Capcom Hopes to Replace Resident Evil With Dead Rising

As it stands the Resident Evil series is Capcom’s top selling franchise of all time. Sitting at 44m games sold across numerous platforms in it’s lifetime it may be impossible to imagine the RE series being dethroned by any other game made by Capcom. Keiji Inafune hopes to change all of that.

[piroh]

here sleeps our beloved RE1,2 with puzzles, riddles and key searching

...i hope Dead Rising will once evolve to that form just like original RE games was - key searching, horror atmosphere

[JsonHenry]

It won't happen. Not with this game anyway.

[StanLee]

Dead Rising 2 is the mediocre sequel to a mediocre game lauded when many games at the time were terrible. I don't get the cult facination with games like Dead Rising and Crackdown. They were mediocre but have this rabid fanbase. Dead Rising 2 sorry to say, is a repetitive, terrible structure with the most ridiculous premise and even more ridiculous narrative.

[qface64]

geez man you know what this tells me they are gonna just give RE the shaft in the future no i don't mean cancel but its gonna end up taking a back seat just like megaman and all those other ignored capcom franchises

[El_Colombiano]

Funny. I love both Dead Rising and Crackdown to death.

[Anon1974]

I agree. Mediocre sequel to a mediocre game. I really wanted to like this game, I just couldn't. I'm not a fan of timed missions at the best of times so the idea of making a larger, sandbox game and then not giving you enough time to do 2/3 of what there is to do is madness. It doesn't add to replay value, it just adds to frustration value. Even when I finished a mission, it didn't feel like I accomplished anything because two other missions were failed. What masochistic bastard thought this was a good idea?

In contrast, I loved RE5 to death. It wasn't a good resident evil game, but as a co-op action game I had a helluva time. I certainly didn't spend 20 minutes slogging through zombies just to get to the goddamned save point - another brain dead idea from Dead Rising.

[lowcarb]

I also loved Dead Rising and CrackDown but part 2 to both have so far felt like let downs. All i want is a redone Code Veronica and although off topic a Symphony of the night 2.

[badz149]

but DR to replace RE? although both have zombies, both played too differently. RE is basically a survival horror and used to have the 'Japanese style' of game until they westernized RE5, but DR is a zombie slaying game. RE used to have puzzles and everything but DR and the sequel, is nothing like RE. plus, RE is at its own class where people buy the game by its name alone and more importantly, the Japanese love RE but DR is new and don't have market yet especially in Japan. IMO, Capcom as a Japanese company should really cater to Japanese 1st and foremost with their games!

[Rocket Sauce]

Speaking of ridiculous...

P.S. - I actually love this part. More games need to embrace ridiculousness

[Christopher]

Yeah, not seeing it happen with Dead Rising. Two completely different games in terms of gameplay.

I may not be the biggest fan of Resident Evil 5, but I found it much better than Dead Rising. From the looks of it, Dead Rising 2 doesn't look any better to me from a gameplay perspective.

[scofios]

Keiji Inafune < Shinji Mikami
Dead Rising < Resident Evil

[newhumanbreed]

Shinji Mikami doesn't make Resident Evil anymore. That's a big reason why that series is trash now.

[ZombieAutopsy]

No Shinji Mikami has created much greater franchises than Keiji Inafune, not that either of them are bad at what they do.

[Rocket Sauce]

Zombies > Whatever the hell Resident Evil has now

[Ashriel]

Megaman and Onimusha say hi.

[zireno]

I don't know if it's just me, but I started to enjoy better the last 2 resident evils (4 and 5) since I accepted that they were no longer survival horror but action games, and for what they are (action games) they are pretty good, and most people should base their opinions on what the games are instead of what the games should be. Yeah, I enjoyed the first resident evil games as much as the next person, but franchises evolve for better or worse, and even though they are no longer survival horror, you can't deny it's still a quality franchise. I hope there comes a game that take on the zombies/survival horror void that resident evil left but I don't think dead rising will be it.

[dinkeldinkse]

But too many people want RE to be survival horror, so they are never going to enjoy the more action type of game of the last two.

