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Koshi Nakanishi, the director of Resident Evil 7, will direct the next new entry in the Resident Evil series.

As confirmed during the Capcom Next digital showcase, Nakanishi will helm the next new entry in the series, expected to be Resident Evil 9.

“It was difficult to figure out what to do after Resident Evil 7,”

Nakanishi said.

“But I found it, and to be honest it feels substantial. I can’t share any details yet, but I hope you’re excited for the day I can.”

While yet to be officially revealed by Capcom, reports of Resident Evil 9’s progress have increased in recent months.

 

[adamsapple]

Probably the finale of the first-person trilogy (with the option to play third person as well), I reckon.

 

[Alebrije]

Good, hope it returns to the 7 tone...

 

[Perrott]

 

[Elbereth]

RE 7 was a Masterpiece. It was the scariest and most disturbing RE yet. Such a bold and risky direction and they absolutely nailed it.

Something tells me RE9 is going to be special.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

RE7 first 2/3rds was amazing

 

[Diddy X]

Great, 7 is the best RE, brilliant game.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

RE7 is mid as hell. Some bad takes in this thread.

 

[FeralEcho]

Great...My least liked RE game.Hopefully it borrows more from RE8 than the boring slog of RE7. Game is awesome on a first playthrough. Absolutely horrendous on repeats.

The DLCs were the best thing about RE7.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

Guy had monumental balls to take the franchise so traditional and reboot it in such a convention-breaking way, especially with VR in mind. RE7 is on par with GoW 2018 in taking something stale and making it fresh again with very unconventional soft-reboot.

I'm eagerly awaiting RE9.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

“Obvious sequel in popular series is being worked on” News at 11

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

“Obvious sequel in popular series is being worked on” News at 11

Real news is in the thread headline. RE9 was a given but the project leader was a mystery.

 

[Generic]

Well, that's bad news. RE7 completely loses itself after the first half.

 

[Chiggs]

Great...My least liked RE game.Hopefully it borrows more from RE8 than the boring slog of RE7. Game is awesome on a first playthrough. Absolutely horrendous on repeats.

The DLCs were the best thing about RE7.

I think it's bad on the first playthrough, too., though I agree the DLCs were good.

The base game becomes an uninspired mess at the ship, gets worse in the mines, and then lets out the loudest, wettest fart it possibly can when the final boss is revealed.

This game was yet another nail in the coffin for gaming "journos." How the fuck can you possibly overlook the last half of a game when doing a review? By not playing it, of course.

 

[adamsapple]

Guy had monumental balls to take the franchise so traditional and reboot it in such a convention-breaking way, especially with VR in mind. RE7 is on par with GoW 2018 in taking something stale and making it fresh again with very unconventional soft-reboot.

How quickly we forget ..

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

How quickly we forget ..

It was almost 20 years ago, my man.

 

[adamsapple]

It was almost 20 years ago, my man.

And it did the whole 'taking a traditional franchise and up heaving it with a soft-reboot' to a bigger extent, back in the day.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

And it did the whole 'taking a traditional franchise and up heaving it with a soft-reboot' to a bigger extent, back in the day.

But I was talking strictly about PS4 gen. RE4 is brilliant, but it’s older than a lot of GAF members by now.

 

[RoboFu]

Ehh I liked 8 way better.

 

[Doom85]

But I was talking strictly about PS4 gen. RE4 is brilliant, but it’s older than a lot of GAF members by now.

Yeah, but 4 was more unconventional overall for the series. 7 basically took the original survival horror gameplay and put it in first person. I’m not saying there were zero innovation, but it was not as revolutionary to those who recognized the foundation used from the original RE titles.

 

[Madflavor]

Resident Evil was in a very bad place for a while, and RE7 saved it from mediocrity. It took a franchise that was at it's lowest point and suffering from an identity crisis, and brought it back to it's survival roots. The boat section was trash, I agree. But the first third of that game is one of the best survival horror experiences in gaming. I fondly remember how brilliant the marketing of that game was. Where they released a demo, and drip fed updates to it to keep people speculating. Players were pouring over the demo and try to discover any secret they could, and share their findings online. The game was mysterious and legit spooky. Fans who don't like RE7 can go get fucked.

