Resident Evil’s Move Away From Horror Means I Won’t Be Playing

GameFront: I never got around to playing Resident Evil 5. I should have — I’ve been a huge Resident Evil fan for years, and Resident Evil 4 is among my favorite games of all time. The first trailers for Resident Evil 5 had me giddy: more huge monsters, more plodding terrors, more convoluted stories. More horror.

[blahblah346]

exactly. Last good game was RE4. RE5 was just bad, and RE6 is just an improvment on RE5 >_>... I won't be buying it so I don't support Ca$hcom, but I may get it used.

[abzdine]

i dont think RE4 was a good RE but just a good action game at that time. RE died after Code: Veronica.

I'm boycotting all RE since RE4. Go to hell Capcom

[WeskerChildReborned]

I might still give it a chance if i like the demo.

[GTRrocker666]

Wtf

[GTRrocker666]

"Survival Horror games wont sell."....

Isn't that how resident evil became famous in the first place? What about dead space? That game sold well.

I dont know about you guys, but developers playing it safe is a huge turn off for me as a gamer.

[VirtualSamadhi]

Agree, except Dead Space is STILL an action game with horror elements! Try Amnesia if you want horror, but that's on PC. It's a HUGE turn-off that developers have stopped experimenting with slow-down, puzzles, and the build-up of tension that leads to suspense, as well as Camera Angles, this Generation!

[oldfriend86]

Other than avoiding every Capcom game from now on, I'll just be sticking with the RE6 demo. I figure 5 minutes of the Michael Bay crap is enough, compared to the 30 hour full game.

Honestly, the Ada side-story looked the most impressive.

[Blastoise]

I always knew it wasnt gonna be scary. I'm more worried about the regenerating health and quick time events...

[TheDivine]

I LOVED the quick time stuff in re4. Im a huge fan of qte's if theyre done well like after a boss you get a cutscene of you fighting him and get to do a qte to finish. It fits well with RE imo but i can see why some dont like them. Revelations didnt have them and i acually missed seeing badass cutscenes and being on the edge of my seat trying to get everything right. Il give 6 a shot because i love the series. 5 was too much action and shooting but still one damn fine game. Revelations brought it back to the mansion roots with the creepy ship and exploration. Gives me hope for 6.

[DarkBlood]

well still going to get this day one regardless, may not be scary anymore other then a few pop out tactics that usually gets to me if i dont expect it or know when its coming, going to enjoy the story as i usually do with past resident evil games

[VirtualSamadhi]

Why have we received no survival horror games this generation? Seriously. I bought a PS3 just to enjoy them. It's not like PC is very viable for camera angles. :/ I enjoy the cinematic approach! Even our Silent Hill 2-3 port was lousy.

[oldfriend86]

To be blunt, people don't scare easily anymore and have shorter attention spans. If you can't run and gun, then it won't make money, therefore companies don't make them.

I don't agree with that. Just sayin.

[HarryMasonHerpderp]

@VirtualSamadhi

I completely agree it's as though devs just don't wont to make them anymore and I don't get this argument that it's a niche genre because the old Resident Evil games sold millions, there's a lot of horror fans out there starving for a good horror game me being one of them.

I was very disappointed with the SH HD collection too so I bought the PC versions which are far better than the HD abomination.

[Lord_Sloth]

I never found the series all that scary to begin with. Maybe that was due to the PS1 title's voice acting being kind of silly. Richard Aiken's "Owwwwww" comes to mind.

I buy games for fun and haters gonna hate but I enjoyed RE5's gameplay and look forward to getting RE6.

I will support Capcom's in house titles like Dragon's Dogma and RE6 in hope for more fun, which is something this generation is vastly lacking...And I'll keep my fingers crossed for a Vita or PS3 Monster Hunter.

[GTRrocker666]

"Don't shoot, I'm a human!"

-Leon Kennedy ( Resident Evil 2)

[Kyosuke_Sanada]

Thank you for contributing to the conformation of genres. I can't wait until next generation where everything will play the same in a single class of called "potpourri".

[Lord_Sloth]

You mean conformity and no, I mostly support sword games and very little in the way of shooters so I don't support everything becoming a shooter. I might buy 2 shooters a year at best.

This year it will be RE6 and I guess Armored Core V.

Get off your high horse.

[Kyosuke_Sanada]

So wanting variety is "riding the high horse" and I never said all of your previous purchases was as such.

All I am trying to say is giving Capcom for this new direction is causing yet another genre to die on consoles because of the major influence it has on survival horror.

[Lord_Sloth]

And the only thing I'm worried about with Capcom right now is their Outsourcing so I'm trying to support their in house titles that I enjoy.

I've had fun with each RE title to date and have faith that 6 will still be a very enjoyable title.

Since I am now out of bubbles, the conversation is at an end.

