Here's my opinion on this upcoming survival horror game. Compared to past RE games, I feel like this game could potentially be a cash grab. Anyway, here is why I think this game is highly strange...
Basically, in a nutshell, the whole RE franchise from 1996 to whenever, concerned biohazards due to the Umbrella Corporation messing around with viruses. Most of the time, you had to deal with zombies and other mutations. This problem eventually spread throughout Raccoon City, so they had to destroy the city with a missile, hoping the virus wouldn't continue to reach other regions.
This was pretty much what every game focused on. They were about you finding out about Umbrella. Right? But when RE4 came out, Capcom turned the series into a bland shooter series where the atmosphere was drastically toned down. All you do pretty much, is collect coins and kill farmers. Then they did these disappointing remakes, where they cut out a lot of the original enemies like the crows and the tarantulas, and other things were just muddled up as well.
Unfortunately, RE8 has you playing a guy you don't even see, named Ethan Winters. Already, that's kind of unappealing to me, as I am a gamer that likes to see who I am controlling. Furthermore, this story about vampires and his baby daughter being captured feels incredibly convuluted. It's supposed to follow up to RE7, which in itself didn't really have anything to do with the old RE games either. Besides Chris Redfield returning, it really was vastly unrelated to the general storylines from beforehand. It was about an evil family and these fungus creatures, called the Molded.
I must say, this salesman is kind of silly. "The Duke" is meant to be a mysterious vendor who sells you things, and he knows who Ethan is, and that makes zero sense. Besides that, I didn't like the idea of a merchant being in RE4 either, as it zaps away the realism aspects. Like, the whole purpose of survival horror video games is that you don't get many bullets at all, so you must explore dark corridors alone most of the time, just trying to find useful items and keys, in order to proceed to a new room. But having this plump weirdo selling you things and probably telling lame jokes, takes away from what RE is even supposed to be representing.
I don't know. It just doesn't add up. I am guessing these vampire chicks are likely infected as well. But you can just tell Capcom is desperate for new ideas. It's sometimes better for things to simply end, as opposed to carrying on for years and years, just for the hell of it.
Also, in RE7, they made up this ridiculous storyline where Umbrella came back. However, the catch is that their logo is blue now, and they are seemingly the good guys. It's honestly all just being done to milk the franchise, which more or less ended after RE5. Essentially, the primary storyline ended after Wesker died.
Basically, in a nutshell, the whole RE franchise from 1996 to whenever, concerned biohazards due to the Umbrella Corporation messing around with viruses. Most of the time, you had to deal with zombies and other mutations. This problem eventually spread throughout Raccoon City, so they had to destroy the city with a missile, hoping the virus wouldn't continue to reach other regions.
This was pretty much what every game focused on. They were about you finding out about Umbrella. Right? But when RE4 came out, Capcom turned the series into a bland shooter series where the atmosphere was drastically toned down. All you do pretty much, is collect coins and kill farmers. Then they did these disappointing remakes, where they cut out a lot of the original enemies like the crows and the tarantulas, and other things were just muddled up as well.
Unfortunately, RE8 has you playing a guy you don't even see, named Ethan Winters. Already, that's kind of unappealing to me, as I am a gamer that likes to see who I am controlling. Furthermore, this story about vampires and his baby daughter being captured feels incredibly convuluted. It's supposed to follow up to RE7, which in itself didn't really have anything to do with the old RE games either. Besides Chris Redfield returning, it really was vastly unrelated to the general storylines from beforehand. It was about an evil family and these fungus creatures, called the Molded.
I must say, this salesman is kind of silly. "The Duke" is meant to be a mysterious vendor who sells you things, and he knows who Ethan is, and that makes zero sense. Besides that, I didn't like the idea of a merchant being in RE4 either, as it zaps away the realism aspects. Like, the whole purpose of survival horror video games is that you don't get many bullets at all, so you must explore dark corridors alone most of the time, just trying to find useful items and keys, in order to proceed to a new room. But having this plump weirdo selling you things and probably telling lame jokes, takes away from what RE is even supposed to be representing.
I don't know. It just doesn't add up. I am guessing these vampire chicks are likely infected as well. But you can just tell Capcom is desperate for new ideas. It's sometimes better for things to simply end, as opposed to carrying on for years and years, just for the hell of it.
Also, in RE7, they made up this ridiculous storyline where Umbrella came back. However, the catch is that their logo is blue now, and they are seemingly the good guys. It's honestly all just being done to milk the franchise, which more or less ended after RE5. Essentially, the primary storyline ended after Wesker died.