[RUMOUR] Resident Evil 8 is a FPS again, features Ethan, Zombies, Wolf-like enemies, a stalker enemy, Chris Redfield [Update: New Rumors]

[residentgrigo]

T-virus (it´s complicated) wolves look like this, from Rev 1:

Plaga-wolves are what you expect, from RE4:

I would just copy Miura´s homework (remember when Guts almost ate Casca, that please). Souls did it too, twice. I went with the more RE one:

The RE wiki is VERY well done with a filled-in deleted material section. Old ideas keep returning. Let´s see what the future will bring:

https://residentevil.fandom.com/wiki/Template:Deleted_material

Poor Man-Spider. How could REmake 2 skip you?

 

[Tttssd1972]

So Capcom just sent out a play test invite for March to RE Ambassadors. Saw a bunch of people posting in on twitter including our friend Jawmuncher. I really think this might be for a Revelations 3. Oddly enough I never got into those games but I started giving Revelations another shot last weekend.

 

[FlintSpace]

RE2 remake has made me a RE fan for life. Excited for anything Capcom throws at me.

 

[Ceerious]

Ethan suffered too much in RE 7
I want him to become a killing machine in RE 8

 

[Kromeo]

So Capcom just sent out a play test invite for March to RE Ambassadors. Saw a bunch of people posting in on twitter including our friend Jawmuncher. I really think this might be for a Revelations 3. Oddly enough I never got into those games but I started giving Revelations another shot last weekend.

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Capcom, please don't listen to Jawmuncher's feedback lol

 

[amardilo]

I really liked RE7 and I liked the RE2 Remake so this combined with the RE3 Remake sounds pretty good to me.

 

[RazieltheShifter]

As much as I like Resident Evil 2 Remake, freshness and excitement I have felt with RE7 was what I wanted from series for long time. I'll be happy if Capcom continues from that direction. And I'm hoping they will add improvements from learning experience made from RE2R. Just like they made with RE7 to RE2R.

 

[Deleted member 44129]

PS5?

 

[Yukari]

DP.

 

[Yukari]

I mean, in a single night he lost his hand, had it stapled back on, was infected by a bioweapon that gave him superhuman healing abilities, and single-handedly fought back against an extremely powerful BOW that had mind-controlled nearly everyone else it touched.

Based on the feats of past protagonists in their debut titles, Ethan's actually among the most badass of them. And if he's still got Eveline's regenerative powers, he's a step above a lot of the BSAA operatives already.

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Hope, Chris pass/teach his punch technique to Ethan.

 

[Deleted member 7051]

So Capcom just sent out a play test invite for March to RE Ambassadors. Saw a bunch of people posting in on twitter including our friend Jawmuncher. I really think this might be for a Revelations 3. Oddly enough I never got into those games but I started giving Revelations another shot last weekend.

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Revelations 3 is probably the best shot we have at another game with Jill. It was in Revelations 2 that they teased her return, as well. Would be kinda cool to have a game set around the same time as RE7 that explores the repercussions of what went down in China and whoever this new organisation is that created Eveline.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Prob because Leon and Jill just got a spotlight. Hopefully Ethan will be more of a character.

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Yeah, that's fair enough. We've just had Claire and Leon last year and Jill will have a starring role in a few months, but even so Chris has been in a lot more mainline entries than the others. I would love a game which finally unites all four of them. I don't think that has happened yet. Resi 6 had a lot of problems but the way it teamed up a lot of the heroes in an epic way was really fucking cool.

I'd also like Sherry, Sheva and Josh to be in more games in the future too.

 

[Mexen]

Fantastic, that means there's a chance of getting REM4KE now despite the recent news of no more remakes.

 

[spman2099]

what? They are still an action game, you shoot stuff and blow shit up and they rely on your reactions a lot.

RE7 you shoot stuff too, just really awfully for the modern standards and the boss fights (lul) and enemies are god awful, unlike RE1 and RE2.

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The people who think Resident Evil was always an action series are absolutely deluded. If being able to shoot stuff and blow things up is all it takes to be an action game then the action genre is absurdly large and meaningless as a designation.

Also, the idea that you relied on your reactions in classic Resident Evil is absolutely silly. The control scheme appeared to be designed solely to inhibit reactive gameplay. The "action" in the first two Resident Evil games (and to some degree RE3, RE0, CV, and Outbreak) is more about careful positioning, preparation, and inventory management.

Resident Evil 1, 2 and 7 are horror games.

Resident Evil 3, Code Veronica, Outbreak, and Resident Evil 0 are horror-action hybrids.

Resident Evil 4, 5, and 6 are horror themed, action games.

 

[Isee]

Sounds good to me

 

[Coi]

Awesome, give it to me now!!
But PLEASE no more follower enemies like Mr X and Nemesis, I'm fucking tired of them. Mr X almost killed RE2 for me :( and the new Nemesis looks so annoying that I'm not sure to buy the game, at least day 1.