[Anorexorcist]

An IP can never fall into a certain stagnant form of gameplay. Resident Evil can always reform to accommodate all the idiots who said that RE5 wasn't good enough, I hope it doesn't, because RE5 was a good game. All the fanboys who fervently said otherwise need to stop being so finicky.

[Cevapi88]

a game that has a comedic feel to how you kill zombies vs a real strategy horror game....sad day

[MicroSony4Life]

If you found RE5 to be strategic then you must be slow.

[Cevapi88]

did you see me mention RE5? the series overall had strategy in it...Capcom turned RE5 into a 3rd person shooter meant for "western" gamers....and i agree that RE5 isnt strategic...its what happens when you take a series and turn into something completely different

[Rampaged Death]

I can't see this happening at all

[multipayer]

Me neither, but I can see Resident Evil being made in the style of Dead Rising with much more interesting characters for coop...

[SoapShoes]

I can't see this happening either... Dead Rising is good, but it's no Resident Evil even if the new ones are action games and not horror games. RE actually has plot and I hope RE6 is similar to RE4 before it changed to what it became.

[CaliGamer]

What they should do is create a survival horror game that is open world like GTA.

How cool would it be to have to hold up in a high rise and make your way across a zombie infested city.

BTW, all zombie and horror fans should watch this show on Halloween http://www.amctv.com/origin...

[JsonHenry]

I have two different electronic reminders to tell me that show is coming on an hour before it shows.

[TheLastGuardian]

RE6 is in developement. We should see it released in 2011, mark my words. I would much rather see Dead Rising die than Resident Evil.

[Rhezin]

Any true Resident Evil fan knows the series went to crap after four. Dead Rising was a blast, and one of the few decent survival/action/horror series left in Capcom's library, other than Onimusha of course.

And yes CaliGamer the Walking Dead on AMC is going to be epic, almost as good as the comic, hopefully.

[TheLastGuardian]

Resident Evil 5 was a fantasic game the only thing that sucked about it was that it wasn't scary.

[Eamon]

If you take the horror and puzzles out of Resident Evil 4 then it becomes a 3rd person shooter.

That is what Resident Evil 5 is.

[squallheart]

I saw the gameplay for dead rising and from what i saw it looked horrible. I was laughing as the player ran by zombies and 10 sec later the zombie lunged. The only good resident evil games were 1 through 3 sinced they instilled a sense of fear. Four and five were nothing but arcade water down trash where u can run with guns blazing.

[bennyace]

You include Code Veronica in the good ones!

[LordMarius]

Resident Evil needs a reboot, just like the movies

[Rybakov]

that is hat is is gonna be
and the movies just need to disappear cause there crap

[TheMutator]

crap is not the word...is $hit

[Troll_Police]

EA replaced it with Dead Space.

[newhumanbreed]

Resident Evil is trash now. I hope this does replace it. If Capcom decides to take Resident Evil back to it's roots, then I hope it lives on, but since they are making it like the horrible movies, I do hope the series ends. Resident Evil died a long time ago.

[Jrome]

You can NEVER replace resident evil.

[Gilliand]

coughdeadspacecough

[dirthurts]

But it will never fill that space that RE has in my heart.

[dinkeldinkse]

LMAO

[Ronster316]

is actually pretty damn good.

you need to play through the game multiple times to see all the cutscenes thus giving the game lots of longevity.

But regardless of how many scoops you undertake the main story holds up very well indeed and the "side" scoop stories are just a bonus.

Theres defo room for both Dead Rising and Resident Evil in Capcoms catalogue.

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

I hope not.

I miss the Original RE's. Hope they return to the Original Gameplay and Scary feeling.

[Katana Yamato]

I really doubt Dead Rising is going to replace a classic like RE. Sure RE 5 sucks with its dumb-as-a-bucket-of-rocks AI partner (unless you find sumone decent enough to play with you) and its crappy so called "horror" story which makes it seem more like sum crappy straight to video action movie with no actual horror involved (like a Uwe Boll movie).

Dead Rising is too ridiculous to replace RE. I think people are just holding out faith that RE will return to its survivor horror roots, as it should be. Dead Rising seems more like sum Dyansty Warriors clone with zombies instead of ancient Chinese warriors.

