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Capcom Believes It Can Balance Action And Horror In Resident Evil 6

Posted on Friday, September 21 @ 13:56:56 Eastern by Jonathan_Leack

Resident Evil 6 doesn't appear to be scary. I wonder what Capcom has to say about that.

During an interview with GamaSutra, Executive Producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi explained that his team working on Resident Evil 6 believes they have struck a balance between horror and action. 

So while there's still action, I don't think we're losing the horror, just because we keep action in the game.

I wholeheartely disagree. The moment you add as much adrenaline-rich gameplay, chaotic noise, and character effectiveness as Resident Evil 6 provides to a game, all hope for horror is lost. Sure, you might have a lurker or two pop out from a window, but how often can you do that before the player finds it obnoxious?

Then again, Resident Evil hasn't been frightening in years. That's especially disappointing because when I was a child playing the original two installments I could have sworn that better graphics would have made the game's far more ripe with friction. However, all we have to show for it is co-op and some multiplayer modes. What a missed opportunity.
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  • De-Ting
    De-Ting
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 2:31 pm
    Are they selling the horror as on-disc DLC?
    0 5
  • moretokes
    moretokes
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 2:47 pm
    Or are they just going to patch it in an update
    0 3
  • xclant
    xclant
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 3:43 pm
    I havnt been genuinely scared by a resident evil game since my 1st encounter with the nemisis..... Thats the precise moment in the franchise where capcom fumbles on the play and substitutes horror for more gimmicks and guns.
    1 1
  • Noritama
    Noritama
    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 5:28 pm
    A couple of things yes you can make a action survival horror game. Look at Dead Space. That game wasn't slow at all and it had basically the same functions as RE4-5 Did.

    This idea can be achieved but by Capcom I don't know about that. they have shown us they gave it a fair shake with the 3DS game but we'll see. I'll reserve judgement on RE6 until I actually have it in my hand.s
    1 3
  • sliverstorm
    sliverstorm
    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 7:07 pm
    Agree with this. Dead Space proves that you can have a strong third person shooter without losing the horror. The environment and narrative combined to make you feel scared and helpless even while armed with an array of powerful and exciting weapons.
    0 0
  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 7:18 pm
    Dead Space 2 has tremendous atmosphere backed by some of the best audio and environmental effects in the industry. Resident Evil 6 doesn't have that luxury. Also, Dead Space 2 makes you feel desolate while Resident Evil reminds me of Die Hard.
    1 1
  • Noritama
    Noritama
    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Sep 22nd, 2012 at 9:27 am
    How does it have that luxury? It has a stockpile of some of the best minds in gaming today. I think they could accomplish both of those aspects with ease if they actually tried. but I'm a wishful thinker.
    Also Die hard is awesome if RE was like Die Hard I'd love it more.
    1 2
  • 213EDD
    213EDD
    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posted: Sep 22nd, 2012 at 11:59 am
    God dammit noritama
    1 0
  • Noritama
    Noritama
    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Sep 22nd, 2012 at 12:18 pm
    I need more downvotes.
    0 0
  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow
    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: Sep 21st, 2012 at 6:26 pm
    Don't like survival horror, do like action, love RE 4 and 5, bring it the Fuck on
    0 0
  • elmoreoocyte
    elmoreoocyte
    Joined: Apr 2012
    Posted: Sep 22nd, 2012 at 11:04 am
    I am admittedly not a survival horror gamer. The closest thing to SH I've ever played was Eternal Darkness, which I found awesome, but not scary. I don't like haunted houses, because they're not scary. I like horror movies, but for the gore, not because they scare me. I watched my best friend play RE1 on the PS1 back in the day and thought it looked kinda dumb, but he dug it.

    That was background to preface the question I'm about to pose to those of you who actually do like survival horror, and seem to hate the direction RE has gone: Is it possible that RE seems to suck now, and not be as scary, because we are all older and not as easily frightened?
    0 1
  • Kassen
    Kassen
    Joined: Aug 2012
    Posted: Sep 23rd, 2012 at 1:33 pm
    Re 1 i flund scary as ****. Whrn the hunters appear i still get scared. But resident evil isnt  scary. Most of the time you have enough ammo to handle anything. So did you in re 3 but nemesis was just damn hard. That made him scary.

    In my opponion it hasnt been horror since re1. I still love thrm though. ( havent played revelations)

    Now silent hill scared me shitless.
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