Reason behind capcom getting rid of wesker?

When I played resident evil 5 4 years ago I was shocked that Wesker was killed off...... Sure Albert Wesker was included in a few re games but overall I think we only hit the tip of the iceberg when learning about his personality and character. If he survived him and chris could have had more battles and Wesker could have teamed up with his son Jake and alex.

Why did capcom decide too kill him? Do u agree that his character was wasted and if anything he was shunned in favour of other characters such as Ada Wong and Leon kennedy. Not too mention the fact that re5 was not a good enough quality game for such an epic character too make his final farewell


I know resident evil is not Wesker but still woulden't it have been cool if him and Chris had one last epic fight in the last ever resident evil game?


Your thoughts on this?

I personally think there should be a petition too cap com too make a re game titled 'Albert Wesker chronicles'

I think he was at the end of his character arc. There's only so much you can do with a certain character before getting stale. Not too sure Jake would have teamed up with his father either, Jake isn't an evil person. I would rather see them focusing on a new villain, Alex for example, instead of making the storyline any more confusing with all the family ties and whatnot.

On the note of RE5's quality, it's a matter of perspective. I thought it was an awesome game.

There's already enough "Albert Wesker Chronicles" in all the Wesker's Reports.

Well overall Wesker only had a big role in code veronica, re1 and re5. Even in re1 he only made a few appearances here and there.

Leon and Chris in my opinion have gone stale but cap com still keeps bringing them back.

They sure have. Still, it's at least one loose end tied up. Hopefully Chris and Leon will eventually stand back and retire or something.

Albert did also have his own storylines in Umbrella Chronicles and appeared behind the scenes in RE4 and Zer0. Let's not forget about the Reports either.

I think killing Wesker off was a bit hasty though

I like Wesker and all, but he's been the series' main antagonist and villain since the first game. It was time that his story arc ended so that the current story arc can, in turn, end. That way, Capcom can finish out the rest of the franchise's unresolved issues (Ada Wong, "S", Tricell, the Organization, etc.) so as to make room for a reboot that I, personally, believe isn't that far off.

Like what everyone else is saying, it was about time for him to be taken out. He had an epic death, it was done well, and it was memorable. It also is one of the strongest things if not the strongest thing that makes RE5 relevant to the story. RE5 marked the first major climax of the RE story.

Jamesy wrote:

When I played resident evil 5 4 years ago I was shocked that Wesker was killed off...... Sure Albert Wesker was included in a few re games but overall I think we only hit the tip of the iceberg when learning about his personality and character. If he survived him and chris could have had more battles and Wesker could have teamed up with his son Jake and alex.

Why did capcom decide too kill him? Do u agree that his character was wasted and if anything he was shunned in favour of other characters such as Ada Wong and Leon kennedy. Not too mention the fact that re5 was not a good enough quality game for such an epic character too make his final farewell


I know resident evil is not Wesker but still woulden't it have been cool if him and Chris had one last epic fight in the last ever resident evil game?


Your thoughts on this?

I personally think there should be a petition too cap com too make a re game titled 'Albert Wesker chronicles'

First of teaming up Wesker with Jake is too much like Star Wars. Secondly if u look at things from that perspective then many of RE characters shouldn't have died, especially Wesker, Yes he was an awesome character but he had his own deadline I mean if they kept him till final game what would he do, turn to a good guy like DR Evil??? so killing Wesker in RE 5 was a good idea. But Wesker chronicles really has a chance on realise!!!

I don't have a problem with Wesker dying, I just wish Jill or Barry would've done it instead of Sheva.

I really want to know what an "Albert Wesker Chronicles" would even entail. He already had his own stories in the Umbrella Chronicles and since the Chronicles games are essentially retellings of past events with added story that would mean they'd have to... uh... remake Umbrella Chronicles and add RE4 and RE5 parts in there?

I would preferably have that Survivor Chronicles instead.

i wish chris and jill had killed him,instead of chris and sheva doing it
but still,it was time to let the character go,he had a good run in the series

i just wish they would lay back of chris and leon for a bit,and perhaps bring old characters back
i would like to see barry in the future games

Wesker chronicles could take place in the 1970s when he first joined umbrella. It could also take place in the 90s when he first joined stars and perhaps there would be a part where he and his love interest meet for the first time.

Jamesy wrote:

I know resident evil is not Wesker but still woulden't it have been cool if him and Chris had one last epic fight in the last ever resident evil game?

