Resident Evil 9 coming January 2025

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Just seen this leak and hopefully rumours are true and it is something more open world

Apparently been in development for 7 years.

Resident Evil 9 to launch in January 2025 claims insider

Capcom's next mainline Resident Evil might be revealed very soon, as an insider claims it's aiming for release early next year.

metro.co.uk

Will update the thread as more info comes in.

 

[TNA]

I've not really liked the recent stuff other than the 2 & 3 remake. Never completed 8, just got bored with it.

I can understand that. As much as I enjoyed it. They don't compare to the originals in my book. Not been the same since they went down the RE4 route.

Let's see what they do with this. Hopefully they bit Than the bore fest and we get the original cast back.

 

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I also didn't get on with 7 and 8 due to the switch to FP, but absolutely loved the remakes of 2, 3, and 4.

I don't know if open world makes a huge amount of sense for this franchise, but we'll see I suppose - happy to be wrong!

I would rather them try then get another Ethan game. Kind of had enough of that now. Try something new and get back the original cast or new cast that gels with the original.

Can't be worse than Resident Evil 6 surely.

 

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Something city based with a rookie working under Chris or someone acting as a mentor could be cool.

Slightly different direction, back to an urban setting, healthy involvement from the original cast.

Yep. That would be much better than more Ethan.

 

[TNA]

Open World? Meh, can't think of anything worse; I like the claustrophobic feel and this could turn into a generic zombie battler.

Happy to be proven wrong though

Worth trying I say. If bad they will hopefully not bother and go back to what works.

 

[TNA]

Code Veronica remake please.

That's what I want most. Hopefully they are working on it.

 

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You cant beat the originals. Not knowing what's in front of you when entering a room. Waiting for the camera change to find out. I appreciate they have to move with the times and mix it up a bit but the recent games are nothing special. Just standard horror adventure.

I do however, like 4 and 5 but they are not on the same level.

Would love if they one day they went back to pre rendered backgrounds or if not that maybe do it with RT or something and have fixed camera angles. That added so much to the game imo.

 

[TNA]

Code veronica would be amazing. Surely they will one day.

Still waiting for Onimusha 2 and 3 but oh well.

This, but more so Dino Crisis games.

 

[TNA]

I wouldn't mind seeing Parasite Eve getting a RE:R style treatment either tbh, although that was Square unfortunately so little chance of it.

Yep. Enjoyed that back in the day as a teen. Found that a lot more scary or I should say creepy than Resident Evil. The only thing that ever scares me with RE was in the first game when you see the zombie for the first time. By the time we got to RE2 it was not scary at all, was just fun with some jump scares like the dogs. I was a young teen back then.

 

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Likewise, was right at that age where those games were a huge draw to me.

As much as I loved Resi, I always found things like Parasite Eve, Clocktower (hugely underrated imo), and Silent Hill to be far creepier. They had a way of keeping you on edge in ways that the RE series couldn't replicate.

Honourable mention to Fatal Frame, but that was a tad later and launched on the PS2.

Yeah. Silent Hill was a lot more scary and a harder game as I recall. I felt RE got the balance right back then. Scare me the right amount

Also there is scary which I like, then there is creepy which I am not a fan of so much.

 

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Yes - you have!

6 is passable / skip - it was the conclusion of the ‘action focus’ part of the series and the least interesting.

7 was an entirely new approach, back to ‘horror’ with a first person perspective. Probably the most harrowing of the series.

8 continued on 7 adding more action to the mix. I think this was a really successful mix of styles - good game.

In addition, RE2 through to RE4 have been remade and modernised to play like RE5. Each has been good but the RE4 remake is the best of the lot (IMO).

I’d probably start with the RE4 remake or RE7.

I would agree with that. But 6 I would downgrade to avoid

 

[TNA]

Happy with a change in the formula, have no nostalgia for the others so all for change.

No nostalgia for the originals?

 

[TNA]

Much appreciated, an in depth reply.

Don't forget my contribution. Almost as important as his whole post I would say. That's how bad RE6 is

 

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It’s probably why I stopped at 5 having seen a review of 6 at the time maybe…

I didn't. Had to play it. The first chapter wasn't too bad, but then it went from bad to worse and dragged on and on.

 

[TNA]

I'm all for it, 8 was enjoyable but a bit 2 linear, guiding you down a set path basically, so more open world would be a neat addition i feel

Agreed. And did I mention get rid of Ethen and bring in the old cast back? Or at least something half decent?

 

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MSN

Looks like the setting of the game might be on an Island inspired by Singapore

 

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The bit I really don't want in the game is any 'true RPG' like mechanics. Gun upgrades is as RPG as RE9 needs to get.

Definitely not endless collectables and crafting / stats. I'd like a game, not a work simulator!

If done right I would not mind.

All depends if done right and the length of the game. If the game is going to be similar length as other resi games then no point in such things.

But yeah, I can't see it personally. It will likely be similar to RE8 I would imagine.

Personally I was very happy with what they had in RE2. I just wanted to see that slightly improved. I said it many times but would it have killed them to expand on what the original RE2 did and have some interaction between Claire and Leon playthrough? I remember being able to leave her the machine gun or using it. That kind of thing expanded I would have loved to see.

 

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I'm out if it's open world.

Not every game has to be open world. Next Tomb Raider is rumoured to be open world as well.

Might be an unpopular opinion but well crafted linear experience>open world.

To me it all depends. I would take a well done open world game over a a linear experience any day. That said I would rather RE go back to its roots unless they are going to knock it out of the park with the open world.

Actually I would have them continue a mainline where they do open world assuming they knock it out of the park, but also have a team that does old school stuff. That way we get a mainline game every say 5 years or so and a OG RE in between.