BetterThanKenobi83
Super Freak
As much as I love RE4, it's the main reason the series had been derailed.
When you look at RE2-3-CV they all still use the RE1 formula. Grand puzzles that don't make any sense and a lot of backtracking. While that's fine, I don't think we should of stayed with that forever. I thought RE4 did it right while giving us a bit more action while still keeping horror elements in it.
Capcom read way too much into that, and we got plane crashes and grasshopper monsters.
Its a case of seeing a hint of what is good but then going to far with it in one direction, ignoring all the other things that make the game great as a whole. Capcom thought it was just the action that made 4 the big hit it was when in reality I think it was a combination of many things in the game that made it such a big hit as it was. New play style but still familiar, a protagonist that was likeable, and areas that could be explored and you did not feel so boxed in all the time.
I admit though that I tend to like 5 and 6 mainly just for Chris and Jill's stories but other than that little else. RE 7 I will give a chance once I see more what is going to be on offer, but so far I am cautiously optimistic. But I agree, so far 7 is far removed from RE as we have known it thus far.