Resident Evil 6

[shanemurphy]

I agree completely, do they think Gears of War has award winning voice acting? it is probably RE's past that has everyone instantly looking at the voice acting compared to other games. Certainly not what they should be doing when writing "professional" articles and previews.

This whole player restriction has bummed me out now, even in a single player game it is not acceptable, if the character is having a conversation with someone over radio then sure I can live with that but not when in normal gameplay.

[Tyrant Rose]

Though I've been relentlessly positive about the game, even I can accept the fact that a game this big simply cannot be perfect. They're trying to cram too much in. That much is obvious. It's going to be a good game. I think most of us will be happy. But will it be a GREAT game? Well, there's always 7...

[shanemurphy]

Maybe just maybe if the November release was still on track Capcom could have put that work force to good use and taken this second batch of feedback, but now RE6 has gone gold they do not have the luxury like they did from the E3 feedback to fix things up.

Unless we get one heck of a big day one patch release.

[Tyrant Rose]

I didn't and still don't understand why they pushed up the game by two months. They only explanation I recalled hearing was the very PR-y "we just want to get the game into players' hands sooner." So what are staffers doing to make that happen? Sleeping in the office? Not seeing their families for weeks on end? And why? It seems like releasing the game closer to the holiday season (and neatly coinciding with many school/college break schedules) made more sense anyway.

[shanemurphy]

I think they wanted to avoid the release of the next COD release, which is bad thinking on their part considering Resident Evil has a huge name and will sell over the holiday months anyway.

[Dracarys]

I didn't and still don't understand why they pushed up the game by two months.

Too much competition from other games, RE6 is mainly an action game with an emphasis on multiplayer, the lead up to christmas is action-multiplayer season and most people going to jump onto CoD like every year. But there are plenty of other big releases around the time and with games like CoD once bought usually free time goes towards playing it, not other games.

Releasing it early means people less likely to pick one or the other, plus they can keep people busy for longer until CoD and the others release so more time before RE6 gets traded in and more new copies being sold.

[shanemurphy]

One of the biggest mistakes from Capcom is trying to take on COD. Call of Duty is one of the biggest reasons I will not be looking to join a big studio anytime soon. The only thing worse I can think of is working on FIFA and Madden games and that is not saying much.

The industry is in shambles and it is very sad to see.


Anyway I am keeping my hopes up, they say Leon's scenario gets better and the new videos does have a Walking Dead vibe to them.

[BeefWellington]

i want to read and watch the previews but....those....fucking spoilers....

[Tyrant Rose]

Ah, OK. I didn't know a new COD was coming out. I don't follow gaming as closely as I used to. I just keep thinking about those poor developers working 16-hour shifts and sleeping on cots in the basement. You can't tell me that's not happening.

[shanemurphy]

They don't even get their own cots, they all just bunch together like a pack of cats resting their limbs on top of each other.

EDIT: New Jake gameplay:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw_ekJklHt4&feature=plcp

I don't get the hate for Jake and Sherrys campaign it looks better then Chris's in my opinion.

[Tyrant Rose]

I would like to turn off Jake's mouth, please. That's going to get annoying. I may get him killed a few times on purpose.

That said, the Edonia environments are really pretty. They went all-out with the classic Japanese interpretation of European cities. I hope they crank up the creepy factor for a few parts. I've been in some very eerie churches and other old buildings in Europe (imagine the local saint's bones just chillin' in the corner under glass). There's gotta be a place for that sort of atmosphere in the game.

[Dark_Chris]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZmbWISqQY8 Mercenaries detailed.

[Red-Jackal]

EDIT: New Jake gameplay:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw_ekJklHt4&feature=plcp

I don't get the hate for Jake and Sherrys campaign it looks better then Chris's in my opinion.

We really don't get enough of harsh winter environments for horror-themed games, so I'll be excited to experience Jake's chapters in Edonia.
Spoiler:

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Getting pretty creeped out by the mutations of the J'avos after their chrysalis stage now. That mutant crow flying out seemed really random, but now we have that to add to needled dinosaurs, armored demonic gorrillas and walking sacs/breasts filled with C-virus, not to mention the insect-like mutations before-hand. I wonder if someone was compatible to the C-virus, would they have the ability to shape-shift to adapt to any situation then?

[shanemurphy]

Whoops sorry I thought the spoiler was from a new preview or something hehe

[Red-Jackal]

It's at about 1:36 in the video.
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There was a making of video that was posted a while back, where a crow-like creature was shown as an enemy concept design along with the "needler". Strangely enough, the "needler" is a scrapped enemy concept from RE5 and the crow monster looks like an enemy design from the pre-DMC/RE4 development.

Edit: Oh, it's no problem, hehe.