Capcom polls for Resi 5 ideas

By Tom Bramwell Published 14 June, 2005

More chainsaws please.

Capcom Eurosoft is asking fans of the Resident Evil series what they would most like to see in the fifth game in the series, which was confirmed in March by producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi.

In a forum thread that you can find here the admins appealed for suggestions - "Features, characters, anything..." - and although it's not clear whether much will come of your suggestions it's safe to say that the thread has attracted plenty of responses.

We'd like to see more zombie-monkeys, us.

Earlier this year Capcom's Kobayashi-san told an American magazine, "We are going to do a Resident Evil 5, of course, but as for exactly what it will be like... that's something we're busy thinking about right now."

"It's safe to say that RE5 will naturally proceed from where RE4 left off," he added, which will be good news for fans of the most recent instalment, which recently sold through the half-million-unit mark worldwide after a Cube-exclusive launch in the US in January and Europe on March 18th. It's due out on the PS2 later this year.

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Comments (51) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • Teeth #1 7 years ago

    RE4 was sickeningly good. I therefore have high hopes for the next game in the series.

  • Blerk #2 7 years ago

    Argh, you buggers! I saw this a few days ago and filled it in hoping to win the prize! Now you've told everyone and my chances are hugely reduced!

    /shakes fist

  • Bezzy #3 7 years ago

    Opening up design to the whim of forum goers: always a good idea. Always.

    Why employ a decent designer when you can get an infinite number of monkeys for free?

  • symmetry #4 7 years ago

    Zombies!

  • Teeth #5 7 years ago

    Shotguns!

  • Blerk #6 7 years ago

    Opening up design to the whim of forum goers: always a good idea. Always.

    Why employ a decent designer when you can get an infinite number of monkeys for free?

    They're asking people what they thought was good or bad about the last game, what's wrong with that? They are, after all, the people who played it.

    Consulting customers in order to improve your product? What the hell are they thinking? Tch.

  • Teeth #7 7 years ago

    I think he was being serious, Blerk.

  • Blerk #8 7 years ago

    Oh, I thought he was being sarcastic.

    Damn this text-based communication device and it's lack of real emotion. Damn it all to hell!

  • ST.. #9 7 years ago

    Resi 4 has only sold half a million units WORLDWIDE?

    EG are you sure about that - I'd have imagined that in Japan alone it would have sold more than that.

  • Blerk #10 7 years ago

    Resi's not that popular in Japan these days. I thought it was half a million in Europe, though. Not 'the world'.

  • QuickBen #11 7 years ago

    Ashley should either wear jeans, a long skirt or stop bitching about Leon trying to look up her skirt every time he gets whacked onto his back. Other than that more of the same please!

  • Bezzy #12 7 years ago

    They're asking people what they thought was good or bad about the last game, what's wrong with that?

    They're not asking people what they thought was good or bad about the last game. They're asking "what half baked ideas do you have, which you can readily critisize us for not having, but when they're implemented, and they suck every cock in the universe, we're held responsible, and you have no accountability". If that's the way you want to make games, fine. Bring on the ITV of video games.

  • Spiral #13 7 years ago

    I'm afraid to suggest anything tongue in cheek in case Paul Anderson decides to use them in the script for the new films...

  • Dant #14 7 years ago

    It has sold 1.2m copies world wide. Maybe 500,000 was only is the US or europe?

    http://w ww.cube-europe.com/news.php?nid=7917

  • Teeth #15 7 years ago

    OK, so he was being sarcastic.

  • Xerx3s #16 7 years ago

    Aliens! Ow, and throw in Mulder & co! That ll be a laugh. Not? ow.

  • Blerk #17 7 years ago

    OK, so he was being sarcastic.

    Curse you for giving me doubts! :-)

    Bezzy, I think it's highly unlikely that Resi 5 will be the 'fan fiction' edition of the series. There's nothing wrong with asking people what they'd like to see or what they thought could've been done better. In fact, everyone should be doing that. Maybe then we wouldn't get sequel after sequel with the thing that annoyed you the most left unfixed?

  • smelly #18 7 years ago

    the 1/2 million units thing refers to North America only..

    link:

    http:/ /cube.ign.com/articles/622/622967p1.html

  • itamae #19 7 years ago

    I wonder if I should suggest more -mmh- interesting alternate costumes. Haunting Ground style I mean... probably not ;-)

    Kratos away!

  • symmetry #20 7 years ago

    How about a Resident that was Evil?

    Say council house chav zombies or something?

