Given the shift of several major franchises to a larger emphasis on action over slow pacing, it seems the pressure is on for Resident Evil 6 to either show the world how it’s done, or show that the times, indeed, are changing.
Instead of letting speculation run wild, Capcom has released just under twenty minutes of the game’s campaign showing an experience strongly reminiscent of the series’ earlier titles.
It would be a bit unfair to say that the developers of Resident Evil 6 has some convincing to do, but the portion of the game shown at E3 was less than spectacular. There was certainly plenty of spectacle, but a lack of the tense drama and suspense that made the series the favorite it is today.
The recent dose of gameplay footage released contains noticeably fewer exploding cars and buses, and gives an idea of what type of story will be told through Leon’s portion of the game’s campaign. The videos do contain minor plot spoilers, so those who wish to be surprised may not want to risk it.
We could raise some issues with the merits of holding one’s fire to give a zombie an opportunity to…not try to eat people, but we’ll pick our battles. From that early gripe on, the gameplay seems to heavily favor tension over streams of bullet sponges or over-the-top action.
The developers have previously explained that each of the main characters’ campaigns allow for their own type of horror, and the use of jump scares, disturbing sights and sounds shown in Leon’s portion definitely feels like a throwback.
There are surely some who will feel that the firestorm and helicopter carnage of the E3 demo have no place in a Resident Evil game, but this gameplay footage might make a different argument. If the rest of the campaigns follow this structure of extended periods of tension and drama, capped off with some explosions and sprinting, fans of both action and horror might be happy.
Resident Evil 6 returning to their roots this far along is terrific news for hardcore fans, but seeing how strongly Capcom believes the game will be received is an even better sign for the future of the series.
First things first, of course, since the entire game needs to be seen before it is weighed against the best RE campaigns. Above all else, the unique means of weaving co-op campaigns together online is worth some attention from what we saw at E3.
How does this gameplay footage sit with you RE fans? Does the fidelity of the game’s environments have you willing to mix tension with pyrotechnics, or does Capcom still have some convincing to do? Leave us your thoughts in the comments.
Resident Evil 6 releases October 2, 2012 for the PS3 and Xbox 360.
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only watched the 1st video since it appears to be a waste of time.
people should keep in mind that the devs show people what they want them to see and not the bigger picture, so whilst it does seem like the game is stepping back into the horror genre it might not actually be doing so and this may be an isolated segment of what might be another 3rd person action game.
the last real horror game i played was bioshock 1 and the horror elements wore off after sander cohen’s area b/c by that time the player had upgraded and unlocked most of the skills and was super strong (thus removing the survival and scary factors of the 1st half of the game).
So you’re refusing to watch evidence that they really are putting mood over action in some places? I’d say watch it so you can get a better sense of it, if for no other reason.
Do you have any reason to think they’d try to mislead people?
they claim that they’re brining back the horror elements to the resident evil series, yet judging by most of what i have seen, the game is slightly less action packed then the previous action heavy resident evil games.
imo they’re using this scripted gameplay demo to lure people to the game making them (gamers) feel like they’re (studio) actually trying their best to go back to the games roots. they could be doing this out of fear that the game might not sell much and thus the franchise would start to die out. just take a look at capcoms recent track record, most of their games are under par and not to different to the predecessor. at this stage they’ll be pulling every trick to lure people in in a last ditch attempt at making cash before the next gen of consoles roles out and they’re forced to upgrade their games.
Well, I don’t know about CAPCOM scheming with this game like that.
They’re doing separate campaigns (different characters) and yes, they’re keeping action in the game, but that will follow along with Chris more so than Leon.
I think with Leon, we can expect something along the lines of Resident Evil 4′s level of horror (which, in my opinion, did the best for a horror game)
As for Jake Muller…well, I have no idea what kind of gameplay we’ll get with him, because in the snippets we saw from the trailer, he was doing high-flying, melee, martial arts type moves.
In any case, don’t knock this game out just yet. Even if it IS an action game, it still looks nice compared to other 3rd Person zombie games that we get (Dead Rising…hrm hrm)
Yeah I think you’re right on the money. Resident Evil 5 was far more action-packed and even the most dedicated fans loved it overall, so keeping that in the game with Chris’ campaign makes sense.
That leaves the chance to take Leon into a very dark and suspenseful atmosphere for those who miss it. I think it’s a pretty good solution, and if each of the campaigns is as long as they say, then everyone might be pleased. Might.
I make the same argument with RE4, by the time you get to the castle you’ve got automatic weapons and it loses most of the horror elements
All i gotta say is i’m not digging leons new voice actor….i prefer paul mercer
That IS Paul Mercier.
Meh, I’m still on the fence about this.
What country is this supposed to be? Can’t be America because honestly, I don’t think anyone here would hesitate to kill an infected politician…
Leons badasss
i can’t wait for RE6, amazing! we don’t need it to go back to its roots, they can create a new franchise for horror, RE6 is about the evolved story. with a global bio hazard threat, why would veteran characters like Leon and Chris ever go back to “surviving alone” if i was smart in a zombie apocalypse, i’d team up to survive
This is absolutely astonishing at what Capcom has cooked up for us. I am an old school RE fan and have to say this is impressive. I find the gameplay to be more enjoyable this way esp since it’s coop based. If it were Single player well then I would rather have the old camera way. But this is really good. I’m glad Capcom is finally making an attempt to please old and new RE fans with 3 seperate campaigns, each with 2 characters for twice the fun. PLUS The newly designed Mercs mode. So this game should be in the top 5 games of 2012
On the fence about this one, I still have the original PS game director’s cut on my shelf and after playing some of five I’d rather have grabbed it and played the original or the gamecube version IDK about 6 if it fails please hopefully they won’t continue to destroy the series with a seventh s***** installment, the original 4 were fine and 4 is ok so lets keep it at that capcom and quit making the original RE fans laught at a mediocre RE game, but hey this might just be the next best game in the series, who knows.
What I want to say is that, Capcom is totally unfair to Chris!! Chris is the main protagonist since the first game and now you guys turn him into a minor character who appears way more lessly than Leon? Chris killed Wesker but Leon only killed Saddler, but Wesker is a bigger threat!! Plus from the beginning Chris facing lots of pressure from works and fighting Umbrella. He got beaten up by Wesker but did Leon ever got beaten that badly? Chris look quite muscular in RE5 and fans don’t like him but how about Wesker? he’s quite muscular too. In all 3 trailers of RE6, Leon is like invincible and his appearance is way more than Chris? Chris appearance is very short!! Why is this? make me speechless if u can prove what I said is wrong!!
First off Leon has his own campaign and so does Chris, so just cause they aren’t showing your man doesn’t mean he won’t get his fair share. Chris and Leon in their own right are main protagonists (there can be more than 1). Us fans never said we didn’t like Chris but most of us like Leon better. Chris, Leon, even Jake appear for the same amount of time in each trailer. And even if they didn’t, Chris just had a game and the directors said if they didn’t do 3 campaigns, it was just gonna be Leon’s game. My point is you griping over character’s is ridiculous. The author of this story asked your opinion on the gameplay not characters.