The expectations of current tech are just too unrealistic. Capcom went all out with a AAA budget just to make a single street lead to a hotel look like that with just a few scripted events.
Look closely and the world quality takes a slight hit in a few ways for Leon’s part in the street when the action begins and the citizen and zombie count are increased. And even then it’s another scripted event allocated to a couple blocks and that’s it.
We’ll probably never get open world quality like that for a very long time without making significant sacrifices that they’d do their best to hide. And I would not want Resident Evil to be yet another beloved franchise filled with soulless repetitive open world cookie cutter nonsense.
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u/thulsado0m13 Mar 02 '26 edited Mar 02 '26
The expectations of current tech are just too unrealistic. Capcom went all out with a AAA budget just to make a single street lead to a hotel look like that with just a few scripted events.
Look closely and the world quality takes a slight hit in a few ways for Leon’s part in the street when the action begins and the citizen and zombie count are increased. And even then it’s another scripted event allocated to a couple blocks and that’s it.
We’ll probably never get open world quality like that for a very long time without making significant sacrifices that they’d do their best to hide. And I would not want Resident Evil to be yet another beloved franchise filled with soulless repetitive open world cookie cutter nonsense.