The scariest thing about Resident Evil games for the past few years is how bad they’ve been. Yes, sure, Revelations and its sequel did a lot to take the series back to its survival horror, adventure roots – but even those are too focused on action. Resident Evil could, however, become genuinely scary again – because there’s a possibility that it could be a Virtual Reality game.
Capcom’s Development Division 1, which heads up Resident Evil as a series has become almost wholly focused on Virtual Reality. In a company summary (via GI.Biz) it looks like Capcom’s Development Division 1 believes that VR is the future.
“At present, we are focusing our energy on challenging the virtual reality (VR) game market,” the company’s Development Division 1 summary says. “In this terrifying world, you can twist and turn as you like, but there’s no escaping the creatures closing in on you…until you remove your VR headset and return to reality, that is. We delivered this very experienced [sic] with our ‘Kitchen’ VR technical demo at E3 2015.
The response was excellent. Currently, we are building a new game development engine able to support VR, which is the hottest market right now, while simultaneously developing titles for current game consoles. We have just set sail on our latest voyage.”
And it could work. By all accounts, Capcom’s “Kitchen” VR demo for the PlayStation VR was an incredible experience – and a sort of shorter burst, episodic Resident Evil game in VR could be a terrible immersive, awfully frightening experience. Almost as frightening as the cost of a VR set up.
Why would Capcom do this? It’s all about going beyond expectations.
“The point is to be able to develop something that is a half-step ahead of user expectations-expectations which aren’t readily apparent in the marketing data. To achieve this, we create teams that band tightly together while making use of each member’s individual skills. As we are setting out into unexplored territory there are plenty of obstacles to overcome, but we do this together and enjoy the adventure; in this sense, we have to create a team similar to a band of pirates.”
Last Updated: October 14, 2015
VampyreSquirrel
October 14, 2015 at 12:36
HAHAHAHAHAHA… NO.
PoisonedBelial
October 14, 2015 at 12:38
Sweet.
The wife won’t be happy about the skidmarks though 🙁
Hammersteyn
October 14, 2015 at 12:41
The response was excellent for their ‘Kitchen’ VR technical demo so the obvious next step is a Resident Evil game?
http://i.memeful.com/media/post/Xw7KVwB_700wa_0.gif
Alien Emperor Trevor
October 14, 2015 at 12:47
You can’t spell Resident Evil without VR!
oVg
October 14, 2015 at 12:55
😉
Hammersteyn
October 14, 2015 at 12:58
I can see the title now, Resident VR
Commander JJ of the Normandy
October 14, 2015 at 13:01
Resident eVRil
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
October 14, 2015 at 13:18
I was about to say VResident VREvil doesn’t sound that bad….
WitWolfy
October 14, 2015 at 12:53
PT would’ve been awesome in VR…
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
October 14, 2015 at 13:23
The couch cleanup afterwards wouldn’t be though….
WitWolfy
October 14, 2015 at 14:14
We’d have to call it PEEPEE or POEFIE then lol
oVg
October 14, 2015 at 12:54
I don’t think RE is meant to be scary. It has always been an action game. 4 Was renowned because of its well executed atmosphere.
If you want scary with RE1 camera views then play Until Dawn.
Commander JJ of the Normandy
October 14, 2015 at 13:02
If there are two games I genuinely wish were on pc it would be Until Dawn and The Last of Us.
oVg
October 14, 2015 at 13:11
Im sure they will be emulated 10 years from now. Anyway, you get to play The Witcher at 60fps and XCOM 2 🙁
Commander JJ of the Normandy
October 14, 2015 at 13:11
True. And I got XCOM 1 for free too by voting on the last Golden Joystick awards….still have to play it though.
oVg
October 14, 2015 at 13:15
The perfect game for the Vita. MAKE IT SO NO 1.
Commander JJ of the Normandy
October 14, 2015 at 13:00
VR would require it to be first person.
Which isn’t really Resident Evil style, so I don’t think so.
Nikola
October 14, 2015 at 14:15
Yip! Won’t work.
Commander JJ of the Normandy
October 14, 2015 at 13:25
I can just imagine something like GTA V with VR.
Crazy stuff
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
October 14, 2015 at 13:28
I know a few guys pulled it off with the Oculus dev kit, apparently it was spectacuballz!
Commander JJ of the Normandy
October 14, 2015 at 13:31
I can just imagine. Even just standing in the city, looking up at the buildings.
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
October 14, 2015 at 13:36
What could have some bad side effects would be to do some sky diving… vertigo inducing…
Commander JJ of the Normandy
October 14, 2015 at 13:39
Oh wow. Absolutely. And I am not one for the deep ocean. So if I were to land in the water with sharks I would literally die.
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
October 14, 2015 at 13:56
Hahaha! Me too! I can already picture people laughing at me for holding my breath…
Nikola
October 14, 2015 at 14:15
Come on have they not ruined the franchise enough already??? Give us a proper RE game again like the old ones an actual survival horror game maybe?