RE3 for sure
The other day I was discussing the prospect of the nextResident Evilremake with a reader after the smash hit success of theResident Evil 2remake. While a ton of people were jazzed at the prospect of re-imaginingResident Evil 3, they actually veered toward the idea of skipping a remake entirely and going forResident Evil 8. My response: why not both?
WhileResident Evil 7was an undeniably fresh direction for the series I still have a soft spot for that campy third person perspective angle. I went back throughResident Evil 3recently and found that not only does it hold up by modern standards, it’s doing a lot of things that action adventure games still aren’t braving, but with a degree of restraint that doesn’t feel forced.
Resident Evil 3is also the true birthplace of the incredible “Mercenaries” minigame (itself a spinoff of the Hunk and Tofu side stories), which ended up being one of my favorite things about the series by the time the fifth game rolled around. The promise of new Mr. X style Nemesis stalking mechanics with the framework of the game itself will make for one hell of a remake withRE3.
Remakes, while a safe bet, also help fund more new projects, so I say bring it on. Capcom seems to be on a roll lately so as long as they don’t over do it I’m good. What do you want though? Maybe skipRE3altogether and go straight to4? Or as I saw with one reader, redo the first game in theRE2remake style?
