Capcom: "there is a possibility" of Resident Evil series reboot"

[LordOfDarkness]

I'm not sure about the reboot (if it's done well then I'd welcome it I think) but I'm going to laugh if there's like a new generation of fans causing an uproar over it like DmC. (That's not Chris! He doesn't smoke-oh, wait a minute...)

For me, ever since Resident Evil Code Veronica X, I've been waiting for that plot to continue on from that. And it's just been sequel after sequel of all this other stuff...when all I really wanted to know through all that was what the hell happened to STEVE!? :'( Really, don't tease a character's possible return at the end of your game and then ditch the concept entirely and leave some fans hanging for 10 or 12 years.

But it's not just that, characters like Barry and Rebecca haven't really make much of an appearance much beyond the RE1 timeline. New ones keep popping in, and although I don't mind a new face (although some weren't as welcoming, Rachel) I just miss seeing more of the original cast.

If they do a reboot, that's what I'd want. More focus on Chris and the gang, and more development in their characters so we get them a bit more.

Steve Burnside fell subject to experimentation by Alexia just like she had done to her father. Wesker states at the end of the game that he had recovered Steve's body because he needed a sample of the virus and he got his wish. So yeah, I'm pretty sure Steve is dead.

As for starting off with a new character for Resident Evil 7, haven't they already done that? If they star Jake Muller as the only playable character for the game (Or maybe make Sherry the second player again or something) that's pretty much the same thing. Because Jake isn't a long time character in the series, he is a new addition.

 

[m100t8s]

Steve Burnside fell subject to experimentation by Alexia just like she had done to her father. Wesker states at the end of the game that he had recovered Steve's body because he needed a sample of the virus and he got his wish. So yeah, I'm pretty sure Steve is dead.

As for starting off with a new character for Resident Evil 7, haven't they already done that? If they star Jake Muller as the only playable character for the game (Or maybe make Sherry the second player again or something) that's pretty much the same thing. Because Jake isn't a long time character in the series, he is a new addition.

I heard that the original script for RE6 was to make Jake actually Steve burnside. They look pretty much like each other, And Wesker said in CV that he might revive Steve and make him return like him to see Claire again.
I dunno if this is true or what. But it would've been better than considering him as Wesker's son.

Bring out Alice!

GET OUT!!

 

[Alittleacorn]

I heard that the original script for RE6 was to make Jake actually Steve burnside. They look pretty much like each other, And Wesker said in CV that he might revive Steve and make him return like him to see Claire again.
I dunno if this is true or what. But it would've been better than considering him as Wesker's son.

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?!?!?

God....CAPCOM! :'( We need to talk! Dammit, I knew he looked like Steve too much. If it's true or not I don't care you're right!

And honestly I really thought Chris should've died in RE6, like it should've been his finest hour. Even having Jill in there somewhere, or if she died and that's why he got all drunk and lost his motivation for the BBSA (It would've bought his anguish a lot more if it had. Come on, a lot of his team died in RE1 and those dudes in RE5, he wasn't a wreck after that. That and Piers role could've played more as the 'I'm your younger self telling you to snap out of it and remember why you're doing this, now come on!' and gotten to understand him a bit more too). Without giving much on the ending (in case some of you still haven't played/seen it yet) remember that stuff that happened near the end of Chris's champaign? Yeah, swap them around, that's how I would've liked it to have been. Plus, it would've stood for the whole 'the new generation coming in' like you had with Sherry and Steve Jake >_<

I dunno, RE6 just...it's fun to play. I just don't know where they're going to go with the plot next.

 

[m100t8s]

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?!?!?

God....CAPCOM! :'( We need to talk! Dammit, I knew he looked like Steve too much. If it's true or not I don't care you're right!

And honestly I really thought Chris should've died in RE6, like it should've been his finest hour. Even having Jill in there somewhere, or if she died and that's why he got all drunk and lost his motivation for the BBSA (It would've bought his anguish a lot more if it had. Come on, a lot of his team died in RE1 and those dudes in RE5, he wasn't a wreck after that. That and Piers role could've played more as the 'I'm your younger self telling you to snap out of it and remember why you're doing this, now come on!' and gotten to understand him a bit more too). Without giving much on the ending (in case some of you still haven't played/seen it yet) remember that stuff that happened near the end of Chris's champaign? Yeah, swap them around, that's how I would've liked it to have been. Plus, it would've stood for the whole 'the new generation coming in' like you had with Sherry and Steve Jake >_<

I dunno, RE6 just...it's fun to play. I just don't know where they're going to go with the plot next.

