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The line between us and any capacity for function is currently like 90% "some guy who brought their disease to the grocery store two weeks ago" and trust us when we say that no one is less pleased about that fact than us.
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Resident Evil: New directions lead to dead ends
Hello. I warn in advance that this article will be a negative review on Resident Evil (aka RE) the video game series. Specifically, the new direction it is taking.
Everyone is roasting the Netflix Resident Evil series like a Thanksgiving turkey, but I will not be hard on a show that was made for fun considering Capcom had no involvement and the true RE is a video game series not a TV series. I am going to be hard on the video games though for that reason. Usually, I am a very easy going fan when it comes to new ideas including bad ones in a beloved series, but let us just say you are a doughnut shop; no matter what your new product is, it should always still be a doughnut or at the very least, a coffee based beverage. Well, let us just pretend RE is a doughnut shop. Right now, it is trying to serve mille-feuilles. In other words, RE is trying to be something it is not and it is hurting it.
Now, I was there when the first RE was made and I have stayed with it since. I know what RE is and what makes it a great series. I also know its true themes: science, viral weapons, BOWs, mutants, zombies (duh), conspiracies, military cops, mansions with puzzles, labs and facilities. And I know the true cast of RE: Chris and Claire Redfield, Jill Valentine, Rebecca Chambers, Barry Burton, Leon Kennedy and Ada Wong. And sometimes, Hunk.
I even know the exact moment RE started to take a different direction. It all started in RE4 when zombies and viruses got dropped and traded in for los plagas which is a parasite that takes over the host making them violent and mutated. I have nothing against the los plagas, but they just don’t hold a candle to the zombies and mutants. Yet, Capcom decided to stick with it for a while which lead to RE6 and bombing. After that, it tried to find itself again with RE7 and I admit, it was a good comeback and it felt more like the RE I know and love. I even overlooked the lack of zombies and the fact that the main character was (supposed to be) a one off character, but then... RE8 happened and it was a huge regression.
Maybe I am the only fan who feels this way, but... I did not like RE8. In fact, I hated it. RE8 felt like a Silent Hill copycat and so far, the upcoming RE9 looks like another one. This makes me disappointed because this amazing series doesn’t need to copy existing series in order to be great. As the Revelations spin offs (and all spin offs especially Dead Aim which expanded the lore and filled in the gaps about tyrants) have shown us, RE is most beautiful when it is being its true self and makes use of the amazing characters it already has. When I saw the reboots of RE2 and RE3, I thought Capcom was going to use this chance to retcon the los plagas and everything after while staying true to itself with a nice clean slate, but instead... I see the RE4 reboot in the works which is staying true to the original RE4. I mean, there’s a reason this series is called Biohazard in Japan.
As stated at the beginning, I can let it slide when other people attempt to make a RE anything that is not true to what RE really is, but what excuse does Capcom have? It doesn’t. And shame on it for that.
I think RE has done enough experimenting (no pun intended) and it is time for it to stop. It is time for RE to be RE again, but then again... maybe I’m the only fan who feels this way.
What about you?
Thank you for reading and as always, stay safe.
PS: Capcom, if you really want to write a new story with the characters from RE7, 8 and 9 that badly... do what you usually do which is make a new video game series altogether and put those characters in their own story.
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