Resident Evil - What next?

[Cky]

Well, Capcom said a while ago that Resident Evil 5 would be the last Resident Evil game in the current timeline we have now. Resident Evil 6 would be a complete reboot of the series.

So I was wondering, what exactly can Capcom do to make a Resident Evil game fresh? They can't go back YET AGAIN and remake the original game, just with Resident Evil 4 and 5's style of play. So with a reboot, I'd expect a brand new game, but currently we have the film's version of the events, and the games version of events, I don't really see how they can restart the Resident Evil franchise. I don't see why they just don't make Resident Evil 6, and have Barry and 'Becca as the main characters! (I got a soft spot for both).

Now, I've been playing through House of the Dead: Overkill with my friend, and it's honestly one of the best games I've ever played. Obviously the graphics aren't great, but the dialogue and overall gameplay is excellent. If Sega can bring out a game that is that good, why can't Capcom? They're just recycling idea's over and over again.

I'm not saying Resident Evil 5 isn't a great game, I loved every second of it. I'm saying the Umbrella Chronicles and now this new one... awful. I'm a MASSIVE Resident Evil fan, and I've played (I think) every Resident Evil game to date, and Capcom HAVEN'T explained everything. They said Resident Evil 5 will tie up loose ends. What happened to Barry? What about 'Becca? Did they survive the outbreak? What about Ada, she was aiding Wesker all this time, so what happened to her?

I just feel theres more to tell in the series, and, at the moment, doesn't need a reboot.

Thoughts? I know theres a few big Resident Evil fans here.

 

[clint g]

Personally I hope they don't reboot it. I mean, whats the point of even calling it Resident Evil if it doesn't even tie into the current series and serves as a reboot? If theyre going to ditch what they have then just make a new franchise

 

[OdoWanKenobi]

Barry survived the outbreak (he piloted the helicopter that Jill and Carlos escaped on) and then moved his family to Canada. Rebbecca we don't have a clear answer about.

 

[Kirk's_Tights]

Barry relocated with his family to Canada and then went with Chris to Europe, on top of saving Jill and Carlos in RE3. After that, he sort of disappeared from the story but I only assume that he is "retired" and living a relaxing life with his family.


Rebecca, nothing has been said about, but I sincerely hope she is dead. I can't stand her and the fact that she got to star in her own RE game makes me want to vomit.


The last we saw Sherry, Wesker had taken her in....but nothing seemed to come of it. Sherry was rumoured to be making an appearance in RE5 but she never did. Again, she's another character that just seemed to fall off the face of the RE map.


Billy is another mystery. Where did he go?


As for Ada, since Wesker is dead, if they do make another RE game, I think she would be the perfect choice as the one to take over in Wesker's place.


I hope they do one final RE game that wraps everything up. All of these characters just seemed to disappear throughout the years and an explaination would be nice instead of just sweeping the characters under the carpet. I wouldn't want to have the series started all over again because I don't want to have 20 RE games that are all basically the same, I just want a final epic game that would explain everyone's fate. Just make an awesome game and put all of the characters in it that are still alive and explain what happens to them.

 

[OdoWanKenobi]

Ada wouldn't take over for Wesker. She was secretly working against him. The ending of Seperate Ways shows this.

 

[Kirk's_Tights]

Ada wouldn't take over for Wesker. She was secretly working against him. The ending of Seperate Ways shows this.

I know, I am saying it would be a good twist. I say that because I would prefer her to take over than to get someone new to enter the game. She could have something else on her agenda and be playing both sides only to end up on the bad side.

Unles they just want RE6 to be a total wrap up and not have anything new start up.

 

[Cky]

God damn, just deleted my whole message cause someone messaged me on Facebook and I was pressing backspace as well.

I knew what happened to Barry between and up to the events of Resident Evil 3, saving Jill and (ugh) Carlos, then took his family to Canada, but after that, you never hear from him again.

Billy though, he seems like a "one time" only event, like the sort of person that will go in to deep hiding after the events of 0. But I agree with Kirk's Tights (can't believe that sentence just came out of my mouth) with the fact that RE0 shouldn't have been a story about 'Becca. I hated her character (loved the uniform).

I actually thought Resident Evil Zero had SO much potential. If I were to do it, I would have had it about the entire S.T.A.R.S Bravo team, and how they eventually got to the mansion. They could have kept the whole storyline they have, focus it on one of the members (possibly Edward, as we didn't know his fate before the release). We could have seen that the S.T.A.R.S. Bravo Team weren't just collateral damage, and something to intensify the storyline. They could have had genuine storylines for them all, on how they managed to get there. Even could have done an Outbreak style of game, getting to fish out more of the personality of each member. Granted, we know they all die, but let us know them before they die.

