RE5 wishlist, add your own wishes!

by Nick Doerr { Apr 3rd 2007 at 12:00PM }

IGN recently excreted (in the most wholesome way possible) an article about Resident Evil 5. Nothing about the game, really, but they did offer up a list of ten things they'd like to see. We haven't done a list in forever, so we've got to go with it. This is what they want:

True Next-Gen Gameplay -- the best way to summarize what they mean is the quest for better AI, more physics-based puzzles, and visuals to serve up the best mood for the game.
Online Play -- not like Outbreak. The end.
Co-op Throughout Campaign -- calling it a "campaign" makes it sound like any other shooter, IGN. But having a partner rip through the zombie ranks would be neat. Just so he or she isn't a complete idiot. AI is important here too, if you don't have a buddy to take up a second controller.
Revamped Controls -- RE4 did well, but moving whilst shooting (perhaps roll-dodges or something) would be nice, along with quick weapon swaps and proper melee moves.
Tight Script and Voice Acting -- whatever. No game has really sold me on voice acting except the Metal Gear games. It's like the script writers sit down, pen something with their foot, slap a title on it and call it dialogue. It's not dialogue -- it's a footnote. Bwa ha ha ha! Get it? Damn, that was amazing.
Gameplay Mix -- make things a little less linear, really.
Incredible Boss Battles and a Solid Ending -- 'nuff said.
Give Us A Chainsaw -- uh, all right.
No More Typewriters -- what? While we're at it, why not take out spiky hair from JRPG's? Or guns out of FPS titles? Terrible suggestion. Typewriters are awesome.
Cake and Eat It, Too -- see the impact of weapons... more than just a popping head.

Well, they've covered a lot of suggestions. Do you have any to add? We'd like a better range of weaponry -- definitely more melee weapons. How great would it be to slice through zombies with a katana/single-sided axe combo? We'd need a pretty cool move set, though...

Tags: Capcom, PlayStation 3, Playstation3, PS3, Resident Evil 5, ResidentEvil5, Sony

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

dontlikeitmodit @ Apr 3rd 2007 12:10PM

All the ideas are good with me except the spiky hair. Spiky hair makes it easier on the graphics engine. If all the actors have short spiky hair its fine with me, it frees up CPU cycles for more important things.

dontlikeitmodit @ Apr 3rd 2007 12:12PM

Or did I miss read this post and those were the bloggers comments? Ah well, reading is fundamental....

dancingdudesean @ Apr 3rd 2007 12:19PM

The typewriters suck, I HATE having to lug around ink.

Jay @ Apr 3rd 2007 12:25PM

how about make the game a timed exclusive that way they can focus on making a quality game on one console then worry about porting it over.

RE4 was so good because they were able to innovate by focusing on gamecube hardware and using it to its maximum potential. then they took their time porting it over to ps2.

but now working within the limitations of two systems with diffrent architecture will limit what they can do with this game.

i suspect it wont be much diffrent gameplay from RE4 but rather a simple graphical overhaul.

aki @ Apr 3rd 2007 12:42PM

how about making it the first RE where the controls don't suck? That would be a start.

Cobvious @ Apr 4th 2007 7:45PM

To Jay,
Now that's a good idea. Especially liked how you didn't state a specific console for this to go to first, robbing it of any appearence of being just a fanboy rant.

D.Vader @ Apr 3rd 2007 2:36PM

Why not do a wish list for a PS3 Exclusive title like God Of War 3?

naruto007 @ Apr 3rd 2007 1:28PM

the katana stuff will be awesome slashing heads hell yeah!! and wtf they dont like the tywriter stuff is like a part of RE its like a RE game without zombies duh..

insteand of the chainsaw i preffer a katana with a chainsaw will be some zombie games like deep raising meh..