Resident Evil 7 is Written by a Westerner For First Time Ever

Resident Evil 7 is written by non-other than Richard Pearsey, the creative mind behind the Spec-Ops: The Line and F.E.A.R.’s stories.

It’ll be interesting to see what a western perspective brings to the Resident Evil series, which many gamers believe has lost touch with it survival horror roots.

Is the franchise is in good hands? What changes do you want to see made?

[TwoForce]

Wow !

[naruga]

instant flop ...

[TwoForce]

What ? Spec op The Line had a good story and FEAR is also my favorite FPS.

[emawk]

Why would you say that? Are you saying westerners are incapable of writing scary stories?

[UltimateMaster]

I know everyone's excited about this game creepy horror feel.
I didn't find it scary, maybe it'll be more scary in PS VR.

I just wish we get to play as Leon, Christ, Jill or some other well-know Resident Evil badass character.
There will be some action, so that's all good.

[Dir_en_grey]

I thought the demo sucked also...
A PT wannabe but not even close to anything great at all. Just a bunch of boring chores.
I'll get it just because I get a whole game for PSVR but I hope the actual game will be A LOT better...

[hay]

It all depends how faithful it will be to the source material. If very faithful I think he'll do great.

[Kakashi Hatake]

@UltimateMaster it's boring playing as a character that kills zombies as a career. Playing as someone that is experiencing everything around them for the first time makes the situation more scary. Any of the established RE characters wouldn't be afraid of the situation.

[Angeljuice]

It was weird playing the teaser demo, ResEvil without the cringe-inducing, phoned-in, cardboard voice acting.

It plays much better than I expected, I am interested in a RE title for the first time in ages.

[UltimateMaster]

@Karachi Hatake
But everyone is already familiar with the series. Everyone's already used to the jump scares here and there.
At E3 there was one guy who saw a man passing by in the other hallway, he made a jump scare. Everyone else at E3 just started laughing afterwards because we are used to them.
I was scared in some points of getting caugh by Nemesis in RE3 or that Chainsaw guy in RE5.

What we want to see in this Resident Evil is similar to what we've seen in RE3 and The last of Us.
A more open world game, with Zombies everywhere. Limited Ammo and you have to search around for supplies, Ammo and guns, craft items, mix herbs and try not to get killed.

They need to make this game compatible with the PS Sharp Shooter and the Handguns pistols. It is VR and if they include those in the game, then they've sold me on VR. Sharp Shooter is amazing, if you get that dept of field and change direction of your head then aim straight at the zombie, you'll feel like you are part of the experience rather than playing a game.

[Edito]

I do agree with you...

Japaneses are the masters of Horror...

[jessionpc]

THAT'S why that pot of gunk that looked suspiciously like boiled and mashed double big macs was in the game!

[DragonDDark]

Change isn't always bad. I've always given chances. Whether the results are bad or good, Devs face that and they can fix it but at least they are trying to freshen things up.

[Hold_It]

Exactly. FEAR was a great game, and I think everyone should play it at least once.

[TwoForce]

So Spec Op The Line.

[KentBenMei]

Doesn't need freshening up, needs to go back to its roots.

[DragonDDark]

The roots being..?

[KentBenMei]

"The roots being..?"

You tell me, pal. Go play Resident Evil 1-3 and then watch Resident Evil 7 and tell me what they have in common aside from general theme and title.

[solid_snake3656]

So it's being written by someone with no experience with the Resident Evil franchise, or a AAA game.

[Double_O_Revan]

I'm going to look at it more like, it's being written by someone who had no part or ties to RE 5 or 6. I'll take that!

[DarkOcelet]

First of all, i would like to point out two things.

No.1 The writer penned both Fear and Spec Ops the line. Spec Ops the line story was incredible and i loved the story in the first FEAR game.

No.2 RE5 and RE6 stories really sucked. There was no character development. The stories was so cliched with just the usual 'Good vs Evil and heroes win in the end'

So i say give the writer his chance, it might be the push RE needs to actually have a good story.

[TwoForce]

Remember, Resident Evil 3.5, the game also had supernatural elements before it changed.

[NovusTerminus]

Trust me, it shows. Nothing against western writing but it terms of horror it tends to rely on instant jump scares with shock imaginary and less on the subtle undertones and and just screwing with your mind.

