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New Resident Evil 5 Details

Producer Jun Takeuchi shares some info in the latest Famitsu.

Being able to see new footage of Resident Evil 5 was one of our E3 highlights, even though the new trailer didn't really tell us too much about the game. Enter the latest issue of Famitsu, which is home to an interview in which producer Jun Takeuchi shared some of the details we were looking for.

Takeuchi only provided vague hints about the storyline. As many have guessed from the insignia that appears in the footage, main character Chris Redfield is a member of a group called BSAA. According to Takeuchi, something has happened in the desert area that serves as the game's setting, and BSAA has dispatched Chris to investigate.

Once on the scene, Chris encounters a new form of enemy. Takeuchi described the game's enemies as something of human form that has intelligence. However, the foes are neither zombie nor ganado (in reference to the creatures from RE4).

In addition to the new enemy, a certain girl will make an appearance in the game. She's someone whom fans of the series will recognize. In the full version of the E3 trailer (which will be distributed on Xbox Live and PSN later this month), she appears just briefly, but Takeuchi expects her to have a more significant role in the next trailer (no ETA given on that, unfortunately). In the game proper, she will have a big part both in the story and as part of the gameplay.

On the topic of gameplay systems, Takeuchi admitted to the magazine that the hardest part of development so far has been in mixing new elements with part 4's basic gameplay. For the most part, RE5 will be played from a perspective similar to that of part 4, with Chris appearing on the left side of the screen. However, Takeuchi also promised a big surprise addition that he believes is an obvious evolution for the gameplay.

According to Takeuchi, if, after seeing the E3 trailer, you feel RE5 looks like RE4 now, you'll be left with a completely different impression following the next trailer.

Previously, Takeuchi has spoken about the importance of light in the game. In this latest interview, he offered an example of how light will play a role. Say Chris enters a doorless building. The surroundings are bright and the interior is dark, so it takes Chris a few moments to adapt before he can see. The game will replicate this, along with the opposite effect of going into a bright area after being in the dark for an extended period. This is where you can expect to encounter some of the series' trademark fear, this time from the inability to aim or see.

Takeuchi wouldn't provide a solid release date for RE5, but there seemed to be some consensus of it appearing some time before 2010. It will be a long wait, but then again so was the wait for RE4, and that one turned out pretty good.


IGN.com

Deftones

Before 2010? That's a hell of a game development cycle.

DthRdrX

So it's going to be harder to aim and shoot? Thats why I couldn't get anywhere with RE4!

Anyway, So will the girl be Claire or Ada?

Jtnguyen12

I know capcom will get Resident Evil 5 for Wii version.

taffer

RE4 was in development for 4 years. 3-4 year development cycles are not that uncommon.



I think they just mean that going into really bright areas will temporarily blind you until your eyes adjust, like what happens in real life. This makes it harder to aim while you are momentarily blinded.

I personally think the girl will be Sherry. Claire and Ada are a little too well known, so if it was either of them, they would have just flat out said it. Sherry is slightly more obscure so that they could hint that only real "fans" of the series will recognize her.

Chris_D

I would presume they started development just before RE4 GC was released though.

taffer

RE4 came out in 2005 on the Cube. RE5 will probably come out in 2009. That is a 4 year development cycle.

spainlinx0

I don't know about anyone else here, but when I walk from dark into light I'm not blinded. I can still see. I just have to squint a little. Now eyes adjusting to darkness takes some time, but can't he just carry a flashlight, and maybe put on a pair of sunglasses?

By the way it says the trailer will be released on PSN, so I don't think this would be just a 360 exclusive would it?

taffer

Personally, I do have trouble seeing when I go from a really dark room into light. Every morning when I wake up and turn on the lights, my eyes can't see shit for a moment or two.

It was announced long ago that RE5 would be coming to both the 360 and the PS3.

Giantrobo

Lost Planet(Capcom) has that temporary "blinded by the outside light" effect. When you come out of underground areas into the light and snow you can't see for a few moments.

slop101

I would honestly give up the next-gen graphics of RE5 on the 360 for a Wii version played like RE4 is played on the Wii.

Groucho

I was going to post the same thing. Capcom has hinted that RE5 will get a Wii port. If that's still a possibility by the time this is released I'll probably wait. The controls of RE4 Wii edition were amazing.

Michael Corvin

It will probably all come down to whether or not they meet their sales goal on RE4 on the Wii. I think their target was 600k, which I think is pretty damn ambitious for a third release.

Any site out there track game sales?

Groucho

In the "Capcom predicts Sony will drop price" thread, there was this quote:As for tracking game sales, try http://www.vgchartz.com/

Michael Corvin

Well there you go. Thanks Groucho.

Here's the vgchartz Resident Evil 4: Wii page.

Supermallet

This thread title should be changed, as RE5 is coming out on at least the 360 and the PS3, and, as the discussion here shows, possibly the Wii as well.

DRG

I know what you mean. Wiiplaying this again is spoiling me.

Deftones

For original content? As far as I'm aware, Gears of War didn't take 4 years to make. I can see churning out sequels like Madden, where they just update the game. But, to me, anything longer than 2 years is long.

slop101

And GoW's single-player game was about half as long (and IMO, not nearly as polished) as RE4's single-player.

taffer

That wasn't exactly my point. I was just saying that it is not uncommon for a game to have a long development cycle. Sure, Gears of War only took a couple years to develop, but that certainly does not mean every game only takes a couple years to develop. There have been many, many games that have taken 3 or 4 years or even longer.

Anubis2005X

Ehh...Resident Evil 5 is coming out for PS3 as well right?

taffer

Read the second part of post #9.

Short answer: yes it was confirmed last year that it is coming to 360 and PS3.

gerrythedon

fumanstan

Wow, I didn't really think games were churned out that quick. It has always felt to me that a development time of 3-4 years was more the norm, but then again I've really only paid attention to PC games. Maybe those are typically longer.

Deftones

But it has online multi-player play, which adds to the longevity of the game. I'm just saying, unless you are working on Duke Nukem Forever, 4 years is quite the extensive game cycle, and isn't the norm.