Blackjack game may decide producer of Resident Evil 6

Yeah, just call it '6'

The reboot they talked about was never explicitly rebooting the entire thing à la Doom 3.

You can argue that Resident Evil 4/5 rebooted the series

Its age is irrelevant. It's popular enough that they aren't going to play stupid with the next entry and know that if they want to keep it popular, they'll have to listen to the fans.

Tomb Raider is the same age as Biohazard, and it had a pretty good reboot not too long ago. I don't see why they shouldn't attempt it here before they drive it even further into the ground (not that RE5 wasn't a fun game).

Reboot in terms of scenario, i think. Which might be necessary given the resolution of RE5

I think the notion of a reboot is more directed at the story. It's branched off so much that it's lost the claustrophobic, desperation feeling the first few games had. Don't get me wrong, I loved 4 and 5, but I think reboots are healthy. It's kind of like the Ultimate series from Marvel. Same basic premise, but it's another universe, or another telling of the story, so you can change the continuity.

That was just a question from some random person, it doesnt mean the series will be rebooted. The article is about a change of producers, likely because of their sheer unwillingness to improve the games mechanics. I would be surprised if he produced RE6, he made some really bad choices.

What bad choices did he make? I get people didn't like the whole controls thing, but that was based on the success of RE4.

You answered your own question. He didnt make the game as good as it could have been because he refused to listen to people. Having bad controls wasnt an accident, he WANTED the game to have bad controls and didnt care what anyone thought. I would not be asking him to make RE6 if I was his boss, I would want to hire someone looking to make all areas of the game as good as possible without coming up with lame excuses like "it wont be as scary if its easy to control"

heh, well I didn't answer my own question. I don't think the majority of the people disliked the controls. i just said that because the biggest complaint (about a game that got an 86 on Metacritic and sold the most units in the franchise) was about the controls. For most it wasn't that big of a deal, so I don't think he was "not listening to people." He was in fact listening to people, because RE4 got such good reviews.

That whole complaint is based on nostalgia. People look back at the old games, then look at the less than scary, more suspenseful current games, and the most noticeable difference is the control scheme. But I don't think those controls would work. The genre has changed too much. People just don't know what else to bitch about.

Now if he is to be accused of not revolutionizing the genre again, as the first and second did, and games like Silent Hill, Dead Space, etc did, then he's guilty of that. But all he was asked to do was continue the series. I just don't see it as being his fault, unless one looks at it as hind sight. "Oh! You should have anticipated people would bitch about it! You should have done something totally risky!"

well if you remember, ubisoft rebooted the prince of persia series last fall after being rebooted just 5 years earlier by sands of time. the original resident evil was released in '95 so id say it's time for a proper update for the franchise (which re4 could have been, had re5 not taken the action to an un-scary level..)

btw what's with everyone hating so much on re4? come on people that game was fucking brilliant and you know it. even if you're too stubborn and in love with the old tank controls and fixed camera angles to admit it, you know it. i will give you guys this though, i totally thought re5 was a disappointment and it just didn't feel right at all. but don't drag re4 into this.

God damn it! I'm sick and tired of hearing about the running and shooting crap. Just STFU already! We get it, people can't handle the fact that RE has actually held onto a tradition. Now stop cutting yourself over it.

I really dont want them to change the controls ... although i doubt it matters to Capcom they've already lost half the RE fan-base with the transition from RE3 to RE4 and if they are going to change the controls they'll lose the other half of there fan base along with me ...

i love the unique feel of RE4+5 it sets it apart from other TPS which feel much to similar, RE4+5 control scheme added a layer of strategy that u couldnt get from any other game... at first yes it is frusturating but once u get the handle of it you learn to appreciate it ... its not for everyone but alot of people (Me and my friends atleast) love it

yeah seriously i am sick of people complaining about the controls.

the controls make resident evil what it is, LIVE WITH IT.

if you didnt grow up playing the first 3 and being scared shitless, complain to your parents for not having you sooner.

They make RE what it is? You mean terrible, right? LOL.

Also, like everyone else here is mentioning. I want less action as well.

You know the problem wasn't that there was too much action (IMHO), it was the fact that there was ... no horror at all.

if there was a decent amount of horror in the game (any kind ... like creepy our pop out of the closet horror) then RE5 would have 1+'d RE4.

HELL!!! YES!! =D
At least as tense as Resi 4 =P

I agree, slow moving rotting corpses we've seen a million times before are much less boring than head exploding parasite people.

Who says they cant mix up the traditional zombie? Yes the head exploding Plagas are boring.

It's the best selling game in the franchise and got pretty great reviews. Why would people lose their jobs? Maybe some people didn't like it because it was more of an action game, but I don't think those in charge would lose their jobs because of a couple fanboys bitching and moaning.

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps3/residentevil5?q=resident%20evil%205

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_evil_5

and bring back Shinji Mikami ...

i totally agree with you man, re4 was truly amazing and it got me to buy deadly silence and i like fell in love with the whole franchise (welllllll maybe not outbreak..) but i agree, i had such high hopes for re5 and i feel like ive been really disappointed by the lack of soul put into it. it feels like a re4 clone, done worse. re4 had a passion. it had a heart to it. re5 wasnt made with so much care, and finesse. plus re5 didnt scare me one damn time, while re4 practically gave me a heart attack more times than i can remember lol

Whoops. That was aimed at Daph.

i was just thinking the same thing a whole game based on the women following them it would be a lot of fun come on.. jill v. and sexy ada and miss claire all together fight slow moving zombies.. would be great!! hmm now for the story plot... they could be in a small town the is very dark and full of lickers zombie dogs and hunters and my favorite TYRANT..... the purpose of the game would be for them to try to escape from the all the evil mind you the game is completely dark mostly horror the could all have diff story lines on how they came to the town and they could end up in one of unbrellas facility whom was still experimenting on bio- weapnons but things went wrong and its up to them to expose unbrella... and find evidance in the facility which is way bigger than the mansion plus the hive in re 1 (which has the zombies and everything i just said in it) they could all be a team working together i think it would be fun with alot of horror a pinch of action but mostly horror i would pay money for that game on every gaming system...