Resident Evil Discussion Thread

[Maritonic]

Absolutely overjoyed that RE: Village will be on PS4. Was really bummed when it was initially just a new gen release. Looks like it's going to appeal completely to my sensibilities.

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So have they said how any of these more grounded first person RE games relate to the overarching REstory? Are zombies still common place worldwide? Is there a reason why giant hot vampire bug ladies, hillbillies, ghosts, and werewolves are common place?

I'm not the most informed on RE lore outside of the first 3 games, RE6 and the 6 RE films.

Zombies never really were common place in the world. The outbreak in Racoon City was shut down in RE 3, which is more or less the same few days as RE 2. It's not like the movies where the world ends and zombies take over.

These are just smaller, isolated incidents now, with bioweapons. All of the events of 7 were done by one bioweapon. We don't really know about 8 yet.

[_JNavs_]

Zombies never really were common place in the world. The outbreak in Racoon City was shut down in RE 3, which is more or less the same few days as RE 2. It's not like the movies where the world ends and zombies take over.

These are just smaller, isolated incidents now, with bioweapons. All of the events of 7 were done by one bioweapon. We don't really know about 8 yet.

Ah gotcha so it feels more anthology based, I always figured the whole world was crawling with zombies and those gigantic walking tumors with stretchy tongues.

Huh, that's pretty cool. I'm liking the smaller, personal scope.

[Maritonic]

Zombies never really were common place in the world. The outbreak in Racoon City was shut down in RE 3, which is more or less the same few days as RE 2. It's not like the movies where the world ends and zombies take over.

These are just smaller, isolated incidents now, with bioweapons. All of the events of 7 were done by one bioweapon. We don't really know about 8 yet.

Ah gotcha so it feels more anthology based, I always figured the whole world was crawling with zombies and those gigantic walking tumors with stretchy tongues.

Huh, that's pretty cool. I'm liking the smaller, personal scope.

Yeah RE shines when it's smaller, more contained stories. That's not to say the games about larger events aren't great, because they are. But the original game with the Mansion is incredible. 7 (Biohazard) was a contained story (more or less) and was one of the scariest gaming experiences I've ever had. Extremely excited to see more of this in 8.

[Agent Smith]

RE8 news looks great. However I am kinda bugged by remaking RE4. I highly doubt it can match the original, even more so without Shinjia Mikami at the helm.

[gvamp]

All the games are connected in a sense its just each one tells a self contained story that adds to the overall RE lore but yeah each game focuses on a isolated incident and each viral outbreak is contained before they can really spread.

Paul WS Anderson decided to take the movies in a different direction and infect the whole world.

[Agent Smith]

RE lore is kind of a mess so many viruses to take into account not to mention the plaga parasite and the experiments used with that. I don't think anybody really plays RE for the lore and plays for the atmosphere, BOWs, and action.

[Rurouni Senator]

RE lore is kind of a mess so many viruses to take into account not to mention the plaga parasite and the experiments used with that. I don't think anybody really plays RE for the lore and plays for the atmosphere, BOWs, and action.

Speaking of RE lore; Nemesis was designed and tailored for the specific goal of hunting and killing S.T.A.R.S. members who survived and escaped the Spencer mansion, his name is Nemesis to hunt them. Why did they give him that name in the Paul W. S. Anderson movies? Was he supposed to antagonize and hunt Alice? How come Nemesis is under their control but Alice is not when both were sent to treatment room at the close periods? He was definitely not supposed to kill unarmed civilians since he didn't attack series token black character once he dropped his guns....

Between this and Mortal Kombat it seems that Paul loves to transform characters to cyphers or change their purpose in the story, just add them there as fan service or something then do nothing cool with them as characters.

[Thatguy4683]

So is everyone excited for RE Village, comes out next week, I love that Village and 7 went back to what RE intended to be at the very start, being a horror game, Not a action game

[cloverfan98]

I wish 8 was coming out on the ps4 and psvr.

[Thatguy4683]

Anybody manage to play the demo yet? Everything looks solid so far.

I’m going to play the demo after I’m done RE7 again

[gvamp]

I wish 8 was coming out on the ps4 and psvr.

It is coming out on PS4 just not VR.

[Thatguy4683]

Just finished RE Village and Holy crap it’s amazing, it’s like they took the elements from RE7 that made it great and somehow enhance it, while adding some elements from RE 4 and what made that great

[Lesko]

I am surprised this thread is now more active. Like the above poster said the game is amazing and this is coming from someone that doesn't hate Resident Evil but isn't a big fan either. In fact I almost didn't get it this quickly after release but some friends of mine insisted I did and I am so glad I listened! RE7 was kinda monotonous because you were almost always in the same general location and faced the same three enemy types over and over again. You also pretty much used the same 3 weapons or so. Not that it was a bad game, I just didn't see the appeal in it. Village fixes everything wrong with 7. The enemies are MUCH more diversified and so are the weapons. Where this game particularly shines are the enemies which range from all kinds of fantastical creatures from vampires to werewolves. Those dolls and that baby creature were also insanely scary but great at the same time. I certainly am not going to spoil the boss fights but one highlight of 7 was the boss fights and this recreates that grandeur. Maybe even surpassing it. I haven't played all of the Resident Evil games yet but as of now this is currently my favorite. I like this even more than RE4.

[Maritonic]

Finished Village. It was masterful; felt like a celebration of the entire franchise (obviously specifically 4) and yet something totally new and unique. I spent all of 2020 replaying the entire series, but now I want to do it again! Have to get 100% on Village, first.

[gvamp]

I've been trying to finish Village but I only get Saturday, Sunday and Monday to play as of late. Normally I'd spend a couple hours after work with a game but we've been so short handed I've been working overtime so by the time I get home at night I'm exhausted. I'm not very far in either

Spoiler:

Just got to the doll house.

[LegendZilla]

I know I said this before, but how will you guys feel if they made an RE game set in Japan?

[Thatguy4683]

I know I said this before, but how will you guys feel if they made an RE game set in Japan?

I will be quite interested in it, since the games have been centered around America so if it does take place in Japan it will be some fresh air

[LegendZilla]

I know I said this before, but how will you guys feel if they made an RE game set in Japan?

I will be quite interested in it, since the games have been centered around America so if it does take place in Japan it will be some fresh air

I imagine the 2 main playable characters will be an African-American policeman who has ties with the STARS organization and a Japanese policewoman from the group's Japan-based equivalent.

[Thatguy4683]

I know I said this before, but how will you guys feel if they made an RE game set in Japan?

I will be quite interested in it, since the games have been centered around America so if it does take place in Japan it will be some fresh air

I imagine the 2 main playable characters will be an Africa-American policeman who has ties with the STARS organization and a Japanese policewoman from the group's Japan-based equivalent.

I like that, there’s a of a more diverse cast in this, I only have 1 question, what viruses should infect Japan?

[LegendZilla]

I will be quite interested in it, since the games have been centered around America so if it does take place in Japan it will be some fresh air

I imagine the 2 main playable characters will be an Africa-American policeman who has ties with the STARS organization and a Japanese policewoman from the group's Japan-based equivalent.

I like that, there’s a of a more diverse cast in this, I only have 1 question, what viruses should infect Japan?

Do you think it should be a new type of virus, or pre-existing one? FYI, I am not that knowledgeable of RE lore, so could you give me a rundown of the different types of viruses in that Universe and explain how they affect people?