Resident Evil 7 - Discussion

Pau Diaz wrote:

What more is there to cover in the RE series? We've had over half a dozen games on the subject. Is there anything left to be covered? Granted that Claire hasn't had much exposure since Degeneration, but is there ever going to be a time when everything is wrapped up?

Yep. We will all be old, slowly thinking about how much RE has come to suck.

AWDCP wrote:

Pau Diaz wrote:

What more is there to cover in the RE series? We've had over half a dozen games on the subject. Is there anything left to be covered? Granted that Claire hasn't had much exposure since Degeneration, but is there ever going to be a time when everything is wrapped up?

Yep. We will all be old, slowly thinking about how much RE has come to suck.

I doubt that would be our number one concern when we are old.

AWDCP wrote:

Pau Diaz wrote:

What more is there to cover in the RE series? We've had over half a dozen games on the subject. Is there anything left to be covered? Granted that Claire hasn't had much exposure since Degeneration, but is there ever going to be a time when everything is wrapped up?

Yep. We will all be old, slowly thinking about how much RE has come to suck.

Actually, I'll be wondering how much time I have left.

Nobudy wrote:

AWDCP wrote:

Pau Diaz wrote:

What more is there to cover in the RE series? We've had over half a dozen games on the subject. Is there anything left to be covered? Granted that Claire hasn't had much exposure since Degeneration, but is there ever going to be a time when everything is wrapped up?

Yep. We will all be old, slowly thinking about how much RE has come to suck.

Actually, I'll be wondering how much time I have left.

As will I...or I'll be doing something else. Your call.

Pau Diaz wrote:

What more is there to cover in the RE series? We've had over half a dozen games on the subject. Is there anything left to be covered? Granted that Claire hasn't had much exposure since Degeneration, but is there ever going to be a time when everything is wrapped up?

At this rate, I think they would be better off ending the series before it becomes forgotten like Saw, or it will go on forever receiving only mixed feedback from the fans. Survival horror as we knew it is DEAD anyway, so now all horror games will have to contain mandatory elements of action or themes from other genres to get them to sell a lot of units, as many gamers are no longer interested in the style of the PlayStation games and companies know action games are the norm these days.

White Rock wrote:

Pau Diaz wrote:

What more is there to cover in the RE series? We've had over half a dozen games on the subject. Is there anything left to be covered? Granted that Claire hasn't had much exposure since Degeneration, but is there ever going to be a time when everything is wrapped up?

At this rate, I think they would be better off ending the series before it becomes forgotten like Saw, or it will go on forever receiving only mixed feedback from the fans. Survival horror as we knew it is DEAD anyway, so now all horror games will have to contain mandatory elements of action or themes from other genres to get them to sell a lot of units, as many gamers are no longer interested in the style of the PlayStation games and companies know action games are the norm these days.

What about...(gets stuck thinking about Survival Horror from post 2004...)

White Rock wrote:

Survival horror as we knew it is DEAD anyway, so now all horror games will have to contain mandatory elements of action or themes from other genres to get them to sell a lot of units, as many gamers are no longer interested in the style of the PlayStation games and companies know action games are the norm these days.

You aren't just playing the right games. Either that or your perspective on the whoel genre is narrowly based on Resident Evil.

How to create new interest will enable the RE genre to continue. If the creators fail to take this into account, what's familiar will resurface, as it has in games like Silent Hill 4, and make us say, "OMG, I've been there, done that."

Pau Diaz wrote:

What more is there to cover in the RE series? We've had over half a dozen games on the subject. Is there anything left to be covered? Granted that Claire hasn't had much exposure since Degeneration, but is there ever going to be a time when everything is wrapped up?

Revelations' ending implied a new threat and Lost in Nightmares mentioned a new potential villain, plus there's plenty of characters who simply disappeared for no reason, so there's plenty of potential for further plots. Knowing Capcom, they're more likely to forget about them than to actually wrap them up. They're not very good at continuing a story.

37 Narwhals wrote:

Pau Diaz wrote:

What more is there to cover in the RE series? We've had over half a dozen games on the subject. Is there anything left to be covered? Granted that Claire hasn't had much exposure since Degeneration, but is there ever going to be a time when everything is wrapped up?

Revelations' ending implied a new threat and Lost in Nightmares mentioned a new potential villain, plus there's plenty of characters who simply disappeared for no reason, so there's plenty of potential for further plots. Knowing Capcom, they're more likely to forget about them than to actually wrap them up. They're not very good at continuing a story.

Well even if there is a plot development (ant it is for now) sooner or later it will turn into a broken record. Simply there will be bad guys doing bad thing and good guys trying to stop them and in between all this will be a virus (any sort of transformation of T-virus) causing outbreaks here and there. I agree with you that capcom usually forgets about some good things in its own game, like 4 example destroying Raccoon, many games could have been based only in Raccoon, but it wont change the fact that game would become very one lined, its just a disease of any series, they just become boring after some time, so i agree with Paul in some way. But for now game is doing pretty good (storywise) and im sure that there will be more then even 5 sequels to the game (also "in between" stories, like Revelations 4 ex) but one way or the other it will get stuck in the dead end eventually . . .

