New Resident Evil An Action Game With "Tons Of Horror"
See Full ImageYou know you have to absorb all the Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City information you can. It's like a bodily function for horror aficionados.
Capcom talked to OPM France about this new installment in the venerated franchise, and you can find much of that info over at NeoGAF: firstly, they call the new title a "spin-off" (big surprise there), and yes, we'll have four squad members who attempt to clean up Raccoon City. Producer Masachika Kawata confirmed that they're taking RE in a "new direction," which is why the game "doesn't have a number." He added:
"As you know it's our fifteenth anniversary, which is a long time for a video game series... Some players came to the series when it made a turn towards action [in Resident Evil 4] (still with horror elements, though). This design led the series towards third-person shooter.
The idea [to work with a Western developer] came up when we were working on Lost Planet 2," he added. "We didn't have any other teams internally to work on it. Western studios are known for their ease of development, and in terms of gameplay, this genre."
He went on to say that Slant Six was "well known for their online games and their coding skills," which is obviously what they were looking for. And if you're worried that the designers will sacrifice that patented fear for standard military shooter elements, Kawata attempts to appease you:
"I want to clarify something, even though [this is] a shooter, there are still tons of horror elements."
Related Game(s): Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Tags: resident evil, operation raccoon city, capcom, re6
3/29/2011 9:11:09 PM Ben Dutka
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Comments (40 posts)
Qubex
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 @ 9:41:37 PM
LOL!
Q!
"play.experience.enjoy"
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TheCrazyMerc
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 @ 9:56:34 PM
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Lawless SXE
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 @ 2:24:53 AM
Peace.
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Lord carlos
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 @ 10:11:59 PM
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And i'll also wait untill the game is actually release before i form an opinion.
Hail Ceasar!
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Kiryu
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 @ 10:19:05 PM
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Please capcom invent a new camera system which is similar to RE3!
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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 @ 11:11:17 PM
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Jawknee
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 @ 10:23:28 PM
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What games do Capcom even develop in house anymore? These guys are so out of touch. It would be funny if it wasn't so sad. These guys used to be a power house now they are just...well, sad.
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Clamedeus
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 @ 10:50:58 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 @ 11:15:36 PM
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Lawless SXE
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 @ 2:29:49 AM
Apparently Capcom's focus has moved to developing new IPs in house, while outsourcing new games in older franchises to outsider companies. Mind = blown at such madness.
Peace.
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cLoudou
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 @ 10:27:18 PM
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Reaching a bit there?
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Nlayer
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 @ 10:36:10 PM
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I am getting excited for this, I shall put it on my "watch" list. haha.
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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 @ 11:15:00 PM
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Excelsior1
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 @ 12:33:38 AM
re is still a great series, and i am pulling for re6.
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DirtySkillzHD
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 @ 11:29:40 PM
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Scarecrow
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 @ 11:41:24 PM
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Get ready for a fail RE
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kraygen
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 @ 11:43:09 PM
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I hated the controls for lost planet 2 and had no love for the game any other way either, so did slant six have anything to do with LP2? If so, I'm out.
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gangan19
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 @ 11:43:57 PM
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sirbob6
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 @ 12:48:06 AM
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Geobaldi
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 @ 12:59:41 AM
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I'll believe it when I see it. I've lost a lot of faith in this series since RE 4.
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Lawless SXE
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 @ 2:38:04 AM
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But y'know what? My hope in just about everything else has died, so I might as well let that little bubble within pop as well. It's a tenacious blighter though.
Peace.
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___________
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 @ 3:20:06 AM
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flips it over.
and smashes it on head 10 times!
NO!
NO!
NO!
god dam it crapcom, when will you learn?
YOUR FANS DO NOT WANT A SPINOFF, WE DONT WANT A L4D WANABEE, WE WANT OUT OLD RESIDENT EVIL BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
god! i give up!
wishing RE would stop being a mindless shooter and go back to being survival horror, is like wishing sonic would go back to the good old days!
never going to happen!
crapcom why has your company fallen?
why have you gone from one of the most profitable third party developers to one of the least?
hmmm?
why?
is it just a coincidence that ever since you started selling out your series your profits plummeted?
coincidence?
my god, these people are so blind not even jesus could heal them!
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Lawless SXE
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 @ 3:27:04 AM
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Beamboom
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 @ 4:16:00 AM
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___________
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 @ 8:24:39 AM
but on a serious note, will crapcom ever wake up and smell the coffee?
i want my RE back!
or at least give us a last hoorah, a HD collection of the original 3.
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slugga_status
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 @ 9:16:38 AM
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I miss the original when it was eerie. I miss the beginning of RE2 when the zombie jumps out the window at you unexpectedly. Even the Lickers that would drop out from the vents...man..what happened to RE?!
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Scarecrow
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 @ 9:56:16 AM
RE just lost its identity this gen. RE4 was a nice departure but even as great as it was it derailed the series.
RE5's good, but I wouldn't say it's great.
I wish the series would start to focus more on the survival horror part, that's the genre they started............. why can't they stick to it?
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slugga_status
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 @ 10:12:15 AM
I never got a chance to RE4..but I had RE5 for a short time..but I was left wondering wtf happened to the zombies..the horror..and why is it sunny outside...just disappointed me..
There was once a point where we'd say "Resident Evil is survival horror at it's finest" now...that's an after thought.
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Excelsior1
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 @ 10:17:21 AM
great times playing re 2. the part where the zombies arms reach through the barricade and grab you was a great jump scare. loved the licker scene as well. nemesis busting through a wall in re3 was pretty cool too.
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Underdog15
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 @ 10:08:50 AM
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on a side note, I'd like Capcom to gimme Mega Man X9. It's a guilty pleasure series for me.
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Lairfan
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 @ 7:03:38 PM
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They should either let RE die an honorable death instead of making more games that aren't even survival-horror, or go back to what made it good in the first place. I'm not a fan of RE, but for goodness sake Capcom, what are you doing?!
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Excelsior1
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011 @ 9:38:55 PM
that was such a massive success wasn't it? capcom used to be a great publisher, but they have done a poor job on this gen of consoles. their western approach has yielded notable flops such as dark void, and bionic commando. all their great producers have left, as well.
maybe they can turn it around after that pessemistic wacko for a ceo infanue has left. i just get sick of hearing the phrase western approach. slant six just about killed off socom so that remains a concern as well.
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