Spoilers for the people who didn't beat RE6

( Actually Chris was supposed to die in RE6 instead of Piers, Chris was the one who will turn into a BOW and die in the underwater lab, But they took that out and replaced him with Piers because they know Chris's fans will be mad just like Wesker's fans in RE5. They said all of this in an interview with RE6 developers, Check it out:

Also, I read somewhere that Ada was suppose to be evil in RE6, But they ended up doing the lame cloning thingy with Carla
-_-)

 

[Xamalo Noel]

Well, in my opinion, a reboot of RE woud be a good way of going back to the ''survivor horror'' theme, the ongoing series can't do that, the virus is global, it's evoluted, with a reboot things would go to the beggining again, no giant global catastrophes(yet), but, in my opinion, no ''original characters'' as main cast, make a new, interesting ones too.

 

[Lionheart]

As a Resident Evil fan ... See where I'm going with this?

Don't forget the music. It needs to be atmospheric, or simply GOOD, like in the old REs:

You should check out that guy's channel. He's got some more great game soundtracks on there, if I recall correctly. And no, it's not my channel I wouldn't advertize myself here. I guess you'll have to take my word for that XD

 

[V's patron]

I think the gametrailers podcast "Dudes may complain" brought up the possibility that Devil May Cry was rebooted to test the waters for a possible reboot for RE.

So I'm neutral on the subject. I rather see RE not repeat the same old same old storyline by going back to the beginning but they ain't exactly moving forward so its a wait and see for me.

 

[mrrandomlulz]

As long as my good friend Leon Kennedy is in there, I'm happy

 

[Sieghart]

I don't know, the RE plotline was once really interesting but now just seems like Capcom is going through the motions and just giving us generic action movie plot A B and C these days. It's a tough choice, would we as fans rather have anther RE6 with a story that was just pure balls and did not add anything to the series other than confusion and imo boredom or have them start with a clean slate without all the baggage that a giant series like this has attached to it and potentially give Capcom or who ever they allow to handle it the ability to do something new and interesting for once.

If not a reboot of the entire series, Perhaps they should have RE7 star a completely new character with little to no attachment to the regular cast so as to not completely destroy the series cannon. That would at least give them the freedom to do some different stuff with the plot and not **** off fans

Yeah, i get your point but RE has been around since 1996 and it still deserve a conclusion. If it would get a reboot without finishing the first one it would be a bigger gaming world war than what happened to Devil may cry.

 

[Downfall]

MY NAME IS LEON.

 

[GF9000000Returns]

They REALLY DO need it.

And if that happens, I'll be out the fanbase for good cuz I don't wanna deal with any riot stuff like what DmC is getting right now from the low-life old fans. Plus, the RE fanbase is WAAAAYY bigger than the DMC fanbase.

 

[Downfall]

That takes me back...

 

[mrrandomlulz]

Well, in my opinion, a reboot of RE woud be a good way of going back to the ''survivor horror'' theme, the ongoing series can't do that, the virus is global, it's evoluted, with a reboot things would go to the beggining again, no giant global catastrophes(yet), but, in my opinion, no ''original characters'' as main cast, make a new, interesting ones too.

And name them ALL Alice

 

[Ether0]

Yeah, i get your point but RE has been around since 1996 and it still deserve a conclusion. If it would get a reboot without finishing the first one it would be a bigger gaming world war than what happened to Devil may cry.

I get your point as well but I think that the RE series is at that crossroads point right now and is on the cusp of being irrelevant famous Japanese gaming series number 24. Another entry like RE6 might just do serious damage to the series. On the other hand, RE7, if it was not like RE6 and was actually good might just make a potential reboot irrelevant. I think the RE fanbase might be more receptive to a reboot as well as mechanically, DMC4 was not broken or crap unlike RE6 which is just a mess of qte's and average shooter action

 

[Roxas]

I really like where the story went with 6, the general story - the one in the files. It gave Sherry and Claire's relationship a lot more depth, and showed us that Claire did care for Sherry afterall. We didn't get that in CODE: Veronica or Degeneration, so it was GOOD to finally get it. We also get to know that Chris and Leon did meet before the events of the game, and that it was Claire that introduced them.
Carla Radames was also a good villain, one that was motivated to destroy the world for vengeance rather than dominate it because she wants to, like Alexia and Wesker.
Leon and Ada's relationship was left at "they love each other, won't be kissing again though" once more. Although they did hint that they have a off-screen relationship and maybe a romantic evening/night in Damnation.
Chris should've died. It was his finest moment and he would've died a hero. I'm pretty sure that's what they intended, but changed because they were afraid of the fans' reaction, probably because of the feedback they got from Jill's apparent death before RE5 was released.
But seriously, there's no where to go now. Capcom will need to destroy the entire world in the next RE game, because it will become more of the same if they don't. We dealt with bioterrorism in RE4, Dead Aim, 5, Revelations and 6. I may have forgotten one or another game there, but the point is that the story needs to advance, and I see no other way but for them to make something like the third movie. Otherwise we will grow tired of it, like we grew tired of being randomly thrown into the middle of the chaos like the first five, maybe six, games did. I would seriously love a open world reboot, but only if we are not trained officers but just civillians. I still find it crazy balls that every S.T.A.R.S. member but five actually died. IMAGINE if they weren't Raccoon's elite force. :lol:

 

[ToCool74]

I see people keep using RE6 and Resident Evil's transition to a more "action oriented" game as a excuse for a reboot which in my opinion is ridiculous.