Then again, what does RE have going for it anyway? *Spoiler Ahead*

Wesker is dead and Oswald E. Spencer as well, there's practically no one left from the original Umbrella conspiracy to kill.

Anyway, there's no way DR is going to replace RE. Capcom has to milk sumthing that pertains to RE anyway. And Paul W.S. Anderson still needs to whore out his wife in mediocre RE movies that have nothing to do with the actual game. They'd be stupid to just throw out the RE license and not whore it out to death...which they are doing just fine BTW.

[PS3-247]

I know they can't be that stupid to replace they best selling francise. RE5 sold over 6m. DR will never do RE like numbers.

[The_Devil_Hunter]

Pathetic...

[ZombieNinjaPanda]

Dead Rising looks like a very fun game from what I've seen. Is it only on the 360?

[Leonesaurus]

Let's get one thing straight.... Dead Rising is AWESOME! Resident Evil is AWESOME! End of story.

And another thing... Dead Rising will NEVER dethrone Resident Evil. Not as a zombie/horror game, nor as a franchise (Sorry Mr. Inafune).

With that being said; to all the pessimistic Dead Rising hate trolls out there, it's NOT a mediocre game. It's an AWESOME zombie game that many fans enjoy and embrace. It's unique experience and fun to mess around with. If you have a different opinion, that's fine, but DON'T rain on our parade. Same thing goes for any anti-RE people out there, including RE5.

Besides, Keiji Inafune should be worrying more about making his game the best it can be rather than trying to outsell or dethrone Resident Evil, a game that's made by the SAME company he freakin' works for. Where's the logic in that!?

[gano]

gaming is really going off the coaster.
so zombie games are supposed to be mindless fun now.
i guess he's looking a games like left for dead.

this mark is tweeking HARD.

[NeloAnjelo]

Dead rising is an average game with interesting mechanics. That's it. No depth, or real horror. I take RE 1, 2, 3 & 4 over the dead rising IP any day. Shinji Mikami's the "subtle genius" personified.

[theroadtoruin]

i have a cure for all of you, and its called Silent Hill.

[TheMutator]

yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh everybody here buy homecoming ( sarcasm )

[theroadtoruin]

no, just wait on 8. watch the trailer and prepare to see the best survival horror released since Siren Bloodcurse ( not sarcasm ). in the meantime, play the old ones if you haven't. might put some hair on your chest.

[TheMutator]

i have all silent hill , but homecoming was a mess in the series , i hope that silent hill 8 revive the series

[theroadtoruin]

Silent Hill is one of our last few true survival horror games, and the president has already gone on record to say that it will cater to the loyal fans. from what I've seen they're holding up pretty well to their promise, just remember Resident Evil might be dead, ( no pun intended ) but we still have a couple games coming that are trying to hold true to the formula.

[TheMutator]

i hope !!!

[DarthMoose]

hmm, we need a good zombie game, no, not like resident evil with chessy dialouge and crazy action and terrible story, so I ask myself why hasn't there been an open world zombie game been made yet. Heres my idea. The game itself for the most part would take place in first person but would take place in a huge map like fallout 3, except there would be cities, towns and fields and so on, also weapons would be hard to come by and sometimes the best thing would even to be to try to avoid zombie detection, it would be a post apocalptic so food would be scarce and you would have to scavenge for food to regain health or stamina meter and even kill other peopel just to survive.

Also, through out the game you would come across other suriviors that you could befriend and have them join your party, build relation ships or enemies, characters that you truly care whether they live or die. They would join or threaten your party, and thats one thing that would make the game intersting, because zombies could be predictable where people aren't. People would really become fucked up after and apocalypse therefore survival would mean everything and trust would have to be earned and so on.

[BABY-JEDI]

DR 1 was refreshing (but tricky game hub). Hopefully DR2 will rectify the problems & build upon the more successful points of 1. I really enjoyed saving people. Sadly to say I couldn't save the old lasts dog. : (

[silvacrest]

dead rising 2 looks worse then the original in terms of graphics and gameplay

[djslapdash]

I thought capcom were going to borrow elements from Left 4 dead series.