 

[residentgrigo]

About what Capgod can bring back, as this is part of the multi-source leak. First of all Onimusha, then Dino Crisis (but with actual writing and characterizations) that uses the combo system from 2 and an actually good version of Haunting Ground (a rework of one of the RE 3.5s). That game had something to it. But less sleaze, please.

Shinji Mikami also said in 2017 that he would do a new RE game. He and Capcom are still on talking terms. Who knows about GhostWire but his studio needs work regardless of that. RE x Mikami. Yes, BIG yes. Give him a canon spin-off or something.

PS: Where is my Outbreak HD Collection that plays like File 2 you cowards? The assets still hold up and the community is ready.

 

[dabri]

RE3 Remake!?

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oh that is a certainty. It was just exciting to think we might get something new as well in the same/ similar style.

 

[Blackbird]

New test happening soon, invites must be out for a select group of RE Ambassadors. Check your e-mail:

 

[Blade Wolf]

I just want to know if the reattached left hand & right leg come with any sequelae

 

[StraightToHell]

If this RE8 is the version that has since been rebooted then that's a shame. FP RE is amazing, and there's plenty of scope to further evolve the series in VR by embracing motion controllers.

As for Ethan, it is possible to develop the character beyond his basic form in RE7, but my biggest concern with the rumour is that this version of RE8 sounds like a greatest hits, whereas the series needs more originality to sustain fear and mystery.

Either way, Capcom, take your time! RE7 & RE2 did so much right, and I'd love to see RE8 built from the ground up for new consoles.

 

[AllThingsPurple]

I just want to know if the reattached left hand & right leg come with any sequelae

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Think the right leg isn't canon. It doesn't always happen right?

 

[sado0og]

I wish they try open world for RE8

 

[RecRoulette]

Whoever decided that dumbo wasn´t cover material chose the wrong job when doing the Outbreak 2 cover.

Wolf-men are also nothing after the T-Rex-man who then cronenberged into The Fly in RE6. RE6 had ideas alright... This is canon:

So yeah. I think that the oh so precious RE canon can take a Beast of Darkness enemy. Here is from when RE1 was still an FPS:

The RPG fights in Sweet Home are all in first-person. So yeah. Capcom still has those files. No wonder that FPS elements constantly return.

PS: REmake remake (Capcom talked about it) could work as an FPS but let´s maybe wait at least half a decade till things start to go stale again. They will. They always do.

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Still laughing at Capcom putting a boss battle straight from Dino Crisis into RE6.

 

[Trisc]

I wish they try open world for RE8

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Please, not this. Having non-linear progression is fine and good, but an open world? No, thank you.

 

[Torian]

Any information regarding vr? I'd love to play RE in vr on PC.

 

[residentgrigo]

Still laughing at Capcom putting a boss battle straight from Dino Crisis into RE6.

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More like Pararasyte Eve (there was no 3rd game, nope) but sure:

The RE6 villain named Simons could transform back to human form within seconds after walking the dinosaur cuz who even cares at that point as at least 3 full cities were wiped off the map at that point. Any logic or stakes were gone by then. It´s now on the Switch so you can the madness with you.
RE6 has its strengths, almost none are narrative, but the series producers can never ever do that much blow again while developing a game. RE would not survive it. That 3rd anime film fucked us too. You can now turn back to human form after becoming a zombie through a gas. It may not have been the T-virus but I am still salty.

Kinda crazy that the sleazy as fuck RE VII was the classy entry after a decade of ever-increasing shark-jumping. The is a QTE-driven shark boss in RE6. Lol. Rev 1 even had death satellites. A remote castle is the de-escalation we need. Especially as REmake 3´s 3rd act is destined to be pretty crazy.

The Evil Within 2 has an open-ish world and it´s one of the best survival-horror games of all time.

 

[Kyle Cross]

I just love how no one reads trademarks :)

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Yeah, maybe the thread title should be updated or something?

 

[Korigama]

Think the right leg isn't canon. It doesn't always happen right?

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It doesn't happen at all unless someone were to play that segment poorly.

 

[dosh]

It sometimes feels like people didn't play longer than the starting house. If this wasn't a Resident Evil game, then what is?

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Or not longer than the demo. That game was RE to a point where it almost felt too much RE. The latter half in particular.

Which in itself is very Resident Evil-esque: these games always start mysterious and tense, and usually end up a bit too bombastic and actiony for my tastes.
I would have loved for RE7 to offer more elements that differ from the classic recipe.

It's still a really good game, and I liked Ethan. Not a fantastically developed character, but he's still pretty badass given how much he had to endure.

 

[SayWord]

Imagine actually caring what perspective a game is in lol... First person, third person, who cares, just make the overall package good!

 

[Sargerus]

Think the right leg isn't canon. It doesn't always happen right?

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It only happens if Jack hits you and you enter in Danger health.

 

[Lowblood]

Kinda crazy that the sleazy as fuck RE VII was the classy entry after a decade of ever-increasing shark-jumping. The is a QTE-driven shark boss in RE6. Lol. Rev 1 even had death satellites. A remote castle is the de-escalation we need. Especially as REmake 3´s 3rd act is destined to be pretty crazy.

