RE5 Action or Horror?

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#1 IrishBrew
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Is RE5 gearing up to taking on a whole new look, it is said it is more Action Focused this time with a lot more gunplay and playing in the Daylight, therefore it seems to be moving from the genre that made it what it was, HORROR! So if this is true will its core fanbase be dissappointed? Your thoughts?
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#2 ZombiezLovePie
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i wonder when a new RE game will be made. its been a while now.
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#3 IrishBrew
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i wonder when a new RE game will be made. its been a while now.ZombiezLovePie

It has been Made...Will be out first of next year bro...

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#4 ZombiezLovePie
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That's not RE, that's a sellout bro.
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#5 nelfer320
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Maybe that's a good thing for people who are actually scared of this series. Besides, its always the "fanbase" that gets disappointed if a game series gets a little change. They need to grow up.
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#6 IrishBrew
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Maybe that's a good thing for people who are actually scared of this series. Besides, its always the "fanbase" that gets disappointed if a game series gets a little change. They need to grow up.nelfer320
I love the last sentence....Quote of the day
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#7 ZombiezLovePie
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Maybe that's a good thing for people who are actually scared of this series. Besides, its always the "fanbase" that gets disappointed if a game series gets a little change. They need to grow up.nelfer320
Thanks for making so much sense on that. i guess i need to grow up when one of my favorite games has turned to killing some random infected non zombie people in africa from killing zombies. its not RE anymore, even the Developer knows that. he won't even play it.
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#9 caddy
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It really just depends. I am a massive fan of all the Resident Evil games, or most anyway, but I also loved RE4 because of the amazing gameplay. Resident Evil 5 looks to be similar to RE4 in terms of general gameplay, which is not a bad thing for me. I love a good action game. However, if they could integrate the kind of story seen in the original RE games, with the amazing gameplay, we could have one hell of a game. If they stay away from the horror aspect, I wouldn't be too disappointed if the gameplay holds up, but I know some people that will be disappointed.
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#10 IrishBrew
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it does offer FULL Coop play, but yeah action seems to be the focus which IMO takes away from the whole RE franchise,,,, Maybe they make a good blend of ACTION / HORROR!
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#11 ZombiezLovePie
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Old Resident Evil games where about Conserving ammo, New RE games are all about Depleting your ammo. Big Change.
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#12 Gedo93
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Resident Evil 5 is extremely identical to RE4. It's just the better graphics and some co-op that has been added, nothing more.
Yeah, RE4 might have been fun when it was released four years ago, (Even though it has NOTHING to do with zombies, is annoying when you have to escort that stupid girl through half the game, the story is very, VERY bad, and the fact that it is not scary at all) but I think with the releases after RE4, things have changed. I think many people will be dissappointed with this game, (At least I hope so, it will hopefully lead Capcom to make a sixth game as nice as the first three).


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#13 Gedo93
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Old Resident Evil games where about Conserving ammo, New RE games are all about Depleting your ammo. Big Change.ZombiezLovePie



Lol, you're absolutely right.


RE1,2,3 = Survival horror, save ammo, do puzzles, poop in pants.

RE4 = Grab minigun, hold trigger, use ammo, yawn.
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#14 vashkey
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It's not like it's any different from RE4. Sorry guys, but RE4 was an action game, not a survival horror. Not sure why everyone is acting differently about RE5.
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#15 chex81
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RE4 killed the "horror" aspect of the Resident Evil series

RE5 will push it even further

not to say RE5 looks bad...it actually looks incredible...but i really wish they would have named this series something else because its not Resident Evil.

