Capcom Not Worried About Losing Fans With RE Spin-Off
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon CityIt's always hard (and risky) when you attempt to change a traditional formula.
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City producer Masachika Kawata told CVG that it was a big challenge leaving the survival/horror theme behind. At the same time, he's not worried about annoying the franchise's hardcore fans, as Operation Raccoon City is merely a spin-off and not an actual installment in the series.
Said Kawata:
"In terms of the fans of traditional Resident Evil, I was not worried because we have the numbered titles as well. Also, we thought it was important to broaden our market by creating spin offs."
He said he hopes the game will cater to "both existing and new Resident Evil fans," and that even the old-school followers would find "much to enjoy." To conclude, Kawata said-
"I believe we managed to create a unique and exciting game."
With SOCOM developer Slant Six at the helm, you can bet it won't play like any RE title before. But it's interesting to hear Capcom say it was a "challenge" to abandon the survival/horror concept, because it appears they don't have a problem with more action in RE6, either. The publisher also isn't concerned about losing fans, so...well, we'll see.
Related Game(s): Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Tags: resident evil operation raccoon city, re operation raccoon city, capcom
2/4/2012 9:52:15 AM Ben Dutka
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Comments (7 posts)
Neo_Aeon666
Sunday, February 05, 2012 @ 8:54:04 AM
I don't get it. The way you say it, it is as if you think operation raccoon city is RE6.
RE6 will still have survival horror elements.
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Geobaldi
Saturday, February 04, 2012 @ 3:07:28 PM
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Apparently he hasn't noticed that the last two installments in the main series aren't exactly survival/horror either.
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Sunday, February 05, 2012 @ 1:07:15 AM
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they obviously were not concerned when they did the same to RE4,RE5,DMC4, and bionic commando so why would they be concerned now?
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Robochic
Sunday, February 05, 2012 @ 8:18:38 AM
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I do belive they are just pumping this franchise and not really caring anymore so we'll see what RE6 is like.
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CanadianGuy420
Sunday, February 05, 2012 @ 1:39:36 PM
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Amnesiac
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Saturday, February 04, 2012 @ 12:57:32 PM
Capcom isn't the only provider of this genre.
I guess I'm going to have to get my fix from someone else from now on.