Resident Evil series might be getting the reboot treatment in the future

2/1/13 8:02pm

During an interview with Eurogamer, the producer for Resident Evil: Revelations stated it is possible the series might need a reboot done in the future.

According to Masachika Kawata, a possible reboot would only be done in the context of the direction Capcom wants the future direction of the series to follow, which isn't a return to its horror roots.

Instead the possible direction would be more towards an open-world type game mixed with enough stuff from the series in order to make it feel like an actual Resident Evil game. The reboot would end up determining what parts of the official storyline and elements of the series are kept, reworked, or discarded.

“If we did [go with an open-world], we would want to preserve what Resident Evil is and what makes it appealing to fans, while also making it accessible to new players. It would almost entail having a slight reboot to get the series into a place where it would work with open-world gameplay. That’s just a personal opinion. A lot of decisions would have to be taken before something like that is done to the series, but it is something that … There is a possibility.”

The announcement was also as a direct response to Resident Evil 6's poor reception and sales from both critics and the public.

» Source: http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/resident-evil-reboot-a-possibility/
» Tagged In: #capcom, #Reboot, #Resident Evil, #resident evil 6

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g1 DISCUSSIONS

darkhyrulelord

February 22, 2013 - 3:38pm

Another reboot after Devil May Cry? While I personally wouldn't mind, I'm not sure if massive fanboys would...

Spriggan_Razzy

February 3, 2013 - 8:28am

I was dissapointed to read this was about the games. Not that i would mind that, but let's be honest here.

If there is anything Resident Evil related that needs a reboot....it's the movies. Bitch about the games all you want, it's the movies that makes me cry in my heart and makes me kill puppies everytime a new one is announced and shits over the games again.

Renegadeexer

February 4, 2013 - 2:04am

GET OUT!

Animeking1108

February 3, 2013 - 12:39am

At least now, we'll say it was a Michael Bay movie with zombies from the beginning.

Mad-Mutt

February 2, 2013 - 6:51pm

Capcom has not had a good track record lately and I don't think a reboot will help. Part of me is like, this might be interesting, but then I remember how bad they've screwed up in the past. They keep saying they want to appeal to a wider audience, but they constantly appeal to almost no one. Sometimes I wander if the "good" reviews I saw of RE6 were mostly born out of pity.

L-roc

February 2, 2013 - 3:54pm

Oh dear god! No!!!

8thRann

February 2, 2013 - 3:39pm

the series was good and epic enough to where it doesn't need a reboot. It's famous and everyone has fond memories of it from the past for a reason.

just make a new series

MagnumMagnus

February 2, 2013 - 1:36pm

Out of ideas? Just start over again!

Seems like that's what everbody's doing nowadays.

E-GAG101

February 2, 2013 - 9:50am

I'm at a loss for words here. Part of me wants a re-boot just to see Racoon City again, but the other part of me says "don't trust Capcom". A reboot could tarnish the original trilogy. Now I do think a re-boot is becoming imminent, I want survival horror, not open world action game with zombies thrown in. Another problem is that Resident Evil 2 will probably NEVER get remade if they re-boot the franchise.