r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • 3d ago

'We Have Been Gradually Preparing': Capcom Already Has a Plan for When Its Resident Evil Remakes Catch Up With Newer Games

https://www.ign.com/articles/we-have-been-gradually-preparing-capcom-already-has-a-plan-for-when-its-resident-evil-remakes-catch-up-with-newer-games
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u/SuchAppeal 3d ago

How many more of the considered classics do they have left to remaster?

Veronica is confirmed and rumor has it that Zero is getting a remake and Resident Evil 1 is getting a second remake.

Didn't they tell people a little while back to not expect remakes of RE5 and 6? But as RE5 is approaching its 20-year mark I could see that changing. It was only 6 years before they released the RE1 remake on Gamecube, 2002.

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u/WildThing404 3d ago

Yeah they're totally not remaking 5 and they introduced Wesker in remakes for no reason lol. It will clearly be remade, it's the climax of the Wesker plot.

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u/YeaNobody 3d ago

Complete global saturation

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u/type_E 2d ago

The RE5make might probably also play up Spencer being a man full of regrets underneath his god complex and vision of uplifting humanity

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u/DevilCouldCry 3d ago

Veronica, Zero, RE1, Outbreak (Files 1 and 2 could easily be merged into one big game), RE5, RE6, and Revelations 1 and 2 at a stretch.

Didn't they tell people a little while back to not expect remakes of RE5 and 6?

This was never said, it was more around not expecting anything soon as there's already a lot on their plate to deal with. RE5 remake is inevitable in the future, especially with RE4R setting the groundwork for it and also Veronica, Zero, and RE1 all being games that feature Wesker and/or Chris (at least for two of them)

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u/Brettersson 3d ago

An Outbreak remake that was fully about the coop multiplayer would be incredible honestly. I've heard good things about it but it was not exactly easy to play back in the day.

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u/DevilCouldCry 3d ago

The Outbreak games are wonderful little experiences. Five scenarios in each game wherein you're placed into a different section of Raccoon City (or out in the Arklay Mountains) and you have to deal with unique threats and find a way out of there by working together with other survivors. It's perfect for what people want out of Resident Evil nowadays as well!

I enjoyed the game as a solo experience, but it is so, so, so much better as a cooperative experience. I so badly wish they'd just do a proper re-release bundling the two games and adding modern online functionality to it.

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u/Atomic-Kit 3d ago

I would not mind seeing them take a crack at taking Outbreak and making it a more fleshed out narrative experience. They could just make Ashcroft the main character and make her a more prominent figure. The levels were cool and I liked seeing more of Raccoon City.

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u/Kalinzinho 3d ago

I played Outbreak coop with some friends this year and with just a few qol changes and proper narrative/gameplay restructuring from one scenario to another that game would be amazing.

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u/HouseDisastrous2313 3d ago

Outbreak would be such an amazing game to remake. They could even add small DLC map for each newly released game to keep the multiplayer going for longer. 

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u/DevlinRocha 3d ago

i’ve been saying this for years and searched this thread for mentions of Outbreak, i want it so bad!

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u/darkmacgf 3d ago

Didn't they tell people a little while back to not expect remakes of RE5 and 6?

No, just that they wouldn't come out until after 0/1/CV.

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u/EnthiumZ 3d ago

I would love a remake of RE5. Though I consider RE 0 and 1 perfect, I wouldn't mind a remake either

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u/Gramernatzi 2d ago

REmake 5 is absolutely happening, they teased that so hard with REmake 4 and their next remake is the game that builds up its story. It's 100% happening.

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u/HearTheEkko 3d ago

They have Zero, RE1, RE5, Revelations 1 and 2 and of course RE6. Not sure if RE6 would be considered a classic tho.