Resident Evil 6

[Wrathborne]

Capcom wants Resident Evil to play like a Western third person shooter. CliffyB is one of the men responsible for arguably the most influential third person shooter this gen.

Makes sense to me. It's not like Gears of War's story is any worse than Resident Evil's. At least the gameplay will improve.

Wow, you actually realized the irony of the creator of the series that RE6 modeled a large chunk itself after offering his help not being a bad thing instead of freaking out over it!

+2 credit in your direction!

[Carnivol]

I see nothing of Gears of War in Resident Evil 6.

If anything, Resident Evil 6 plays like a weird lovechild of Lost Planet 2 and Vanquish. Which reminds me; hope Lost Planet-esque reticle zones gets added in with the new camera options.

[Wrathborne]

Didn't say it played like it, but I did say it felt like it was modeled after it(Chris campaign mostly).

[Carnivol]

Duck and cover reliant gameplay, you either passing through a corridor or defending a fort in the center with progress persistantly being halted until all enemies are dead, enemies always crawling out of a spawn point or two that moves every now and then, any prolonged trips outside your "cover zone" is a ticket to death, etc.... yeah, I'm not really seeing any of that.

Once upon a time, I compared Gears of War to being a modern day Probotector/Contra, but now that we have Lost Planet 2, Vanquish and Resident Evil 6 came out, I'd say they are much better samples of that style of gameplay brought up to current gen's "standards"

[Sly]

Well, the first Gears of War was heavily influenced by RE4 soooo... we're going full circle there it seems. Anyway, I love you Cliff, but please stay away from Biohazard unless you have something intelligent to say about it.

[News Bot]

Didn't say it played like it, but I did say it felt like it was modeled after it(Chris campaign mostly).

If you play Chris' campaign like a cover shooter you are doing it all wrong.

[Carnivol]

If you play Chris' campaign like a cover shooter you are doing it all wrong.

We gotta stop doing this thing where we say stuff we both agree on. It's happened more than once lately. It's disgusting and people don't approve of it.

[Wrathborne]

If you play Chris' campaign like a cover shooter you are doing it all wrong.

Yeah having 5 J'aavo firing at you and having duck duck behind a corner is completely the wrong thing to do, thanks for correcting me there. Next time I'll somersault in front of them and roll around on the floor as a distraction so my NPC can kill them...sadly yes, this does work.

[Archelon]

While I enjoyed Resident Evil 6 for what it was upon reflection, this series truly needs a visionary to lead the development of the next major installment.

I'm not entirely certain I would call CliffyB a "visionary," necessarily, but I think he definitely has the gumption to tell Capcom that it desperately needs to narrow its focus for the next title instead of trying to be a jack of all trades, master of none in the hopes of appealing to everyone under the sun. I know Resident Evil 4 isn't very popular around here, but at least it knew what it was, and even if, for the sake of argument, it only did one or two things, it did them better than anyone else.

[Pikminister]

Go nuts, CliffyB. Add Alice from the movies too.

She fits right in anyway...



EDIT: Stupid ZeroChan...

[Wrathborne]

She fits in now, its really painful to admit that too.

[Spera01]

While I enjoyed Resident Evil 6 for what it was upon reflection, this series truly needs a visionary to lead the development of the next major installment.

I'm not entirely certain I would call CliffyB a "visionary," necessarily, but I think he definitely has the gumption to tell Capcom that it desperately needs to narrow its focus for the next title instead of trying to be a jack of all trades, master of none in the hopes of appealing to everyone under the sun. I know Resident Evil 4 isn't very popular around here, but at least it knew what it was, and even if, for the sake of argument, it only did one or two things, it did them better than anyone else.

Pretty much mirrors my exact thoughts. After RE6, I'd be willing to give Cliffy B a chance anyway.

[Carnivol]

Yeah having 5 J'aavo firing at you and having duck duck behind a corner is completely the wrong thing to do, thanks for correcting me there. Next time I'll somersault in front of them and roll around on the floor as a distraction so my NPC can kill them...sadly yes, this does work.

Know that awesome camera sweep scene in The Avengers? The one where everyone's pretty much kicking major ass? That's how you play Resident Evil 6.

[News Bot]

Yeah having 5 J'aavo firing at you and having duck duck behind a corner is completely the wrong thing to do, thanks for correcting me there. Next time I'll somersault in front of them and roll around on the floor as a distraction so my NPC can kill them...sadly yes, this does work.

You don't do any of that in Gears of War, and somersaulting (you don't do this) and rolling are not characteristics of a cover shooter. You sit behind something. BH6 is not meant to be played that way, which is one reason why the cover system is complete dick. It was shoe-horned in to appeal to the people that like sitting behind stuff.

[Carnivol]

Cover is only for catching your breath and getting a quick overview of the situation again before the stamina bar starts recharging itself and you storm right back into the fray again; kickin' ass and taking names!