Resident Evil Creator Shinji Mikami Won't Play RE 5

Ex-Capcom and Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami has said he won't be playing Resident Evil 5 when it arrives because it'll cause him too much stress: 

"I probably won't play it. I won't like it, because it's not going to be the game I would have made. It'll just cause me stress if I play it. I think it could be fun for gamers to play it, but not for someone who has developed Resident Evil games. If I see anything in Resident Evil 5 that isn't done well, I'll be angry!" 

Mikami also commented on the similarities between Resident Evil 4 and 5 and stated how the sixth version of the game would need to re-invent the series: 

"I think Resident Evil 5 doesn't need to change the series, but Resident Evil 6 will have to reinvent the series with another full model change or else it won't be able to keep on going." 

Mikami has since let Capcom hence why he's not working on Resident Evil 5, and is currently working on joint Suda 51 horror game with EA and an unannounced game for Sega. 

I agree with him. The series aint like before. after watching several RE 5 gameplay vids, if they add the cover system, it will be no different from Gears. They are trying too hard to appeal to the western audience. Capcom, its a single player game, why add online co-op? pretty stupid if you ask me. kinda like making Dead Space co-op. Thats why RE 4 is worst selling RE game in the main series. They need to go back to the old RE.  

i agree with him 100%

RE needs to go back to its horror roots, not 1 vid of RE5 gameplay is atall scarry

looking at the trailers you can tell it will be more horror than re4-Mad_Rhetoric-

looking at the trailers you can tell it will be more horror than re4-Mad_Rhetoric-

dont get me wrong im hyped for RE5 but its not all scarry.

I hope Mikami gets involved with RE6

" if they add the cover system, it will be no different from Gears" :roll:Dante2710

he already played RE5

its called RE4 

im actually surprised that kobayashi is still at capcom 

the man is a genius he can play what he wants. I wouldn't expect miyamoto to play Ratchet and Clank eitherMarloStanfield

Lol you know miyamoto had absolutley nothing to do with ratchet and clank...

he already played RE5

 

its called RE4 

farnham

that's my favorite part of re5 too. :)

dark caves

rabid zombie doggies are back

chainsaw maniac is back

 this kinda reminded me of past RE games

 dark caves

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im not sayings its more horrorfic than RE1 or anything, but I think to say the game doesn't have horror elements is rediculous

well lets see how many versions mikami made for RE4

DMC was the first version

RE 3.5 the second

and the current RE4 is the final one

he created 2 games in advance to make the final "real" game

Jun Takeuchi just took what Mikami made and applied it to africa..  

Lol you know miyamoto had absolutley nothing to do with ratchet and clank...

ozmatic77

[QUOTE="-Mad_Rhetoric-"]looking at the trailers you can tell it will be more horror than re4legend26

dont get me wrong im hyped for RE5 but its not all scarry.

I hope Mikami gets involved with RE6

Why do people think that Mikami would be upset with RE5's more action-oriented direction, when he began that shift himself with RE4?

I think it's more that he feels attached to the series, so if anything was wrong with RE5, he'd feel bad because he wasn't there to fix it. 

Why do people think that Mikami would be upset with RE5's more action-oriented direction, when he began that shift himself with RE4?

I think it's more that he feels attached to the series, so if anything was wrong with RE5, he'd feel bad because he wasn't there to fix it. 

sonicmj1

[QUOTE="legend26"]

[QUOTE="-Mad_Rhetoric-"]looking at the trailers you can tell it will be more horror than re4-Mad_Rhetoric-

dont get me wrong im hyped for RE5 but its not all scarry.

I hope Mikami gets involved with RE6

theres a difference between pushing back 1 zombie and FALCON PAWNCH! the hell out of 20 zombies that all fall back, i mean cmon i know chris has spent the last 6 years in the gym but dont give him SO MUCH power, giving him the ability to push that many zombie just gets rid of all the tension and dread.

It is obvious why it causes him stress. They took his concept of a survival horror and turned it into an action game.foxhound_fox

Shinji Mikami made re4 too though... unless you are saying re4 was a survival horror game.

[QUOTE="sonicmj1"]

Why do people think that Mikami would be upset with RE5's more action-oriented direction, when he began that shift himself with RE4?

I think it's more that he feels attached to the series, so if anything was wrong with RE5, he'd feel bad because he wasn't there to fix it. 

