Curious: I thought resident evil games were zombies / virus?

[Frost]

This is not a criticism, just a curiosity.

I've played only remakes: 2 and 3. I've seen clips from other resident evil games and they all seem to be about the same thing: zombies.

So I bought resident evil village, defeated the tall woman (I thought she was a big part of the entire game only to dispatch her early on).

The doll house with the 'baby' I defeated and wow that was VERY FREAKY and scary.

However, this is all now supernatural things, nothing like I was expecting. So resident evil 'series' is not just about viruses and zombies but now the supernatural, magic, vampires?

Again, not a criticism, I just wasn't expecting it. To my surprise I lost interest after going back to main area with the merchant after defeating the doll woman - I may go back to the game later I suppose.

[Salfaden]

Re 0-3 are T-virus zombies, these are actual zombies you see in the remakes

The other mainline games have moved on from the traditional zombies, they do act like zombies but have their own abilities
Re 4 are las plagas
Re5 are uroboros
Re6 is C-virus

Re7 and Re8 are Mold enemies
The lycans in Re8 are kinda like zombies.

It is understandable from your pov since you've only played the remakes of 2,3 which take place way back in the past in 1998. Since Re7 and Re8 take place in 2017 and 2021 of course the zombies are no longer there.

Even the upcoming Re4 remake won't feature zombies from 2,3 remakes if you're planning to play that one.

[HEXEN]

Originally posted by Frost:

This is not a criticism, just a curiosity.

I've played only remakes: 2 and 3. I've seen clips from other resident evil games and they all seem to be about the same thing: zombies.

So I bought resident evil village, defeated the tall woman (I thought she was a big part of the entire game only to dispatch her early on).

The doll house with the 'baby' I defeated and wow that was VERY FREAKY and scary.

However, this is all now supernatural things, nothing like I was expecting. So resident evil 'series' is not just about viruses and zombies but now the supernatural, magic, vampires?

Again, not a criticism, I just wasn't expecting it. To my surprise I lost interest after going back to main area with the merchant after defeating the doll woman - I may go back to the game later I suppose.

There is no actual supernatural stuff going on in the game. Alcina Dimitrescu is not an actual vampire, she's a plain old BOW like any other big monster in the series. Everything that happens in the Beneviento house is an hallucination caused by Donna Beneviento's psychic abilities and the pollen of the plants growing around her house. That being said I believe she's actually able to control the main doll because there's some of her own living organic material inside of it.

[the_bastarded_one]

there are zombies in village, the blood drained non lycans are quite zombielike, even if its not from the t virus.
resi games deal with bioweapons and viruses that create monsters. 7 and 8 are based around a fungal infection creating monsters, largely the origin of mythical monsters like werewolves and vampires...it gives them a LOT of material to work off if mutamycete colonies are in a lot of places.

[grobdor]

Originally posted by Salfaden:

Re 0-3 are T-virus zombies, these are actual zombies you see in the remakes

The other mainline games have moved on from the traditional zombies, they do act like zombies but have their own abilities
Re 4 are las plagas
Re5 are uroboros
Re6 is C-virus

Re7 and Re8 are Mold enemies
The lycans in Re8 are kinda like zombies.

It is understandable from your pov since you've only played the remakes of 2,3 which take place way back in the past in 1998. Since Re7 and Re8 take place in 2017 and 2021 of course the zombies are no longer there.

Even the upcoming Re4 remake won't feature zombies from 2,3 remakes if you're planning to play that one.

Resident Evil 5 is also still Las Plagas, just a more advanced form, for the normal enemies at least. I think in total you really only encounter Uroburos creatures on like 3 or 4 occasions for boss encounters

[animal_PLANET]

Do you really want to keep fighting zombies though in all these games? It does need to be changed up to make it feel fresh and not stagnant.

I will admit the lycans and vampires theme was a bit stupid. The story was ok with Capcom showing the history of how Umbrella pretty much got started and how they used the mold as a base for the other viruses.

Other than that I rather fight more random mutations. Rather than using simple folklore creatures already found in many other fiction stories. Thats boring and a not fresh take on new villains and creatures.

