Possible Information on Resident Evil 8 (rumour)

[J is Justice]

www.biohazardcast.com/possible-resident-evil-8-rumors-rumor/

Ethan will be returning as a playable character.
Resident Evil 8 was tested last year.
It will not be called Resident Evil 8, but will have a “clever title”
The game will be in First-person like RE7.
Gameplay starts in a village leading up to a castle.
The environment will be rural, snowy, and mountainous; possibly Europe.
Regular zombies will be appearing instead of the Molded from RE7.
There is a persistent shadowy “female” enemy that will follow you but will dissipate if shot.
There are also wolf-like creatures that will attack the player in certain areas.
Chris Redfield will also be returning in some capacity.

[Push R Truth]

For something that used to be my favorite franchise I find it fascinating and how I see this news and I'm like "meh I'll wait and see"

[hashtagdaley/JudasDay]

Hell yes. RE7 was fantastic. Don’t really get what/why Ethan has to do with anything, his story seemed pretty self contained.

[Scoops]

Honestly, I would be really happy to see First person be given another shot and I like how it sounds like the version of RE4 that got scrapped but I doubt this is real. For one, I don't see Ethan returning, even though I think his character is underrated, what reason does he have for coming back? He found his wife and went home, story done. Unless that fan theory that he's secretly an umbrella researcher is real, I don't see what he could possibly add.

[Welfare Willis]

Jan 28, 2020 13:01:50 GMT -5 J is Justice said:

www.biohazardcast.com/possible-resident-evil-8-rumors-rumor/

Gameplay starts in a village leading up to a castle.
The environment will be rural, snowy, and mountainous; possibly Europe.
There is a persistent shadowy “female” enemy that will follow you but will dissipate if shot.

Wait, that was some of the original ideas for RE4!

link

[hashtagdaley/JudasDay]

Lol, it just does sound like RE4

Old character from past goes to Europe for some reason.

[Eunös ✈]

Regular Zombies are a welcome edition for me.. I dunno to me Resident Evil just isn't Resident Evil without them.. Maybe why I don't enjoy RE4 as much as others.

[Magnus the Magnificent]

FPS point-of-view?

Thanks, but no thanks.

[BorneAgain]

It feels like Capcom's doing a pillar strategy of continuing the first person style with 7 and 8 while still allowing for classic variations via the remakes.

Given that 3 is the last of the original trilgoy, I'm curious if there's any other titles they're keen on reimagining (Code Veronica? Outbreak?) or if we'll get new full blown classic style games.

[asellus]

Jan 28, 2020 16:25:42 GMT -5 BorneAgain said:

It feels like Capcom's doing a pillar strategy of continuing the first person style with 7 and 8 while still allowing for classic variations via the remakes.

Given that 3 is the last of the original trilgoy, I'm curious if there's any other titles they're keen on reimagining (Code Veronica? Outbreak?) or if we'll get new full blown classic style games.

I can imagine them doing Code Veronica and maybe Zero. I doubt Outbreak despite my love for that subseries. I would love to be suprised if they did do it though.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

I have been playing through these with a buddy having never played the and honestly even the bad ones are awesome garbage so far so count me in regardless.

[Deleted]

Ehhh. Resident Evil 7 was pretty good but I'd prefer they just stick to the style of the 2 remake.

[Deleted]

Jan 28, 2020 16:25:42 GMT -5 BorneAgain said:

It feels like Capcom's doing a pillar strategy of continuing the first person style with 7 and 8 while still allowing for classic variations via the remakes.

Given that 3 is the last of the original trilgoy, I'm curious if there's any other titles they're keen on reimagining (Code Veronica? Outbreak?) or if we'll get new full blown classic style games.

I could see a 4 remake happening. It wouldn't be too hard to reimagine it somewhat to fit into the style they're doing now, although I could see it losing a lot of the appeal if they make it less campy.

[The Ichi]

I actually liked 7 having a more everyman protagonist as opposed to an action hero, so I'm cool with Ethan returning. Though he's now probably a super secret special agent this time.

