Masachika Kawata is a name you're going to hear associated with Resident Evil quite a lot in the months to come. In addition to the twin 3DS projectsResident Evil: The Mercenaries 3DandResident Evil: Revelations, he's also simultaneously handling production duties for the newest console game in the series:Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, first revealed last week.
"The control system for this game has been changed to something you see a lot in third-person shooters,"Kawata told Japan'sFamitsumagazine in the lastest issue. I think fans of that genre will be able to enjoy this game a great deal. You play as a member of Umbrella as you fight off not only the US special forces, but Leon S. Kennedy and the T-Virus-infected zombies as well. It's a chaotic three-sided confrontation that we're depicting with this TPS gameplay, and I think that's the main draw for this title. The game is set somewhere around RE2 or RE3, but it's a completely new story that we're writing -- a parallel world, if you will. There'll be a lot of aspects that'll make series veterans smile, though."
The new RE is particularly noteworthy because Capcom is farming out its development to Vancouver-based Slant Six Games, whose release list up to now consisted entirely ofSOCOMtitles for Sony. As Kawata put it toFamitsu, this certainly wasn't by accident."The idea for this game got its start when we thought about taking the world ofResident Evil 2and using it to try something we've never done before with the series,"he said."It's a third-person shooter in order to take advantage of Slant Six's previous achievements with SOCOM. We've covered a lot of Raccoon City's story up to now, but I think putting the player on the side of the villains will give them a brand new experience. The main keyword during development is 'Kill Leon.'"
In addition to fighting off zombies and special-ops soldiers, you'll also have to deal with some of the Bio-Organic Weapons (B.O.W.s) that have shown up in previous REs, including adversaries like Nemesis and Tyrant."We'll have several B.O.W.s from previous games, including the Tyrant, appear in this title -- in what way, exactly, we haven't decided upon yet,"Kawata noted."We're also discussing plans for new B.O.W.s as well -- this game is all about new ideas and concepts that aren't beholden to previous titles, so that's the sort of thing I want people to look forward to."
Capcom PR has pegged development of Operation Raccoon City at 45% complete. The game has no official launch date or price yet, but a winter release has been touted for North America."Teaming up with a group like Slant Six that has such a good reputation in the TPS field will let us make a really solid package,"Kawata concluded."The design and other aspects of the game are really coming together well in a unique fashion. It's still a little rough right now, but I wanted people to see it as quickly as we could. I think we'll have a much more complete package to show off around E3, so stay on the lookout for it."
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