Just stumbled on the trailer for
Operation: Racoon City earlier this morning. Can't wait for this one, though I am a bit conflicted as it seems lately, the Resident Evil franchise is losing it's original alure and just following all of the other generic shooter games out there.
Was wondering if there were any other Resident Evil fans out there? Thoughts, maybe?
Did a bit of internet searching and found out a little more about it. The game appears to be maybe a bit too Left 4 Dead-"ish" for my liking, but meh;
Quote: "The game takes place in 1998, a time where Resident Evil fans already know what's set to take place.
The title lets you enjoy the series from a new perspective, as the men and women who are technically responsible for it all.
Rather than continuing the zombie slaying antics of BSAA agents, you're taken back to the original outbreak "that underscored both Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis."
The game doesn't require any crazy amounts of knowledge of the past titles or characters involved in the series. The title opens up to a "quartet of new faces". Essentially, you're playing as members of the official Umbrella Security Services squad.
Operation Raccoon City is a team-based shooter allowing four members of the USS team to destroy all evidence of the ongoing outbreak. Along with slaying the zombies, you're looking to "kill pretty much every survivor possible".
The gameplay is described as "dirty", and the series will feel much darker than it has up to this point.
The game features three factions that Capcom has stated make up a "three-corner conflict". The other two factions are the US Spec Ops, who are there to repel the USS, and the "bio-organic weapon monsters (BOWs) created by Umbrella.
Whichever team you play on, you'll be facing Umbrella-created horrors in between skirmishes with each other.
Zombies in the game can sense you in three different manners: sight, sound, and smell.
Quite a few scenarios in the game aren't "all about headshots". A quote in the article states, "It's about shooting the other soldiers - manipulating them, making them bleed."
The game will take you through a number of familiar areas if you're a Resident Evil junkie who remembers your journey to Raccoon City.
Operation Raccoon City, depending on how you play the game, will give you the option to "change the history of Resident Evil". Not only will you have the chance to meet and interact with various characters from the series, but you'll even have the opportunity to kill them.
This is not a one-versus-one game where you've got one clip full of ammo and zombies on you. If you've ever thought of those times in an RE game when you thought, 'I'd wish I had a big gun', that's what this game is. It's not fair to give people big guns, then take all the ammo away.
One of the pictures in the article showcases a zombie being used as a "meatshield.
Operation Raccoon City allows players to earn XP for kills, with these points helping you survive the onslaught, and to help to encourage you to anihilate everything in your path.
The XP will allow you to earn new abilities.
Tyrants will most definitely be included in the title. "
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Source:
http://stickskills.com/news/1556/first-details-on-resident-evil-operation-raccoon-city-unveiled/)
Sidenote:
CAPCOM is
also bringing
Resident Evil 4 and
Code Veronica to the PS3/Xbox 360 with a graphics update and new achievements this year.
http://www.videogamesblogger.com/2011/03/25/resident-evil-code-veronica-x-and-resident-evil-4-announced-as-downloadable-games-xbla-xbox-360-psn-ps3.htm
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