[-MD-]

The demo was terrible

[Tokyo_reject]

I'm trying to figure out why this author believes that people will care that he wont play this game...

[blahblah346]

it's a blog?...

[Tokyo_reject]

I know...never said it wasnt.

[CLOUD1983]

"well still going to get this day one regardless, may not be scary anymore..."

When gamers (like the one above) eat every sh1t companies like CRAPCOM serve them it's no wonder why they think they can ditch core elements of a renown franchise transform it entirely into something else & still ppl will buy it.

As long ppl dont protest & dont show their dissatisfaction with their wallets the only game genre we r going to get in the future will be action-shooters nothing else & any game is not a shooter yet is going to turn into one sooner or later if u r fine with that continue to support companies who follow the CoD-way.

[DarkBlood]

I dont buy every game capcom puts out, i mean for christ sakes i only gotten Resident evil revelation and i havent gotten opperation raccoon city

i doubt crying about it "mass effect 3 style" is going to get capcom to return the series to survivor horror plus its classic gameplay *re2 being my favourite still*

so yes i would love them to do that but thats just in my dreams, no amount of force is going to get them to change thier way and im not interested in wasting my energy to complain about something that is quite obvious by now will not happen

and for your information i dont follow the cod way i just follow a particular series im interested in

metal gear solid series
prince of persia trilogy
silent hill
tales of *all of them*
legend of dragoon
resident evil
mario
zelda etc etc

so yeah watch your assumption there sir while im one of many or few that wants to be scared shitless like the old days * i was young playing the older games at the time*

so i still stand on buying resident evil 6 as a fan despite its changes because i want too, not like i do this to every game thats out there

[TheMasterShake]

i find it highly hypocritical when someone say they don't like re5 and re6 because its nothing but action, but yet their favorite re is re4. hypocrisy at its finest.

[Nerdmaster]

I would agree with you if Ashley wasted our ammo, or if 4 was all sunny like 5, or if 4 had replayable chapters to gather ammo instead of relying on our abilities of conserving ammo, or if 4 had a partner system that destroyed any sense of horror, or if 4 didn't have the merchant and all upgrades happened magically between chapters, or if 4 had the same terrible green graphics as 5, or if in 4 we played with the hulk like in 5, or... well, the list goes on.

[TheUndertaker85]

So, I'm a little miffed here...

Why does everybody hate Resident Evil 5 so much? Particularly the many that have NEVER played it? Sure RE5 wasn't the greatest of the series but at the end of the day the game wasn't the worst game in history either. Other than the stupid AI partner the game was pretty solid. It looks good, plays alright, and gives you a story. Will everybody like that story? Probably not. Will everybody hate that story though? Again, probably not.

I do have to say too. The after launch PS Move support wasn't bad in itself nor the DLC. I actually enjoyed RE5 enough to play through and platinum the title using Move. If you've never played the title at least try it before judging it.

[oldfriend86]

You pretty much answered your own question, after that it's just a matter of how much it bothered the player.

It's very much fun, but it's mainly mercenaries that everyone cares about. Though I still had fun, I consider it the worst in the RE series. Co-op forced Sheva onto you during single campaign mode and she was an idiot. There was no atmosphere period; just run and gun. Both of those factors killing the horror aspect. The story literally needed to be 'picked up' by reading documents, but if you're with a friend, mowing down a crowd, you don't have the time to read them. Even if you didn't have a friend, I can't imagine many people stopping the intense action to read. RE4 was more mellow, allowing you some downtime. And even as just an action game, it's fun, but I think I had a better time in RE4. RE5 also looked very beautiful.

The problem with the Move controls, other than the fact that you needed to buy RE5 Gold, was that it didn't enhance the experience like it did in RE4. It simply made it a different one. Sure many complain that you shoot NOT with the trigger, but with the top button, but you can get used to that. It's the looking around and shooting that was troublesome. It worked perfectly with RE4, not sure how it didn't with RE5. The DLC was okay.

I thought it was fun, it just had a lot of problems. Being a Resident Evil game, the expectations and standards are high for a title like that.

[Tsukuyomi]

MORE ACTION!less attempts to move it back to the horror genre! YAY! Capcom wins! Gamers lose.

[Kyosuke_Sanada]

I truly hope Tango Gameworks' latest project truly feeds the hunger of survival horror that this console generation is lacking. However, I am worried that if the game catches too much attention, new" RE fans" will come pouring in requesting more red barrels and half-moon kicks.

[BABY-JEDI]

I'm just curious who is making these decisions @Capcom?... Is this person in the gaming industry? Are they interested in games? Do they know the history of RE? Do they unrest and survival horror? Do they care about the people who supported this franchise?.
I really think NOT.. Who ever is running the show really needs to move on.. Preferably to some Harry Potter game...