what is the point of remake?

[REALiNSaNgAMingGODPrODIgY]

was really hoping the new game would be made soon but i feel like the remakes delay the new games or am i wrong?

[Platapoop]

They remade 4 because everyone wanted an RE4 remake

[REALiNSaNgAMingGODPrODIgY]

Originally posted by Platapoop:

They remade 4 because everyone wanted an RE4 remake

who is everyone, i did not want a remake?

[Hawk King]

It doesn't need to justify its existence. It just needs to be good.

[Xaelon]

To make money. That's why anyone releases a game. And judging by the sales numbers it seems to have succeeded.

[Platapoop]

Originally posted by REALiNSaNgAMingGODPrODIgY:

Originally posted by Platapoop:

They remade 4 because everyone wanted an RE4 remake

who is everyone, i did not want a remake?

Did you tell capcom beforehand that you didn't want a re4 remake? I think not.

[Shep]

Village came out less than 2 years ago, chill. This game isn't holding up RE9 development.

[Salfaden]

Originally posted by Shep:

Village came out less than 2 years ago, chill. This game isn't holding up RE9 development.

^This, there's two different teams working on Resident Evil games, it was the Re2 remake team that made Re4 remake, the Re7 and Village team are working on Re9 now.

[Dootslayer]

Originally posted by REALiNSaNgAMingGODPrODIgY:

was really hoping the new game would be made soon but i feel like the remakes delay the new games or am i wrong?

Capcom has tried to replicate the success of re4 for ages now, it has been felt in most re titles, having similar elements, holdout chapters etc with village being the one that is re4 with a different coat of pain.

It was obvious given the success of remakes that 4 would happen and it’s also ironic that to capture the success of 4 again they needed well…re4

[charming clown]

They did their *"re-imagining"* of RE4 because the whole franchise has been more or less tonally (and lore) rebooted/soft-rebooted after the release of RE7, so now they are redoing the older games again to fit with the new vision and direction of the series.

REmake 2, 3 and now 4, have had a varying amount of lore and characterization retcons.
This is not meant to me a classic "remake" of RE4, where it's the same game again but shiny (like The Last of Us Part 1). This is a reboot.


So far we have no evidence that the REmake titles are delaying the main entry RE games.
RE7: 2017
RE8: 2021
RE9: would then be expected around 2025

Capcom has multiple teams (at least Team A and Team B) working on the RE games.
So while Team A did RE8 and REmake 4, Team B might be in early development of RE9, or doing whatever REmake is next (REmake 1 or 5.)

[Player Zer01]

re9 is next. we will probably see something on this year or early next year.

[Nate]

I've never been too impressed with contemporary RE games. Remaking classics can be a reset of 'back to the basics' for devs and gamers. Hopefully they'll continue this momentum and not fall back into bad habits with the schlocky, over the top, QTE games they're used to making over the last 10+ years. If they start making the same mistakes as before, then they'll have to remake classics again as another reminder to stop making crappy games.

[Kitt 🌟 Stargazer]

To offer a new exprience to those of us who enjoyed Resident Evil 4. According to the reviews, it looks like they succeeded to most as well.

[LazyAmerican]

what if Capcom surprised us all and did RE6 remake next lol

[charming clown]

Originally posted by LazyAmerican:

what if Capcom surprised us all and did RE6 remake next lol

When they finish REmake 5, it will 100% be on the way.
Though I would expect insane amount of changes.
Like "It's RE6 in name only" kind of changes.

[LazyAmerican]

RE6 might actually not be so bad as a remake if they get rid of that obnoxious DoF technique they used that made third person aiming super blurry.