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Real talk: Terragrigia might be the least believable thing in all of Resident Evil canon. A massive floating city built in the middle of the Mediterranean in only eleven years (mind you, it would have started construction sometime in the mid-90s), fully sustained by solar power? Absurd. I'll believe the transforming dino zombie man before I believe that.

(Final Fantasy Leech Man in RE0 gets second place, but at least with that I can wave my hands and just say "Magic Leech Virus Power!")

 

[newmoneytrash]

Any information regarding vr? I'd love to play RE in vr on PC.

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it's such a bummer that RE7 VR never came to PC

 

[TreIII]

It only happens if Jack hits you and you enter in Danger health.

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I don't think it's just Jack.

Or at least, Lapinator (Team Four Star) lost it when he was livestreaming the game during his "Krillin Plays..." segment, and he lost the leg to a random Molded in the basement.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

I was definitely exaggerating earlier in the thread but in seriousness I really don't want Ethan back as a protagonist.
Hopefully Rebecca is the protagonist of 8.
And give us a damn update on Jill.

 

[CenturionNami]

I was definitely exaggerating earlier in the thread but in seriousness I really don't want Ethan back as a protagonist.
Hopefully Rebecca is the protagonist of 8.
And give us a damn update on Jill.

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*Say something stupid*
*I was just-pretending guys!*

That's not how things work.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

*Say something stupid*
*I was just-pretending guys!*

That's not how things work.

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I mean Zeo caught it pretty darn well

I mean, Ethan sucks and I'll be disappointed if 8 is an FPS again but like, some quick advice:

Your troll was so close to working well until you went hilariously over-the-top with the bolded line.

Gotta be more subtle.

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I said i'd take Gaiden 2 over it....
Gaiden.

Operation Raccoon City 2 was serious though, Heroes mode with Chris, Rebecca, Barry, Wesker, Sheva, etc added would be amazing.

 

[Faithless]

OMG *please be true* I'm so excited !
RE7 VR is a pure masterpiece, please do it again !
FPS is definitively the way to go since the RE7 reboot.
Damn, the wait for a confirmation is going to kill me.

 

[Kard8p3]

OG RE1, RE2, REmake: Am i a joke to you?

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I mean..they are though?

I just played REmake and it is most definitely an action game, lol. so is RE2. They have incredibly cheesey one liners and you get a fuck ton of ammo to blow up everything in your way. Yes they are horror, but they quickly reveal how action packed they are.

 

[CenturionNami]

I mean..they are though?

I just played REmake and it is most definitely an action game, lol. so is RE2. They have incredibly cheesey one liners and you get a fuck ton of ammo to blow up everything in your way. Yes they are horror, but they quickly reveal how action packed they are.

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If you play on easy everything is an action game.

 

[Kard8p3]

If you play on easy everything is an action game.

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Wasn't on easy but cute :).

It is an action game.

 

[Kalentan]

Wasn't on easy but cute :).

It is an action game.

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Yeah, no. The original and 2 were Survival Horror.

Just having combat doesn't suddenly make it an action game.

 

[Kard8p3]

Yeah, no. The original and 2 were Survival Horror.

Just having combat doesn't suddenly make it an action game.

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It's not just about the combat, though? It's about how much combat there is, a fuck ton. I never disputed it is a survival horror game, of course it have scares and is tense, but it's a fucking shooting gallery. The hardest moments are usually the first 90 minutes or so, but ammo is so damn plentiful in the games.

 

[Overflow]

Man, please give us it in VR. It was the only reason I bought 7 and it was a blast.

 

[TurdFerguson]

• It will not be called Resident Evil 8, but will have a "clever title"
• Gameplay starts in a village leading up to a castle

Resident Evil 4x2?

 

[residentgrigo]

I didn´t mind Leech man Lowblood, as it took him a decade to form and some of his powers are cool. James (but not really) doing a dollar store Sepiroth on the other hand, well...

Zero is a mixed bag but the visuals save it.
The Bebop writer came up with Terragrigia btw. That script feels like it belongs in the Dino Crisis world. He also wrote the actually coherent Rev 2.

 

[Kard8p3]

Best leechman is from Outbreak, no joke. That shit is true horror. Also reminds me of Mr. X

 

[Voodoowoolf]

Reading this thread is making me want to play through RE7 but I'm still going to wait for psvr 1 or maybe wait for psvr2 and a ps5 before I play it. Want my first play to be with vr definitely, sounds like an incredible experience.

 

[Kalentan]

It's not just about the combat, though? It's about how much combat there is, a fuck ton. I never disputed it is a survival horror game, of course it have scares and is tense, but it's a fucking shooting gallery. The hardest moments are usually the first 90 minutes or so, but ammo is so damn plentiful in the games.

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Still wouldn't classify it as an action title. There is a huge gulf between RE4 and RE1 in terms of how it presents it combat.