RE5 AE New Trailer + Director's Blog Update

[xfactor]

The official site for Bio5 AE has been updated with a new entry and a new wallpaper. A new trailer for the game have surfaced too. Andriasang have kindly provided a brief translation of the entry.

Andrisang (trailer + translation)
Bio5 AE Site (Wallpaper)

[Mr_Zombie]

Isn't this basically the final trailer only with Chris and Sheva wearing costumes from Costume Packs? ;D

[DeadArtist]

Isn't this basically the final trailer only with Chris and Sheva wearing costumes from Costume Packs? ;D

yes it is quite a boring trailer. I thought there was going to be new content shown from desperate escape? I mean what do we know about that chapter? Jill and Josh need to get to a helicopter ... That´s it and there are perhaps 2-3 screenshots.

[Carnivol]

I know the newspost is lacking that part and the andriasang entry does so too, but I guess it's worth pointing out that the Xbox LIVE Marketplace download text for this trailer is;

What does Wesker mean when he refers to his "new world"? What's the meaning behind the Umbrella and Tricell symbols that Chris sees? And what are those costumes that Chris and Sheva are wearing?

This trailer is a reimagining of the original RE5 trailer released in 2009, and features the new costumes available to players. This trailer's release is timed to coincide with the release of the new downloadable content.

Not exactly a surprise that it's "just the same" and not showing anything new ;)

[Stu]

I wouldn't say it's a boring trailer, it's great. But i'm not sure Capcom really needed to produce another trailer that effectively screams "WE GAVE AWAY MOST OF THE GAME IN OUR TRAILERS!!1!!"

[Carnivol]

Unfortunately, that's part of how next-gen marketing kinda has to work now.

So much work and money has to be poured into the production of everything, so they have to sell every single scene as a product of its own these days, sort of.

Don't like the majini? How about the big guy? Don't like the big guy? How about some cutscenes? Don't like the cutscenes? How about some other cutscenes? No? How about these then? Okay... How about this boss fight or this one?

It actually really annoys me a bit. I'm keeping up with the Lost Planet 2 "episodes" these days, where I generally get the feeling that they might be showing a bit too much. You almost have to go on a complete media blackout for a game these days to not get everything served to you in a trailer. The only positive thing about it all is that whatever poor excuse for a story the game may have, you should already know it by heart by the time the game is out and you'll be focusing more on the actual gameplay

[Jill's Boob]

I wouldn't say it's a boring trailer, it's great. But i'm not sure Capcom really needed to produce another trailer that effectively screams "WE GAVE AWAY MOST OF THE GAME IN OUR TRAILERS!!1!!"

No one twisted your arm to watch any trailers, much less be involved in RE forums obviously exposing yourself to spoilers et al, leading up to the game's release.

[Mr_Zombie]

But he has a point. If you watch all trailers (and especially the PC version trailer) you will know the whole plot of the game and majority of levels and enemies.

[Jill's Boob]

But he has a point. If you watch all trailers (and especially the PC version trailer) you will know the whole plot of the game and majority of levels and enemies.

How so? Did the trailers reveal exactly how the levels progressed? Did they reveal anything about the temples within the caverns? Did they reveal an entire level aboard a ship? Did the trailers show the Lickers in the old Umbrella facility? Was it revealed that the research team in Africa had ties to James Marcus? Did you know there'd be multiple boss fights with Wesker? How about the Chris fight with Wesker in the second trailer - did you know that it was a flashback (that would also show how Jill "died")? Did the trailers show a volcano battle? Did the trailers indicate that Excella would end up being a boss? Did the trailers actually reveal that Wesker's plans with Uroborous was to eradicate most of the global populace? I could go on and on...

For the general public, the trailers revealed maybe 5 minutes worth of cutscenes, some significant, some not. They were not in any sort of order, and wouldn't have made much impact on regular viewers who weren't participating in RE forums. Also, many of the same levels/cutscenes were used over and over. The Savannah/Ndesu ones comes to mind as being overexposed.

