![]() ![]() The series was once survival horror at its core, but then it became more action focused. Resident Evil has been reborn more than once. Resident Evil 9 can answer those questions, while hopefully retaining the lessons learned from the soft reboot and avoiding jumping the shark, in the same way Resident Evil 5 and 6 did. ![]() For six years we have been wondering where, when, and if Jill, Leon, Claire, Ada, and company would return to the series. Going forward it leaves Resident Evil 9 in the perfect place to fully bring back the characters that have so long been left in the wings. The remake series similarly ends on a high note with Resident Evil 4, a perfect place to leave the remake series. This culminates in Village, which acts as a finale to the soft reboot while bringing Chris Redfield (once the face of the series) back to the forefront of the action. To help familiarize a new audience with the history and iconic characters of Resident Evil, Capcom made the remake series. While Resident Evil 7 and Village helped bring Resident Evil back into the spotlight, it did so as a different beast than what the series had been before. Resident Evil Village begins the reintroduction of fan-favorite characters. But the threads from both the main and remake series do suggest an answer. Just when the series had successfully reinvented itself, it seems lost once again, and the inevitable Resident Evil 9 is a mystery to everyone. Yet Village reinjected lore from the older games and made more clear connections between the old and new generation of Resident Evil, finally ending with the demise of Ethan Winters. Those two games began as a departure from the bloated lore of the series and followed the new character, Ethan Winters. Similarly, the massive success that the soft reboot of the series, which began with Resident Evil 7 and continued with Resident Evil Village, received has seemingly ended. Even if Code: Veronica does get remade, what next? The lifespan of the remake series is finite. Code: Veronica is in many ways the true sequel of Resident Evil 2 and 3, but lacks the popularity of the main numbered titles that helped give the remake series its success. The only game that could use the remake treatment is the oft-overlooked Resident Evil - Code: Veronica. Of course, Capcom could go back and remake the original Resident Evil, but why then why didn’t they start the remake series with Resident Evil 1? Well because a definitive version of the game exists in the form of the 2002 remake. (Specifically, the racism of RE5’s main story.) So, remakes of these titles don’t seem likely. Resident Evil 5 and 6 both have a long list of structural and thematic issues. Yet after the high of Resident Evil 4, it is unclear if the remake series has a future. This success was followed up by a remake of Resident Evil 3 and most recently the remake of Resident Evil 4. As a masterful remake of one of the best titles in the series, it became the pinnacle of survival horror gaming. Resident Evil 2 remake helped kick off the remake trend that’s in full swing in 2023. After the Resident Evil 4 remake there is no clear path forward for the series. ![]()
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