  • Donglebomb #21 7 years ago

    > Ashley should either wear jeans, a long skirt or stop bitching about Leon
    > trying to look up her skirt every time he gets whacked onto his back.

    But then where would be the fun in the 'Ashley crawling under tables' animation?

  • Spiral #22 7 years ago

    'Maybe then we wouldn't get sequel after sequel with the thing that annoyed you the most left unfixed?'

    In that case: When I press a Direction on the Analogue Stick I want to move in that direction. This rotational shit should have died with the PS1.

  • Galvanizer #23 7 years ago

    Wake up EuroGamer!!

    Resi 4 has already gone platinum! It's sold over 1.2 million worldwide! 500,000 is North American sales.

    I just want Resident Evil 5 to be on Revolution. Fully using the uniqueness of the consoles to be seen controller. :-)

  • smelly #24 7 years ago

    "When I press a Direction on the Analogue Stick I want to move in that direction."

    Erm.. resi 4 does just that?!?!

  • Teeth #25 7 years ago

    Nah, it's still rotate and move forward/backwards innit.

  • Blerk #26 7 years ago

    Yep.

  • Tonka #27 7 years ago

    Nah, it's still rotate and move forward/backwards innit.

    But since the camera isn't fixed anymore but rather floating over you shoulder it's not as annoying.

  • a8a #28 7 years ago

    Its practically first person in 4 though. You know, except that its in 3rd person perspective.

    Quite the improvement over the old system, anyway.

    [edit] Err... yeah, pretty much what Tonka said.
    Edited by 1 at 14/06/05 @ 12:46

  • smelly #29 7 years ago

    "Nah, it's still rotate and move forward/backwards innit"

    Well yeah.. but it plays like a decent fps game even though its 3rd person.

    it works, whereas the other ones didnt.

  • Blerk #30 7 years ago

    It still takes too long to look to the far left or far right. They need to speed that up. A 'quick turn' as well as a 'quick reverse', if you will.

  • Tonka #31 7 years ago

    There is some fiddly technique involving the C stick and the R button that sort of ollows you to quick turn. But I agre that a 'real' one would be sweet.

  • Roamer #32 7 years ago

    I think the controls work incredibly well in Resi 4, you have a quick 180 turn feature, while the relatively slow turning simply adds to the excitement and terror of the game. It is a very good game.

    I'm happy that PS2 owners will also get a stab at this one, it's simply too great to be played exclusively by GC-owners :)

  • captain-future #33 7 years ago

    Although I missed Umbrella Corporation a little bit, RE4 was that good to go without traditional RE story elements.

    Yet I'd like Capcom to be more "Atmosphere" than "Action" with a tighter story.

  • Blerk #34 7 years ago

    while the relatively slow turning simply adds to the excitement and terror of the game

    Cack! It just highlights the fact that you're playing a game with sluggish controls. If a bunch of rabid rednecks with pitchforks and torches came at me from the right, I'd immediately turn to point my gun at them, not slowly rotate in their general direction! The instant 180degree turn was fab. I'd like an instant 90degree turn too.


    Heres a idea Capcom. Whatever you do, make sure Resident Evil 5 is on the shelves in those establishments called shops from day 1.

    Not getting Nintendo to publish and distribute it would appear to be the best idea to combat that one, I suspect.

  • Zuiyo #35 7 years ago

    More cutting: let us throw shurikens at them. Let us slice their limbs, impale them as they come in a row with a spear. Let them have soft bodies so we can rip their heads off and then squash them with our feet.

  • markypants #36 7 years ago

    I loved Resi 4 (Loving Resi 4 I mean... Haven't finished it yet). Think it should be more scary than it is. Still think it could go for sheer terror more than just monsters. (the scariest thing in resi 4 are those damn snakes that jump out at you every once in a while! Everytime that happens a little poo comes out... Of me).

    Resi 5 should keep the atmosphere, and keep with an original setting (I'm loving the Spanish theme). Maybe they should just go for a more hardcore Zombie Fest, return to the Survival Horror theme. Get rid of giant fish, and cockroaches, stick with the un-dead.

    Even better just do a tie in with George A. Romero's new Zombie film 'Land Of The Dead'!!

  • Feanor #37 7 years ago

    "There is some fiddly technique involving the C stick and the R button that sort of allows you to quick turn. But I agre that a 'real' one would be sweet."

    While holding R, push the C stick to the left or right, release R then press it again and your view will snap to the left or right.

    "The instant 180 degree turn was fab. I'd like an instant 90 degree turn too."

    It's more of a 75 degree turn from memory, but give it a try and see if it's what you were after, Blerk.