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#16 ZombiezLovePie
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One thing i think would be cool is maybe add the best of both worlds....>.> When you walk around its like the old Resident evil games,when you aim, it goes over the shoulder. Remember seeing one of the Resident evil 4 Beta videos and that's how it looked. would have been awsome. But i'd still like the Scares,zombies and survival horror elements....
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#17 KamikazeDonut
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I 'll buy the game but I hate this whole co-op all the time thing Dead Space is the better survival horror game now.
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#18 gr8scott
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Old Resident Evil games where about Conserving ammo, New RE games are all about Depleting your ammo. Big Change.ZombiezLovePie
I totally agree with your statement. I believe the Resident Evil series has become more action than horror. I have played Resident Evil since it was first released back on PC and have played almost every RE game since then (except for the handheld games and online games). After RE4 was released, it appears that the genre of Resident Evil was going to change. When you are no longer killing zombies, it was a clear sign that the series was going to change. I was kind of bummed that the new RE games are turning into games with more action as opposed to more horror. However, I do think the Resident Evil series needed to change. How many times can you keep making survival horror games without adding anything new to make them better? In conclusion, I think you have to view this as Capcom making Resident Evil games better rather than making the next great horror game. In my opinion, Dead Space is a much better horror game than RE5 will be; even though RE5 hasn't been released. The older Resident Evil games are more memorable to me, but I am excited and interested in the newer Resident Evil titles. I think maybe some hardcore fans are disappointed with the new direction for Resident Evil, but RE4 is arguably the best game in the series because of the change from horror to action.
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#19 AtlanticRock
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That's not RE, that's a sellout bro.ZombiezLovePie

I wouldn't go as far as to say it's a sellout, but i am a HARDCORE Resident Evil fan... beat RE1, RE1 Director's Cut, RE2, RE3: Nemesis, RE: Code Veronica(my 2nd favorite in the series, storywise), RE 1 GameCube REMAKE(best game i've ever played, beat it like 20x), and RE4...

Resident Evil 4 was the end of the Resident Evil Survival Horror series... it became an Action Horror game... Capcom wanted to sell more copies of the game since people didn't like the control scheme so they made it easier for noobs to jump into Resident Evil...

I can't stand walking into a gamestop/local game store and here people talk about how crappy the Resident Evil titles were before RE4... I snap and go beserk on these losers because people just don't like games where you're not supposed to shoot and kill EVERY enemy. Resident Evil was all about conserving your ammo for the big B.O.W.s towards the end of the game and only using your weapons to get out of tight spots...

With Resident Evil 4, you got ammo/gold for killing zombies/undead, what is this ghouls n' ghost??? I'm not knocking the game, I beat it and enjoyed the survival mode/time attackstuff but it's the only Resident Evil I felt wasn't tough(try RE:Zero if you want tough)... it had some scary moments, but nothing of the likes of the previous games... AWESOME action game, but it was not Resident Evil.

I hope with Resident Evil 5 there's a difficulty level where you can play the game WITHOUT the red-crosshair because that makes the game too easy for me... I want to play it without the help. I can see it's already going to be a big action storyline along the lines of Gears2/Halo3 since they're adding co-op play to the series(wouldn't be the first time; Zero made you use two characters). The game is going to be way better than 4 since it's going to continue the storyline from where Code Veronica left off(true RE fans know what I'm talking about) but add the elements/plots introduced in RE4. I hope Claire(she's going to be in RE: Degeneration, The RE 3D movie), Jill(last seen in Umbrella Chronicles & the end of RE3), and Barry(last seen in RE3) make appearances as well.

Capcom has done no wrong this year with all their releases on XBLA, so can't wait for hardcopies of Street Fighter IV and Resident Evil 5 in my hands.What genre is Resident Evil 5, by the looks of it and my experience with all the Resident Evil titles, I'd say: Action Horror.

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#20 Dawq902
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I loved RE4 and RE5 looks absolutley sick. who cares if it's light or dark out? You still get to pop numerous zombie heads off with shotguns.
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#21 AtlanticRock
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I loved RE4 and RE5 looks absolutley sick. who cares if it's light or dark out? You still get to pop numerous zombie heads off with shotguns.Dawq902

it's that mentality that made it into an action game... I hope Capcom remembers the Resident Evil vets and brings back some of the puzzles from the classic games to keep players on their toes instead of these "guitar hero" button mash action-sequences...

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#22 lilasianwonder
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It seems more action but thats fine with me. As long as its fun I don't really care.