👀 Jun Takeuchi on the future of Resident Evil and the remake series eventually catching up with the numbered games.
"The current “Resident Evil” series is being developed along two tracks: the numbered titles allow players to experience the ongoing story of the series, while the remake series allows them to experience the past. Someday, the remake series will catch up with the era of the numbered titles, and we are already thinking about what we will do when that happens. In fact, we have been gradually preparing for that since around “Resident Evil Village.” The appearance of names such as Umbrella and Spencer, as well as the return of Raccoon City in “Requiem,” are also in preparation for a “crossover.”
One of the reasons we regard “7” as a turning point for the series is that it was also the title where we began working on this kind of setup. At first, we included these elements with the sense that they were fan service, but users were far more delighted by them than we had imagined, and they even began analyzing the thoughts that the development team had privately kept to itself. So, as a series, we decided to respond to users’ expectations and pushed this setup further in “Village” and “Requiem.”
(via: BIOHAZARD 30th Special Mook)
To me the issue of skin distribution and dev favoritism against poc characters in rivals reflects a greater trend both for the brand as a whole and society. Poor excuses are given for this treatment, such as “they won’t sell well” or “they’re not big names” when both of those-
i wish to add on im all for black ppl quitting rivals however, if you are quitting and going to ow thinking things will be better, you will be proven wrong
@ashensleuth i was an avid ow fan and still play the game lol, i was there when ppl were ripping ow2 to shreds, both games hate black ppl
i was there when ow had negative reviews on steam play on someone’s else’s phone