Jan 05 2009
Mikami = PO’d
Well, Resident Evil 5 has pretty much been the hottest thing for all of us RE fans for a few years now. And now that it’s getting closer I’m looking back at some old news about the game. For instance, in December, Mikami stated that “I probably won’t play it. I won’t like it, because it’s not going to be the game I would have made.” link. To me, this raises my own sort of doubt. I mean, part of me was extremely excited to see that they were expanding the RE4 formula. (Or as some of us call it, the 4mula). But oddly enough I’m almost scared. Like, to think the series is in the hands of someone that’s not the original creator and to think it’s taken over by someone completely different kinda makes me worried. Mikami also said that unless 6 reinvents the series much like 4 did, the series will NOT survive like it has in the past. This seems to me like it might sorta go the way that the telephone game has. Mikami got it to 4, yes, and 5 seems to stay true to 4 whilst staying true to the previous chapters. Here’s what scares me. 6 needs to revamp the series, which means it might not stay as true to the rest of the series. The more you get into it, the further it may get, until it ceases to be Resident Evil anymore. I fear the same is happening to Silent Hill. They’ve become more fan/action games and it’s only a matter of time before they’re just monster kill fests. I guess that just opens the door for original games to come in and try to be the next big thing. I know that soon I am going to start pumping random amounts of money into indie games, just to see what hasn’t quite been made yet.
