Am i the only one who thinks that RE is no longer a horror series? After watching the new RE5 trailer it doesn't seem like one at all, it's more of an action game than RE4 was, i don't know if this is a bad thing or a good thing though.

Unfortunately, that also seems to be what happened with Condemned 2: Bloodshot. D:

I think it's a little early to judge that, however, it does seem like the Resident Evil franchise is switching to more action oriented gameplay. Honestly, as long as the game is good, I really don't mind if it doesn't have the horror element like past games did. I can always go back and play the other Resident Evil games to get a dose of the old RE formula.

It depends on how you view a horror game. Unfortunately, a lot of people feel they need to old style controls to make it a horror game. RE5, despite it being "more actiony", can still create tension by using the environment and enemies like RE4 did.

Yeah it's way too early to say it's not horror. I'm certain it'll still be brutal, gothic, gritty and will make you jump. It's just not going for the obvious horror themes anymore. More action than suspense.

The games are better for it as a result though so I'm happy.

No more monsters, no more puzzles, no more zombies, no more disturbing horror. That is pretty sad.

I think it stopped conpletely in RE4. It's now an action game. A good action game at that, really. But it isn't really Resident Evil anymore.

Then again, maybe the old formula was getting old. I mean, RE can't really stand on its feet with just its 'story'.
And we have still have Silent Hill or Siren for the old ways, so I guess it's okay.

yeah its totally lost its survival horror roots.
im really not sure about RE:5 . it just looks like RE: 4 with a co-op mode thrown in. dont get me wrong RE 4 was awesome but i had hoped for something more from the first next gen RE game

RE4 wasn't scary at all, in my opinion, but it wasa  great game. I think it has become zombie killing action rather then horror. Unfortunate, the genre is going more to action and less to fright, we need a few scary games this time of year. Hopefully dead space can deliver, but ultraviolence =/= scary all of the time, so we'll see.

Dead Space seems to be taking RE's mantle.....

Sadly no.. even though Resident Evil 4 was a great game, it wasn't scary. I personally prefer the old RE to the new ones. I would mind to keep the zombies and the camera, seems they're trying to mainstream RE and it's loosing it's horror theme with it.

I'm sad to say that Dead Space is taking RE's mantle, but it's definitely probable, with RE going shooter.

"RE4 wasn't scary at all, in my opinion, but it wasa  great game. I think it has become zombie killing action rather then horror. Unfortunate, the genre is going more to action and less to fright, we need a few scary games this time of year. Hopefully dead space can deliver, but ultraviolence =/= scary all of the time, so we'll see."

Resident Evil died with RE4. I won't deny it, it was a fantastic game, one of the best games ever created, but it wasn't a Resident Evil game. It lost all of it's survival horror elements, except that you still couldn't move while shooting, but other than that, it was an action/shooter game, not a survival horror game. I remember in the previous resident evil games that I wouldn't even kill zombies at times because I didn't had ammo, or I was saving some for the bosses (who ever played Code Veronica should remember that tyrant on the plane... :x ), and on RE4 I remember I could sell tons of ammo without having problems... RE is not a  survival horror game anymore, I just want RE5 because of the story.

sure it may have lost its "roots" like all the crappy controls and everything, but i still think it's a "horror" game. There are still zombie type things and tentacles and monsters.

I mean, i don't know what else would define a "horror" game. And please don't say the way RE used to play. I firmly believe it has changed for the better.

RE stopped being a horror series the minute I heard, "Jill, you being the master of lockpicking..."  -_-

"Dead Space seems to be taking RE's mantle....."

Its not Survival Horror anymore.  Its just Action Horror.

While RE4 wasn't nearly as scary as RE1 for a number of reasons, it still scared the heck out of me at times.

"Its not Survival Horror anymore.  Its just Action Horror."

Shiity controls does not equal to "teh hoorrrrorz"

"While RE4 wasn't nearly as scary as RE1 for a number of reasons, it still scared the heck out of me at times."