As ShaiKhulud1989 mentioned, it was a ballsy entry that took some heavy risks, and reinvigorated the IP.

 

[miklonus]

I love Resident Evil, but I'm not the most hardcore fan. Once upon a time I owned a few first-person games, but overall I hate first-person games as a genre. I could never play Resident Evil 7 and Resident Evil 8 because of their design choices. I used to love Super Metroid, but Nintendo letting white people westernize it pissed me off and made me avoid the thought of even buying a Nintendo console to play those first-person Metroids.
When Capcom - and Nintendo - makes third person games again, I'll be ready.

 

[Synless]

RE7 first 2/3rds was amazing

Especially in VR. It was fucking magical.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

Yeah, but 4 was more unconventional overall for the series.

RE changed it's mold for 3 times already, where 7 was current iteration of the same survival-horror formula. It's really hard to look at the series this long without picking favorites.

7 for me was a pivotal point where I finally was converted from occasional RE buyer to RE fan. Especially because of terrific use of VR.

 

[The Infectious Paradox]

Not more fucking first person

 

[Chuck Berry]

Works for me!

 

[realcool]

Launch with 3rd person view, please.

 

[Bring Back Scalebound]

Interesting choice.

I just hope it doesn't have the same pacing issues that RE 7 had.

Arguably after Margaret dies, the game becomes only okay.
Lucas is great, and his section does peak the game a bit over just okay, but it doesn't reach the same peak when Jack and Margaret were still around.

Also the ending and "final boss" are very flaccid.

But I'm excited to see what him and the gang do!

 

[Doom85]

Resident Evil was in a very bad place for a while, and RE7 saved it from mediocrity. It took a franchise that was at it's lowest point and suffering from an identity crisis, and brought it back to it's survival roots. The boat section was trash, I agree. But the first third of that game is one of the best survival horror experiences in gaming. I fondly remember how brilliant the marketing of that game was. Where they released a demo, and drip fed updates to it to keep people speculating. Players were pouring over the demo and try to discover any secret they could, and share their findings online. The game was mysterious and legit spooky. Fans who don't like RE7 can go get fucked.

As ShaiKhulud1989 mentioned, it was a ballsy entry that took some heavy risks, and reinvigorated the IP.

I don’t think the boat section was even that bad even if it was inferior to what came before in the game, rather the final mines section that was just a long corridor was where it fell apart capping with a very basic final boss. Also, I assume you meant the first two thirds of the game, as the main house, the side house, and Lucas’ area takes roughly 60-70% of the game.

Edit: also, I only see 6 as the lowest point. 5 is still a very fun game, Revelations 1 is good but flawed (needs to cut everything except the Jill sections, and to an extent keep the Chris sections, also don’t make the plot focus so heavily on these new randoms), and Revelations 2 was very solid.

 

[Arachnid]

As long as it's third person, I'm hyped. This man made the scariest entry in the series. As much as I fucking love RE4make and want more games like it, I still think the main entries should maintain horror. Re8 lost a bit of that (though it also had potentially the scariest scene in the series).

I still hope that Leon game is legit though as a different entry.

 

[Neff]

Pls no 'blank slate' 'everyman' protagonist again, that's all I ask.

Ethan redeemed himself somewhat with Village, but in a series full of iconic and charismatic leads, it was still a terrible idea.

 

[Doom85]

As long as it's third person, I'm hyped. This man made the scariest entry in the series. As much as I fucking love RE4make and want more games like it, I still think the main entries should maintain horror. Re8 lost a bit of that (though it also had potentially the scariest scene in the series).

I still hope that Leon game is legit though as a different entry.

Funny enough though, I think 4 Remake did have far more of a horror vibe than the original 4.

 

[Astral Dog]

Resident Evil IX is in good hands

 

[Jesb]

Please go back to the RE4R/RE2 formula. They were way better RE games.

 

[Generic]

Guy had monumental balls to take the franchise so traditional and reboot it in such a convention-breaking way, especially with VR in mind. RE7 is on par with GoW 2018 in taking something stale and making it fresh again with very unconventional soft-reboot.

I'm eagerly awaiting RE9.

