Capcom: Resident Evil Could Receive An Open-World Overhaul
See Full ImageReboots have been popular this generation. Final Fantasy needs a reboot more than any other franchise in my estimation, but survival/horror fans might disagree with that.
Those followers don't really like the direction Resident Evil has taken over the past several years, and after the poorly received Operation Raccoon City and the highly controversial Resident Evil 6 last year, maybe the iconic franchise desperately requires a reimagining.
And actually, it's possible. Capcom producer Maschika Kawata told Eurogamer that rebooting Resident Evil - perhaps with an open-world format - would be feasible, but they'd still have to "preserve what RE is and what makes it appealing to fans." Said Kawata:
"If we did [go with an open-world], we would want to preserve what Resident Evil is and what makes it appealing to fans, while also making it accessible to new players. It would almost entail having a slight reboot to get the series into a place where it would work with open-world gameplay. That's just a personal opinion.
A lot of decisions would have to be taken before something like that is done to the series, but... There is a possibility."
Currently, Kawata is working on the Resident Evil: Revelations port for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii U, which is slated to hit in May. But if they do provide us with a reboot of Resident Evil, would you like to see it go open-world? What other ideas might you have?
Tags: resident evil, resident evil reboot, resident evil sequel, capcom
1/31/2013 10:32:42 PM John Shepard
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Comments (12 posts)
Bonampak
Friday, February 01, 2013 @ 3:06:44 AM
That's why he replied with an "If we did go with an open world". So the reboot would only happen IF they went with an open-world type game.
In regards to what they're actually going to do with the series, Kawata mentions that they're keeping a close eye on how Revelations performs on the HD consoles. Since they want to use that game as a template for future games.
So don't panic. Gotta put his comments in the proper context, people.
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WorldEndsWithMe
Thursday, January 31, 2013 @ 11:30:45 PM
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BTNwarrior
Friday, February 01, 2013 @ 12:30:05 AM
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Draguss
Friday, February 01, 2013 @ 12:31:08 AM
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I do have to ask, why does it have to be a reboot? Or more like, why does it have to be RE? A different game from RE isn't RE, slapping the name on it just to milk the title is annoying. Are they simply afraid the game would not be able to sell on its own merits?
On another note, "Final Fantasy needs a reboot more than any other franchise in my estimation" how would they even do that? Aside from direct sequels, every game is different from the last. If anything, I never understood why it's even a series. I love JRPGs, but I do wonder why companies tend to give so many games the same name when all they have in common is the genre and general style (and in the case of FF, the style tends to change as well). Is it that hard to come up with new names?
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crokett
Friday, February 01, 2013 @ 12:47:20 AM
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Ultimadesires
Friday, February 01, 2013 @ 4:01:12 AM
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Coffeya
Friday, February 01, 2013 @ 4:09:35 AM
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Ultimadesires
Friday, February 01, 2013 @ 5:01:48 AM
RE is not the position to get away with it though. It has set each title as a continuation of the story and obviously brought back returning characters. For RE to do a remake it just denies all it's past and starts again either making the last series or new series irrelevant. I refuse to follow 2 Resident Evil series'...
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Friday, February 01, 2013 @ 4:44:06 AM
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ive come to the point that i just dont care anymore, do whatever the f*ck you want crapcom!
im content were getting revelations on home consoles, the closest thing will ever get to a modern day RE!
*CRY*
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McClane
Friday, February 01, 2013 @ 7:33:49 PM
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RE brand is already dead, unfortunately
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Gamer46
Saturday, February 02, 2013 @ 12:05:36 AM
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Last edited by Gamer46 on 2/2/2013 12:11:55 AM
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Knightzane
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Thursday, January 31, 2013 @ 11:15:49 PM