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General Random Thoughts: Biohazard/Resident Evil edition

A. Wesker

A. Wesker

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Even the guy who wrote that article is recognizing that they are conveniently ignoring a version of RE5 to push this narrative, RE7 is not the secret king of RE... it sold well but it's not at the top. I'll start to care if it reaches 10 million. In the meantime 5 stays at the top
 
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Well, I don't really care much for RE5 or 7, but at least RE5 felt more like a RE game than RE7, as it has Chris, Jill and Wesker. Even if RE7 also has Chris as a co-star, the general tone of the game wasn't indicative of the usual mainline RE games that arrived before it. RE5 wasn't really typical of the old RE games either, but it was a splendid follow-up to RE4. It's just a case of who likes what genre, I suppose. :whistle:
 
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I consider the side stories with Rebecca and Richard and Wesker, etc, to be genuine. But the remade sections for the original games feel shoddily put together. For example, Ada was never with Claire at all. In fact, I'm of the belief that Claire never met Ada. Although Ada did see Sherry briefly in 2 and 6, but she didn't really fully interact with Sherry directly. She did save her life, though, and Jake's.

In my opinion, I think Capcom mostly remade the main games for the Chronicles games because of RE4 becoming an action game. They probably wanted to sucker in old and new fans, but they made it primarily a shooter so that new fans could experience the originals in a straight to the point, shooter heavy manner, and that's hereby not what makes a true survival horror game. Now that has been evident for years...

I guess we'll just have to see what the rest of this decade will be like. I'll be surprised if they keep to the horror aspects for very long.
 
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I think they're okay, popcorn movies. I don't really care about aspects of any franchise that isn't canonical. I'm of the belief that it's pointless to whore out trash movies or games, just to milk the popularity of the series. Pretty much every horror franchise lands up like that. For example, the original Saw from 2004 was brilliant. I think it did something new with the genre, at a time when it was becoming repetitive. But they overdid it with all the sequels and tie-in crap that followed over the years. They're still interesting, nonetheless.
 
A. Wesker

A. Wesker

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mert20004 said:
Decided to check twitter, saw people going crazy over a non-canon production.

Eh, who cares? People are overreacting tbh. I mean ı never cared about live action movies after all, they are waste of time.
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Eh people have the right to hate whatever they want to hate, but like you said everyone can take comfort in the fact that is non canon and it's irrelevant to the main universe.
 
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Despite my resentments, I still try to assess the situation sensibly and accept it as it is.

Horror (including slashers and Italian giallo) is a fairly marginal side of art. This genre will never be liked by everyone and should not be liked by everyone.

Another thing is that Resident Evil in 1996 was conceived as such a game, but over time the series mutated into a tokusatsu show, that is, in the superhero genre of the Japanese format. If before we could see the violent and bloody deaths of characters, disemboweled corpses and disgusting rotten zombies that got wet in the baths (even Jill once could not contain the urge to vomit), over time, the series abandoned the high degree of violence altogether. If before the characters just wanted to survive, now they began to save the world. If before the characters challenged the huge corporate machine and fought against a corrupt system, now they are fighting with specific supervillains who want to take over the world, and all viruses and corporations have gone into the background so that they have become exclusively points of support for the plans of these villains.

I even noticed that a lot of people who are interested in the Resident Evil series today do not consider it horror. Such fans are not interested in horror movies at all, but they are interested in anime and comics about superheroes. This is not a reproach at all, but just my personal observation.

So, in fact, it should not have been surprising that when the series returned to the horror culture trail, many did not appreciate it.
 
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The schedule for Gamescom is listed on the description of this live stream, but I don't know if anything concerning Resident Evil Village will be shown off today. They are going to be showing off gameplay for a few unannounced games later on tonight, so we'll just have to wait and see when that will play out. ;)

 
Mark5

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russident said:
And even more parallels:

Resident Evil 4 may seem disconnected from the series, but in fact this game was laying the groundwork for its future.

First, it closed Umbrella, which inevitably affected the situation in the world. Second, it introduced a completely new type of bio-organic threat with a hint of its connection to the Progenitor virus. Third, this game established Albert Wesker's connection with Seashell.

Resident Evil 5 is a direct sequel and at the same time the end of the Resident Evil 4 storyline: Seashell gets developed, the parasite gets modified, and then all this is destroyed against the background of the super secret origin of Umbrella. Wesker dies, too.

Now let's talk about Resident Evil 7 biohazard.

First, Resident Evil 7 biohazard restores Umbrella, which again will definitely affect the situation in the world. Second, this game introduces a new type of bio-organic weapon with a hint of its connection to the Progenitor virus. Third, the game introduces a new crime syndicate and establishes its connection with Albert Wesker.

Resident Evil Village is a direct sequel to Resident Evil 7 biohazard and promises to end its storyline at the same time. The new weapon receives a modification, the syndicate can be developed. Perhaps all this will be destroyed, and against the background of the super secret origin of Umbrella. Maybe Wesker would come back this time. Or will another Wesker die?

Just as Resident Evil 6 told a new story about the Simmons-Carla conflict, so Resident Evil 9 will probably tell a new story.

And then a new cycle.
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Though your parallels between 4 and 7, then 5 and 8 provided food for thoughts I'm still inclined to believe 8 will have a bitter ending.
 
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Capcom updated Twitter to let us know that the next update is happening at Tokyo Game Show. They are going to be showcasing games on both 26 and 27 September. ?
 
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The big Sony event is happening tonight at 9 PM in the UK.

Don't expect to see Resident Evil Village. I mean, Capcom already stated that will be at Tokyo Game Show. It would be a dream come true to see Silent Hill at long last, but I just don't know what to think anymore.
 
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