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Expanded Universes: Should Capcom outsource the RE Gun Survivor series to Valve?
Cowboy TTop | 8:08 AM on 03.21.2009 17 comments




All this talk of Resident Evil's controls got me thinking, about other parts of the RE series that, didn't fly as well as they should have. Firstly, I'll agree that Capcom can tweak the controls for the future of RE, but not too much, to go down an FPS route.

Anyway, back on topic, RE games haven't all been good. The Gun Survivor series was an new FPS area for Capcom, at a time where they were still struggling with the change from 2d to 3d. While they are nice attempts to broaden the series, they fall flat in ways here and there. RE Outbreak also had its problems but that's a topic for another day.

You'll notice that there hasn't been a Gun Survivior game in some time (last one being on PS2), probably because they didn't sell as well as the main series and lacked a lot.

Now, Valve are masters of the FPS genre, and in a similar way to Capcom, have a great sense of community and also are create great games. In a post Left 4 Dead world, what if Capcom were to outsource the Gun Survivor series to Valve? Would making this series be more FPS than light gun, benefit those who have problems with RE5.

The thought of it excites. An east to west co-production of a now classic game series. Putting their heads together would surely create something epic, and bring it back from previous average to awful efforts.



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MrSadistic's Destructoid Blog
I kinda laughed when you said Valve were the masters of the FPS genre.

Also, that would be like Square-Enix outsourcing the Final Fantasy series to Bioware.
Aurain's Destructoid Blog
Hell No.

All of Valve's games are carbon copies of each other.
I'd rather Gun Survivor rot in Hell than it becoming another Counter Strike clone with barely enough new features to justify it's costs.
Like TF2 and L4D.
EternalDeathSlayer's Destructoid Blog
Ughh....No.
ParaParaKing's Destructoid Blog
Capcom should just let the RE Gun Survivor series die.
Spike401k's Destructoid Blog
@ParaParaking
Noooo! That would be a bad idea, how else will we get our Zombie Light gun fix? I like the series, bad games or not, RE is my master lol.
Haxan's Destructoid Blog
Hmm... This gives me an idea for an article.

Expanded Universe: Should Nintendo make a Zelda game for the PS3?
Aurain's Destructoid Blog
@Otomiruninja

Sorry, but they're practically the same.
Barely enough new features signifies they are there, but the aren't exactly plentiful.
Changing the AI to make it pop new shit based on your characters stress is not really a gameplay feature, more a difficulty balancing one.

The simple fact is that if Gun Survivor was on the Source engine, you'd be fighting Combine...sorry, Zombies for 2 minutes, then you'd get a physics puzzle. Boring repetitive shit.

@Spike.

Umbrella Chronicles and that new Chronicles what is coming out are basically lightgun games. Survivor needs to die.
EternalDeathSlayer's Destructoid Blog
lol @ haxan.

Also, Otomiruninja: Don't call people idiots when you yourself cannot manage to spell the word "your" correctly or in the right context. As you said it, it would be "you're", as in "you are" stupid.
BlackFreefall's Destructoid Blog
@Spike401K

Try playing House of Dead. Unless RE Chronicle, it is actually fun.
de BLOO's Destructoid Blog
DAY-UM!!! @EternalDeathSlayer


youR kewl
bahss's Destructoid Blog
Expanded Universe: Should Bungie outsource Halo to Square-Enix? Should EDS outsource English grammar to China?
NotGeoff's Destructoid Blog
Hey Aurain, do you own ANY of valve's games? HL2 is for singleplayer story. Tf2 is class based multiplayer with crazy art direction. L4D is zombie co-op. Counterstrike is serious business realism game. Find me someone who plays Counterstrike like L4D.

However, don't think it would be a good idea handing Survivor series to Valve.
adultswim810's Destructoid Blog
my god Aurain, your statement reeks of so much elitism and ignorance.
Cowboy TTop's Destructoid Blog
Perhaps, I shouldn't have suggested Valve, and maybe left it more open, but I did so because of Left 4 Dead. So sue me.

Why I ask is that, Capcom seem intent on remaking part of the RE series. With all this going on, only Outbreak and Gun Survivor are efforts that could do with work, by a developer that knows the FPS genre better, for the latter.

Capcom have outsourced for Dark Void and Bionic Commando, so they are no strangers to working with western devs now. If not Valve, then suggest a developer you think could pull off something Gun Survivor, worth paying for on home consoles.

I don't know about leaving the Gun Survivor series to die. I think in the right hands, it could be something worth playing. The recent Wii light gun games show there's something Capcom likes about them. Perhaps this is where they are taking these kinds of ideas now.
ogo2k's Destructoid Blog
I was under the impression that gun survivor had rightfully died after dino crisis gun crisis hunter gun man 3 or whatever that shit was called.
It is dead, let it be.
Plus Umbrella chronicles = exact same thing but better... so uhhh...
But I like the musing going on.
ogo2k's Destructoid Blog
@Cowboy TTop
Gun survivor = shitty RE light gun game.
Umbrella Chronicles = decent RE light gun game.
Capcom just ditched the Gun Survivor title due to the negative stigma and then made more RE light gun games...


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