Resident Evil 6 trailer

[Penis Whiskers]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS_bGpe9qE8

So the Resident Evil 6 trailer is out. It's hard to get a real sense of the game, but preliminarily it seems like the story mixes elements from 2 and 5, and the little bit of gameplay we see is reminiscent of 4 and 5. I think it's way too early to make any judgements, but I'm happy to see a return to a Raccoon City-like environment, even if that only seems to be about half of the story. There's no reason to believe that they will abandon the modern RE control scheme (over the shoulder 3rd person/dynamic camera) so those pining for a classic fixed camera game are going to be SOL. What's the consensus? Are you excited? Indifferent? Think the series needs to be retired?

[Jakanden]

RE5 is the ONLY game in the series I enjoyed because the finally got the controls to where it was bearable. If they keep going that direction I will happily play RE6, especially with co-op again as a friend and I did all of RE5 and the DLC co-op.

[Ekkebus]

I didn't think I was ready for another Resident Evil but it turns out I totally actually am. Its been what 3 year now since 5? That's enough time. I'm glad they look to be getting away from the parasite monsters of the past couple games and back to the zombies and T-virus stuff of the early games in the series. I hope to God they don't try to drag out the Umbrella/Wesker nonsense any longer.

The gameplay looks good. Looks like they have a dedicated cover system and some more movement options in place. Basically it looks like they've made it more like Gears and I don't think any of us are going to complain about that.

[gobbleskat]

Resident Evil has been struggling, IMO, since 2 to really understand it's place in the world. Nemesis and Code Veronica were tired attempts at a once successful formula that didn't bring anything new to the table. Zero was both redundant and bland. 4 and 5 made the series relevant again with serious gameplay improvement, but had no idea what thy wanted to be tonewise and rarely accomplished any real sense of horror or atmosphere. I like the 'town gone mad' elements of both, but the villains were awful and the stories were pretty hard to swallow.

Now we get this surprise trailer and I couldn't be happier. with Operation: Raccoon City on the way I just assumed this was the end of the 'classic' storyline and moved on. Now we get a return to some of the best of what the older games had to offer (the undead, claustrophobic urban chaos, well loved characters) with the design improvements of the last two games and HOPEFULLY a whole new story arc. Honestly, this game looks more like it picks up where RE: Degeneration leaves of than RE5, which is all sorts of fine by me (G-Virus, what what?).

I'm already catching the stink of an internet shitstorm because this game doesn't LOOK like, well, who knows what the fuck people expect at this point. I don't care. I love the RE world and am always happy to spend time there, even if the series has taken me through some briar patches on the way.

Between this, Op: RC, Revelations, AND Retribution, well... 2012 totally belongs to RESIDENT EVIL (you have to say it in the title screen voice).

[Hella-Tight MC Fukkaslut]

Remember when they took all of that time getting to the sharks, died, then had to get back to the sharks?

I just hope this one has as much box pushing and shark attacks. That would be pretty bomb.

[barnaclelapse]

I'm not a huge RE fan by any means, but that trailer looked intense and quite awesome. I'm excited to play.

[shadowdancer21b]

You mean they finally listened to me and have the modern control style with zombies? All right! I also thought Zero sucked noodles. I liked 4, but it wasn't scary. I actually got scared while playing Code Veronica a time or two, but Nemesis pissed me off.

[Penis Whiskers]

4 is still my favorite, but Rory's right that the villains were silly and the story was convoluted. To me, 2 succeeded best as true survival horror. The voice acting was terrible, but the story was interesting, and the creep-out factor was high. With 4, you have a game that's not really all that scary, but fun as hell. I've played through 4 roughly 7 times on 3 different systems, and I can never seem to get sick of it. There's a cheese factor that is off-putting to some, but charming to me. If 6 turns out to be as good as it looks like it COULD be, then it seems that the secret to Resident Evil's success rests on the handsome shoulders of Leon Kennedy.

[gobbleskat]

It's funny. I always resented RE4's badass Leon because I was such a fan of RE2's hapless wiener Leon. Suddenly in 4 he was this cartoon character of an action hero, instead of a scrambling survivor. it just never gelled for me. Regardless, he is still my favorite male protagonist, so I'm always happy to see him.

oh, and 6 and 8 player coop and multiplayer, respectively, were just announced. apparantly the ga.e has quietly been in development for 2 years, and promises a return to a more 'survival horror' feel (which RE Revelations has been reported to do quite well).

[ffmusicdj]

IMO, I'm kind of tired of the whole Zombie genre.

I'm not saying to make a Resident Evil without zombies, though, that's basically what RE4 was more or less. No, I'm saying there has to be a point where the fantasy of the four of us shooting zombies in the face has been completed, and we can move on to other things.

I just don't get the zombie craze.

Also, anyone check out the NSFW Resident Evil 6 logo? (Once you see it, you wont be able to un-see it).

[gobbleskat]

Generally speaking, zombies are played out. I don't hold that against the mythos though, just the people who jumped on the band wagon with lame ideas to cash-in. In much the same way that the world is lacking in creative zombie movies, I have yet to play a zombie-specific horror game of this generation with good, solid gameplay. Still, it doesn't mean I won't watch a GOOD zombie movie when (rarely) it comes along. Besides, zombies are generally only first-act threats in RE. More than anything I look forward to the latter-game bio-weapons (hunters, lickers, bandersnatches?) that help break up the mundanity.

[Juese]

This trailer worked for me, and I was in the camp of not liking the look of 5 enough to give it a real chance. Might in the near future. But regardless, this looks like a lot of fun. Personally, my best case is that this game delivers what I'm getting from the trailer and they cap off the classic stuff between the RE barrage this year, and carry over the system without the story baggage for further installments. Though, I'm not hardcore into the series, so I do have less attachment to the characters. Who knew I'd be excited to see Ashley in there?

[Wood]

This trailer worked for me, and I was in the camp of not liking the look of 5 enough to give it a real chance. Might in the near future. But regardless, this looks like a lot of fun. Personally, my best case is that this game delivers what I'm getting from the trailer and they cap off the classic stuff between the RE barrage this year, and carry over the system without the story baggage for further installments. Though, I'm not hardcore into the series, so I do have less attachment to the characters. Who knew I'd be excited to see Ashley in there?

It's because Ashley is equipped with "ballistics". But seriously, I still like Resident Evil as a series. Anything that gets it away from the stupid ass space vampire, anime bullshit that was Wesker's character, I'm for it. I'm afraid Operation: Raccoon City is going to be that sort of stupid. But, this game I'm honestly excited for. I'm hoping that because it's now another city that looks like it's been infected, that the gameplay will be going away from the same tropes as the earlier games had; having to take various interpretations of keys for various interpretations of doors, having to do with the same sort of adventure game logic we're all used to now, but doesn't make sense.

Having both Chris and Leon in the same game is definitely interesting. Does that mean that both of them are working for the same organization? Also, it made it look like Ashley is working for the bad guy, but maybe he's not the real bad guy? And Barry? Where's Barry? Did anyone else catch that someone was using the call-sign "Hunk" in the trailer? Does that mean he's in the game? If that's so, why is he not sounding like a total badass? Granted, maybe Hunk was badass because he never had spoken dialogue. I'm really interested in how this story goes, though story was never a strong suit for Resident Evil as a series.

[Jakanden]

Just went through RE5 a fourth time (3rd time co-op) and was reminded of how much I enjoyed that game. I am super psyched for 6 now, especially having just rewatched the trailer.

[shadowdancer21b]

Yeah, bring on the science-gone-mad creepy crawlies! Giant Spiders! Man-eating ravens! Electric newts! I even liked the bandersnatch!