If Capcom was trying to spin this story off and say this is where vampires and werewolves derived form they did a pretty poor job. Hopefully Capcom never chooses these type of themes again.

[lieutenantkirtar]

There have been non-zombie B.O.W.s starting from the very first game.

[Nameless]

Originally posted by Frost:

This is not a criticism, just a curiosity.

I've played only remakes: 2 and 3. I've seen clips from other resident evil games and they all seem to be about the same thing: zombies.

So I bought resident evil village, defeated the tall woman (I thought she was a big part of the entire game only to dispatch her early on).

The doll house with the 'baby' I defeated and wow that was VERY FREAKY and scary.

However, this is all now supernatural things, nothing like I was expecting. So resident evil 'series' is not just about viruses and zombies but now the supernatural, magic, vampires?

Again, not a criticism, I just wasn't expecting it. To my surprise I lost interest after going back to main area with the merchant after defeating the doll woman - I may go back to the game later I suppose.

Not really, they've more been about monsters than zombies.

[Salfaden]

Originally posted by animal_PLANET:

Hopefully Capcom never chooses these type of themes again.

LMAO, you should probably not check out the RE9 leaks, you might hate it, personally I think its a great direction for Resident Evil and those Re9 leaks are effin amazing. Some ideas and concepts in it are super cool.

[Replica]

The Resident Evil universe has a lot of viruses, parasites and so on that are turned into weapons or are the basis for some mythology which works for the universe and however fantastical, it's always ultimately a (fictional) scientific cause.

[Toonen1988]

Resident Evil is about biological terrorisme and warfare. The most famous virus is the T-virus, created by Umbrella Corporation. It is designed to change human DNA which creates the B.O.W. (Bio Organic Weapon). Modified for biological warfare. And those changes can be different, depending how it is modified and what virus we are talking about.

Resident Evil does have zombies, but they are just minor changed DNA creatures compared to B.O.W.'s

Eventually in the story, we will be introduced to more virussen, parasites and fungi, All with their own changes in DNA and how they react on their host. Many of those virussen, parasites and fungi can be used for advanced biological weaponary.

I never really liked Resident Evil in the past, because of all those weird looking creatures. But I became interested when I start to look in it and how those monsters are being created. I also like the idea that the world in Resident Evil isn't gone, it's just our world but with outbreaks around the world for testing purposes, accidents or other reasons.

B.O.W.'s are also being sold on the black market to terrorists. Same as the virussen, which makes it very hard to control for goverments. A orgainization like the BSAA (Bioterrorism Security Assassment Alliance) funded by the United Nations, want to prevent any outbreaks or use of B.O.W.'s. And if there is a outbreak or a B.O.W deployed, they go in to eliminate all B.O.W's and quarantine the outbreak.

Mia Winters was just on the wrong place at the wrong time. Which got Ethan Winters also involved. If Mia stayed home, both would be having a normal life with a normal child. They probably never wouldn't found out, because the goverments aswell the BSAA want to keep everything quiet as possible, it can cause global panic among civilians. Even Raccoon City where it all started, is still a mystery for most people what actually happened.

I got so interested in this subjects that I was thinking to write myself a story which is inspired by Resident Evil. About a fungi that will make people insane and cannibals. After a few days, the host dies and a mushroom grew out their bodies, releasing pollen to find another host.

If you breath them in, you get infected aswell.

This is based on the fungi in the insect world named Ophiocordyceps unilateralis also know as zombie-ant fungus.

[RevolverBigBosselote]

Originally posted by Salfaden:

Originally posted by animal_PLANET:

Hopefully Capcom never chooses these type of themes again.

LMAO, you should probably not check out the RE9 leaks, you might hate it, personally I think its a great direction for Resident Evil and those Re9 leaks are effin amazing. Some ideas and concepts in it are super cool.

I'm not sure if I trust those leaks. It feels like the next RE game will focus on a more militaristic enemy force, similar to RE5 and 6.

The ending revealed the BSAA soldiers that were actually bioweapons, and "The Connections" have been being built up as a new threat

Also, this might be reading too far into things, but I've noticed that RE7 was a slow paces atmospheric horror like the classic RE games, then Village was a more action-focused game set in a rural environment but still had some horror elements, similar to RE4.

