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- Sep 27, 2023
Outside of the first remake, which was a blast for the fans, the other ones are clearly made for non-resident evil fans. The devs knew that taking the soul and much of the content of the games would not go well, but they went thru with it anyways because fans aren't their main audience anymore.For myself I always liked the remake of the original Resident Evil. Growing up I recognized it took itself serious enough to be a good survival horror, but it did have it's lighthearted moments like the Jill-Sandwich or Carols trying to hit on Jill in Nemesis. So it was refreshing to have a revisit to was both familiar and fresh at the same time.
While I loved the intro for the remake of the second game, it felt different. Like gone were the puzzle but here are more jump scares! Don't get me wrong, I think a good jump scare works great in horror games, but it felt like it replaced the more familiar puzzle solving that made the games for me. Now it comes across as one of those games your parents who didn't play games will always comment, "it looks like a movie! Doesn't that look a movie?" The remake of Resident Evil 3 only proved my point in being a disappointment.
I think Capcom wrote themselves into another corner again. Ethan's arc is over, so what will the next game be about? The kid, like the DLC/ending hinted at? Will it still be in first person or third? The only thing I am getting from 8 and REmake of 4 is that there is an identity crisis going on, neither game really knows what it really wants to be. Even 6 had the air of confidence to it, problem was that it didn't stick to the landing, 8 and REmake 4 just feel confused.
I think making the likes of Sphere Troon the unofficial spokesman for the franchise in the west was a mistake, now I don't even want to pay attention to the new games anymore.