The biggest transgressions of the trailers were probably revealing Spencer's corpse (evident ONLY if you paused the trailer and viewed it in slo-mo, analyzing specifics that most would easily miss), revealing Wesker's presence, and of course the Feb '09 trailer where Wesker's dialogue (and subsequent pulling back on the hood) proved that Jill was the Mystery Woman.

I'd love to know how the trailers GAVE AWAY MOST OF THE GAME. There was very little gameplay (which is what MOST of the game was) and mostly just cutscene snippets shown in the trailers. And as I said, it amounted to only minutes of the actual total cutscene time.

People keep crying about this (even a year later), but it's just not accurate.

As for the PC trailer...that came out long after the game had already been on consoles. That's a moot point. Hardly anyone has just a PC for gaming, and if someone was bound to pick up RE5 for PC, surely they'd already caught wind of the general gist of the game. Or just read the plot summary on Wikipedia.

[Stu]

No one twisted your arm to watch any trailers, much less be involved in RE forums obviously exposing yourself to spoilers et al, leading up to the game's release.

Can always rely on you for a massive over-reaction.

Where did i say anything about being forced to watched trailers? Many people watched them, many people passed opinion, that's what happens. Suck it up.

And it's nothing to do with forum spoilers.

[Mr_Zombie]

Ok, so maybe I've exaggerated a bit (but still, there's no need to be so offensive), however I intentionally said "all trailers", including the PC one, which spoiled: who Birdlady was, spoiled the volcano setting, Excella suffering [and Wesker betraying her], lickers, U-8, Uroboros Aheri. And yes, I'm the little peasant who only have gaming PC, no HD consoles. And the reasoning that PC gamers "surely already caught wind of the general gist of the game. Or just read the plot summary on Wikipedia." is simply wrong. What about those whose interest was raised when the game was announced on PC (you know: "Hey, you've heard? That popular co-op game from consoles will be released on PC. Check out this trailer!").

I'm not saying that trailers gave away most of the game (ok, I've said "whole plot", so you've got me there), but it still spoiled a lot of content from the game: enemies, bosses, plot, levels (if I'm not mistaken, the ruins were presented in one of the earliest trailers).

And I'm not crying about this, because I've watched all those trailers by my free will; I just state my opinion.

[Jill's Boob]

Can always rely on you for a massive over-reaction.

Just like we can always count on you to antagonize people on a daily basis in multiple threads...just how much time do you spend on here, anyway? It's like 24/7. But that's neither here nor there.

Where did i say anything about being forced to watched trailers? Many people watched them, many people passed opinion, that's what happens.

Haha, yeah. People do pass their opinions around here, yet you jump on most everyone for passing their own opinions. Hence you getting into countless arguments with lots of people, and your name popping up all over the "banned" thread.

Take your own advice on "many people passed opinion, that's what happens."

Suck it up.

So I'm not allowed to call you on your crying, yet you can easily be allowed to harass everyone else on the same subject? Brilliant.

Example:
http://www.the-horror.com/forums/sho...&postcount=110

And it's nothing to do with forum spoilers.

Okay. Yet you're still saying, in your first post up above, that Capcom sucks because they gave away all of the RE5 plot in the trailers. Please validate what you're saying. Or is explaining things - with detail - just a "massive over-reaction?"

Ok, so maybe I've exaggerated a bit (but still, there's no need to be so offensive)...

And yes, I'm the little peasant who only have gaming PC, no HD consoles.

I'm not saying that trailers gave away most of the game (ok, I've said "whole plot", so you've got me there), but it still spoiled a lot of content from the game: enemies, bosses, plot, levels (if I'm not mistaken, the ruins were presented in one of the earliest trailers).

I wasn't trying to be offensive, I was merely offering a counter-point on how the trailers didn't give away everything. Which you agreed to when you said you exaggerated.

