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Game Informer: Resident Evil 7's Producer spills his guts (on why RE7 is a RE game)
- Thread starter Dusk Golem
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16 years too late. Resident Evil story jumped the shark when Code Veronica introduced incest twins and turned Wesker into Agent Smith from the Matrix.
The demo isn't, but they teasers and trailers are.
30$ on cdkeys
As if RE1 didn't do this, either. Iterating on what has come before it how masterpieces are often made.
And this is why we can't have nice things.
I don't know how you can be a resi fan and say 6 was good.
This new take is giving the franchise a much needed kick up the arse.
On a side note: I really hope RE6 fans get the stand-alone Mercenaries game they deserve. One that has RE6's combat mechanics and side modes, but expands on it by maybe having characters, enemies and levels from across the entire series. There's no reason to leave RE6's good ideas stuck in RE6.
SlasherJPC
Banned
My CE at gamestop is pre-ordered and paid off. Oh yes, the wait begins!
I would be down for that. Merc 3D felt a bit lacking in content as a stand alone, but was still fun and would be great to see a much more fleshed out stand alone come around.
They're part of it, just the gameplay segments from the demo and the VR demo aren't part of the game itself.
Watch the gameplay trailers.
They did that before and will continue to do so.
However, they always had their foundation and own identity while taking influence from other games, movies, books.
Puzzles have been an essential part of the game, so was item managment and horror.
You could say the third person camera was another, but they'll decided to move away from it.
Like they did with Zombies in RE4.
It's really not a bad thing to get influenced by other things, but straight copying certain segments is not the way to go.
RE6 had nearly nothing in common with the series.
The third person and the characters, that have been reduced to one hell of a joke...
Apart from that, we've only seen over the top action and segments that could have been copied straight out of Gears of War for example, without being anywhere close to the class of the original.
I also like the approach that they barely showed anything. It's certainly a bit harder for us to get a proper impression with this big new step, but I also hate games being overexposed and shown with 100 billion trailers, where everything was already shown.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
While a bit of a shame the Spec-Ops writer only helped with tidying the story, I do admit RE having its Japanese-take-on-Western-Horror appeal is one reason I like the series. Actually one understated aspect of RE7 is it's one of the first first-person horror games of this type from Japan. One of my personal favorites of the kind (WhiteDay: A labyrinth named school) is from Korea, I'm interested how Capcom's RE team will tackle the design as I'm a person who takes interest in the differences of different regions game design philosophies and execution.
Different tastes is what makes it a tough cookie to really say what would be the 'best' direction to go forward with, but as someone who liked both the classics and action titles, I'm up for them trying something new.
I will say I do think many typify the first-person viewpoint due to popular association, I do think/hope RE7 will dispell some prejudgements about them.
Very mixed response due to all sorts of different takes on elements of RE7.
However, people who got to play 3-5 hours of RE7 were absolutely glowing about it, so I do think it may be a game that catches on more as positive word of mouth spreads.
Probably the best way to go about it, curious to hear your thoughts when the OT comes around. Less than a month to go.
RE has the longest on-going video game narrative. Between the games, CG films, spin-offs, mangas, etc., there's over 20 canon entries in the RE series lore.
I think there's a lot of prejudgements about first-person horror as well. As someone who plays a lot of horror games, older and newer, I hope the stigma around them changes as there's so many hidden gems among them due to most people not paying attention to the scene.
I think RE7 will be a lot more than people expect it'll be, and have for a while.
Cash might play a role, but this title also uses a whole new engine and they bought a whole studio building for it (and future projects) and professional actors to model and mocap with the new technology they bought for photogrammetry, so it really wasn't that inexpensive.
I've avoided the big transcript leak topic mostly, but it does sound from what I know we've seen less than a fifth of the game so far. Most everything we've seen is from (super light spoilers)
Chapter 3 & 4 of 10 chapters total.
The Midnight Version of the demo notably updated character models some, but the demo was built earlier in development and it'll be interesting to see how the final game turns out. I do think it looks good for also aiming for consistant 60fps on PS4/Xbox One, though.
With the super positive previews all around and some outlets even saying the 3-5 hours they played of RE7 was one of the best gaming experiences they had in all of 2016, if the rest of the game is as good as the 3-5 hours they played we're looking at an easy 10/10 game, and some saying if it keeps it up its a serious GOTY contendor (and these three quotes from three seperate outlets, and all being very positive), I do think it has the potential to he a critical darling, and hopefuly surprises a lot of people.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
It's the same universe, what that means is that the location of segments we played in the demo are not cut out from the main game. It's a separate thing. Think of it as the Ground Zeroes of RE7.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
youngplaya21
Member
Wait, people are hating on this game just because it's first person??? I thought it made the game even scarier (or is the problem that everyone wants another RE4?). Straight up P.T. vibes playing the demo, and can't wait to have a whole game with that experience
SlasherJPC
Banned
Sora the Cat
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My theory is that this game started as just a VR Demo with no intention whatsoever of being a RE, and after PT success and good reception of said demo they decided to make it the next RE.
And after playing the demo I really like where this is heading.
And after playing the demo I really like where this is heading.
Doc Holliday
SPOILER: Columbus finds America
Some people don't like FPS games, especially on consoles?
Only FPS game I ever really liked on a console was Metroid Prime, and that game played more like a 3rd person game than anything.