There was nothing unconventional about RE7, VR and first-person horror were already a trend back then. Now RE4, that was convention-breaking for its time.

I think it's bad on the first playthrough, too., though I agree the DLCs were good.

The base game becomes an uninspired mess at the ship, gets worse in the mines, and then lets out the loudest, wettest fart it possibly can when the final boss is revealed.

This game was yet another nail in the coffin for gaming "journos." How the fuck can you possibly overlook the last half of a game when doing a review? By not playing it, of course.

Because RE7 "went back to horror" so a lot of people gave it a free pass. And yes, there were a lot of issues in the game.

 

[Apocryphon]

Village was dreadful and in comparison 7 was a masterpiece. I don’t hate this.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Booooooo. RE7 is the worst RE game. The dumb mud monsters were the worst.

 

[kunonabi]

Easy skip then.

 

[Jesb]

So who directed village? I assumed it was the same person as 7.

 

[Rran]

I thought RE7 was okay overall, but not great. Didn't like Ethan, didn't like the gore-porn or grindhouse horror, didn't like the enemies or the last third. But I did like a lot of the first few areas and it was really, really scary to be fair.

I'd like RE9 to basically be like RE2make. Or possibly RE4make. Those two were much better than 7 IMO.

 

[Puscifer]

RE7 first 2/3rds was amazing

I could've done without the entire ship portion playing as his wife, that could've been one 5-10 minute cutscene.

 

[Madflavor]

I don’t think the boat section was even that bad even if it was inferior to what came before in the game, rather the final mines section that was just a long corridor was where it fell apart capping with a very basic final boss. Also, I assume you meant the first two thirds of the game, as the main house, the side house, and Lucas’ area takes roughly 60-70% of the game.

Edit: also, I only see 6 as the lowest point. 5 is still a very fun game, Revelations 1 is good but flawed (needs to cut everything except the Jill sections, and to an extent keep the Chris sections, also don’t make the plot focus so heavily on these new fandoms), and Revelations 2 was very solid.

On replays that boat section is a genuinely slog for me, especially with all the flashback sections. And yeah, everything before the boat house was great, but I think Jack's section in particular is the peak of the game.

 

[lh032]

1st person yeahhhhh!!!

but hopefully more replay value like re4. Less "walking" section please.
I say it and i say it again, re4 remake has alot of amazing play areas. RE7 has....few? alot of them are boring sections in ng+

 

[Dirk Benedict]

RE7 first 2/3rds was amazing

Then, we got the boat... Easiest 20 mins ever, but also the most mundane crapfest in the entire game.

 

[abstract alien]

The first half of RE7 was incredible, but like all RE titles, I stop caring the more powerful of weaponry they give you. It's hard to be afraid when you have a machine gun, military grade rifle, and grenades.

 

[FinalBossWithTheMostPower]

RE7 has some great moments but the latter half of the game loses that momentum.

Also, IMO the mold was the worst thing to happen to the series.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

RE7 has some great moments but the latter half of the game loses that momentum.

Also, IMO the mold was the worst thing to happen to the series.

The molded were O.K. That crawling molded on Madhouse was cheap as fuck, tho. Son of a bitch. Shotty or Rotary Saw on a single duck and slice.
Fucking A, when I first started playing that game I was getting dicked down by those mother fuckers. They one shot on Madhouse!

 

[Lokaum D+]

 

[Madflavor]

The molded were O.K. That crawling molded on Madhouse was cheap as fuck, tho. Son of a bitch. Shotty or Rotary Saw on a single duck and slice.
Fucking A, when I first started playing that game I was getting dicked down by those mother fuckers. They one shot on Madhouse!

Having played the game in VR, as my first experience with RE7, I can tell you that the Molded were absolutely terrifying. That game gave me a horror experience like no other.

 

[fatmarco]

Good choice for the director, loved RE7 and Revelations.

Also I really enjoyed the second half of RE7, including the boat section, I've never quite understood the criticism. It felt like you could enjoy the mechanics of the combat more in the second half plus the added power fantasy of actually being able to dominate the molded by that point was great fun.

I don't mind this being another first person game, I just wish we got to play as Ethan Winters one last time.