Capcom s'y colle de nouveau avec cette interview du XCN pour le très attendu Resident Evil 5 ! C'est cette fois Ben LeRougetel qui répond aux questions qui couvrent le mode co-op, les angles de caméra, les contrôles, les personnages et bien plus encore.
Answered By: Ben LeRougetel, Head of PR at Capcom
What makes a classic Resident Evil game?
Ben LeRougetel: It’s fear and tension. If you look at some of the enemies you encounter in Resident Evil games they’re always grotesque and you’re not sure what they’re made up of - sometimes they’re part human, sometimes they’re complete abominations of nature. But Resident Evil 5 has moved away from that survival horror tag that was there in the beginning. It has more of an action feel to it but still the tension is there and it’s intensified with the addition of co-op. It’s a very different experience - normally your Resident Evil mindset is “me, me, me!” and it’s just about your survival. Now you’ve got to worry about someone else as well, and if the other person is only out for themselves it makes the game very hard to play. The sections we’ve shown off so far haven’t really touched on the co-op element of the game. You’ll need to work together in order to survive.
And can you give instructions to the AI character?
BL: Very basic - come here, pick up items and so on. If you, playing as Chris, uncover an item you have one button to pick it up or another to instruct your partner. Actions are context sensitive, so the options will flash up on screen - do you want to do it, or your partner? You can always press a button to find out where your partner is too - you can see them on a mini-map or there’s an arrow pointing to where they are. A lot of the time you’ll want to be in close proximity to them, but sometimes one of you will have to go off to perform certain tasks.
You mentioned tension - are there still instances where you can’t quite see what’s around the corner?
BL: Definitely. It’s a lot more open area, and they’ve taken the game out of the darkness and into the light. But there are times where you’ll enter a dark building and it’s a case of ‘what’s that in the corner?’, and you see some movement and you’ve got to decide whether to investigate it. And there’s some classic corridor-type gameplay too - enclosed areas where you’re totally in the dark.
Also the inventory system is accessed in real-time [rather than through the pause screen as before] - a 3x3 grid maps to the D-Pad for quick selections. You can also bring up Sheva’s (Chris Redfield’ female sidekick) inventory to use and swap items. It’s all action, action, action - there’s no hiding behind the inventory screen!
In Resident Evil 4 everyone was being controlled by this evil dude - who is the Ultimate Bad Guy this time around?
BL: (laughs) Aaah, I can’t tell you that…
Who or what are the big monster characters we can look forward to fighting?
BL: There are plenty of those classic Resident Evil enemies that you’d expect to see in a Resi game, but we haven’t unveiled any of those just yet.
And can you tell us when the next showing is going to be? Before Christmas?
BL: There’s probably not much more to see, and in terms of the big enemies they’re going to keep those under wraps. But they’re planning some unveils.
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J'aimais les Resident à l'ancienne (jusqu'au zero...), et la nouvelle orientation "action" n'est pas désagréable. Mais j'attends vraiment d'avoir le 5 entre les mains pour juger ; j'ai par exemple assez peur que le côté "coop-partenaire" devienne pénible si on joue en solo, et que le partenaire contrôlé par l'IA ne soit qu'un boulet débile qui gâche un peu l'expérience (un peu comme dans le zero justement).
Enfin bref, wait and see ! merci pour l'interview !
Par contre à la vue des diffèrentes vidéos et notamment des dernières qui montrent le nouveau contrôle du personnage je suis tout à fait rassuré sur la partie action. Les armes font mal et ont peu aussi s'ammuser comme dans RE4 à tirer dans les membres pour faire chuter les ennemis ou les désarmer.
Bref vivement le 13 mars pour le jeu final et quelque part en janvier ou j'ai entendu dire que nous pourrions peut-être avoir une démo...Vous confirmez le Gamersyde staff ?
Par contre, pas de question sur le co-op offline? Ca fait chier...