It's been a whole year since Resident Evil 4 Remake launched on Xbox Series X|S (and almost three years since Village dropped), so naturally, attention is now turning towards RE's next mainline entry. 'Resident Evil 9' hasn't been officially announced yet, but we've already heard it might be open world - and now a fresh rumour is pointing towards a longer-than-expected development time.
According to the same leaker that dropped details on RE9's open world nature, the next mainline Resi game "might've been internally delayed for one reason or another" over at Capcom. This info is quite vague, but basically, leaker 'Dusk Golem' had heard that RE9 was aiming for a 2024 reveal, 2025 launch - but now the team's timeline may have been pushed back a bit.
Here's their full Discord comment on the matter:
As you can see, such a delay could even lead to another interstitial Resi release before RE9 - perhaps another remake given the success of Resident Evil 4? That's pure conjecture though, and this whole thing should be taken with a massive pinch of salt for now given that even Dusk Golem seems unsure on Resident Evil 9 at the moment.
What we are sure on is that RE4 Remake was absolutely fantastic — an Outstanding 10/10 might we add — and we're very, very excited for whatever Capcom does next with Resident Evil.
Hyped to see what RE9 turns out like? Tell us your thoughts on all-things Resident Evil down below.
[source playstationlifestyle.net]
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We're never getting out of this "every game has to be open world" phase are we?
As long as it's not first person, I'm curious about what they do.
@ShadowofTwilight Village in third person was great. Id like to see them have both options at launch!
@Kezelpaso
I'm sad they never added it to VII. I don't like first person games so avoided it.
I wasn’t expecting RE 9 anytime soon. I’m expecting them to do another remake of some sort (hopefully CV) and then the announcement/release of RE 9. Not sure what to think about it being open world. I don’t know how this would work in RE. The best ones were in tight hallways and rooms to help create tension. Something like that could be done in an open world, but I think it could end up taking away. Either way, I’m looking forward to what they are doing next.
I imagine the percentage of games that get "internally delayed" is very very high. I don't really see this as newsworthy.
Get me Pragmata first!
@EvilSilentFrame We can have a look at The Evil Within 2. It's a great game, but it's not as horror as the first. I'm not the biggest fan of Resident Evil 7. Personally, 8 is the biggest disappointment in the Resident Evil franchise, for other reasons. It's not Resident Evil and it's not RE4-style either. It failed somewhere in between. I hope that 9 is better and just remake Code Veronica already!
@Banjo- I haven’t played Evil Within 2. I started the first one, then ran into family issues and stopped playing. Now I don’t remember much about it. I’ll have to try and restart it at some point.
I wouldn’t mind if it was more “open world” like a Silent Hill setting. Maybe it takes place in a town or a city but there’s still the tight spaces RE was known for.
I wasn’t the biggest fan of 7 or 8 either. 7 was too gory and 8 was too much action. I miss the slow paced horror elements in the older ones. I’ve enjoyed the remakes of 2 and 3. I have yet to play the remake of 4. I know I’ll like it, still upset they skipped over CV to make that one.
...please don't ever make RE "open world". The pathing and rooms they make has always been perfect for the series. They day they do it is the day i'll stop getting any new entries in the series.
That said, I really am a sucker for capcom and will likely cave real quick. Still need to see more pragmata and i'm looking forward to Kunitsu-Gami.
@EvilSilentFrame Agreed completely.
@EvilSilentFrame "I wouldn’t mind if it was more “open world” like a Silent Hill setting. Maybe it takes place in a town or a city but there’s still the tight spaces RE was known for." That's TEW2 in a nutshell. Strongly recommend it along with the first game.
I don’t mind the delays as long as when we do get the delayed games like a big AAA like this game is.
It is top quality, great game and interface systems, performance near perfection and next to no bugs.
@Kieduss sounds good! I’ll put them back on my list of games to play. Thanks!
@somnambulance yeah like whatever the hell happened to that game... Capcom hurry up and release Pragmata first before you move to announce another.
Love me Res Evil games, the more Res Evil games the better. Code Veronica, Res Evil 5 and 6 also Revelations 3 would be good if they were the next remakes. If not than Res Evil 0 and Res Evil would not say no too. Hope Res Evil 9 not to far away please Capcom.
Cheers
David
@endlessleep It’s still in development, I suppose, but I dunno… it irks me that Capcom announced and released SF6, RE4, Exoprimal, and Dragon’s Dpgma 2 before giving us the slightest of info on this one. At least there was a trailer at a Capcom showcase the year before last, but, man, the game WAS my most looked forward to game from those initial PS5/XSX reveals and I can’t believe 4 years later, we know more about RE9 than it.
R4 remake made me so nauseous I couldn’t play ! Hope they remake resident evil operations completely
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