Summary
Dead Risingmade its long overdue comebacklast week with the Deluxe Remaster, sending us to the zombie-infested Willamette Parkview Mall once more after 18 years. But Capcom is already looking to the future, asking fans in a new survey what other games they’d like to see get the DRDR treatment.
While DRDR runs on the new RE Engine,Capcom doesn’t consider it a remake. So, these games would be 1:1 ‘remasters’ with a new coat of paint, rather than reimaginings akin to Resident Evil.
Top of the list isDino Crisis, which Capcom revealed earlier this year is amongthe most requested series to bring back. However, creator Shinji Mikami believes that there is"no space" for the gamebecause of…Monster Hunter. Regardless, Capcom is still gauging interest in the classic survival horror, but there are some other incredibly popular games among that survey list;
More faithful remakes (sorry, remasters) of the classicResident Evilgames is certainly an interesting idea; we’ve had reimaginings of 2, 3, and 4, but keeping the tank controls of the classics with modern quality-of-life features in a new engine a la DRDR would be a great way to allow people to experience the originals in the modern day.
Alternatively, we could see Resident Evil 0 and Code Veronica brought up to speed. But we’ve hadtonsof Resident Evil, so I’m sureDMC,Okami, and others on that list would be more popular picks. One of our Executive Editors, Jade King, even wrote about how muchwe need an Onimusha reboottwo yearsago — ahead of the curve, eh?
Take This With A Grain Of Salt
Capcom has been asking fans about Dino Crisis coming back for years, so don’t take this as a guarantee that it will happen. But Dead Rising did feature on many of those surveys, so it’s at least a glimmer of hope that Capcom’s long-dormant games won’t be stuck gathering dust forever.
We also don’t know how well the Deluxe Remaster is doing yet, which will no doubt have an influence over whether Capcom pursues similar remakes. Time will tell, but if you want to join the chorus of fans demanding these games finally return and get their time in the sun next, you can complete the surveyhere.
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