RE5 should've had this, instead we had Sheva tagging along, and some ridiculous fight in a volcano.

Jamesy wrote:

Wesker chronicles could take place in the 1970s when he first joined umbrella. It could also take place in the 90s when he first joined stars and perhaps there would be a part where he and his love interest meet for the first time.

And... what would you be fighting against exactly?

As far as we know, there was no real outbreak of any kind anywhere before RE1 and Zer0 took place.

I just love how, like, 99% of Jamsey's posts have absolutely no thought behind them.

Was getting kind of sick of him at the end of 5 to be honest. The only thing I was slightly disappointed about was the fact Sheva had more to do with his death than Jill. In the volcano scene they should have switched your partner to Jill, would have been more epic imo.

Teh Black Cat wrote:

Was getting kind of sick of him at the end of 5 to be honest. The only thing I was slightly disappointed about was the fact Sheva had more to do with his death than Jill. In the volcano scene they should have switched your partner to Jill, would have been more epic imo.

I've read a post somewhere on here before that stated why that would've been kind of a bad idea. I mean think about it. Sheva went through all of that with Chris, and now just because Jill has a history with him, she doesn't get to pull the trigger? It just wouldn't be right.

RaviorStygian wrote:

Sheva went through all of that with Chris

And what about all Jill went through with Chris and Wesker?

If you're just putting 5 into consideration, fine but throughout the whole series Jill deserved to be with Chris during that final fight imo.

In a recent interview with the developers of RE6 the possibility of bringing back Wesker was brought up, but they scrapped that idea. According to them, Wesker is always brought up when a new RE game is in development.

I don't like the way he died. To many, he was the villain of the saga. If he was gonna die, he should have died in some unique way and killed a lot of the heroes doing it. Mind you, it is Capcom. They just decided he was getting too much attention.

White Rock wrote:

I don't like the way he died. To many, he was the villain of the saga. If he was gonna die, he should have died in some unique way and killed a lot of the heroes doing it. Mind you, it is Capcom. They just decided he was getting too much attention.

Or he milked enough money for profit until he couldn't produce enough.

Teh Black Cat wrote:

RaviorStygian wrote:

Sheva went through all of that with Chris

And what about all Jill went through with Chris and Wesker?

If you're just putting 5 into consideration, fine but throughout the whole series Jill deserved to be with Chris during that final fight imo.

To be fair, Sheva did lose her whole family because of Umbrella. Jill, not so much.

But what I think they should have done was have Sheva help in the volcano fight, then had Jill be the one firing the second RPG in the helicopter.

Ghost Leader wrote:

Teh Black Cat wrote:

RaviorStygian wrote:

Sheva went through all of that with Chris

And what about all Jill went through with Chris and Wesker?

If you're just putting 5 into consideration, fine but throughout the whole series Jill deserved to be with Chris during that final fight imo.

To be fair, Sheva did lose her whole family because of Umbrella. Jill, not so much.

But what I think they should have done was have Sheva help in the volcano fight, then had Jill be the one firing the second RPG in the helicopter.

Mightiest cockblock for player-two XD

McShowtime wrote:

Ghost Leader wrote:

Teh Black Cat wrote:

RaviorStygian wrote:

Sheva went through all of that with Chris

And what about all Jill went through with Chris and Wesker?

If you're just putting 5 into consideration, fine but throughout the whole series Jill deserved to be with Chris during that final fight imo.

To be fair, Sheva did lose her whole family because of Umbrella. Jill, not so much.

But what I think they should have done was have Sheva help in the volcano fight, then had Jill be the one firing the second RPG in the helicopter.

Mightiest cockblock for player-two XD

lol

@GL, It might've been cooler for Jill to take over after her and Chris reunited, or at least have her go with Chris and Sheva. Instead she just passed out til Josh found her. And flirted with her I might add. "There's always room for a pretty lady". Guess Mr. Stone has a thing for unatural blondes.

She could've been more useful and maybe it wouldn't have needed to even go to a stupid volcano for the ending. Then there'd be no need for a last minute chopper rescue there too.

Jamesy, I agree with you in that Wesker was my favorite character and that I don't think he died well. Also Jake Muller is a crappy replacement. He was just too easy to kill than he deserved and he should've been allowed to kill Chris before he died. anyway I found something I wanted to put on here but they won't let me because I'm new. It's a petition on tigweb to bring Wesker back. I found it on youtube in the description of a video entitled Albert Wesker come back. Check it out.