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So it's as though Capcom has some announcements coming just around the corner. We can only hope the RE PSP game will finally surface again with some new info.
Until then I'd like to know what your hopes and expectations might be. Normally I avoid setting myself up for disappointment, but since we have next to nothing regarding where the series will go from here on out I figured there's nothing to lose in speculating.
So I propose to you, the reader: What kind of RE game would you like to see on the PSP handheld? If you're someone like me who needs to dust off his PSP and play a good game how would you envision the gameplay, story and characters?
This can also go a number of ways. Perhaps you expect this to be a spin off like the outbreak or gun survivor games. Others may see this as an actual sequel that's part of the main canon (it could be numbered or given its own title as we've seen in Code Veronica). Maybe it'll have something to do with the long speculated "reboot" that's been hinted. I leave it to you to decide.
Here's my choices. Feel free to critique if you must:
1. A game where you play as Sherry Birkin or rather a game including Sherry Birkin. It could star Claire if it must, but the highlight of the game should feature a reunion with Claire and a grown up Sherry. I would weave the story so that it takes place before RE5 where Wesker kidnaps Sherry from government hands and involves early stages of his plans that are set into motion with RE5. This could mean prototypes of various experiments ranging from viral or parasites. I suspect Capcom will be making the gameplay similar to RE4/RE5, but as Lost in Nightmares showed us there's a lot of nostalgia from going back to camera angles and solving fetch quest puzzles/traps for a good portion of the game. And since games like Haunting Ground and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories won me over with no real weapons or combat I would feature this game as an RE game where you really have to run and avoid nearly all the enemies.
2. With more thoughtful writing and pacing this could be combined with #1. But I do feel as though the Leon/Ada arc was never fully resolved, and I'd like to bring closure to that chapter by introducing Leon to a mission where he is pinned against Ada and her organization that rivals that of Umbrella. Perhaps this could be set where Ada took hold of Sherry when she left Wesker or perhaps we can delve into the kind of plan Ada has in store for herself and Leon as hinted in her report. Either way, we were given closure for Chris, Jill and Wesker so we might as well start wrapping up the RE2 cast while there's still time.
3. My last ditch effort at using gameplay similar to RE4 and RE5 would be a more action heavy side story where you play as Carlos joining a new group to rescue civilians from biohazard outbreaks. Returning villain can include Nicholai taking part in overlooking and recording data on the infected sites but having to stop Carlos from exposing and interfering with his research. I honestly wouldn't mind if the group Carlos joins is BSAA, but I figure some fans might think that a little too close to the family so we can make this another group altogether that's sole purpose is rescue survivors rather than destroy monsters.
On a side note, as far as other capcom games should go I'm all for making a true Dino Crisis sequel to 2. Whether it be called DC4 or DC: <insert subtitle here> doesn't matter. I'd like some closure to that cliffhanger and a next gen dino game would be great on its own right provided the gameplay isn't as horrid as DC3..
Until then I'd like to know what your hopes and expectations might be. Normally I avoid setting myself up for disappointment, but since we have next to nothing regarding where the series will go from here on out I figured there's nothing to lose in speculating.
So I propose to you, the reader: What kind of RE game would you like to see on the PSP handheld? If you're someone like me who needs to dust off his PSP and play a good game how would you envision the gameplay, story and characters?
This can also go a number of ways. Perhaps you expect this to be a spin off like the outbreak or gun survivor games. Others may see this as an actual sequel that's part of the main canon (it could be numbered or given its own title as we've seen in Code Veronica). Maybe it'll have something to do with the long speculated "reboot" that's been hinted. I leave it to you to decide.
Here's my choices. Feel free to critique if you must:
1. A game where you play as Sherry Birkin or rather a game including Sherry Birkin. It could star Claire if it must, but the highlight of the game should feature a reunion with Claire and a grown up Sherry. I would weave the story so that it takes place before RE5 where Wesker kidnaps Sherry from government hands and involves early stages of his plans that are set into motion with RE5. This could mean prototypes of various experiments ranging from viral or parasites. I suspect Capcom will be making the gameplay similar to RE4/RE5, but as Lost in Nightmares showed us there's a lot of nostalgia from going back to camera angles and solving fetch quest puzzles/traps for a good portion of the game. And since games like Haunting Ground and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories won me over with no real weapons or combat I would feature this game as an RE game where you really have to run and avoid nearly all the enemies.
2. With more thoughtful writing and pacing this could be combined with #1. But I do feel as though the Leon/Ada arc was never fully resolved, and I'd like to bring closure to that chapter by introducing Leon to a mission where he is pinned against Ada and her organization that rivals that of Umbrella. Perhaps this could be set where Ada took hold of Sherry when she left Wesker or perhaps we can delve into the kind of plan Ada has in store for herself and Leon as hinted in her report. Either way, we were given closure for Chris, Jill and Wesker so we might as well start wrapping up the RE2 cast while there's still time.
3. My last ditch effort at using gameplay similar to RE4 and RE5 would be a more action heavy side story where you play as Carlos joining a new group to rescue civilians from biohazard outbreaks. Returning villain can include Nicholai taking part in overlooking and recording data on the infected sites but having to stop Carlos from exposing and interfering with his research. I honestly wouldn't mind if the group Carlos joins is BSAA, but I figure some fans might think that a little too close to the family so we can make this another group altogether that's sole purpose is rescue survivors rather than destroy monsters.
On a side note, as far as other capcom games should go I'm all for making a true Dino Crisis sequel to 2. Whether it be called DC4 or DC: <insert subtitle here> doesn't matter. I'd like some closure to that cliffhanger and a next gen dino game would be great on its own right provided the gameplay isn't as horrid as DC3..
I find them entertaining.
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