The producer of Resident Evil Requiem says the event group has given thought to setting a future entry within the sequence in Japan.
In an interview with Japanese publication Futaman, producer Masato Kumazawa was requested about the way forward for the sequence, particularly the matter of the place and when upcoming Resident Evil video games may probably be set.
Kumazawa answered that whereas the sequence has began exhibiting characters like Leon Kennedy rising older, Capcom doesn’t have agency guidelines on the Resident Evil timeline, permitting for some flexibility on when every sport is ready.
“We solely began portraying characters growing older with Resident Evil 4,” he mentioned (as translated by Automaton). “In truth, we’ve even finished issues like shifting the timeline backward between Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3, so we don’t observe any set guidelines.
“That mentioned, we do modify the timeline based mostly on the evaluation that present-day tales assist gamers really feel extra immersed. The timeline additionally adjustments relying on the characters and story we wish to painting in every title. Even in Requiem, we have now scenes set eight years prior, in addition to even earlier durations. So, the place the timeline goes from right here will rely on the particular title.”
As for the situation of future video games, Kumazawa revealed he has given some consideration to setting a future Resident Evil title in Japan, and urged that the remainder of the Resident Evil growth group have had comparable ideas.
“I feel a Japanese setting is one thing each Japanese Resident Evil fan has thought of, and I’ve additionally thought-about it myself,” he mentioned. “For the reason that growth group is based totally in Japan, I feel each member has given it some thought. Whereas Japan hasn’t appeared as a sport setting to date, it’d make an look sooner or later sooner or later.”
Whereas he didn’t totally verify {that a} future Resident Evil will probably be set in Japan, Kumazawa did at the very least word that Capcom’s intention is to maintain innovating with every new entry to make sure the sequence doesn’t develop into stale.
“We received’t compromise the core components of the sequence, such because the characters and the occasions that unfold, and we’ll proceed to protect what the sequence holds expensive,” he mentioned. “Nonetheless, if we hold releasing the identical type of sport time and again, gamers will ultimately get bored, so we’d prefer to hold taking over new challenges shifting ahead.”
Though Resident Evil has but to set a sport in Japan, the identical can’t be mentioned for Konami’s Silent Hill sequence. Final 12 months the writer launched Silent Hill F, which shifts the sequence from its typical American city setting to a small Japanese village within the Nineteen Sixties.
“It’s a sport that one way or the other manages to really feel similar to a Silent Hill sport and nothing like a Silent Hill sport in equal measure, however provided that the sequence has had its fair proportion of disappointing releases over time I’ll fortunately take extra video games like this which take the system in numerous, typically very shocking instructions,” VGC’s Silent Hill F evaluate mentioned.
