On The Future of Resident Evil

When I was in college, my roommate and I played through all the resident evils (minus the rail shooter ones, and the other spinoffs), starting with 0 all the way to 4. We would take turns since they were one player, and it was awesome to grip these games that affected me in the same way as you. I can't say I had the same disdain for 5 you did, because half of why I love resident evil is the sense of urgency of a bioterror outbreak and the TERRIBLE dialogue. Who doesn't love Chris Redfield's teenage like temper tantrum lines? RE5 was the first time my friend and I could actually team up in the RE atmosphere, marking a interesting in ovation to the story driven series. I think if RE6 can bring back the survival horror feel of the earlier ones while retaining an awesome co-op game play, it will have benefited from the risks taken by RE5.

Jill Sandwich. That's all I have to say.

GREAT ARTICLE!!! SPOT ON!!!

ive just about gave up on a franchise i used to love... now i started late & out of order... i never played pt. 1 on PS... but i did play & beat pt. 2, it was a great game... 9/10 IMO... i played half of 3 & had to return it so i never finished... then game cube remade them, i finally played RE1 and i was floored! it was amazing! scary! fun! 9.5/10 IMO, then i moved on to RE4, which was simply a masterpiece! also 9.5/10 IMO... i still haven't decided which i prefer more 1 or 4, but regardless i love em both!
then RE5 came out for 360, i was excited, then i played it... while i feel they did do a good job with the coop, it simply wasn't a RE game! just a simplified, action game with no scares or puzzles... 7/10 IMO... it is simply a step back and has me really not caring about the franchise anymore!

oh well at least some people still care about horror games!
we do have DEAD SPACE & ALAN WAKE 2 amazing horror games!

Sorry but I have to respecfully disagree. While I do say that RE 5 went far away from survival horror, it allowed new people into the Genre who found previous games too frustrating. It allowed me to have fun with friends while playing the game, something that, previously, had to be done turn by turn.

RE 5 was (almost) my favourite for this reason. 4 was heaps better & 2 is legend in it's own right.
I DO understand your gripe. Survival horror is becoming a niche, I hope that R.E 6 returns to or retains the classic genre, but utilises the best parts of 5.

Most importantly, I hope it is actually scary, which in my opinion is the ONLY reason RE 5 had less effect on me than previous titles.

"it allowed new people into the Genre who found previous games too frustrating"

THIS STATEMENT REPRESENTS THE PROBLEM WITH MODERN GAMERS & WHY MANY COMPANIES DUMB DOWN THEIR GAMES (WHICH RUINS IT FOR THE TRUE FANS)...

if a game is to hard or "frustrating" its simple, either get some skill & overcome the challenge, or don't play it, you can always play another game...

games shouldn't be a easy walk through a few levels with a cut scene here & there... they should feature well crafted stories & plenty of challenges to overcome...
they're should be thought involved, not just: run, shoot, cut scene, end lvl, stock up on gear, repeat...

most modern games like re5 have bland stories, are simply too easy & only offer 5hrs of game play, its really quite sad...

Why exactly does everyone praise RE4 when RE5 literally added sunlight, better boss fights (sort of) and extremely easy lickers? RE4 changed the game to an action game long before 5 was released. Even 3 was starting to move away from the survival horror genre. 1 and 2, REmake, are the only true survival horror ones, 3 tried to make it a little better and then 4 made absolutely no sense, 5 kept going with 4's style of gameplay and storyline and added in more rock punching. I have owned all the classic RE's as well as 4 and 5 and I prefer the gun game of the newer ones but they lack the story and atmosphere of the original 3. 6 won't end up bringing it back, Chris will still be dragon punching, Leon will still have to escort some silly ***** around except this time she can shoot, and I don't even know WTF is going on with Sherry and Wesker Jr. Ada Wong will also be involved somehow in all this nonsense. RE is no longer survival horror, it may be for the zombies/BOW's - cont.

cont. - that you are face ****ing with your fists of death but a little lightning and walking slowly doesn't make me feel nervous. QTE's kill those as well. I honestly can't comment on Leon's campaign being survival horror but I doubt it will be anything too scary, I mean he's the presidents personal bodyguard. Everyone hates Chris cause he's a super soldier but so is Leon minus the steroids, plus the bad hair.

If your looking for a survival horror games there are a few that are out that will make you want to play with all the lights on with your eyes half way shut to avoid the next thing jumping out at you, Resident Evil 6 will not be one of those games.

I'm not sure if my rant made sense but yeah.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Alice running down the side of the building drop kicking Wesker clone #0329423084 and Hunk running out of left field wearing his gas mask still rocking the Umbrella emblem on his outfit.

Resident Evil : Attack of the Clones!!!

I will buy RE6.
RE 1 - Scared me as a 10 year old kid - I could not beat it and I bought it recently and am close. (Just picked up magnum).
RE 2 - Beat with both characters. Was a great game, scary and difficult. The destroyed city environment gave me hours of imagination.
RE 3 - Beat. Not as fun as RE 2 but enjoyed nevertheless.
RE Code Veronica - Super hard, couldnt beat. Ammo was no where to be found. I ran and ran and ran and still died.
RE 4 - I beat this game so many times. It was awesome. I beat it using pistols only, modern guns only, old guns old, mostly nades only. I played mercenaries with friends to the point of madness. It was responsible for my a fall in my GPA.
RE 5 - Was decent. Fun to play since my RE 4 buddy could play with me. Once beat didnt beat again.
RE ORC - Enjoyed. I enjoyed the multiplayer angle. It was quite fun.
I wish I had played the Resident Evils multiplayer on the PS2 but never did. I think these would have been fun.

Spinoffs I would likely buy. RE fighting game/arcade and RE RTS.

The best part of the game was you imagination. Maybe that is the kid in my speaking but Bioschock 1&2 invoked the same type of imagination where you zone out and just picture yourself in that world.

I could honestly play a Resident Evil Arena game if it included a decent amount of characters, main and sub as well as some of the smarter BOWs from all the games, who needs a story when you can super saiyan punch Wesker in the face

I can't believe I forgot Code Veronica which just weirded me out and I had no idea wtf was going on, I really should replay it and give it another chance, I just downloaded the first 3 to play on my Vita so I should be good until RE6 releases