Current Events > RE VILLAGE is the weirdest developed RE ever

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Supposedly they were shocked that RE7 scared alot of people, so they ran tests and lowered down the scare factor of the next game. If I remember correctly, I think PS VR had memes of scared grannies and casuals
Capcom saw that and said oh my

I feel bad for Capcom, look at this guy

https://youtu.be/EIS-TW1XeNg?t=148

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Thehorror gamemade changes to beless scary?

wut

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HaVeNII7 posted...

Thehorror gamemade changes to beless scary?

wut

Yup, they ran focus groups and saw a big effect

Capcom Made Resident Evil Village Less Scary Than RE7 Based On Player Feedback

, producer Tsuyoshi Kanda revealed that many fans will likely find the series eighth major installment to be noticeably less terrifying than its predecessor.
This is due at least in part, he says, to the fact that Capcom received a sizeable amount of feedback from fans following RE7s launch that the soft reboot was too scary to play. This is arguably what any developer aiming to make the ultimate survival horror experience strives to achieve, but Kanda clarifies that the companys primary goal is always to create something that anybody can feel comfortable jumping in and playing.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/gaming/capcom-resident-evil-village-scary-re7-based-player-feedback/

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HaVeNII7 posted...

Thehorror gamemade changes to beless scary?

wut

Yea

They should run a CE focus group and have the next one just be all big mommy milkers.

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RE7 was a better game.

No fucking clue why they would like to make a horror game less scary.

Seems counter productive.

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Wii_Shaker posted...

RE7 was a better game.

No fucking clue why they would like to make a horror game less scary.

Seems counter productive.

For sales.

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I don't recall it even being that scary though. >.>

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Joeydollaz posted...

create something that anybody can feel comfortable jumping in and playing.

i really hate this. Make your games the way you want and if they are good people will come to them

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It was definitely less scary than 7, almost more of an action adventure game with horror elements + gore.

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Wii_Shaker posted...

RE7 was a better game.

No fucking clue why they would like to make a horror game less scary.

Seems counter productive.

when head bosses at the big office see bad feedback, they demand change

look how scared and stressed out the project manager looks, dude was screamed at I bet

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The RE series has always been somewhere on the crossroads between horror & action. It's not that surprising that the suits want to get the biggest audience by not being 'too scary' for more casual players.

RE5 is the best seller and its one of the least scary in the series.

Funkydog posted...

I don't recall it even being that scary though. >.>

Like I said, the Capcom big bosses legit saw this and said, WTF stop bring more RE4 action. we don't want people to die from our games,

https://youtu.be/N7qH9aXaa0U?t=77

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pfh1001 posted...

The RE series has always been somewhere on the crossroads between horror & action. It's not that surprising that the suits want to get the biggest audience by not being 'too scary' for more casual players.

RE5 is the best seller and its one of the least scary in the series.

Because at the time, it was the OMG the new era after RE4 omg

then we saw Dude punching Rocks, Zombies being turned white due to people screaming racism

Capcom had a weird time with that game to

Subject made world wide news

https://youtu.be/hgrAk-24gmM?t=70

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The biggest problem is the scare factor of RE7 is almost entirely jump scares. That and the fact it's so dark you can easily walk/run right into Molded.

Outside of that RE7 isn't really that scary, though on a first playthrough it can be pretty creepy.

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Strider102 posted...

The biggest problem is the scare factor of RE7 is almost entirely jump scares. That and the fact it's so dark you can easily walk/run right into Molded.

Agreed.

Strider102 posted...

The biggest problem is the scare factor of RE7 is almost entirely jump scares. That and the fact it's so dark you can easily walk/run right into Molded.

Outside of that RE7 isn't really that scary, though on a first playthrough it can be pretty creepy.

I still believe they made it for VR firstly, they wanted that experience firstly

that's why they made The Kitchen tech demo

also did you play it in VR first time ever?, some people never played it in 2D TV view

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Why is the darkness and running into molded a problem? Getting stalked by a horde of ravenous zombie in the darkness, clamoring around the environment, trying not to get lost, ducking, weaving, trying to conserve ammo, and shoot the right zombie at the right time. What else can you seriously ask for in terms of suspense from something like that?

I wouldnt trade 80-85% of RE7 for a thing. Maybe 90%+. That was a successful game. The devs put a lot of love into 7...

RE7 is dramatically more tense than scary imo. It's one if the things they got right. Unfortunately, I don't enjoy that type of gameplay.

RE8 has some of that, but it's pretty isolated. When you're tooling around town it's just an action game with sort of supernatural elements. It's more like MGS in that way.

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The molded are genius. Thats the kind of thing we want to see, and someone everyone got to complaining they all look the same. Thats the point! Its like criticizing a comedy for being a funny.

Watch a serious film if thats what you want

It is a shame but not surprising. I played the game in VR and found the scares a lot of fun.

The funny thing with most horror games like it is that the first couple of hours are scary and then the game gets less and less scary as you get into the rhythm and know what to expect. RE7 was pretty good about this overall.

I4NRulez posted...

i really hate this. Make your games the way you want and if they are good people will come to them

Eh when video games are targeting 10+ million sales unfortunately they have to aim for the common denominator a lot more. It's happening for basically every franchise that hits that big.