If they have a pattern of having their new games modeled after old RE games, maybe the next game will be similar to RE5 or 6? But hopefully with more horror and strategy elements than those games.

[animal_PLANET]

Originally posted by RevolverBigBosselote:

Originally posted by Salfaden:

LMAO, you should probably not check out the RE9 leaks, you might hate it, personally I think its a great direction for Resident Evil and those Re9 leaks are effin amazing. Some ideas and concepts in it are super cool.

I'm not sure if I trust those leaks. It feels like the next RE game will focus on a more militaristic enemy force, similar to RE5 and 6.

Yea, RE9 is years away. Any leak now would most likely be fake and no way close to what is actually being done.

[Salfaden]

Originally posted by animal_PLANET:

Originally posted by RevolverBigBosselote:

I'm not sure if I trust those leaks. It feels like the next RE game will focus on a more militaristic enemy force, similar to RE5 and 6.

Yea, RE9 is years away. Any leak now would most likely be fake and no way close to what is actually being done.

I wouldn't say its 'years away', its definitely the next RE after 4 remake. I am expecting 2024-25 release atmost, there's no way they're still working on story changes now, its done most likely as its been a year since 8. The mythology theme makes sense to me.

Also I don't believe Re9 will be Chris focused or action heavy like 5 or 6, Capcom knows it'll fail. People said the same thing about 8 when they heard the leaks and it had vampires and werewolves, watch these leaks be true as well.

[droaan]

Originally posted by HEXEN:

Originally posted by Frost:

This is not a criticism, just a curiosity.

I've played only remakes: 2 and 3. I've seen clips from other resident evil games and they all seem to be about the same thing: zombies.

So I bought resident evil village, defeated the tall woman (I thought she was a big part of the entire game only to dispatch her early on).

The doll house with the 'baby' I defeated and wow that was VERY FREAKY and scary.

However, this is all now supernatural things, nothing like I was expecting. So resident evil 'series' is not just about viruses and zombies but now the supernatural, magic, vampires?

Again, not a criticism, I just wasn't expecting it. To my surprise I lost interest after going back to main area with the merchant after defeating the doll woman - I may go back to the game later I suppose.

There is no actual supernatural stuff going on in the game. Alcina Dimitrescu is not an actual vampire, she's a plain old BOW like any other big monster in the series. Everything that happens in the Beneviento house is an hallucination caused by Donna Beneviento's psychic abilities and the pollen of the plants growing around her house. That being said I believe she's actually able to control the main doll because there's some of her own living organic material inside of it.

I just finished that section, and I have to say I haven't smiled like that since the first time I played P.T.
Capcom has been riding that inspiration since RE7, but this was a true homage to P.T.'s unique horror. I loved every second of that area. I am not even kidding I kept smiling, headphones up, geeking at every creak the house made as I walked the halls.
I wouldn't say it was as effective as P.T. but it was definitely scary to someone. I have a very high tolerance for 'horror' stuff, as I've been absorbing this stuff for over 30 years. The only type of horror that can ever 'get to me' is the psychological sort. P.T. has stuck with me because when I first played that, it struck me in a way I hadn't experienced since Silent Hill 2. Basically the Silent Hill games scared me so much as a kid that I'm desensitized to anything but an equivalent experience, and damn did Capcom brush shoulders with them vibes for the Benviento house.

When it came to an end, I just wished Capcom would make an entire game of that.

[animal_PLANET]

Originally posted by Salfaden:

Originally posted by animal_PLANET:

Yea, RE9 is years away. Any leak now would most likely be fake and no way close to what is actually being done.

I wouldn't say its 'years away', its definitely the next RE after 4 remake. I am expecting 2024-25 release atmost,

Lmao, dude, 2024-2025 is years away.

Besides. Capcom's average release date for a main RE game is around 4 years since RE4.

RE 4: 2005
RE 5: 2009
RE 6: 2012
RE 7: 2017
RE 8: 2021

So going by that the earliest we could see RE 9 is 2025. Even if it's 2024 thats still 2+ years away. Hence why I said, "years". Lol