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New Resident Evil game confirmed, with the director of Resi 7 at the helmImplicit violence and gore
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Image credit:Capcom
Image credit:Capcom
We did not get more information than that, unfortunately. The quick and easy assumption to make is that this will be Resident Evil 9, or whatever the developers decide to call it. But Nakanishi stops short of saying this outright. Considering there are unconfirmed rumours that claim bothResident Evil 0 and Resident Evil - Code: Veronica will be getting remakes, I feel iffy about jumping to conclusions about exactly which Resi this heavyweight director will be lending his overseership to. It probably is number 9, which has seen its own leaks and isreportedly called Resident Evil 9: Revenant Shadows. But still, no official confirmation of that.
Elsewhere in theCapcom Next broadcast, Nakanishi reminisced about Resident Evil 7’s shift away from action and back to horror.
“When we first started development [on Resi 7], Resident Evil was… well, if I’m being honest, as a brand we were off-track. The action element had been expanded and fans reacted much more negatively than expected. In the end an RE game has to be scary… the general consensus from fans of the series was that a Resident Evil game is one that should scare the hell out of you. That was the starting point for Resident Evil 7.”
If Nakanishi is heading development of Resident Evil 9, my hope is that he continues to push the team back into the dark realm of horror.Resident Evil Villagewas interesting, but I found it much more shooty than expected, especially after the seventh game’s hobbled houseboundness. Then again, I like myhorrorslow and creepy. I’d be happy if a Resi game came out with, like, three monsters in it. So long as it was dark and tense.
PC-loyal Resi fans desirous of the classics have seen some good news recently, now that theoriginal 1996 Resident Evil is available to download on PC for the first time. And ye olde Resi 2 and 3 are coming soon, according toplaceholder pagesat GOG. No word onResident Evil - Code: Veronicathough, which holds the distinguished honour of being the only Resident Evil game with my granny’s name in the title.
