Have you played Resident Evil Outbreak? (Remake potential with modern tech?)

[Leo Major]

And if you had and enjoyed the whole classic resident evil 1-2 gameplay but in a 4 player co-op scenario mode..... Imagine what that would be like with modern tech? Where we don't have to install an Ethernet adaptor to the back of our stock ps2's to play online? xD

I would assume you would have to do 3rd person over the shoulder like the remakes instead of the corner camera controls. That would be the biggest change.

Other then that basically anything you add to it would be content and an improvement right?

I know outbreak was one of the least popular resident evil games but I think with its nice fan base and greater potential with modern technology.....

Now I'm trying to imagine Outbreak but in VR CO-OP .... Okay Okay one step at a time. :)

[Leo Major]

Ooof Resistance sucked in my opinion.... Outbreak is a childhood gem

I kind of resigned to the idea I will never get the next outbreak game I want.

[Stoibs]

Outbreak File 1/2 is up there in my top 5 of the whole series.
It was a product before its time (PAL versions not even including online.. not that it mattered because who the hell had an internet hookup to their PS2 back then )

I hate and don't understand why everyone wants over the shoulder shooter cam though... I would be over the moon to see Capcom go back to fixed cam for atleast *one* of these to appease us fans..
An Outbreak remade in the streamlined RE2/3/4 remake style would be formulaic and boring and just be another dime-a-dozen multiplayer shooter IMO. Would lose so much if it didn't focus on the heroes all being weaker than normal and needing to rely on eachother to solve puzzles.

[Moogal™]

No, i never played Outbreak, in fact. But i watched longplays. It seems messy, imho.

[Chaoslord 87]

Originally posted by Leo Major:

Ooof Resistance sucked in my opinion.... Outbreak is a childhood gem

I kind of resigned to the idea I will never get the next outbreak game I want.

Resistance and Umbrella Corps makes Operation:Raccoon City looking good.
I know, I know. ORC wasn´t stellar either but it´s atleast entertaining with 3 friends ( the AI sucked balls however)

[Haze (twitch.tv/HazeHowlingwolf)]

Outbreak was too ahead of its time.

The idea was great, you get to play a civil character in raccoon city's saga. You get to investigate, learn more about side characters and even what happened to some places!

The bad thing about it was that not many people had a ethernet adaptor (I'll say, I'm from brazil and never saw one PS2 owner have it), and the main mechanic was the online interation (because CPU was crap...)

After RESISTANCE, I don't think Capcom would give Outbreak a chance, and even if they did, I would be one step back about it... Up until now they're desperate to do any online game with Resident Evil work.

[Drakelstorm]

If they made a Remaster of Outbreak it would be an instant buy for me. One of my favorite games to play with friends. I don't want a fancy remake or anything just a remaster. The game was sooo damn good.

[Vagrant]

I played Outbreak 1 on PS2 long ago. This game was just too ahead of it's time sadly.

[Haze (twitch.tv/HazeHowlingwolf)]

Some time ago my friends asked me to DM a Resident Evil RPG for them to play, and Outbreak was always my inspiration. I made the system and we rolled dices having alot of fun!
I made then run through all the Raccoon City days, since the very beginning. Alot of PC died and they only got the vaccine DAYLIGHT in the last day just like in Outbreak, so the infected characters had to do some mad sh1t to survive until then.

[Leo Major]

Hahaha sounds like fun!

And yes the game was ahead of its time. The online requirement for the ps2 when people did not have an ethernet adaptor really hurt the games player base