10 Reasons Why The Resident Evil Series Is Dead

So, what are the reasons for the downfall of Resident Evil? Sure, the franchise still reels in ludicrous amounts of money, and stands tall as one of the more-instantly recognisable names to have ever come out of the video game world. Oddly, as the brand has crossed over from gaming to film and pop culture, however, a lot of what made it great in the first place has been lost. It may suck, and even be difficult, to say goodbye to such an old friend, but has Resident Evil lost relevance amongst the video game community? If so, why?

[PoSTedUP]

10? i can narrow it down to two.

1.) %#&$ing capcom

2.) its not the same anymore.

[Wizard_King]

the last 9 RE games and Capcom are the reason RE is dead.

[breakpad]

basically it mentions all the reasons ...but i will add 2 more obscure ones but very important ...1) is the lack of color and the addition of lame filter which try to imitate Holywood (lame)tactic to add atmosphere, first REs were clearly Capcom-made games with colorful (more natural looking IMO) environments and characters..(for ex Dragons Dogma that didnt have lame filters to dictate his presentation was a far more better survival horror game in some sections and far more atmospheric like the first REs)
...2)ndly i say that RE MUST be more grounded in their sci-fi story in order to be frightening like the first RE, trying to imitate westerns artless games with undefined over grotesque adversaries is loosing any tension and atmosphere ..simply more grounded story close to reality ->more scary game..(Shinji himself has said it first)

[Relientk77]

Capcom, y u do dis?

[gangsta_red]

6. Overblown Set Pieces

I think number Six is the main reason RE fell off. I have to say it's due to the popularity of the live action movies. I think Capcom saw how popular and successful those W.S. Anderson movies were and thought that is what the public or new found fans expect the series to be.

So, instead of tense, moody atmosphere...we get military, Michael Bay, shoot 'em up action. It's a real shame because it's not what made RE great in the first place.

Also the story became ridiculously convoluted. I mean after Umbrella a new company pops up and now there is this Plagues(?) disease or something, it totally lost me, not to mention each past RE character is now some super human agent. Leon was a rookie cop for crying out loud and now he's 007 in charge of rescuing the president's daughter...when the heck did that happen?

The RE games while a far cry from the originals at least have a quality and are still fun to play but I don't consider them RE games anymore. I call the game Action Man Fighting Alien Soldiers now.

As of now the only way to salvage this once great franchise is to completely re-boot it. Or as I read spin it off with Revelations and keep that series close to the original RE roots, hopefully.

[Testfire]

I had fun in co-op in RE6, but it never felt like a RE game. Never scary or suspenseful and no feel of survival. It was an action horror game with the emphasis on action.

[tanukisuit]

When they put that "dinosaur" boss for Leon's campaign, I thought "oh, this does not bode well for the other portions of the game...".

It was okay, but I honestly felt like I was playing some other third-person/action game, lol.

[gantarat]

IN/ON RE 6 artwork book Simmonds suppose to transform like Birgin (G) Not T-rex or Fly

[ShaunCameron]

Simple. Experience is what happened. Leon can't stay being a 21-year-old rookie cop forever.

[gangsta_red]

A rookie cop to a secret agent in charge of protecting the President and his daughter.

That is one hell of a career move from being a rookie beat cop.

[scark92]

Anything New?

[Number-Nine]

it's been dead. now it is a zombie.

[tanukisuit]

*nom nom nom*

Instead of S.T.A.R.S, they should say "CAAAAAAPCON"

[sssb]

that way they must remake RE2&3, game losing fans because they feel not good game as suppose to be, look at RE6 lot of action, less entertainment, story line take you to different locations, it's become more like call of duty not RE anymore.

[ShaunCameron]

9. Of course it isn't scary anymore. People grew out of being scared. A person can be scared for only so long.

[Dyldog69]

The 10 reasons are: Resident evil 6x10. And yes 6x9+6+9=69. Any questions?

[Iamnemesis4880]

Over milked going to be the same with COD

[gantarat]

and assassin's creed ?

[ShaunCameron]

Over-milked how? Resident Evil doesn't come out every year.

[Dannycr]

It's been dead since 4. That was the beginning of the end.

[gantarat]

wesker look like Duke Nukem So much

[clouds5]

IMHO the tension and atmosphere of the first one was never reached again. Thank god for the remake. It's one of the best games ever.

[LeviniGogii]

yeah i am agrre

[Inception]

Dead? No, maybe a koma.

But i seen capcom trying to go back to the root again with RE HD and Revelation 2. As a RE fans, i'm trying to support that decision by buying RE HD (already did it) and next year Revelations 2.

This is our chance to show capcom that we doesn't want RE with michael bay explosions. If both game selling well than there's a chance capcom will remake RE 2 & 3 with the same style like RE HD. Also, maybe RE 7 will have less action and more survival horror. All of that depends on how RE fans speak with their wallet...

[gantarat]

Okabe (Produce REV 2 ) Confirm
Main Number - Action (Still in Development)
Rev - Survivor-Horror

They Know fan want survivor-horror but they can't stop make Action RE

RE 5 Sold 6.7 Miliions
RE 6 Sold 6.0 Millions (Even Game have lackluster Review)

[Inception]

Yes i already read that interview about RE 7. I knew capcom will not completely remove the action part from main RE. That's why i said IF RE HD and Revelations 2 got great sales than MAYBE capcom will think over about action in RE 7.

Personally i don't really mind action in RE like RE 5 / 6. But capcom need to make it really really good and not just put tons of QTE and michael bay explosion every second in the game.

[Uncharted4all]

"10 Reasons Why The Resident Evil Series Is Dead" STOP YOUR TROLLING PLEASE as Resident Evil HD remastered remastered will be released in January 2015. Why so many clickbait articles on N4G anyway ? Learn Journalism before you come back here.

[Dark-Funeral]

i think we need to stop bringing back old IP !! many vedio games companies uses the fame of the IP to sell their games. many IP's are selling because of their name rather than how much the game is well designed...................... ......................

look to what happened to the last Battlefield, Far cry, Assassin creed and many other game !! these games are poorly designed with the same elements over and over..... they are selling cuz they are Battlefield games, Assassin and far cry !!!!

hope for new IP's rather than milking series over & over !

[ShaunCameron]

Or it could it be a combination of both? It the reason Mario games still sell. Ditto for Grand Theft Auto.

Eh. New IP's come out all the time. And as always, a majority of them will get marginal fanfare at best due to them being rather unremarkable. I don't know why you would hope for something that's bound to happen anyway.

[ocelot07]

You don't need 10 reasons just once. Resident Evil 5. Once they started being more of a action game than a horror game that is when the series died.

[PurpHerbison]

If you are going to blame Resident Evil 5, which I totally agree by the way. You can't forget Resident Evil 4. Yes, I know RE4 was a GREAT game but it was also the first step in the wrong direction.

[ocelot07]

I completely agree. But at least it was a horror game. I wish they just stuck to the classic gameplay my self.

[OneAboveAll]

The games started to suck when they changed the camera from a fixed camera to a camera thar follows the player.

Code Veronica was the last good game.

[vicristion]

Resident Evil 3 was the last good game.

[VTKC]

it died when killing an enemy rewarded the player with ammo and a form of in-game currency/health.

[vicristion]

I want to be remastered Resident Evil 2 & 3.
From my point of view Resident Evil 4 changed something wrong with this franchise (too much action and shooting).