Capcom Explains The Difference Between Resident Evil And Revelations.

So according to Michiteru Okabe, the producer of Resident Evil: Revelations 2, there's a difference between Resident Evil and the Revelations series. In the interview, posted below, he mentions that the numbered entries will remain action-oriented. And yes, that means Resident Evil 7 as well. The Revelations titles will be the only survival horror titles in the series, designed to appeal to the core fan base.

While this isn't exactly surprising to hear, it's definitely not good news. Expect Resident Evil 7 to probably star Chris and Leon again. That also explains why Capcom are using the females protagonists in the Revelations series. The producer of the first Revelations stated that women are better suited for survival horror games, I guess that's why Jill and Claire are the main characters of the Revelations series.

Interview

A little sad yes but at least their giving us something, now if they can just bring back the Outbreak series, the time is right!.

At least now we have both as seperate entities so they don't try to do everything at once, like with RE6. I honestly am completely okay with this since I don't mind the action oriented gameplay.

Something for everyone! And in my case, EVERYTHING FOR ME!

No! No. We don't go to Kotaku for news. No! Bad! That's a cause for a demerit. No!

Edit: Otherwise, I'm okay with them keeping the series separate, but for Christ's sake, put a little more effort into the production of Revelations.

Sorry, Capcom, you already blew it. You've done gone and driven me off into the arms of other women game companies and I'm not coming back no matter what you do.

I'm actually surprised to see some people are okay with this. I actually find this insulting. Capcom only gears the side stories to the core fans, while the Call of Duty players get the numbered titles? That hardly seems fair, but I guess it's all about the money.

Of course it's all about the money. It's the way businesses work.

Bastards. Capcom is really gonna regret doing that.

PWNERX wrote:

Bastards. Capcom is really gonna regret doing that.

How? I see having two core audiences as a better way of making money than trying to cater to them both at once.

Mass Distraction wrote:

PWNERX wrote:

Bastards. Capcom is really gonna regret doing that.

How? I see having two core audiences as a better way of making money than trying to cater to them both at once.

Action gamers are still going to want their CoD over Resident Evil.

PWNERX wrote:

Mass Distraction wrote:

PWNERX wrote:

Bastards. Capcom is really gonna regret doing that.

How? I see having two core audiences as a better way of making money than trying to cater to them both at once.

Action gamers are still going to want their CoD over Resident Evil.

Who is stopping anyone from buying multiple franchises? I buy both Resident Evil and Silent Hill games and though I do prefer RE I still buy every new SH anyway.

My fears have been confirmed

Mass Distraction wrote:

PWNERX wrote:

Mass Distraction wrote:

PWNERX wrote:

Bastards. Capcom is really gonna regret doing that.

How? I see having two core audiences as a better way of making money than trying to cater to them both at once.

Action gamers are still going to want their CoD over Resident Evil.

Who is stopping anyone from buying multiple franchises? I buy both Resident Evil and Silent Hill games and though I do prefer RE I still buy every new SH anyway.

The fans of action games (or, in todays terms, action games like CoD), always tend to lean towards fast paced, expansive, and overall fun multiplayer options. Resident Evil has always had The Mercenaries, but that is Co-op. RE5 had versus, ORC had versus, and guess what? They weren't experiences that would satisfy these people. When someone wants to play RE, it's because they heard from a friend about the damn good scares. However, those were in older times. The RE nowadays sells only because Capcom gives us hype of a real Survival Horror game. Then we buy the game. Then we get let down.

I'm sure they still make enough money off of the action games (which i do enjoy) to warrant this decision.
It would have been nice if Survival Horror was the primary series but like i said.
At least we're getting something, and both might do better on their own instead of being smooshed together.
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In fact if they want RE to have multiplayer, then they should make that its own series.
Not to beat a dead horse but Outbreak was way ahead of its time, and deserves another chance.

Bulls-3ye wrote:

I'm sure they still make enough money off of the action games (which i do enjoy) to warrant this decision.
It would have been nice if Survival Horror was the primary series but like i said.
At least we're getting something, and both might do better on their own instead of being smooshed together.
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In fact if they want RE to have multiplayer, then they should make that its own series.
Not to beat a dead horse but Outbreak was way ahead of its time, and deserves another chance.

Agreed.

