Ever since the debut of Resident Evil 4, the RE franchise has had a renewed sense of vigor and Capcom has maintained a steady string of releases. Not only are they keeping up the numbered sequels, but they are testing the waters with several offshoots of the main series.
Capcom released Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D last month and has plans to launch another title, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City later this year. Both of these games are a step away from the traditional RE games and we have some footage from the upcoming Operation Raccoon City that shows it in action.
Up until now, there hasn’t been much gameplay footage from Operation Raccoon City, but we do know some details. The game is developed by Slant Six Games and is a straight up third-person shooter that puts the player in the role of either a United States Spec force member or Umbrella Security Service agent.
Instead of fighting the Umbrella Corporation as usual, Umbrella Security Service members will use their skills to cover up all of the organization’s illegal activities. Think of it as a PR campaign with guns.
In both the single player and competitive modes, the game centers on the two rival factions duking it out, along with zombies and bio-organic weapons as a third force out to kill everybody. Operation Raccoon City supports 4-player co-op online (no splitscreen) and incorporates bots as allies during single player campaign missions.
To get a better idea of what the game offers, check out the video below. The footage comes from an E3 build of the game running on a PS3, so it may not be completely representative of the final product:
Some gamers might dig it, but I have a strong suspicion that fans of the Resident Evil series will feel let down by this footage. Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is a far cry from what the series was built upon, already seeming like the horror aspects and slow pacing have been thrown out in favor of a generic looking, adrenaline-fueled zombie shooter.
If that turns out to be the case, gamers wishing for a traditional Resident Evil experience will have to wait for Revelations or Resident Evil 6.
What are your thoughts on Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City?
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City does not have an official release date, but will likely launch in late 2011 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
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Wow it looks like L4D but in 3rd person with a Resident Evil look but it’s definitely not what the fans of the traditional style may want. Could be fun to rent, need more details though.
It looks like Lost Planet, only with a not so agile character. They’ve taken the horror aspect and made it running and gunning. If they really wanted to make a game like this, they shouldn’t have made it Resident Evil :/ It just seems cheap.
Looks too much like a Socom game. They should stick to that series because it looks like they messed this one up :\
Ummm…. WTF were they thinking when they were making this… That is all I am going to say….
What a disappointment!
love it
cool
Shame this game is not going to be like the old Resident Evil games, but what can you do if people want something different then let them have something different.
“I don’t like it. It’s not scaaaary.” Well get used to it man. I’m tired of everyone saying that the original Resident Evil was the playbook on scary. You wanna know why it was scary? It was scary because everyone was 9 years old when they played it. Cut them some freaking slack.
lol that is completely irrelevant to the fact that this is another cheap cop out by Capcom. As previously stated they should have just made this for a different franchise but instead they would rather butcher the core of resident evil time and again due to a lack of creativity and new ideas. It’s gonna blow I suggest you deal with it.
The whole series isn’t really scary but, this one just doesn’t seem exciting. All I’m saying, is that they’d better have more up their sleeve than “special abilities”, and absurd amounts of bullets. It just doesn’t seem very intense. I think if I do play this game, it’ll be for online gameplay with friends.
Not exactly edge of the seat action or very intense, nor does there seem to be any control or strategy. It’s just run and gun,no need to stop, no need to fortify or check corners, just run and shoot.
In all honesty, they need to do better than that, and if this game is co-op, it needs more of an emphasis on it rather than just run off and do your own thing.
All in all, mindless chaos, and at this rate, its only the mindless that will purchase it.
Atleast they’re trying to re-invent the series. Its better than relying on all the re-releases they’re spouting about. I want a fresh Resident evil like I want a fresh beer, and with 3 months of polish they might make good on their promises.
For all the the people bitching and moaning nobody cares what u think! Let them do what they want with the game, and just because they want to do something different does not mean u all can bang on the game u don’t have to buy the game u know
and to u…noone cares about what u think of us. and we are just setting our opinions. if u don’t like it then u need to go somewhere else…
Aleast all these tightly packed releases will help test their consumer base so they can finally make the perfect Resident Evil. Come on RE 6!!!
exactly!