I used to inform folks to by no means point out Resident Evil 5 or 6 in my presence. There wasn’t any actual cause, apart from the truth that I’d beforehand felt these video games had been one massive letdown for the entire Resident Evil collection. This sentiment is shared by many, however over time – and as of at present, 10 years because it was first launched – I’ve come to understand Resident Evil 6. Even when I can’t get into it.
I used to be a baby after I first picked up a replica of Resident Evil 6 from a market stall down an alley in Yorkshire. It undoubtedly wasn’t legit, however a youthful model of myself was fascinated by the duvet artwork (little did I do know what everybody else considered it on the time) and all of the Resident Evil gameplay I’d grown up watching, because of my dad and mom. I used to be, by some margin, too younger to play Resident Evil 6, however my dad let me get a replica anyway, and I as a substitute was allowed to observe him play it. Looks as if a win-win for him, should you ask me.
Later down the road, I attempted it for myself on Xbox One after having performed Resident Evil 7 and extra lately on Nintendo Swap – solely to drop the sport inside the first couple of hours. I did this on a couple of non-consecutive event, bouncing off the sport inside just a few hours every time. The management scheme felt extra awkward than ever earlier than, and if I wished to finish fixed QTEs I’d quite play one thing from The Darkish Footage Anthology. For probably the most half, taking part in Resident Evil 6 felt like a chore.
I don’t suppose Resident Evil 6 is a nasty recreation, both, regardless of my fixed eye-rolling and sighing while taking part in it. In truth, of all of the video games within the collection, Resident Evil 6 has probably the most happening, and I fairly admire how Capcom tried to do one thing totally different and appease each kind of participant by offering the 4 differing campaigns of Leon, Chris, Jake, and Ada. But, that didn’t work out in its favour at launch, attracting criticisms that all of it felt each disjointed and over-the-top. I do know Leon Kennedy is well-trained and all, however does he actually need to indicate off his a number of totally different preventing types on a regular basis?
Over the course of time, nonetheless, I’ve quelled my fanboy rage and located myself appreciating Resident Evil 6, regardless of understanding it isn’t for me. Can we actually dunk on Capcom for making an attempt one thing totally different, quite than rehashing the identical formulation time and again? In spite of everything, now we have a collective debt to Resident Evil 6… as a result of with out it, there’d be no Resident Evil 7. And that isn’t value eager about.
It’s now been 10 years since Resident Evil 6 launched, and whereas I’ve tried to play it myself with a constructive, open thoughts, I merely can’t keep it up, regardless of how a lot I attempt. Not even Chris Redfield can encourage me to stay round this time. And I’m okay with that.
I can now solely respect Capcom for merely making an attempt to merge the Resident Evil recipe and the ever-popular motion formulation collectively in an all-new method; it’ll by no means be Resident Evil 4, and it’ll by no means be superb. However now, I’ve a new-found gratitude for Capcom and the way it has saved making an attempt new issues. Take a look at Exoprimal, for Christ’s sake – we wouldn’t have that with out Dino Disaster or Misplaced Planet, would we?
The identical works within the writer’s tent pole collection, too – with out these less-than-impressive instalments within the Resident Evil canon, we wouldn’t have the Resident Evil now we have now, and general, Capcom’s try to maintain its video games feeling recent has saved Resident Evil alive. Throw the Remakes and the RE engine in there, and also you’ve acquired a renaissance for Resi followers that we merely wouldn’t have with out the missteps and giraffe fellatio of Resident Evil 6.
It’s only a disgrace that the identical can’t precisely be stated for different horror franchises on the peak of recognition concurrently Resident Evil. What occurred with Silent Hill, Konami?