DampRevil wrote:

While this isn't exactly surprising to hear, it's definitely not good news. Expect Resident Evil 7 to probably star Chris and Leon again. That also explains why Capcom are using the females protagonists in the Revelations series. The producer of the first Revelations stated that women are better suited for survival horror games, I guess that's why Jill and Claire are the main characters of the Revelations series.

Interview

That last part is incredibly sexist. And I'm a guy.

This...is okay...somewhat. But I would rather have the numbered titles have more survival horror in them too rather than just the Revelation spin-off series.

But if that means Revelations gets more character comebacks, better writing, and better fan-favored content I guess I'm okay with that tradeoff.

AWDCP wrote:

DampRevil wrote:

While this isn't exactly surprising to hear, it's definitely not good news. Expect Resident Evil 7 to probably star Chris and Leon again. That also explains why Capcom are using the females protagonists in the Revelations series. The producer of the first Revelations stated that women are better suited for survival horror games, I guess that's why Jill and Claire are the main characters of the Revelations series.

Interview

That last part is incredibly sexist. And I'm a guy.

That's Kotaku for you.

Vandal wrote:

AWDCP wrote:

DampRevil wrote:

While this isn't exactly surprising to hear, it's definitely not good news. Expect Resident Evil 7 to probably star Chris and Leon again. That also explains why Capcom are using the females protagonists in the Revelations series. The producer of the first Revelations stated that women are better suited for survival horror games, I guess that's why Jill and Claire are the main characters of the Revelations series.

Interview

That last part is incredibly sexist. And I'm a guy.

That's Kotaku for you.

Kotaku? That part from Revil's post wasn't even from the article.

Oh. Hah. I didn't even read the Kotaku article. I'll be honest and say I just assumed.

Yeah, the comment was from the producer of the first Revelations. I fully believe that Capcom's intentions are to keep female leads out of the numbered titles. Jill was the lead in the first Revelations, Claire is the lead in the second Revelations.

I was so certain that Jill and Claire were going to be the lead characters of Resident Evil 7, after the outcry from Resident Evil 6, but now I'm not so sure. I definitely think that the numbered entries are going to be for the men, and the Revelations series will be for the females.

DampRevil wrote:

Yeah, the comment was from the producer of the first Revelations. I fully believe that Capcom's intentions are to keep female leads out of the numbered titles. Jill was the lead in the first Revelations, Claire is the lead in the second Revelations.

I was so certain that Jill and Claire were going to be the lead characters of Resident Evil 7, after the outcry from Resident Evil 6, but now I'm not so sure. I definitely think that the numbered entries are going to be for the men, and the Revelations series will be for the females.

Half of RE6 was starred by female characters, though. Sherry and Ada being in the more major roles in their own campaigns.

That's true. However, Sherry is so frail that she falls under that typical cliche of having to rely on men to save her. Resident Evil 6 does Sherry no justice in terms being a strong lead. It's like Capcom put Sherry in Jake's campaign just to make him look like a badass. Also keep in mind that Sherry is Jake's support character. It's Jake's campaign, not Sherry's. As for Ada, I remember Capcom stating that Ada's campaign is only meant to support the other three campaigns. So Ada's only point in Resident Evil 6 is to support the men. Helena, however, was a very strong character. I'm very proud of how Capcom handled her character.

I didn't really care for Helena, she seemed too much of a one-shot character. Yes, Jake did save Sherry a bunch of times and yes, the developers should've explored her regenerative abilities a lot more than with one short cutscene, especially when the ability had no gameplay value whatsoever, but I felt she was just as important of a character in the campaign as Jake was. I mean, if you don't count Ada's campaign, the only campaign that felt like it had only one real main character was Leon's.

That was kinda my point. The females don't really add much to the story. While it sounds sexist, I think that's the way Capcom wanted it. There was so much potential for Sherry, but Capcom messed up like usually. Ada was important in regards to Carla, but again, Capcom just kinda brushed her aside.

It looks like Capcom is serious about keeping men and women separate. Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil 5, and Resident Evil 6, all featured male leads. Those were the action games. Both Revelations games feature female leads. Those are the more horror focused games.

I want Ark to star in Revelations 3. This needs to happen.

However, seeing how things are, Rebecca would be a safer choice.