While the remake of Resident Evil 3 will be released on April 3, 2020, we are already talking about the next part of Capcom's horror series. Rumor has it that a new Resident Evil will appear in 2021, which is said to have the potential to turn fans of the series against themselves.
Because if you can believe the current information about the not yet announced title, the next Resident Evil should be a game that is »As far from its roots as no resident evil has ever been«.
The next Resident Evil "will piss on fans"
So the source speaks explicitly of the fact that this Resident Evil fans will "piss on". However, he appeals to veterans of Capcom's horror series to approach the game as openly and impartially as possible, as it is still one Top quality title
What this Resident Evil should look like – or the next part of the main series Resident Evil 8 acts – does not emerge from the source. The title will probably be Cross-Gen – a game that will be released in parallel for Playstation 4 and Xbox One as well as Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X.
(1/3) Ah what the Hell, I'll tease a bit more about this 2021 RE game & then not talk deeper about it until a bit after RE3 is out. The 2021 RE game started development in late 2016, by the time it releases it'll have been in development for 4-4.5 years (been in dev at the moment
– AestheticGamer aka Dusk Golem (@ AestheticGamer1) March 30, 2020
(3/3) to the point I expect a lot of people will be pissed off about it when it gets revealed, but they should be open minded. Internal testing and the like show it's high quality game, and I'm quite excited for it.
– AestheticGamer aka Dusk Golem (@ AestheticGamer1) March 30, 2020
If this rumor becomes true, the realignment of Resident Evil not necessarily mean something bad
However, developers and publishers always run the risk of scaring away their long-established fans and veterans. One only has to think, for example, of the 2013 Devil May Cry reboot DMC, in the course of which Ninja Theory was given the ungrateful task of making Dante “cooler” and more appealing to a younger target group.
How credible is the rumor?
AestethicGamer aka Dusk Gamer has shared potential inside information on the Resident Evil series in the past – most recently specifically on Resident Evil 8. Much of it turned out to be correct. However, leaks are always independent of the source with a healthy dose of skepticism
That Capcom wants to take a new direction with Resident Evil, however, would not be absurd: The horror series about characters like Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine or Leon S. Kennedy ventured again and again in new territories before – sometimes more, sometimes less successful.
The Resident Evil Evolution
For example, Resident Evil 5 and Resident Evil 6 went in a highly action-oriented direction, Operation Raccoon City tried to win co-op players and Umbrella Corps was geared towards multiplayer battles.
The Darkside Chronicles and The Umbrella Chronicles were again light gun shooters. It should not be forgotten at this point, however, that the Resident Evil 4, which is celebrated by fans and critics, is also part of this realignment.
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Resistance – the multiplayer mode of the remake of Resident Evil 3 – is the latest example of how Resident Evil dares to try something new: This is a asymmetrical multiplayer game, in which four survivors must survive against a mastermind.
Critics and fans alike are skeptical of resistance. Especially after the enthusiasm for the remake of Resident Evil 2 was so great and numerous reviews of the Resident Evil 3 new edition were criticized that it was not approached with comparable ambitions.
