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Resident Evil 5 In The Works

Posted by Zonk on from the the-love-of-a-good-zombie dept.

IGN has word that the next game in the RE series is already under development. There aren't really any details yet on the project, other than the changes made in the interface for RE4 (the over-the-shoulder view, the action orientation) will continue on with the next game. IGN also states that while the fourth game in the series was a GameCube native, the next one is likely to be a PS2 game or a multiple console launch. More details will be available in the next EGM.

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  1. Re:how about another setting? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    RE4 doesn't take place in Raccoon City, but rather in an unnamed European country (which is likely Spain).

  2. Afraid of GameCube? by gimpynerd · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why do developers seem to be afraid of the GameCube. RE4 is better than it ever could have been on PS2. It just goes to show that companies aren't concerned with making sweet games, just with making money. If developers would actually make games for GameCube maybe more people would buy it which in turn would make it more profitable to make them. Someone needs to take that first step though.

    1. Re:Afraid of GameCube? by cgenman · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Because online can eat up to 1/3rd of a development budget? And if a gamer isn't going to go online with a game, why would they get 2/3rds of a game?

      Development resources are allocated on a zero-sum basis. For one feature to make it in, another has to be cut.

      It really can be that big of a burden on developers, depending on the engine and required additional art and programming resources, not to mention the endless bug fixes and additional resources reqired for the servers and maintenence, bandwidth, server programming, etc, etc, etc.

      The point was that while online can be a great feature for a small subset of players, the lack of online capability is not something that is going to stop developers from supporting a system.

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    2. Re:Afraid of GameCube? by StocDred · · Score: 5, Insightful
      but the X-Box version will no doubt look just as good.

      Who says there will be an Xbox version of RE4?

      there's never been a GTA3 game on the Cube

      That has nothing to do with whether or not the GameCube is online. GTA on PS2 has no online capabilities. Similar controller layouts isn't the reason either. All three console controllers have two analog sticks, a d-pad and four primary buttons... all in mostly the same space, so what's your beef? Is your gripe with the GameCube's kidney-bean shaped X and Y buttons? Because it's really easy to go back and forth between X/Y/B/A and triangle/circle/X/square or yellow/blue/red/green. It's four buttons in more or less a boxlike configuration. Developers aren't abandoning GameCube versions simply because there's a bigger A button.

      Your button count complaint is crazy. By my count, the PS2 has 10 buttons, the Xbox has 10 buttons, and the GameCube has 8. Hardly a dealbreaker. That's not including the click effect on GameCube shoulder buttons, the fact that very few games fully utilize the PS2's start/select (aside from a pause... because they're not really meant to be used as super-important in-game action buttons because they're not near any of your fingers), or the Xbox's preference for face buttons over shoulder buttons. If you want all systems to have identical controllers, stop buying more than one system.

      Nintendo need to realise that the market can't be forced to follow their own, strange whims any more.

      You mean like when they introduced the analog stick? Or the d-pad? Or the rumble pak? Online console gaming isn't a money-making venture yet, and that's why Nintendo hasn't bitten. Yes, they're going to have to get into it... but until online gaming is no longer a subset of a subset of a subset, it's difficult to blame them for not doing it sooner.

      Nintendo are sure doing their best to scare people off the Cube.

      No, you are.

    3. Re:Afraid of GameCube? by SetupWeasel · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Here is what most people cite as the reason for the argument that RE4 will not be as good as on the PS2.

      Less polygons and less enemies on screen at the same time. The fact is that the GameCube is a better graphical system than the PS2. The game will not be as polished on the PS2, but how much this will matter remains to be seen. If it is true that fewer enemies will be able to be on screen at the same time, there will be a significant advantage to the GC version.