Capcom considering rebooting Resident Evil?

[HyperVoiceActing]

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/01/31/resident-evil-will-return-to-its-roots

Do you approve of this notion or say nay

[Manic]

Well, I, unlike most people, actually liked RE5, although 6 wasn't all that great, a lot of the things they had in it were ridiculous. I wouldn't mind seeing what they could do with a reboot to the series though, could open up to more things than trying to push the story more and more forward as it's going currently, which isn't all too great.

[Kriven]

I'd be open to it, yeah.

I'd be open to a reboot of a lot of franchises, actually. Or maybe instead of a total reboot, some kind of equivalent to "Ultimate Marvel" (in concept) for Capcom games.

[Acey]

I thought they did reboot it, they included Wesker, Jill, Chris and Tyrant and changed the name to Marvel vs. Capcom 3.

[Rage]

I thought they did reboot it, they included Wesker, Jill, Chris and Tyrant and changed the name to Marvel vs. Capcom 3.

[HyperVoiceActing]

I thought they did reboot it, they included Wesker, Jill, Chris and Tyrant and changed the name to Marvel vs. Capcom 3.

I feel like I SHOULD get this, but I don't

[Acey]

I feel like I SHOULD get this, but I don't

It has a few sides...

1) Marvel vs. Capcom 3 was chalked full of the classis Resident Evil characters that we all want to see in Resident Evil.
2) The best Resident Evil game in the past years wasn't even a Resident Evil game.
3) Resident Evil what...? I play fighting games.

[Harbinger]

Resident Evil has lost it's identity. RE6 was awful (I am a huge RE fan so it's hard for me to admit this). It has strayed too far from what made Resident Evil, well, Resident Evil. Gone is the exploration, the puzzles, the horror, now it's set pieces, action and dodgy third person shooter mechanics. I have heard RE:Revelations is a mix of old and new so I look forward to playing it on PS3 when it releases. Here's hoping it sells well compared to RE6 (hopefully RE6 and RE:Operation didn't soil the franchise too much)

I'm not say go back to the classic games (Code Veronica I found far too stale from a series view point) but it needs the horror back, the survival. It doesn't need Chris, Leon, Jill, Wesker, Claire, Ada etc to be Resident Evil. These characters have grown stale or changed so much they can't be recognised (here's looking at you RE5 Wesker and RE6 Ada....). It's getting to a point where the story is stupid, especially RE6. Seriously, what was the point of that game? It introduced Jake.....why? And the whole Carla/Ada thing.......I mean come on. Yeah the series has never been realistic but starting from 4/arguable CV it was obvious they were throwing things at a wall and seeing what stuck.

Look at RE:Outbreak games, this is something that I think should be developed. Go back to the cramped streets, the open paths, the puzzles (admittedly these need to be more realistic and not get collection a battery from the back of a statue...RE3 styel....)

As much as I love the series and the characters I say bring on the reboot. Hopefully it will work better than DmC at least....

[HyperVoiceActing]

It's funny how RE4 was the start of the series' downfall from quality ... and yet people consider it the best RE game made

[G.P.O.A - GatlingPunchRalf]

Resident Evil has lost it's identity

Rebooting it can only make it worse simply because the story is so damn convoluted and the playstyle of RE6 will, most likely, be implemented. Let's not forget what Capcom did to DMC, shall we?...

[HyperVoiceActing]

Let's not forget what Capcom did to DMC, shall we?...

I think that's moreso Ninja Theory's fault than Capcom's

[Mr.Wingfeather]

I wouldnt be surprised, you know many things are coming to reboot because secuels are not so good as the old games.  but i think is kind of difficult to come back to the very first nature of the game since it has suffered a lot of changes and most of the ideas were already used in previous games,  but who knows after all capcom still needs our money  so they better make good games or lose customers right? 

[HyperVoiceActing]

I just hope when they say they want it more like the original, they don't mean EXACTLY like it.

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