NEW RESIDENT EVIL 6 NEWS!!!!!!!

Monster Mash wrote:

We'll probably hear something in a few hours, due to the different time zones.

As to the game itself, it sounds good, but I hope that in trying to make the game scary, they don't hurt the actual gameplay. Also, while I do want to see a return to classic RE stylings like searching for keys, avoiding rather than fighting some monsters, doing puzzles, and retracing your steps, I don't want to see a return to the older panoramic view, and I don't want the action to be reduced. Some of the fight scenes in RE5 were awesome, and I would hate to see things gets slowed down.

Yes... keys the size of AK-47's... (SCREW KEYS AND THE PROTAGONIST'S ABILITY TO FORESEE THAT THEY WILL NO LONGER NEED THIS KEY.)

Mcghie wrote:

the game needs to progress for all they hungry action newbie fans.

The action hungry newbie fans need to do one of two things:

(1) Play something else.
(2) Die.

Because of course, anybody who prefers the style of the last two games is instantly a "newbie," and not a real RE fan.

Monster Mash wrote:

Because of course, anybody who prefers the style of the last two games is instantly a "newbie," and not a real RE fan.

About as much as anyone who would prefer an FPS-style Final Fantasy is a true FF fan, yeah.

What I don't understand is: Why would the action fans even bother playing RE games? They should just let the RE fans play the old style. There are enough action games already, so why wouldn't they just continue playing CoD and leave the RE series for what it is.

PS: I'm not talking about anyone here, but the annoying people that hate the old games and complain about things like not enough action, the camera angles, etc.

ThomVD wrote:

What I don't understand is: Why would the action fans even bother playing RE games? They should just let the RE fans play the old style. There are enough action games already, so why wouldn't they just continue playing CoD and leave the RE series for what it is.

PS: I'm not talking about anyone here, but the annoying people that hate the old games and complain about things like not enough action, the camera angles, etc.

I agree with you, I think that the people like us that played a lot of the old resi games have a better sense in video games in general, some gamers today get really lost if they try to play a fixed-camera game, not to mention if it is a psone game where they would begin to complain about the graphics too, saying they can't understand it....sound unlikely, but believe me, there are a lot of people like that

Why are graphics always such a big deal for people? I still play NES, SNES, N64 and PS1 games even today and I enjoy the shit out of them. Story, gameplay, sound, level design, atmosphere, etc. are a lot more important than graphics in my opinion. Don't get me wrong, I love good graphics in games like Uncharted or God of War but it just isn't important for me.

I was thinking that maybe my "time" as a gamer has passed, I really CAN'T beat new games, mainly because they're too long, I'm not saying it is a bad thing, but the other day I beat Adventure Island, a greatly difficult game doing the trial and error strategy, in new games is like you can never die and the game keeps going forever....seriously how many games have the continue feature in these days??

I'm not a big fan of the new generation too. I don't think games are too long now (old RPGs and Zelda games were very long), but I think they focus to much on online and graphics. I think story is by far the most important thing in a game, and I can't name many games this gen that had a really memorable or emotional story.

I don't care if RE6 has too much action or whatever. Heck, even the old camera angles would be fine.

I honestly just hope it's fun.

What is going on!? It is already the 16th in Tokyo and STILL no RE6! This can't just be a rumor! RE6 sounds like an amazing game. Please don't let this be a rumor

Ghost Leader wrote:

Monster Mash wrote:

Because of course, anybody who prefers the style of the last two games is instantly a "newbie," and not a real RE fan.

About as much as anyone who would prefer an FPS-style Final Fantasy is a true FF fan, yeah.

Apples and roast beef. FF's RPG style is far more removed from a first-person shooter than the old RE games. RE4 basically just changed the view, sped up the action, and allowed for more ammo. It was not overly easy (I actually think RE2 was easier), and it did keep a number of things distinct to the RE series that differed from other FPS.

@Ravoir: What do you mean with "'Even' the camera angles". I think the camera angles were just as good if not better than the OTS camera.

@Monster: From survival-horror to TPS is a bigger step than some people think.

ThomVD wrote:

@Ravoir: What do you mean with "'Even' the camera angles". I think the camera angles were just as good if not better than the OTS camera.

Some people don't want them. I could care less if it's done right.

ThomVD wrote:

I'm not a big fan of the new generation too. I don't think games are too long now (old RPGs and Zelda games were very long), but I think they focus to much on online and graphics. I think story is by far the most important thing in a game, and I can't name many games this gen that had a really memorable or emotional story.

Yeah, last month I played chrono trigger completely, i think that new games bore me actually, but that's just me...

Mcghie wrote:

I love my old consoles, nothing like a bit of golden axe or streets of rage.

I hear you, too. Even for 2D side-scrollers, Golden Axe and Streets of Rage are infinitely more fun than 90% of the games released today. Tyris Flare and Blaze Fielding were my first video game crushes.

ThomVD wrote:

@Monster: From survival-horror to TPS is a bigger step than some people think.

If we're talking about a survival horror game like Amnesia, then you would be correct. But RE has always had significant action components. Also, the original style of gameplay put incredible constraints on the fights scenes, especially the boss fights. On the whole, there was no strategy in fighting a boss, no aiming for weak spots, just unloading on it with everything you have as quickly as possible and praying that it's enough. Because of this, many boss fights were often either way too easy or too hard (RE3 somewhat fixed this); the gameplay allowed for no in-between.

I want everyone here to know that I am not a "younger" gamer. I grew up in the SNES/Genesis period, and I clearly remember playing the first two RE games right about the time that they came out. All of the older games are classics, and with the exception of a few tweaks and maybe a re-released facelift version like REmake, I wouldn't do a thing got change them. I also agree that there does tend to be too much emphasis on multiplayer nowadays, and that things like plot and atmosphere sometimes are sacrificed for flashiness.

That being said, RE4 and RE5 gave the series a much-needed shot in the arm. Not sales-wise, but in terms of gameplay; if future games had simply followed the formula of the previous games, it might have gotten stale. There would have been even more retracing your steps and even harder puzzles (some of the puzzles in RE3 crossed the line between challenging and annoying). If taken too far, many gamers might have gotten frustrated since it would have taken forever to get almost anywhere and the fun would would have been sucked out of the game. RE4 put a whole new spin on the series and opened up for a wide range of possibilities. With the possible exception of adding another puzzle or two and maybe some more atmosphere, I think that RE4 was an almost perfect balance between FPS and the old-style. RE5 took things too far when it came to action and a lack of puzzles, but it was a damn fun game, and both RE4 and 5 introduced some great new elements to the series. There is no reason at all that the best of the newer and the older styles can't be combined, as I think that Revelations is showing. It is not an either/or scenario.

That Never Dead game looks pretty cool.

So is RE6 not being announced today?

They should take some influence from Dead Space and apply it too RE6.

I can't wait for RE6 too come out cause it will be so scary

Jamesy wrote:

I can't wait for RE6 too come out cause it will be so scary

RE? Scary? Nah.