What would you do if Capcom axed the current RE6?

[News Bot]

I personally don't expect the game to hit its projected sales (7m). Maybe like... 4m, at best.

I would really like to be proved wrong though.

[Carnivol]

Going by the current pre-sell count at my shop and the general performance of RE5 on a global scale vs my area ... I'd say it'll most certainly reach those numbers, but not in the launch window - of course (But I'll be a monkey's uncle if it's not at 2/3 of that, at least, by New Year.)

Also; I fully agree that they're just showing way too much in their trailers these days. Especially way too much "potential end-game" stuff. Modern day game design needs to be better at keeping secrets and letting word-of-mouth sorta push things. Nothing wrong with fancy trailers and expensive marketing campaigns, but it sucks when there's nothing to discover for yourself in a game. I watched my brother play through Resident Evil 5 and he'd never seen anything of it (and he's a pretty hardcore mainline RE fan from the days of yonder, but came kinda late-to-the-party on RE5). It was pretty amazing to see how the game literally blew his mind all over the walls and floors of his living room.

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Also, if they canned RE6 now --- OMFG! BEST FUCKING GAME EVER! FUCK YOU CAPCOM, COULD'VE SOLD BETTER THAN ALL OF COD COMBINED! FUCK YOU! BEST RE IS CANNED RE!

[AsteroidBlues]

Going by the current pre-sell count at my shop and the general performance of RE5 on a global scale vs my area ... I'd say it'll most certainly reach those numbers, but not in the launch window - of course (But I'll be a monkey's uncle if it's not at 2/3 of that, at least, by New Year.)

Also; I fully agree that they're just showing way too much in their trailers these days. Especially way too much "potential end-game" stuff. Modern day game design needs to be better at keeping secrets and letting word-of-mouth sorta push things. Nothing wrong with fancy trailers and expensive marketing campaigns, but it sucks when there's nothing to discover for yourself in a game. I watched my brother play through Resident Evil 5 and he'd never seen anything of it (and he's a pretty hardcore mainline RE fan from the days of yonder, but came kinda late-to-the-party on RE5). It was pretty amazing to see how the game literally blew his mind all over the walls and floors of his living room.

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Also, if they canned RE6 now --- OMFG! BEST FUCKING GAME EVER! FUCK YOU CAPCOM, COULD'VE SOLD BETTER THAN ALL OF COD COMBINED! FUCK YOU! BEST RE IS CANNED RE!

The most accurate prediction of what would happen yet... but I couldn't see you stooping to that level, Carn. xD

[shanemurphy]

You agreed with me earlier so you know exactly why I dont like your posts.

And you have proven you are rude in a direct immature comment to me in the past so I'm not to fond of your posts either.

[Darkmoon]

I'm kinda looking foward to RE6, although years of abuse by Capcom means I still whimper pitifully and try and hide from there new release because I expect hideous, hideous abuse...so I actually keep expecting them to cancel the damned thing. RE2 is almost certainly better than 1.5, but 3.5 was definitively more interesting for me than the afternoon action movie of RE4.

If they did cancel the game, I'd probably just shrug and wait for RE6: Tits, Ass and Explosions edition where Sherry, Claire and Jill fight zombies topless because they were all at a nudist colony when it happened (but all the zombies are clothed because rotting boobies don't sell). But then, again, I have about as much faith in Capcom as I do Zeus...

[yurieu]

i really believe people understimate RE fanbase. they say if RE still bounded to the survival horror, it would be forgotten. but i doubt. we still hear about mario, metroid, zelda, and they not changed so much to survive.

and they say too RE4 is the revolution, many games copied the style, blahblahblah, i dont care.

and, since we are talking about RE6, do you think leon have a bad running animation(too lowered, almost falling)?

[Carnivol]

The "problem" with RE keeping the classic style is the fanbase's constant focus on continuing narratives and recycling of main characters.

RE1/RE2 -> RE4/RE5 are actually very good samples of character development through gameplay.
The old games featuring "first encounter/first day on the job" scenarios, while the most recent ones have been the same battle hardened chars in "Same shit, different day" scenarios.

Guess this was partly the plausible horror appeal of 3.5, the fact that it took a battle hardened Leon and messed with his mind ... of course, I guess Silent Hill and Eternal Darkness already doing it so darned well put the game in a "me too" position in terms of execution.

Another series worth noting for its natural style change between each entry; Dead Space. While we've yet to see the final result of DS3, it felt RIGHT in Dead Space 2 to have Isaac bitch and moan the way he does. Going from that to slightly more Dudebro-ish combat also seems "right" for DS3 as long as it's told through the eyes of Isaac.

[yurieu]

well, we all know RE6 is done, now is burn copies, print boxes, and develop the lacking details. they still have a pc version to do.

but this sequence may not be aborted. i admire the new free cam, and the customizable view(althought camera distance i think is fixed) i hated the moving cross hair(the other games when u shoot, it becomes wider), and the fighting stuff, i sense the game a little bit street fighter, TKOF, DBZ, japanese-style fighting(quick-short-repetitive attacks). and hell, i dont like ada wong, people overestimate her too much; in the capcom's reunions, if the 1st idea is leon, the 2nd is ada> boring....

lets think...if a friend of mine likes shooter-action... and ask for a game, i will not recommend RE... and if a friend of mine likes horror, i will not recommend RE either... so, capcom must choose a side someday... for now, i cant wait to see RE6's metacritic scores, sells numbers are useless eheh

[CrimsonElder]

And you have proven you are rude in a direct immature comment to me in the past so I'm not to fond of your posts either.

You call it immature i call it honest something you should try. For an Irish person I thought youd have a decent response for me.

[shanemurphy]

You call it immature i call it honest something you should try. For an Irish person I thought youd have a decent response for me.

Actually the post I was mentioning was the immature and insulting mother joke you said to me not long ago so don't stop being honest now, keep going George Washington :p

[Blacktail]

I personally don't expect the game to hit its projected sales (7m). Maybe like... 4m, at best.

I would really like to be proved wrong though.

I thought it was gonna hit up to about 5 mil, but like you I'd like to be proven wrong, considering that the collectors edition sold out in my area and I live in an area full of bro gamers who only play Call of Duty.

[Darkness]

before or after I stopped laughing?

[Darkmoon]

Actually the post I was mentioning was the immature and insulting mother joke you said to me not long ago so don't stop being honest now, keep going George Washington :p

Actually, both of you take it elsewhere. No one else cares. If you two wanna keep bickering, go on MSN.

[shanemurphy]

Your completely right Darkmoon, I don't think either of us want our visits to the forum to consist of endless bickering so CrimsonElder I extend my hand in peace and let's just get along.

[REmaster]

Meh, play the demo. It would be kinda cool to have a demo of a cancelled RE game, especially one that is as lengthy as it is. Sealed copies of Dragon's Dogma would become a very prized item, although the code would be invalid sooner or later.