[Kyosuke_Sanada]

If you are meaning most modern horror writers then I do agree. However there are exceptions to the rules such as John Carpenter, James Wan, Adrian Lyne and H.P Lovecraft who is still regarded as of the best horror writers ever after his passing. I think we should embrace the change abit especially after proving his great work with The Line. It's not like Resident Evil 5 or 6 were considered psychological.

[Summons75]

Where were the jump scares in the demo becuse I hate those and not once did a dog very predictably jump through a window. The atmosphere is where it's and the demo nailed it.

[NapalmSanctuary]

I prefer the slow burn tension and atmosphere myself. REmake really excelled in that department. Jump scares are limited use scenarios, something else that REmake also excelled in as far as appropriate use is concerned. The problem with jump scares is that once you use one for misleading purposes (it was nothing) it tends to defuse all following jump scares to an extent, if not completely. Same thing goes for using them too much. Its one of the reasons why modern horror movies are so weak.

[Kyosuke_Sanada]

I agree as well Napalm, REMake was easily the pinnacle of the series and I wished more games followed in it's footsteps.

[NapalmSanctuary]

@Kyosuke_Sanada Hopefully REmake 2 will be true to the original.

[opinionated]

The first Fear was outstanding and I heard nothing but good things about the lines story.

[TwoForce]

I think you should play Spec Op The Line. The game will make you feel guilty.

[opinionated]

I might if it becomes BC.

[PaleMoonDeath]

As of recent Resi's.. probably for the better, still that says a lot about the Japanese crew they have there, absolutley no vision or creator there.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

This is awesome news. I love the F.E.A.R. series and I love Spec Ops: The Line. No wrong could come of this, imo.

[JBlaze226]

I have to say the demo had the sense of dread element and even though its not going to be in the final product I like this new direction but hope it doesnt lose the mechanics we love in the previous installments. I know alot of people give negative remarks because they say it's a P.T. clone well guess what guys now you know the survival horror we asked for to come back is coming back. Letting everyone know as for what I heard that we are playing with a brand new character in the franchise, nothing said if their will be any returning characters.

[CrimsonWing69]

That explains a lot...

[suli12345]

Poor him they went with a very messed up direction in terms of gameplay for this part, they also mentioned that, just like 1, 2 and 3 had prerendered environments, 4 5 and 6 had an over the shoulder cam, *this is where it gets nasty people*, 7 8 and 9 might follow the same path, bye bye Resident evil, and Capcom, you did create a genre, but you also shot yourselves on the foot along the way. This is my opinion, and just like i played a couple of hours of 6 and sold my copy, i know for sure there's no way I'm picking this up. I'm thankful for the resi 2 remaster, no matter how that game is made, in VR, top of the shlulder cam or even on the game boy color its a def 100% day one buy. This is purely my opinion, im sure people that are open and are new to such experiences wil really enjoy the game.

[DarkOcelet]

Why do you make me feel like The Revelations series doesn't exist? Revelations 1 and Revelations 2 were actually pretty damn good games with over the shoulder cam.

So i say right now, we are having the best of all three worlds of RE. RE Zero Remaster which was fixed cam, Revelations series which is over the shoulder cam and RE 7,8,9 with First Person perspective.

And considering the success or Revelations 2, am pretty sure a third one will come early 2018. And we still have like u said RE 2 Remake so its great news for every RE fan.

[warriors_13]

interesting. Japanese stories usually have over the top, somewhat corny, sequences. might work out for the better for the series.

[Austin48]

we got a good writer this game gets better and better Resident Evil 7 will do great and sell alot too.

[Candlestickmaker]

"Resident Evil 7 is Written by a Westerner For First Time Ever"

Well it's not like anyone else has written Resident Evil 7 before this :P

[pyroxxx]

This,..
Oh no,.. things might actually make sense now,..
1/10 ,.. not retarded enough.

[KentBenMei]

First-person shooter written by a Westerner...that is not Resident Evil.

Good bye, Resident Evil. Remakes are all I can count on now after you lost your way at RE4 and kept getting more off track.

[vork77]

lets see how this story is and see what what the writer work on

[tigertron]

I'm going to wait and see before judging a new western writer. Let's be honest, RE6 had a god awful story so you can't do any worse.

[Artemidorus]

It's strange it's a good game but it doesn't feel like a Resident Evil.

Guessing Zombies and puzzles will be in the main game even if there is a lack of them. Story would go off the rails if it's all about ghosts.

[guitarded77]

So it will make sense :D

I kid, I kid... kinda.

[MrSwankSinatra]

Well that explains everything. This game looks horrible and now I know why.