Resident Evil 6

[yurieu]

mikami is not the main developer behind RE0 right? that game is fantastic, so we dont need him to have a good game.
about zwei, hes using his RE fame to say hes making the MIKAMI'S NEW SURVIVAL HORROR.

[Member_of_STARS]

In short, here's what CoD4 essentially did; Took UT/Q3 and brought it down to earth. (As for being out of the loop; at that point in time - I was pretty much sitting at the center of it.)

A gross and banal oversimplification. That loop may not have been at the center at all.

As for RE6; it's doing exactly the same as Capcom's been doing with a lot of other games lately (sadly without the same acceptance other devs and titles have managed to achieve with similar approaches to messing with the trends/genres). This basically boils down to the expecations thing, as you mentioned. People want to be able to easily categorize things. If they can't; they're confused. They don't have time to learn and they don't want to learn. Would you like to have to retake your driving lessons every time you wanted to use a new/different car?

It's not just about the gameplay. Even though now that RE has finally entered the action genre, it's gameplay plainly sucks compared to it's competitors. A few titles back, you could rationalize that certain limitations or issues are there in order to make the game play in a specific way. But with RE6 the changes were enough to be without any doubt too similar to certain games, making it easy to compare. You make it as if RE6 is a difficult game to play. And that people are at fault for the games lacking.

Subject of interest on the front of people and their inability to face challenges would be the recent dev talk about the focus testing of Dishonored. People literally just putting down the controller 'cause the game didn't hold their hands and tell 'em what to do and people not doing specific things 'cause someone in the game told them not to. Sheep.

Whether or not they are sheep, what you've described above is a perfect example of developers who have no clue who they are making their games to. You can have complex tasks and goals, without making the game appear to "hold your hand", using subtle elements to guide you if necessary. If they aren't able to motivate the player to think, then they've fucked up. Motivation stems from interest and knowledge, so they've either made a boring game (my guess), or they've made the "right" path so hidden, that the average gamer can't find it.

Also, another thing to consider, you can't expect people to invest time into a game which requires some effort in a focus testing...

As for reviews... Ignoring both the extremes- mass-reviewing machine that is the traditional videogame review mag and the clueless niche/fringe type who plays a round a week, I go to check out what people think. With so many games played, so many forum years spent, one would think that the bullshit detector can easily distinguish between what's right or wrong, what's hype and what's gems, right? And true indeed.

[Pikminister]

Neither of those games are as bad as RE6, though. And Mikami is not responsible for creating the equivalent of Resident Evil Survivor for the mainline series (again, RE6).

[Spera01]

After playing games like Shadows of the Damned and Vanquish, I honestly really do not want Mikami back. Especially after the bullshit he spouted about 5. I hated both of those games and it's clear that guy isn't what fans claim him to be. Well, least not anymore. He was great for RE1 but I think the guy's time has come and past if you know what I mean. I may be wrong though, we'll see how Zwei does, but I have little hope.

[News Bot]

I give more of a fuck about Kobayashi than I do for Mikami. That said, he's right, but that doesn't excuse some of the game's flaws and lazier designs. It's like eating a packet of delicious Skittles only to realize there are a few bastard sour ones mixed in. Some happen to like the sour ones too.

[yurieu]

And heres your RE producer response to all critcism

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-10-02-capcom-resident-evil-dev-and-fan-disagreement-over-series-future-is-like-two-parents-arguing-about-raising-a-child

I think it's time to do a divorse! Lol
In resume: they just said give a shit for what we want and what we think for series, they still arrogant and egocentric for do not accept a fact: fans (in this case, mom, us) knows better.

this kobayashi is a master. he is telling us how being parents looks like. because we can have 1000 crappy RE games, and i will play them all and still love the series.

[Kei_M]

Series needs to be rebooted. Sorry newsbot, I know you're against this and you love archiving everything and keeping up with the series when new stuff comes out...but its time they went back to raccoon city and went back to the original games premise, start off small and rebuild.

Capcom doesn't have what it takes to keep the series special anymore, the story choices they keep making prove that.

The could do an amazing remake of the original game, even better than the 2004 GC game if they started over and went back to the series roots.

There is still an incredible amount of potential with this setting and a chance to add more depth to the series with a clean slate, rather than the continuous mediocre sequels that just dont seem to stop .

No. Just No. If you want something else, play something else. Capcom has spent WAY too much time developing this universe just to flush it down the toilet. I'd find that MUCH more disrespectful than changing the style of gameplay to something more action packed. If the series is dead to you move on to something fresh.

Also, I pre-ordered RE6 by itself and I got the Anthology...is this normal, or am I just special =]

[ValentineLover]

I'm not here fir Mikami. Not specially after going all "reductive" on RE5. Unprofessional asshole tbh

[Wrathborne]

Who can say really?
It'd be more of a plus in contrast to what the last few guys in charge of 5 and 6 did.

[News Bot]

Yeah, pretty much. Still, bringing him back would do absolutely dick for a remake. He'd be just as inclined to skewer the original vision as the new development team would.

[Wrathborne]

Even so, that's BH4. And with that he was only fulfilling his dream of doing a Die Hard-esque action thriller, only with some monsters and midgets thrown in the mix.

He mostly succeeded. If he had more horror mixed through out the game it would have definitely fit in with the earlier games more.

[News Bot]

Even so, that's BH4. And with that he was only fulfilling his dream of doing a Die Hard-esque action thriller, only with some monsters and midgets thrown in the mix.

Q. If you could design the game of your dreams, what would it be?

I have always wanted to create an action-style game, to become like a real Bruce Willis, to become an action hero; I'd love to do that in a game. One of my all-time favourite movies is the Die Hard series, and this is the kind of game I would love to make.

[Wrathborne]

Why? The only reason REmake was good is because BH1 was the only game he actually worked on, and he openly stated he didn't like BH2.

In his defense BH2 DOES introduce Ada Wong, the worlds worst spy .

He worked on RE4 which was a fun side story. Hammyness aside it breathed some new life into the series that it needed.

[Dracarys]

Medal of Honor inspired COD, it's sad to see Call of Duty claim so much then it was Medal of Honor who actually evolved the genre.

Considering the makers of the best MoH game formed Infinity Ward, I say it is fair.

[News Bot]

Maybe if we had the return of Mikami to the development team, they MIGHT be able to do it.

Why? The only reason REmake was good is because BH1 was the only game he actually worked on, and he openly stated he didn't like BH2.