Resident Evil 5: Alternative Edition content coming as DLC

by Griffin McElroy on Nov 9th 2009 4:20PM

Remember when Capcom conducted a poll asking how we wanted to receive the additional content being offered in Resident Evil 5: Alternative Edition -- in a boxed version of the game or as a DLC expansion to the original? Turns out the questionnaire wasn't a pointless exercise. A majority of the participants answered that they'd rather receive the new features (including motion-control functionality) as a downloadable pack. After deliberating with the RE5 team in Osaka, Capcom has announced that the new content will come to the U.S., Europe and Australia as DLC for the core game.

Considering Alternative Edition is going to Japan in a retail box, this move is fairly surprising. Perhaps even a little upsetting, if you've gone ahead and traded your copy of the game in towards the cost of Horse Life Adventures. Even more upsetting if you did that today. Like, right before writing this post. Gah!

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I sold mine back in April, I thought I beat it and got all the weapons and that would be it :/
It looks cool, but its not worth another buy for me.

I don't think the game has won any GOTY yet.

I feel your pain Griffin, I did something similar a few months back.

Guess I'll have to re-buy the game at a much later date.

SUCKS for whoever sold their copy for 20$ at gamestop :P

Gamestop actually gives you $20 for that game? That's actually a decent price considering you can buy it for $20 on gamefly, and gamestaq.com

Isn't this the Director's Cut? I doubt they would have an Alternative adition and a Director's Cut, or are they different things, inform me.

"Ultimate Edition" is okay, though.

want it on disc.

so buy the game for $40 used and the DLC for

I sold my copy and don't regret it. 3rd person action/adventure is my favourite genre and between Uncharted 2 and Splinter Cell in a few months, I've got all I need and won't be rebuying this. Oh Resident Evil, what happened to you? :(

Yeah I agree. RE4 was really cool at the time and I was addicted but RE5 made virtually no improvements and I just didn't enjoy it as much, plus third person games are becoming more popular there's real competition now. I hope with RE6 they push into some sort of new gameplay styles and can refresh the series.

The Resident Evil series, pre 4, changed very little from one to the next and yet was very successful. Many people bought RE5 even with all the complaints of not being able to move while shooting in the demo, a limitation that has been in the series since the first title. I see no reason why they should need to constantly reinvent a successful series. My only complaint would be that they should work on the atmosphere and the difficulty of the game such that it seems more like a survival horror and less like an action game, which is essentially what it has become. Either way, hopefully we'll get a Dead Space sequel.

problem is, if they keep doing this, they will lose sales. Everyone bought 5, most everyone knows it's not as good as 4. If they made the same game for 6, it would surely get less sales than 5. I remember how excited everyone was for the reboot. Previews for 4 had everyone really intrigued. Now that everyone knows another game with the same engine will be less interesting, they have to reboot it.

Anyway, they said they were gonna, so. Yup.

Horse Life Adventures?

Great news, I didn't think Capcom would actually go through with it.

I just traded mine for the deluxe edition of Horse Life adventures, which comes in a collectable stable bag containing a brush, a locket, and a gigantic syringe full of ketamine. Now if anyone needs me, I'll be passed out on the floor.

Trust me, RE5 will definetley not be winning any GOTY awards.

Looks like you won't be winning any spelling awards either.

errr...reply fail.

first you better stop waving it... like a... feather... duster?

This is absolutely fantastic news, it's exactly what I wanted!

agreed! I'll definitely play the game again with motion controls. Otherwise, I'd sell it, and probably not re-buy it for the extra content and controls. Win-win for me and Capcom.

Trust me, RE5 will definetley not be winning any GOTY awards.

SSF4 following in the same path?

i hope so

YAY

As a PS3 owner who owns the game, I hope they give us the option to pass on the motion controls and just use the existing control scheme.

Of course they'll do that :)

Thanks! I haven't heard anythign about that, so I wasn't sure. Good to know though.

It's cool I suppose. I hadn't picked the game up as of yet and was just gonna wait until the new version was released. Looks like i'm gonna have to spend the $40-$50 for the game and then another $15-$20 for the DLC...thanks Capcom! While your at it, why don't you release Super Street Fighter IV for DLC also...I already have THAT game!

You know, it really isn't Capcom's fault that you didn't buy the game when it came out months ago...

So...somehow spending anywhere from your projected $55 - $70...is worst than $60?
Here's an idea...how about buying the game USED and save even more money?

Re5:AE is just re5 with extras. Super Street Fighter 4 is basically a brand new game. Reworked balance, new characters, new moves. I would rather pay full price for SSF4 to support the fighting game genre. But back to RE5, if the motion controls are just as good, and if the alternative editons replaces retail copies, I wouldn't mind buying the game for ps3 since I already own and beaten the game(not 100% though) on xbox 360.

You know, it really isn't anyones fault. I appreciate your comments, and I had already come to the conclusion that I would just buy the game used if I do in fact decide to get it when the time comes.

Bitching about downvoting only invites more downvoting

Now how about the details on release date and DLC prices?

awesome but i don't want to use motion controls, hoping I can use the dualshock

Is this just motion control? Add the RE4 stages and chars to Mercs as DLC and I'll buy that!

I believe it's motion control + the new playable sections of Chris & Jill storming the castle (which was previously a flashback cutscene)

Spyder we all know by now.. there's no fair justice over the internets.. Especially on Joystiq.

The name is also a throwback to the first RE, as it got a Director's Cut release about a year or so after it's release. So it makes sense in that regard.

If I was going to complain about it, I might complain about the fact that a DC usually refers to a director recutting a movie because he was dissatisfied with the version released to the theater and wants to show people more of what his vision was. That's really not the case with these.

Will this come to the PC version please? Capcom, you like the PC don't you?

WOW I just bought RE5 because I havent had a chance to play it yet so this is very well good news to here>

now if we can get a version of re5 for wii that would be great

Won't happen. Wii lacks the graphics processing power and would take Capcom considerable effort to downgrade the textures and resolution so the Wii could handle something that would look decent.

If Wii HD is ever released, I would guess yes, RE5 would have a good chance of coming out for it.

Awwwwwwwwwwesome!

I've been holding out on this game, and collector's edition should be $40 by now.

Life is grand.

Damn straight, Capcom.

my special edition is sitting on my games shelves collecting sut till this arrives

man, good thing its comming as dlc!!!!

But I had the 360 version and will want the PS3 motion control version...

"Awesome. Injustice over injustice. I like the way you think."

Better than "Waaaah! Nobody understands me!"

Seriously, this is the comment section on a Videogame News Aggregator, so referring to getting downvoted as "injustice" is both comical and kind of immature.

Joystiq, and the Internet at large isn't exactly known for intellect or compassion so just think of where it's all coming from and take it in stride.

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