot is tied to Umbrella. Gameplay and design is very similar to the original games just in a different perspective.
thepenguin55
Member
Real answer?
-If RE7 is a smash hit then no or at least not until they've beaten RE7 style games into the ground.
-If RE7 is a moderate success then RE8 will probably try to split the difference in a way that satisfies no one but does result in the creation of yet another strand of RE fan (this is obviously the darkest timeline).
-If RE7 tanks then this almost certainly spells doom for Capcom. They'll most likely make Revelations 3 to help fund RE8 which will probably be another action title but will most likely be a mostly single player game as they will probably strive to make it like RE4.
-If RE7 is a smash hit then no or at least not until they've beaten RE7 style games into the ground.
-If RE7 is a moderate success then RE8 will probably try to split the difference in a way that satisfies no one but does result in the creation of yet another strand of RE fan (this is obviously the darkest timeline).
-If RE7 tanks then this almost certainly spells doom for Capcom. They'll most likely make Revelations 3 to help fund RE8 which will probably be another action title but will most likely be a mostly single player game as they will probably strive to make it like RE4.
Spieler Eins
Member
Only if the developers are completely lying about 7 a couple of months before its release. I.e. no.
RE4 might as well have been another Devil May Cry because it was so far away from the rest of the series.
Gross.
Honestly I have trust issues after NMS. Especially because we haven't seen any footage of anything but Amnesia-esque gameplay.
Resident Evil 6
Release : Oct 2012
Platform : PS3, Xbox 360, DL
Units : 6.6 million units
Almost
Muchi Muchi Pink
Member
I can't remember hiding behind pillars in 1.
The Resi fanboy in me: Hopefully not, Resident Evil is and always will be a horror series, the focus on action has just made awful games, when I'd put Remake and 2 as some of the best games ever made.
Keep the action heavy stuff on smaller games like Umbrella Corps, so they'll fail and push Capcom to make big Budget horror games.
The real answer from me: it depends on Resi 7's and Resi 2's sales, since their focus will be on horror, or 2's focus better be on horror. In terms of combining horror with action, Revelations 2 did a good job, and that was a smaller game, I enjoyed that way more than 5 or 6, or even Revelations 1, so I'd love a Revelations 3, especially if Claire isn't in 7
Keep the action heavy stuff on smaller games like Umbrella Corps, so they'll fail and push Capcom to make big Budget horror games.
The real answer from me: it depends on Resi 7's and Resi 2's sales, since their focus will be on horror, or 2's focus better be on horror. In terms of combining horror with action, Revelations 2 did a good job, and that was a smaller game, I enjoyed that way more than 5 or 6, or even Revelations 1, so I'd love a Revelations 3, especially if Claire isn't in 7
wut
ArchedThunder
Banned
I don't remember doing german suplexes on not zombies in the original games. You realize you can fight the enemies on RE7, right? Guns and all. Running and hiding is just one option.
I fear they won't be doing anything big budget.
I'm morbidly curious to see this happening.
I'm morbidly curious to see this happening.
Whompa02
Member
Same exact marketing strategy, same exact reveal, same kind of tone.
Yes, it's definitely reactionary to the market. The market liked PT, and Capcom is trying to answer with their own variation on it.
This is absolutely not a coincidence.
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