I definitely hope they settle on a more, say, permanent plot point. Like Alex Wesker, for example. Just for the sake of not having every single new game set in a completely random new disaster where all bad guys are either killed or apprehended at the end of it, ending all character development said villains could have had thus killing all the excitement in pursuing them.

I think the reason they're adding new bad guys and place the story in random spots is simply cs its more easy then making one major villain and turning the story around his activities, im also tired with game having a new bad guy with every new game. Alex Wesker would be the perfect choice since he'd have reasons to fight the main protagonists of the game, plus there will be a Jake/wesker/Chris thing if that happens . . . Im pretty sure that by January will have more info on what the new RE will be like . . .

Yeah, I'll agree with you guys. It's easy making a instant antagonist than to make a new protagonist. Alex Wesker will be perfect for being a villian. I wish they focus on him than making a new one. While Albert having a son is like I am watching a soap opera in the television and I was like 'He had a son! Where the hell did he come from?'

It seems like the Resident Evil universe has an endless supply of cartoonishly evil super villains that for some reason when they get infected with the same virus as other people they change into crazy monsters as opposed to say, another grunt.

Might RE7 be RE outbreak talloaks? One has to wonder. Either way i hope they return to true RE and ditch the over the shoulder action shooter garbage.

EQOAnostalgia wrote:

Might RE7 be RE outbreak talloaks? One has to wonder. Either way i hope they return to true RE and ditch the over the shoulder action shooter garbage.

First of all I would call RE (what it is now) garbage, second there's absolutely new generation of both gamers and Game engines, really doubt that prefixed cameras and horror survival motion limits would drain 3rd of interest of what RE has now. If you're into classical RE there then u could stick to playing old RE games, plus its not an excluded possibility that there will be more remakes of old RE games. As for the way RE is now, it is brilliant (at least for me) and they should keep the direction they are on, but at the same time they should add horror and difficulty to the game and im pretty sure that will please both old and new school gamers . . .

As for RE7 there's is no possible way for the game to take place in Tall Oaks since the place was "disinfected", just as much as its impossible to make it in Raccoon city . . .

ChrisRedfieldRE156 wrote:

they should keep the direction they are on, but at the same time they should add horror and difficulty to the game

Contradiction. They can either keep things the way they are now or change them, not both at the same time.

Ghost Leader wrote:

ChrisRedfieldRE156 wrote:

they should keep the direction they are on, but at the same time they should add horror and difficulty to the game

Contradiction. They can either keep things the way they are now or change them, not both at the same time.

Actually not all the way. They can keep going on the same track (shooting on run, mele attacks, Overshoulder camera etc. ) and ADD horror and puzzles to it . . . the direction remains the same. . .

EQOAnostalgia wrote:

Might RE7 be RE outbreak talloaks? One has to wonder

If there ever was a new Outbreak game it would propably either retain the Outbreak name or continue under the Operation name.

ChrisRedfieldRE156 wrote:

Ghost Leader wrote:

ChrisRedfieldRE156 wrote:

they should keep the direction they are on, but at the same time they should add horror and difficulty to the game

Contradiction. They can either keep things the way they are now or change them, not both at the same time.

Actually not all the way. They can keep going on the same track (shooting on run, mele attacks, Overshoulder camera etc. ) and ADD horror and puzzles to it . . . the direction remains the same. . .

Adding more horror elements would indeed change the direction the games are going, so yeah, it is a contradiction.

I don't have any doubt that Capcom will provide a lackluster experience and give reasons to reviewers to continue to lose hope in the survival horror genre as the king of survival horrors becomes less and less of the cool new kid in town and turns into the aged great grand parent you hate visiting at the retirement home, because all he does is let out a dusty fart every hour or so.

well i'm always surprised with new things that come with every new resident evil game. and also things lost.
For the next resident evil (7 or not it doesn't matter) i'd love the idea of having some partner swap or partner selection. But with this idea the whole story would be thrown in confusion. Although it's fun to mix characters specially with their own abilities. it would probably be like orc but i don't want that mistake again. I hope they work something out with character swap.
For characters i'd see jill on the move like usual but less drama like in Re5 .
For location i'd expect another creepy setting like in revelations. I played outlast and the asylum there really creeped me out but i do think asylums are overrated or rather understood to be 'creepy'. Abandoned places like these (ships, asylums, hospitals, etc.) is best for survival horror but i'd love a bigger place like in 6 and ORC. so i thought... what about an abandoned town? like silent hill but with the BOW's creepin'
So that's all i gor from now

I'm probably pretty late to this party, but I feel the same way as everyone else. I'm happy that Capcom said the next game will appeal to the core fanbase, and with Revelations being a success, I hope Resident Evil 7 goes down a good path. Capcom set up a good foundation with Revelations, I just hope they build on that foundation with Resident Evil 7!

Resident evil 7 should just be an online mmo on a smartphone or tablet......wait they did that to the new BoF

chocotricks wrote:

Resident evil 7 should just be an online mmo on a smartphone or tablet......wait they did that to the new BoF

If they had this, where you create a survivor with your own, limited skillset, and try to find the best places to survive, while completing quests to find information/gain information. An offline mode leads to a rather unfitting end for all who play the MMO Version of the game...(HINT: They already died in the missile strike)