Resident Evil 7 Rumoured to be Announced at E3, to Return to the Series' Horror Roots

I hope so. Reboot the franchise, do away with Umbrella, do something completely fresh. Could still keep the characters the same, but just reboot their backgrounds/stories, too.

I'd be interested in seeing something with new characters, but in the same vein as classics like RE2 and 3. Also, I think fixed camera angles can sometimes increase the tension and creepiness, though I'd be fine with a camera more similar to RE4's.

Some people might be very reserved about this news. After all, Resident Evil 6 was said to return to the roots as well, and then it turned out to be more like an FPS than a survival horror game. That said, Capcom does seem to think RE6 didn't sell well enough, so if nothing else, I suspect they'll want to go back to the roots for the sake of better sales. So I'm moderately excited, actually.

On the other hand, they've only commented on the lack of horror in RE6, not the lack of survival elements. That does make me scared RE7 will focus too much on horror and not enough on survival. But, good news regardless.
 

( Edited 19.05.2016 00:39 by Leo Epema )

It's interesting they say that when you look at the sales:

If anyone is interested, here is a look at all Million selling Resident Evil titles.

(Note, not all SKU's counted) pic.twitter.com/NJ4JeqUCDM

— ZhugeEX (@ZhugeEX) May 16, 2016

PS4/XONE not included for RE6, but I guess if you look to see it sold less than RE5, then I guess that's not enough for them. You obviously want to try and better the previous main entry.

As much as I'd like them to return to fixed camera views, REmake 2 will be doing that, so I think RE7 would still retain some sort of over-the-shoulder viewpoint, but maybe mixing it up a bit where it can with fixed cameras.

They always keep saying they'll bring it back to its roots, and whenever they say that, they simply mess it up.