How are you a peasant? I didn't say it was wrong to own just a PC, I just said it was less likely for someone to just own a PC. Especially since Capcom's biggest audience (with RE5) was likely 360 & PS3 owners.

You are right about the PC trailer if it shows all that. I've never seen the PC trailer, but I do know it was released well after the game had been out for consoles.

And I still don't think the 4 trailers that came out for RE5 prior to its release showed that many spoilers concerning all you listed. I've saved all the trailers on my PS3 and I've viewed them and they do not give away much concerning the entire 7-9 hour RE5 experience.

[Stu]

So you're not actually here to discuss my original point...it's more that i had the gall to make a point in the first place? Yaaaawn. If you don't like it, you know where the report button is. Go crazy!

Your example is terrible mind you, me joining CR29 is an example of me harrassing people? Come on now.

and your name popping up all over the "banned" thread.

Mostly when you're getting upset that i'm still here apparently. Remember that time you sifted through the thread just to find my posts? That must've been fun for you?

Yet you're still saying, in your first post up above, that Capcom sucks

I never said they suck?

because they gave away all of the RE5 plot in the trailers.

I didn't say this either?

[Mr_Zombie]

Especially since Capcom's biggest audience (with RE5) was likely 360 & PS3 owners.

Capcom is a part of the so-called PC Gaming Alliance (dunno if that means anything anymore, since Microsoft - one of the co-funder of the PCGA - just said fuck you PC gamers in recent years) and it was a well known thing that all their multiplatform games will be released on PC, sooner or later. So those who owns only PC knew that the game will make its way to PC ;).

And I still don't think the 4 trailers that came out for RE5 prior to its release showed that many spoilers concerning all you listed.

4 trailers? There were 11 trailers total, excluding PC trailer (at least THIA Video section has 10 trailers + theatrical trailer). Maybe you've just hasn't seen all of them.

And I agree that most of those "spoilers" required people to, well, watch those trailers thoroughly, scene by scene, but still some things Capcom could have easily avoided (spoiling Irving's fate for example).

[Jill's Boob]

So you're not actually here to discuss my original point...it's more that i had the gall to make a point in the first place? Yaaaawn. If you don't like it, you know where the report button is. Go crazy!

Your example is terrible mind you, me joining CR29 is an example of me harrassing people? Come on now.

Mostly when you're getting upset that i'm still here apparently. Remember that time you sifted through the thread just to find my posts? That must've been fun for you?I never said they suck? I didn't say this either?

I am here to discuss your original point, just look at the lengthy post I made pointing out how wrong your original sentiment "Capcom's RE5 trailers gave away MOST of the game!" is. And why would I use the report button? Never have, never will.

As for sifting through a thread looking for your posts...haha. I view the banned topic every time I log-in; it's fun to see the shenanigans that go on. Both your name, and your antagonistic posts are littering that thread. It wasn't hard to remember examples of your douchebaggery, despite your pride in it. And I really could care less if you're here on this forum or not. You're like a roach anyway...I doubt you're going anywhere. I just call you on your bullshit since you think you're better than everyone else. /rant

Anyway, you still haven't told me how Capcom's RE5 trailers gave away MOST of the game.

4 trailers? There were 11 trailers total, excluding PC trailer (at least THIA Video section has 10 trailers + theatrical trailer). Maybe you've just hasn't seen all of them.

And I agree that most of those "spoilers" required people to, well, watch those trailers thoroughly, scene by scene, but still some things Capcom could have easily avoided (spoiling Irving's fate for example).

Most of those trailers are redundant, or slightly altered/briefly extended for different countries. 3 of them are the exact same trailer, with only a few different scenes switched around for the official trailer and the Microsoft trailer, and the PS3 trailer.

Either way, you are right that some things (Irving's fate) were given away rather easily (even if the point in the game/context of the situation remained unknown). But on a whole, nowhere near MOST of the game was revealed as some say.