Does Anyone else feel like Barry was shunned?

[Cheeb]

Whoops, Barry missed the party!

[Foggle]

If Capcom had souls, Resident Evil 5 would have been about Barry Burton. Screw Chris, Sheva, Jill, and Sherry (but probably not Wesker), I want a full-fledged game about Mr. Burton. And no, not that Tim asshole.

[Jill's Boob]

^Really?

But Barry hardly fits the RE prototypical hero (based on the rectal deposit they shuffled out in RE4).

Barry is married, has kids, and a bit of a paunch. He's not going to be flirting via codec, running up walls to backflip over lasers, or laying waste to entire nations without breaking a sweat. Barry wears Old Spice aftershave. He has an AARP card. He takes naps mid-day or else he gets cranky.

All of those things make him the ultimate badass and the best possible choice for RE6.

It's too bad that many of the people "into" RE now have ADHD, think spoilers on cars look cool, listen to crap like "Good Charlotte," watch films like "Fast & the Furious," say expressions like "Pwned," and type sentences in the following manner: "OMFGZ, Alice is teh dopest illest shiznit, foreverz."

Yes, the world is indeed in a cultural freefall.

Sadly, Barry doesn't fit what is uber-cool. Neither does Chris, so I am praying (daily) that his persona is RE5 doesn't make me swallow back vomit each time he speaks or performs a stunt...which is how I spent my playthrough of RE4.

[missvalentine]

If Capcom had souls, Resident Evil 5 would have been about Barry Burton. Screw Chris, Sheva, Jill, and Sherry (but probably not Wesker), I want a full-fledged game about Mr. Burton. And no, not that Tim asshole.

yeah screw Chris, i want RE5 about Barry, he even has a reason to hate Wesker, Barry >>>>> Chris.

[Crimsonheadkill]

i have a bad feeling that when Barry comes back he'll get a leon makeover and Rebecca would be 10x hotter than before

[Jill's Boob]

i have a bad feeling that when Barry comes back he'll get a leon makeover and Rebecca would be 10x hotter than before

I don't know...Barry is 48-years-old in 2008. How can he possibly get a Leon makeover? Well, then again the Solid Snake character looks like he's 60 in the Metal Gear game that came out a few months ago, and isn't he supposed to be this awesome, gruff, super badass military guy? (That's the impression I got in the PS1 MGS, a game that turned me off from that series, so I never bothered playing any of the other ones.) Anyway, if they can make a geezer like him into an action hero, then I wouldn't put it past the RE developers...especially if they're the ones that produced RE4, which seemed to be a blatant Metal Gear rip off, right down to the superhero lead character that can do anything, and is so cool that he always says "cool" things.

As for Rebecca...yeah, she'd probably be real foxy in her current state. I mean, she was 18 in RE0 and they based her character model on some Japanese pop singer. So she already looked good.

[missvalentine]

id like to see Rebecca now, she would be real hot, ive always wondered what she did after the mansion incedent.

and yeah if MGS4 can have old snake then RE6 can have old Barry, and im serious when i say this, I WANT HIS ORIGINAL RE1 VOICE ACTOR BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Crimsonheadkill]

I WANT HIS ORIGINAL RE1 VOICE ACTOR BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wouldnt that be funny seeing evryone talking fast and barry slowly talking in is ol way

[missvalentine]

^ i would LOL.

[Foggle]

^Really?

But Barry hardly fits the RE prototypical hero

Which is why he's the best choice. Barry is one of the few good characters in the entire series.

(based on the rectal deposit they shuffled out in RE4).

I liked RE 4.

Barry is married, has kids, and a bit of a paunch. He's not going to be flirting via codec, running up walls to backflip over lasers, or laying waste to entire nations without breaking a sweat. Barry wears Old Spice aftershave. He has an AARP card. He takes naps mid-day or else he gets cranky.

Fuck yeah.

All of those things make him the ultimate badass and the best possible choice for RE6.

Agreed.

It's too bad that many of the people "into" RE now have ADHD, think spoilers on cars look cool, listen to crap like "Good Charlotte," watch films like "Fast & the Furious," say expressions like "Pwned," and type sentences in the following manner: "OMFGZ, Alice is teh dopest illest shiznit, foreverz."

Yes, the world is indeed in a cultural freefall.

I hope you aren't grouping all RE 4 fans in with those idiots. I hate those kinds of people too, y'know.

Sadly, Barry doesn't fit what is uber-cool. Neither does Chris, so I am praying (daily) that his persona is RE5 doesn't make me swallow back vomit each time he speaks or performs a stunt...which is how I spent my playthrough of RE4.

Chris is generic and boring, though. Barry is awesome. If Resident Evil 6 doesn't at least feature Barry, I'm going to write Capcom a very nasty letter. And include poison sumac in the envelope.

[missvalentine]

i just want his voice actor to return somehow.

BARRY FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[REmaster]

Yea as cheesy as the original Barry's voice acting was, I think it was one of the most unique and realistic ones. I mean, now days most of the voice actors sound like professional commercial announcers (which most people clearly do not, just listen to us on the podcast ). Barry's voice was weathered, tired and pretty much sounded like a normal everyday guy.

[missvalentine]

yeah, Barry's voice acting was actually pretty good, i mean could you do it better?

i think it was just the lines he got that made him sound cheesy.

[Crimsonheadkill]

Barry talking about how jill would be a nice fitting sandwich sounded funny to me

[Twist]

Barry talking about how jill would be a nice fitting sandwich sounded funny to me

The "S" in the mysterious "S Corperation" probably stands for sandwich and Barry's working for it.