Also, anyone else wonder why Carlos didn't join BSAA? Or do anything at all after Resi 3?

 

[CommodoreKong]

I hope that RE6 isn't a reboot, I want a game with Leon and Chris working together.

 

[clint g]

Man I must be the only one here who loved RE Zero Then again, Rebecca is my favorite character in Resident Evil so it would only make sense that I would enjoy it


Some how, I don't think we are going to get a reboot of the Resident Evil franchise. It just doesn't seem to make much sense based on how the franchise has worked in the past. Or maybe I'm just deluding myself lol. What I can see is them using a completely new set of characters in the same universe. I would definitely prefer that over a complete reboot

I hope that RE6 isn't a reboot, I want a game with Leon and Chris working together.

I don't think a game could contain that much badassery. The console would explode

 

[HappyDayRiot]

When was it seen that Wesker took in Sherry? I don't remember that - I thought she just want off with Clare after Resi 2 and then just never got mentioned again. I spent so many hours of my life keeping that girl safe I did wonder when she'd ended up.

Unlike Ashley. Keeping her safe was just a total burden.

 

[Cky]

I think Wesker's Report says something about taking Sherry in. He states that they shouldn't underestimate a Birkin.

 

[OdoWanKenobi]

The status of Sherry is a pretty big dangling plot thread. I hope that its addressed in the next game, along with who exactly Ada is working for.

 

[clint g]

Who knows, maybe make sherry a playable character? She should be in her late teens/early twenties by now lol

 

[Cky]

Yeah, but you'd end up with 'Becca all over again. Naive child fighting zombies. Not great.

Personally, I would LOVE the next game to be featured on Hunk. I always had a soft spot for Hunk, and his storyline also wasn't completed in my books. But, in honesty, I would want a Barry storyline as well. It says in his Resi 3 epilogue that he's going off with Jill and Chris to fight Umbrella, but we never see him again. Carlos I couldn't give a shit about, he annoyed me, and personally I don't want to see a character that was used in the movies in the games again (not including Jill though, cause the woman who played her gave me a whole new meaning to the word "nursing a semi").

 

[OdoWanKenobi]

Not Claire either? She was in the third movie (or at least some horrible bastardization of her was)

 

[clint g]

Yeah, but you'd end up with 'Becca all over again. Naive child fighting zombies. Not great.

Personally, I would LOVE the next game to be featured on Hunk. I always had a soft spot for Hunk, and his storyline also wasn't completed in my books. But, in honesty, I would want a Barry storyline as well. It says in his Resi 3 epilogue that he's going off with Jill and Chris to fight Umbrella, but we never see him again. Carlos I couldn't give a shit about, he annoyed me, and personally I don't want to see a character that was used in the movies in the games again (not including Jill though, cause the woman who played her gave me a whole new meaning to the word "nursing a semi").

Yeah but Becca was awesome so I wouldn't mind so much And think about it, for the past 10 years she was under Wesker's care. She's probably a trained hardened badass by now. it could also add something new to the franchise. now you play for the baddies

 

[Cky]

'Becca annoyed me, she was hot, but she annoyed me.

Claire was played my Ali Larter, lost all respect for that character when they cast that "all emotions are the same" peice-of-shit actor.

I wouldn't like to play as a villian, I think Sherry would still be a 'good guy', there was a lot of speculation that the "bird lady" was going to be Sherry. To be honest, I loved that idea, but it just wound up as Jill. Woo, another Jill/Chris scenario...

Bring back S.T.A.R.S. Bravo team!

 

[LightningStorm]

I'm a pretty big RE fanboy and as such, I'll be FURIOUS if they reboot the franchise such that they start over with the whole story line. However if they "reboot" it in a similar fashion to what RE4 did for the franchise I'll be quite happy. It is possible to bring something brand new, fresh and different from what came before without bitch-slapping what came before.

 

[Cky]

I don't think people would get the reason to reboot the franchise in the way to RE4. There's no other way to play a Resident Evil game to be honest. Resident Evil 4 and 5 are perfect in their own right, and Resident Evil 1, 2 and 3 are also perfect in their own right. All the FPS Resident Evil games are just boring and repeditive, even if it was done in the style of Half Life, instead of demanding where the player goes.

Honestly, I think they'll just remake the whole thing. Only very few references to the original game. Umbrella and maybe S.T.A.R.S. and the T-Virus, but nothing else. A new origin story.