-Mad_Rhetoric-

What they need is Resident Evil 3 x 2 = Resident Evil 6. We need 2 Nemesises, or should I say Nemesi? Anyway have 1 nemesis stalk you from the beginning and the other stalk you backwards from the end, so they all meet up halfway and have a fight with you and themselves over who gets to bone Jill Valentine if they catch her..

Oh teh horror.

Shinji Mikami made re4 too though... unless you are saying re4 was a survival horror game. Heydanbud92

What they need is Resident Evil 3 x 2 = Resident Evil 6. We need 2 Nemesises, or should I say Nemesi? Anyway have 1 nemesis stalk you from the beginning and the other stalk you backwards from the end, so they all meet up halfway and have a fight with you and themselves over who gets to bone Jill Valentine if they catch her..

Oh teh horror.

Hoobinator

and if it's a tie they'll make a jill sandwitch.

[QUOTE="Heydanbud92"]Shinji Mikami made re4 too though... unless you are saying re4 was a survival horror game. foxhound_fox

I could care less for Resident Evil after what they did to Resident Evil 4.  I hated everything from the plot, characters, setting, control scheme and layout of the game.  If you look up early workings of Resident vil 4 on youtube, THAT is the game I would've wanted to play.  Not a game where their are typewriter savepoints in the middle of the woods, creepy salesmen that are around every corner, and these cheesy villagers who run at you then slow down when they're two feet away from you so you can shoot them.  It seemed more like they were trying to appeal to shooter fans and casual gamers with RE4.  The whole game was incredibly overrated if you ask me, and it was no where NEAR as scary as the Gamecube remake of the original.

So needless to say, I won't be playing Resident Evil 5 either. 

What they need is Resident Evil 3 x 2 = Resident Evil 6. We need 2 Nemesises, or should I say Nemesi? Anyway have 1 nemesis stalk you from the beginning and the other stalk you backwards from the end, so they all meet up halfway and have a fight with you and themselves over who gets to bone Jill Valentine if they catch her..

Oh teh horror.

Hoobinator

I feel for him.RE is his baby after all,and the RE series has change dramatically.Probably not for the better imo.stvee101

While I agree that RE 6 needs to branch out and away from the RE4 formula and all if it really goes back to the origonal RE formula it will suck bad, really really bad, just look at RE3! I say keep the RE 4 game play pretty much the same but make it slower paced and load up on atmosphere and gloom, making the game still play really well and making it much scarier than RE 5 looks to be.

Just to clear up any confussion about my comments about RE3, it was an ok game and all but was as uninspired as Mrs. Pack-man was.

[QUOTE="sonicmj1"]

Why do people think that Mikami would be upset with RE5's more action-oriented direction, when he began that shift himself with RE4?

I think it's more that he feels attached to the series, so if anything was wrong with RE5, he'd feel bad because he wasn't there to fix it.

-Mad_Rhetoric-

According to wikipedia he was the designer of RE4, though I'm not sure how accurate that information is.

Anyway, he's not complaining about the way RE5 plays, that's not what will pain him. He's saying that if he finds problems within the game it will make him angry that he wasn't there to make sure they were fixed.

I agree with him on the point that RE5 is too similar to RE4.cutmaclass1

anyways

 the scores speak for themself

RE1-8.2

RE2-8.9

RE3-8.8

RECV-9.0

RE0-8.0

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RE4-9.6 GOTY 2005

I agree with him on the point that RE5 is too similar to RE4.cutmaclass1

He never really says that though, in fact, he stated that he doesn't think RE5 needs to change the series. He believes that RE6 should fill those shoes.

[QUOTE="-Mad_Rhetoric-"] [QUOTE="legend26"] nope, i dont know about you but not 1 trailer or gameplay is at all scarry, hell look at your sig, Chris falcon punching 20 or so infected and they all fall back, and chris and sheva which are both armed to the teeth. meanwhile back in old RE i was surrounded by 10 zombies with like 3 bullets and a knife.

dont get me wrong im hyped for RE5 but its not all scarry.

I hope Mikami gets involved with RE6

legend26

theres a difference between pushing back 1 zombie and FALCON PAWNCH! the hell out of 20 zombies that all fall back, i mean cmon i know chris has spent the last 6 years in the gym but dont give him SO MUCH power, giving him the ability to push that many zombie just gets rid of all the tension and dread.

Exactly that gif is ridiculous. i didnt know Capcom was doing a bionic commando/RE crossover game.