[Scoops]

Jan 28, 2020 19:58:20 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

Jan 28, 2020 16:25:42 GMT -5 BorneAgain said:

It feels like Capcom's doing a pillar strategy of continuing the first person style with 7 and 8 while still allowing for classic variations via the remakes.

Given that 3 is the last of the original trilgoy, I'm curious if there's any other titles they're keen on reimagining (Code Veronica? Outbreak?) or if we'll get new full blown classic style games.

I could see a 4 remake happening. It wouldn't be too hard to reimagine it somewhat to fit into the style they're doing now, although I could see it losing a lot of the appeal if they make it less campy.

I can't even imagine how you would make a remake of RE4. Like, do you improve the combat mechanics and make it more actiony or do you make it more like the RE2 remake and go for slower paced gameplay with puzzles and backtracking. Either way, you risk screwing up what made the original special but keeping it as is would come off as dated since it became a blueprint for every 3rd person shooter since.

[hashtagdaley/JudasDay]

Jan 29, 2020 9:08:25 GMT -5 Scoops said:

Jan 28, 2020 19:58:20 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

I could see a 4 remake happening. It wouldn't be too hard to reimagine it somewhat to fit into the style they're doing now, although I could see it losing a lot of the appeal if they make it less campy.

I can't even imagine how you would make a remake of RE4. Like, do you improve the combat mechanics and make it more actiony or do you make it more like the RE2 remake and go for slower paced gameplay with puzzles and backtracking. Either way, you risk screwing up what made the original special but keeping it as is would come off as dated since it became a blueprint for every 3rd person shooter since.

You fix the camera. It’s so fxxxing stiff by current games standards. I tried to play it somewhat recently but quickly quit after the first village battle because the thing is just a beast to handle.

[Deleted]

Jan 28, 2020 13:01:50 GMT -5 J is Justice said:

www.biohazardcast.com/possible-resident-evil-8-rumors-rumor/

There is a persistent shadowy “female” enemy that will follow you but will dissipate if shot.

This is the thing I look forward to the most. Hopefully it'll be more of a hot goth chick look than Ursula.

[J is Justice]

www.relyonhorror.com/latest-news/resident-evil-8-rumors-zombies-witches-and-wolf-like-creatures/

– the rumor that the game had been scrapped and development started over (several times) is wrong

– discussions about the logo design and if the game has an “8” in the title are useless at this point since things can still change a lot

– release is maybe in 1.5 – 2 years

– setting: Eastern Europe or an adjacent country to that area

– village & a snowy landscape

– castle, but it’s smaller than the one from RE4

– medieval setting and enemy designs

– not actual werewolves, but wolf-like creatures

– one or more witches will be hunting Ethan

– even though it sounds like the Hookman from 3.5, it’s something new

– zombies are wearing knight armor & wield swords

– more action-heavy than 7, closer to Not a Hero gameplay-wise

– director has been with Capcom for a while & didn’t change/leave (correction from previous post)

– director was previously a behind the scenes executive producer who directed one game

– maybe you can find out who it is – Chris returns, but with a twist

– no spoilers here, but a hint in the video’s outro (no German skills needed to understand it) “No, it can’t be! Why you?!”/quote]

[Scoops]

www.ign.com/articles/resident-evil-8-first-person-re8-revelations-2021-date-leak-report

I'm interested to see where they take this and will be eager to play as long as it's survival horror but this all sounds so out of left field for the series, even by 4 & 7 standards.

[Scoops]

Trailer:



It looks like everything from the leaks were real, for those interested: 

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Ethan and Mia were infected with the mold virus from the last game. They're okay but their baby that's conceived after RE7 is deformed and mutated, to protect it they go into hiding until Chris shows up and kills it and possibly Mia at the start of the game.

There's also a emphasis on a rechargeable flashlight that can run out  of power and Alex Wesker is in the game to some capacity due to it originally being a Revelations game.