    Also, if you're looking up at the ceiling or down at the ground and realise a ganado is coming right at you, just tap L and your view will be re-centered.
    Edited by 1 at 14/06/05 @ 15:38

  • Derblington #38 7 years ago

    lol @ marky 'pooey' pants

  • Blerk #39 7 years ago

    It's more of a 75 degree turn from memory, but give it a try and see if it's what you were after, Blerk.

    Too late - I've already finished the game! :-)

  • Teeth #40 7 years ago

    Tried it on hard? Man, it really punishes you...

  • Feanor #41 7 years ago

    "Too late - I've already finished the game! :-)"

    Heh, well, RE 4 is one of the few games I played thru a second and a third time and had almost as much fun as the first time. Plus Mercenaries is worth sinking your teeth into.

  • Burton2000 #42 7 years ago

    im completed it on normal im playing agen now with costumes and i bort the infinate launcher but its not as gud as havin everything u had from last game(red9 as powerful as shotgun from the start) i think ill play profesional next maybe ill have a difernet pistol this time.

  • Trowel #43 7 years ago

    How about making it shorter for those of us who don't have much more time in life for the legendary gaming sessions of yore? I'm about 20 hours in on my first play (I'm slow but sure) and just sigh every time I enter a new map.

    Plus it doesn't help that (a) San Andreas just hit Xbox, and (b) I just bought my first PC and am spending far too much time on my knees worshipping every moment of Half Life 2...

    How about the next feature for RE5 being one of those new fangled time machine things?

  • Blerk #44 7 years ago

    I would imagine it's pretty unlikely we'll see another 'current gen' Resi Evil, man. It'll lead on PS3. You mark my words.

  • Donglebomb #45 7 years ago

    Crazy talk! It'll be on Revolution, and the groundbreaking VR body suit touch-screen technology will enable you to destroy the zombies/Spanish mentalists by reaching out and stroking their rotten, scabby faces.

  • Nikanoru #46 7 years ago

    While holding R, push the C stick to the left or right, release R then press it again and your view will snap to the left or right.

    You don't even have to be holding R first. It's just C-right + R. As simple as Down + B. People are just whiners.

    I'm about 20 hours in on my first play (I'm slow but sure) and just sigh every time I enter a new map.

    Sucks to be you.


    Though...one thing I would change about the game is its "always forward" feeling. The areas were beautifully crafted, and there were more of them than in other games, yet you didn't really get the time to appreciate them because you zoomed through a room once and that was it. Take the REmake for example, when you start the game you are immediately presented with NINE doors (only six in the original btw, goes to show how much of a remake it really is), half of which are locked. That's only the first room! If you get a key or crest something by means of solving a puzzle, you'll have to figure out which door or object to put it in. And you pass by some inaccessible areas many times, making you want to get into them even more. With RE4 they might as well have removed any keys or puzzles. As long as you went FORWARD and picked up any stuff along the way, you didn't have to think about anything. It was just a ride. An awesome bloody ride, that is....but still, it felt way too linear. No mystery.

  • Teeth #47 7 years ago

    Good point, it was kind of light on the puzzles there.

  • mrpsb #48 7 years ago

    RE4 is only challenging because the controls are appalling. Maybe they could also take a look at making everything less BROWN than Quake 1, instead of MORE.

  • Nikanoru #49 7 years ago

    RE4 is only challenging because the controls are appalling. Maybe they could also take a look at making everything less BROWN than Quake 1, instead of MORE.

    Good thing they didn't have you designing the game, or we would've ended up with an Unreal Tournament style twitch shooting circle strafing deathmatch game. Why not add double-jumping too? /pukes

  • Official Capcom Guy #50 7 years ago

    Wow, our forum is being mentioned on the mighty Eurogamer. Fame at last!
    We've had to shut the survey I'm afraid, as we got 23 pages of suggestions and were in danger of being swamped.
    Thanks for dropping by and speaking your brains at us, or, alternatively, sorry you never got the chance.
    There's no guarantee that any of the ideas will end up in RE5 or any future Resi games, but it never hurts to find out what people think.

  • jackmanorishe #51 3 years ago

    Dear Capcom i think it would be a great idea to release a remake of resident evil 3 nemisis on Xbox360 and Play station 3.It was an amazing game and i loved the over head view.It was the best of the resident evil series. Really hope you come to your senses and go back to the over head view and basic gamplay instead of the siff movement now.So basicly i beg you to make Resident evil 3 same gameplay and better graphics.Thank You please replie.