-ON THIS FRONT, in October of 2014, series producer Michiteru Okabe talked about what he believed fans wanted from Resident Evil 7 with Game Informer. He said fans want something darker, more horrific, and more in-line with things the series had in its past.
Here's a small transcript of the important parts of that interview (I have a scan of this interview, but don't think it's alright for me to post scans):
GameInformer: What did the reception of Resident Evil 6 teach Capcom about what players want?
Michiteru Okabe: I think one thing that's become really clear is what people want out of the Resident Evil series is survival horror first and fore-most. They want that to be the core of the gameplay. Anything we add above and beyond that is great and welcome, but it really has to have that core intact. I think the clearest lesson was what Resident Evil needs to do is not compare itself to, and try to compete with or try to be other big franchises. It needs to be itself.
Can fans expect a renewed emphasis on resource management and lethal enemies?
That's one avenue it could go, but I think it's a little more complicated than that. I think what we really need to do is take a serious look at what makes the series itself. Look at all the constituent parts-if resource management is important to survival-horror, then why is it important, what does it mean, and what do these varying elements mean to the franchise? How can we then take that and work with modern technology? Since RE6 we've got new consoles on the market. We have the potential for things like Oculus Rift and Morpheus. How do we take all these technological tools that are available to us and take the data we've learned from our careful analysis and really make something new and special?
Could the bext Resident Evil reboot the entire story for something new?
Speaking personally, I think it would be cool to try something new. I'd be open to that, but I also want there to be some link to what's come before, rather than going completely from scratch.
Do you have a final message for the fans?
The team back in Osaka spends a lot of time and a lot of energy thinking about what the future of the Resident Franchise holds. They're hard at work doing that. I can tell you that the engine we used for Resident Evil Revelations 2 is the 64-bit framework of MT Framework [Capcom's proprietary engine]. It's a multi-platform and multi-generational. And to that, the Resident Evil franchise may be served by a special Resident Evil-specific engine.
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