Why does that equal a reboot?

The story of RE6 unlike DMC has been pretty good, and as far as I can remember doesn't have any plotholes, although it does have stuff that still needs to be explained such as Rebecca's status and Alex Wesker.

But I don't see how Resident Evil losing its identity means it needs a reboot.

If anything, it just needs a complete change in their gameplay tactics rather than a complete reboot.

Simply go back to its survival horror roots rather than change the story and characters.

 

[Ether0]

I see people keep using RE6 and Resident Evil's transition to a more "action oriented" game as a excuse for a reboot which in my opinion is ridiculous.

Why does that equal a reboot?

The story of RE6 unlike DMC has been pretty good, and as far as I can remember doesn't have any plotholes, although it does have stuff that still needs to be explained such as Rebecca's status and Alex Wesker.

But I don't see how Resident Evil losing its identity means it needs a reboot.

If anything, it just needs a complete change in their gameplay tactics rather than a complete reboot.

Simply go back to its survival horror roots rather than change the story and characters.

Well I would say the story has gotten just too absurd and seems to just want to one up it's self with the extra crazy. Becoming an action game is, well at least for me, not the main problem, it's becoming a bad action game, or rather an average action game. Mainly because it still has a few toes in the survival horror pool and if it's going to turn into an action game it needs to go all in or don't go at all. If you want to compete with all the best in the genre you need to bring more to the table than just qte's and the assurance that your name alone will make you a hit.

I would prefer RE to go back to survival horror, but if it did just go complete action shooter than I think they should be just as good if not better than all the others like COD, Gears of War and Halo. Say what you want about the game's plots or characters, but mechanically they are top quality and RE was just okay in comparison.

 

[Chancey289]

I see people keep using RE6 and Resident Evil's transition to a more "action oriented" game as a excuse for a reboot which in my opinion is ridiculous.

Why does that equal a reboot?

The story of RE6 unlike DMC has been pretty good, and as far as I can remember doesn't have any plotholes, although it does have stuff that still needs to be explained such as Rebecca's status and Alex Wesker.

But I don't see how Resident Evil losing its identity means it needs a reboot.

If anything, it just needs a complete change in their gameplay tactics rather than a complete reboot.

Simply go back to its survival horror roots rather than change the story and characters.

Why are so many people think reboot means restarting everything? A reboot can also exist in sequel form. The most recent example of this off the top of my head is the film Tron:Legacy. Legacy is not only a rebooted and updated version of Tron but is also a sequel to the original film. Resident Evil 7 can still come to finish off the story completely while still overhauling it and fixing everything that went wrong with it. Resident Evil losing its way so much means it desperately needs rebooting. This was the series that basically coined the term survival horror. For it to lose that identity so much as the years went on is nothing short of shameful.

Also, the story of Resident Evil is just rather silly and the villains are really dumb. Plus 6 was actually rather strange in the bad way because some of these characters took quite a shift that they almost seemed like a different person. Chris just seems to pull this completely new backstory to make him a drunk out his ass. Jake was also just an awful character that annoyed the hell out of me. It's almost like he was a parody of the other Resident Evil protagonist because his awful one liners and corny comebacks for just about everything were present to a grating sense where I really wanted to punch him in the face. Other RE stars have done similar things but I didn't hate them. Jake thinks he's cooler than he actually his and just the whole deal of Wesker having a son is another thing almost feeling like that was pulled out of Capcom's ass to try to make a new RE protagonist in hopes of turning him into a major one. Resident Evil needs a overhaul desperately now. It's a series I've also stuck by from the start and I've beaten every single game. I want RE saved.

 

[Dante47]

Well, one problem is that the story is now overly complicated.
Think about it. The original was about some people stuck inside a mansion with zombies.
Now, it's a cross country adventure game. Really?

The series should stay simple. It kept each game as a contained story, and still instilled fear.

 

[Ether0]

It's always cool to see how the lore of a simple concept can become this massive thing. The downside is that it get's too bloated and ends up becoming something too impenetrable and alien for anyone to even comprehend which is what has happened to RE