When it was first launched in 2017, Resident Evil 7 was a much-needed rejuvenation for the traditional horror franchise. Capcom departed from its standard components in an enormous means and even took the chance to embrace new experiences with PlayStation VR. This threat paid off and a big proportion of followers and critics embraced the modifications, with a eager eye on what the subsequent sport may carry.
One 12 months on from Resident Evil 7’s launch, and after its DLC has come and gone, we expect it’s a great time to peek across the nook and take a look at what the way forward for the franchise may appear to be.
Whether or not it’s known as Resident Evil eight or not, we all know that Resident Evil 7’s govt producer Jun Takeuchi has mentioned plans for a sequel are “already in movement.” In mild of that, we’ve gathered every part we find out about Resident Evil eight proper right here.
Minimize to the chase
- What’s it? One other addition to the massively profitable survival horror franchise
- What can I play it on? Nothing confirmed nevertheless it’ll possible be Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC like Resident Evil 7
- When can I play it? It isn’t more likely to be any time quickly
Launch date
Though we all know that work has began on Resident Evil eight in some type, we wouldn’t anticipate to see information concerning a launch date any time quickly. We all know that work on a Resident Evil 2 remake is presently underway and we haven’t heard a launch date for that but, both, so we think about Capcom will likely be seeking to give attention to this launch earlier than it begins constructing as much as Resident Evil eight.
Information and rumors
Work has already began
Although we haven’t acquired any form of launch date or identify for the subsequent Resident Evil sport, we do know that the event course of has began.
We’ve identified this since early in 2017 when Resident Evil 7’s govt producer Jun Takeuchi confirmed it. In an interview for an official “making of” Resident Evil 7 documentary, Takeuchi mentioned that work on the subsequent sport is “already in movement.”
It’ll construct on the work of Resident Evil 7
In the identical interview Takeuchi additionally ruminated on what the sport may appear to be.
The very first thing that he confirmed was that Resident Evil 7 was the beginning of a brand new course for the collection and that it was “the beginning of a brand new form of survival horror, and of a brand new collection.”
“We’re already fascinated about numerous plans for the subsequent sport,” he revealed, “however we additionally need to see how we will proceed to evolve survival horror itself. Within the subsequent few years know-how will proceed to advance and what gamers need may additionally change.”
It’s, admittedly, laborious to attract any strong data from this. When Takeuchi spoke on this interview it’s clear that planning was nonetheless within the very early phases and it’s fairly potential that issues reminiscent of plot and setting have been nonetheless but to be nailed down.
Whereas we’d surmise that Resident Evil eight will construct on the contemporary new really feel of Resident Evil 7, Takeuchi’s feedback on desirous to evolve the style in addition to capitalize on altering applied sciences and participant wishes means that the group aren’t locking themselves right into a components simply but.
Simply as Resident Evil 7 built-in digital actuality in an fascinating experiment that performed on the brand new first-person perspective of the sport, Resident Evil eight might do the identical once more. We might see one other perspective change, the group might discover new methods to combine digital actuality know-how, or it might even delve into new augmented actuality know-how.
Part one of the “making of” documentary offers a great perception into the sorts of gameplay experiments the group have been wanting into.
It appears that evidently Takeuchi is telling followers to not assume there’s a brand new components from which the builders gained’t waver. Resident Evil will likely be taking a survival horror strategy to the creation of survival horror – adapt, change and keep in your toes since you don’t know what new know-how or fan request is across the nook.
One factor we do know, nonetheless, is that the Resident Evil group will “all the time need to create horror experiences the place the characters overcome a tough state of affairs.”
Takeuchi mentioned he believes that is what survival horror is “all about” earlier than including that “the subsequent Resident Evil sport, and the one after that, each future Resident Evil, will function characters getting by crises like this.” It’s this essence of “core survival horror idea of individuals overcoming the chances” that Tekeuchi says the collection will “all the time retain.”
From this, on the very least, we will assume that the way forward for the collection will place a heavier give attention to the survival horror components showcased in Resident Evil 7, reasonably than delving again into the extra action-heavy gameplay of releases reminiscent of Resident Evil four.
Shinji Mikami might come on board
Because the director of the unique Resident Evil and the fourth installment, Shinji Mikami is massively beloved by Resident Evil followers and inexorably tied to the collection. He hasn’t, nonetheless, been immediately concerned with it since Resident Evil four.
That might change although. In an interview with PCGamesN Mikami was requested if coming again to direct Resident Evil eight was one thing he’d contemplate. He would, in fact, have full artistic freedom to with the sport as he’d like. His reply was brief and much from finite: “I would.”
Now that work on Mikami’s newest mission, The Evil Inside 2, has completed up maybe engaged on Resident Evil eight is one thing he’d contemplate. On the very least we all know he’s not resolutely in opposition to it.
What we need to see
Extra enemies
We liked the Molded in Resident Evil 7 however we’d like to see a bit extra selection in Resident Evil eight. Harmful and scary enemies are a given however there’s one thing about having a variety of terrifying character designs that makes turning each nook much more scary. Who is aware of what you’ll must face subsequent?
A special location
This truly performs into our request for extra assorted enemies. Naturally, we’d like to see a brand new location in Resident Evil eight. To maintain followers of the collection on their toes it’d be fascinating to see one thing that’s a bit extra open or a bit extra assorted. New places tends to imply new alternatives for brand spanking new enemies so we expect these calls for feed into each other fairly properly.
Extra solutions
The ending of Resident Evil 7 left us with some questions and although a lot of them have been answered within the DLC that adopted, not all of them have. As Resident Evil video games go, Biohazard was fairly remoted when it comes to its place within the wider collection universe. Although we perceive the will for a contemporary begin, we’d like to see a bit extra exploration and integration there. On the very least it might be good to see a couple of extra understanding nods to followers.
VR assist
Resident Evil 7’s foray into VR was terrifying and a very good instance of the way to develop for the platform. We wouldn’t be in opposition to Resident Evil eight delving again into this as soon as once more, classes discovered and applied sciences superior.