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Village still has a scarier part than RE7 tho

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The scariest thing in the whole series is the house b section of re8 lol

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Thought this was going to be about that BS leak claiming that Village started as Revelations 3 for some reason.

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I strongly disagree with that thinking buy I still love RE Village. It strikes a solid balance between scares and action. I would've preferred a little bit more of a horror/survival tilt but a good compromise overall.


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RE8 was fantastic tho. Played through the story 3 times

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Darmik posted...

Eh when video games are targeting 10+ million sales unfortunately they have to aim for the common denominator a lot more. It's happening for basically every franchise that hits that big.

If Dark Souls 3 can hit 10 million then i think just the RE name itself should be able to push it to 10. I'm tired of these fast and furious/Marvel studio games being released.

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Xethuminra posted...

The molded are genius. Thats the kind of thing we want to see, and someone everyone got to complaining they all look the same. Thats the point! Its like criticizing a comedy for being a funny.

Watch a serious film if thats what you want

Most don't even understand it

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hockeybub89 posted...

Village still has a scarier part than RE7 tho

If it's what I'm thinking, the last time I felt raw fear like that was Amnesia in that basement.

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dave_is_slick posted...

If it's what I'm thinking, the last time I felt raw fear like that was Amnesia in that basement.

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RE7 in VR was amazing

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I like village as a game but i think its awful as an re game.

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Wii_Shaker posted...

RE7 was a better game.

No fucking clue why they would like to make a horror game less scary.

Seems counter productive.

Honestly, Ive been in the room with resident evil fans who didnt want to have someone try to scare them. They just wanted to kill some zombies and have fun (a certain kind of fun). I kid you not. People ask for this kind of stuff. They get serious about it, whether in earnest I dont know.

Fans/consumers/players say the craziest stuff! Like... No, dont make it better! That will bring in the mainstream crowd & ruin what we have going on here. This is our thing. ~ Keep it bad? Make it worse? Just scrap the survival aspect of the game & shell out a zombie shoot em up? The latter sounds an awful lot like what the focus groups tell the devs, eh?

A Rail Shooter!
Man entire series of rail shooters!
A Team TPS!
An Echo Night clone/early FPS!
A lightgun game on a cruise ship!
A first-person gameboy game!!
... wait. what?
A first-person 3DS remake of 1!
.... oh wow. really?

^Thats Resident Evil. The fans want to go Rambo on the zombies & im with it to a certain degree. But you cant just turn it into a mindless battle royale/Doom/Halo thing or whatever it is theyre thinking. Resident Evil is the king of the survival horror genre. XD If you dont want to be scared, then dont play one of the most notoriously disturbing games of all time.

#sweethome

LordMarshal posted...

I like village as a game but i think its awful as an re game.

That's why Devs were soo stressed out, they were not sure how to handle that

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The molded were just the ooze enemies from revelations

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I understand accessibility for all, especially for a marketability standpoint. But as a horror game they just can't have it both ways in this regard.

It's the same mind set that destroyed RE5, 6 and dead space 3 along with dead rising 3 on another note.

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SSJ2GrimReaper posted...

The molded were just the ooze enemies from revelations

Yes

I'm guessing the people who are whining about unsatisfied with RE8 also consider RE4 to be one of the weaker installments of the series.

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I love both installments way more than any other.

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Joeydollaz posted...

I still believe they made it for VR firstly, they wanted that experience firstly

that's why they made The Kitchen tech demo

also did you play it in VR first time ever?, some people never played it in 2D TV view

I didn't play it in VR the first time, it was around a year later. With VR it was pretty damn good but by then I knew what to expect. I still like RE7 though.

Village I absolutely love though. I still need to complete my knife only, no healing, speedrun.

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HaVeNII7 posted...

Thehorror gamemade changes to beless scary?

wut

Fatal Frame did that. The developers thought not a lot people finished the first one and decided to tone it down for the sequels. I played all the games and I agree. The ghost designs were never as good and the difficulty was never as tough.

pogo_rabid posted...

I'm guessing the people who are whining about unsatisfied with RE8 also consider RE4 to be one of the weaker installments of the series.

I dont like RE4 but love RE8 <_<

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The scariest part in re7 is when you're in the kids bedroom section of the Bakers mansion and it's dark then molded start spawning.

RE8 was hella scary in the castle and doll house. I almost had a heart attack when a sister opened the door in front of me.

As others have said, seven was mostly jump scares. There were some creepy moments too, but I dunno. For me, the height of Resident Evil was when you are injured with no heals, havent saved in far too long, and you are thinking- if I take out this zombie thats in my way, I wont have enough ammo to take out another one. Then they get the drop on you while youre thinking about it so you take them out... and then you hear the footsteps...

RE7 was decent. RE8 was garbage

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Which is silly because the doll house is probably the scariest part of the entire Resident Evil franchise

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Hairy-man posted...

RE8 was garbage

You may not have been a fan, but calling it "garbage" is either disingenuous or you're straight up trolling.

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Played through it once. Never again. The only other Resident Evil that I didnt play more than once was 6.

as for the doll part, sure if youre scared of dolls, youd think it was the scariest thing ever. To me, it took a wrong turn. Very out of place

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Hairy-man posted...

as for the doll part, sure if youre scared of dolls,

You're trying way too hard.

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