That's not Persona 5
A lot of people hate the perceived P.T. vibes.
But it's complicated. Some people want another RE, some want RE2, or RE3, or REmake, or RE4, or RE5, or RE6, or a AAA Revelations game, or The Last of Us, or Tomb Raider 2013/Rise of the, or The Evil Within. Very few want the same thing after 20 years and 12 mainline games. After RE6 the next mainline RE would be under a lot of scrutiny, but because RE7 is so different from what almost anyone expected, there's a lot of people that can't or won't like it.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
???
I'm pretty sure post people are excited for Persona 5 and expecting it to do well with reviews.
It's the opposite with Resident Evil 7, but just you watch, it's going to get great reviews and surprise a lot of people. Book it.
Still with these post? They've said multiple times this isn't the case. The demo isn't even apart of the game
youngplaya21
Member
Yeah I figure the issue is that people are just terrified by change and want another REmake, but if they want that game go buy/play that game. It's good that they're switching it back up and not just trying to recreate the last 3 games but with prettier graphics. I hope people that just have an issue with the view at least give it a fair chance before blowing it off
This isn't Battlefield.... You don't need to have precision aiming to have a decent time
Doc Holliday
SPOILER: Columbus finds America
It's not about having precision aiming , esp for resident evil 7. For me FPS games take me out the game, instead of becoming that character. I feel like I'm a pair of fists, or a floating gun.
Unless it's VR I prefer Third person for single player/action games. Multiplayer is another story.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Looking at footage of both i'm sincerely struggling to see how that's true. RE7 is incredibly consistent in presentation so far.
People also tend to forget that we're actually getting a RE2 Remake after REmake was so popular.
So there is another option coming along. I can understand the part about change, I would still have tank controls in RE or fixed cameras, or even prerendered backrounds (for alot of games, I really like them).
It's necessary to have some change though, especially after such a long time and rather lackluster games with the latest two mainline entries.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
RE7 has had a lot of positive impressions from the people who've played 3-5 hours of the game. Here's a few.
A four hour demo of Resident Evil 7 is one of the best things Ive played this year - GamesRadar
If the rest of RE7 is as good as as the 4 hours we've played, you're looking at our next 10/10 game - Playstation Magazine UK
If the remaining hours are as consistent as the five I got to play, few games in 2017 will come close to touching it, horror or otherwise - PC Gamer
After my time with RE7, I'm excited - GameSpot
Genuinely the best Resident Evil experience I've had in a long time - Eurogamer
The most interesting & exciting horror game around - IGN
Taking the ingredients that have have made the franchise cherished and washing away its faults to make a delicious return back to survival-horror - Rely on Horror
kunonabi
Member
First-person has the opposite effect on me. The perspective just completely takes me out of it. Alien: Isolation, Amnesia, White Day, Outlast, P.T., etc I've tried a bunch of different first person horror games and they don't work for me. I find the first person camera to be too clunky and limiting compared to letting a talented developer guide the experience and manipulate the player as they see fit.
ASilentProtagonist
Member
Absolutely. Can't wait.
Going into this game without acknowledging it is being called Resident Evil. If it was called something else, I'd still play it, and if it was called something else, I wouldn't have known it was RE. After playing it this might change, this is just how I feel before release. With an entirely new cast of characters and change of perspective, there needs to be strong story connections with the rest of the main series, else it should've been labeled as a spin off.
Smh
Game will probably still be good, but if the story isn't there, it shouldn't be in the main series.
Wrong. RE6 was great, it's shameful the reception it got. It was the game that convinced me to stop listening to others opinions and reviews.
Sora the Cat
Member
Dude I'm clearly not following everything they have said about this game. I never said the demo was part of it either, I know it isn't.
I personally am all for it- granted, I have only played one Resident Evil game (REmake) and I loved it, and this basically seems like the first game but with modern horror game mechanics.
It seems like your response to the game will depend on what "era" of the franchise you are from- the fan favorite is clearly 4 so a lot of people probably wanted the second coming of RE4, whereas people who preferred the earlier entries might be more positive to this one.
It seems like your response to the game will depend on what "era" of the franchise you are from- the fan favorite is clearly 4 so a lot of people probably wanted the second coming of RE4, whereas people who preferred the earlier entries might be more positive to this one.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
No. Who told you that lol? Someone's lying to you.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
the scenes and segments in the trailers ? yes they're from the game...
everything in the demo is separate from the content in the main game though.
Samurai G0SU
Member
So the beginning hour isnt part of the main game? Thats some crazy stuff!
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
RE7 will be the biggest surprise of 2017.
Nah its BS. Plenty of in game stuff from trailers and gameplay.
Kwansu Dudes
Member
Less than a month away, daddeh. Please don't accidently spoil things regular RE7 Thread posters.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
They are completely wrong about that. No idea why GI thought that.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
the demos part of the quote is right, they probably lumped in 'teasers' there to make a sentence, but all the trailers we've seen with the bakers and all that footage is from the main game.
there's previews of sites playing 3, 4 hours of the game from recent preview events which features the baker family dinner scene in them.
MiamiWesker
Member
I think it's going to be one of the best games of the generation. This serie has always been the king of its genres. The old RE games are unmatched in that style of survival horror games. RE4 is the greatest action game ever made. And I think RE7 is going to blow away any of these modern first person horror games away and show them what it looks like when they have great pacing, level design and enemy variety.
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