Resident Evil 5 was a low point for many players, particularly with its poor AI partner and less-than-frightening locales and enemies.įor these fans, it’s not a simple matter of a game being “good” or “bad.” Instead, these entries must live up to some nebulous “spirit” and “intentions” of the original creators, even though the folks behind these games have long since left their respective franchises.Īnd Resident Evil 6 is in one of the most unenviable positions imaginable: living up to the seminal Resident Evil 4, which featured one harrowing, spectacular sequence after another-from beginning to end.
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Forget about shambling zombies or the undead legions-survival-horror fans might actually be the most horrifying thing about the genre these days! Silent Hill producer Tomm Hulett has received death threats for that franchise’s botched HD collection earlier this year (among many other perceived wrongs that fanbase has felt in the post-Team Silent era), while Resident Evil aficionados have fretted over the continued disappearance of “survival” from the series that birthed “survival-horror” in the first place.