While I have been interested and excited to a certain extent about Capcom's Western team-ups, this one doesn't seem very promising.

I'm not a fan of RE, but I've heard some people be optimistic about this because it might be like Outbreak, which wasn't given a fair shake at the time.

Sure why not.

Not sure about Resident Evil in the hands of another developer, but I've been itching to get back into Raccoon City for a while.

Team based Resident Evil? So like a better looking Resident Evil Outbreak? I always wanted to play that game, but never got around to it. I hope Slant Six is up to it. I wasn't too pleased with their take on the current-gen SOCOM.
 
Oh and personally, I love the fact I can't run and shoot in Resident Evil. Adds to the intensity of the gameplay. I wouldn't have it any other way.  
 
Seeing this current trend Capcom is taking, it makes me think. Maybe they're trying to give these IPs to all these non-eastern developers to put them out of business. Therefor weakening any competition for the games they make and release in the West. DUN DUN DUN! Sarcasm, of course. Please don't take that seriously.

damn, always see 0 replies when I'm not logged in X.x 
But on topic, never really cared for Resident evil but if these guys can peak my interest then give it a whirl.

Ootbreak 3? :D

Just make a new offline Resident Evil game that plays similar to Dead Space and is actually: 
 
- Good 
- Scary 
 
Stop putting out poor action games like Resident Evil 4 and 5. 

Sure. I mean...maybe? I don't know. It could be cool. We do have Left 4 Dead already, but it might be neat to see what the (hopefully refined for this release) Resident Evil style gameplay in the trappings of a multiplayer game might turn out to be.

My first thought is no.....but now I'm just going to say maybe.

" While I have been interested and excited to a certain extent about Capcom's Western team-ups, this one doesn't seem very promising. "

I'm up for it. 
 
But, what's with Capcom hiring, well, second tier developers for what should be first tier games?  

It's the same problem Konami ran into with Silent Hill Homecoming, it was only a mediocre game since they farmed it out to a studio that while competent, lacks that high end vision and design.

Not that Slant 6 isn't a good studio, but just look at their last few games. They did a good job on the PSP versions of SOCOM, but utterly failed with Confrontation on the PS3, their first major full console development.
 
The reason why that Japanese exec made comments a while back about being unhappy with Western developer outsourcing wasn't because of the developers, but probably because their choice of developer to contract out to combined with unrealistic goals/timeframes. While I'm glad these smaller studios are getting work, I'm thinking giant well known properties aren't the best things to farm out to them, at least not initially. Smaller side games with narrower scopes, then build up over time to larger projects as the studio gains experience.

wait wait wait 
 
 
 
now hold up. 
 
after socom confrontation was fixed up, it turned out to be a decent game thats pretty damn fun and to this day has a solid userbase.  the controls felt great and the shooting was spot on. 
 
they definitely are capable of creating a solid multiplayer given a better development time and they've certainly learned A LOT from the Confrontation experience.  
 
I was just innitially surprised by this.  
They are very much like Treyarch, they got a lot of hate for the terrible launch of Socom Confrontation. But i can hop on that game right now and its still kick ass

The concept sounds awesome, I mean, in Resident Evil games, you're always rolling around with a partner and you're rarely alone. The team-based multiplayer is like that, but on a larger scale. I loved RE5, and can't wait to see what's next on consoles (I'm also looking forward to the 3DS game in development.)

Excited. Officially. I love Resident Evil, and while I liked the idea of Outbreak I think it was a bit before its time. Hopefully, this will be good game, if they can do it right the idea has a lot of potentially. 
 
Also, why is the name Resident Evil: Raccoon City slightly silly? It is the main setting for the RE games, and based on what the game play and story are like it might be a very apt title.

When played correctly (which was incredibly rare) Outbreak was incredibly fun. Hopefully this will add a little more structure to the formula to help avoid games where there are just a bunch of confused people running around.

uck.  slant six lost my support when they ruined my favorite multiplayer franchise.

" Just make a new offline Resident Evil game that plays similar to Dead Space and is actually:  - Good - Scary  Stop putting out poor action games like Resident Evil 4 and 5.  "

I want a new Outbreak, damnit!

This will be a complete disaster if the rumor turns out to be true.

It could work, but I can't say Slant Six has shown great skill at PS3 coding.  This might be within their grasp, but they would really have to do their best work to date.

yeeeep..Slant Six's SOCOM on PS3 was bad.  So I'm not excited.  And I never thought the Outbreak series was good.

Dude, where the hell do they get their intel that people actually want any sort of multiplayer Resident Evil? This is not the way to break into the Western multiplayer gaming market. Seriously.

Great, they're doing a new Outbreak?

Game based in resident evil 2 era of the storyline focusing on Mercenaries doing mercenary type stuff online?  
 
I wouldnt mind that 
 
But i know damn well that is not what we are gonna get :(

That studio shouldent be allowed to touch anything. They are terrible.

Capcom sure loves them some Canadian studios. I wonder though if this is less about a full on home console game and more about the only vaguely mentioned resident evil PSP game. Slantsix has had more success on the portable front, so making them handle the duties on a PSP (or maybe PSP2?) RE game makes some sense.

" @TwoOneFive: Has SOCOM Confrontation really turned into a more enjoyable experience? I stopped playing it a couple months after its release, not satisfied, and longing for my SOCOM II experience. "

" @ESREVER said:

" @TwoOneFive: Has SOCOM Confrontation really turned into a more enjoyable experience? I stopped playing it a couple months after its release, not satisfied, and longing for my SOCOM II experience. "

Not any more. There was about 3 months a while back where it was fun, just before Cold Front, but now it's shit again. SOCOM comes out in the new year, so I'd wait for that. "

 "Bold Prediction: The new RE game from Slant Six will be an Left 4 Dead style (Humans vs Zombies) online game for PSP. #alleggsinonebasket "
 
I'm sticking with my crazy post-World Series prediction I made last night.

" @TwoOneFive: SOCOM Confrontation was a small multiplayer only game which had a clear predecessor to pull design from.  And despite all that, Slant Six failed to produce a quality product by the time it shipped. Now, if they couldn't do that, how well do you think making a full on resident evil game, or even just a multiplayer only downloadable game under the same (if not more stringent) deadline will turn out? Sorry, but patching it up doesn't count. Do you think for a second that people will tolerate a crappy and buggy as sin Resident Evil game on release day? Games are judged for what they are on release day. And since this is a multiplayer game, one that has to compete with many other multiplayer games for players, releasing a bad game is a death sentence. Also, I could go on about how Confrontation had serious issues with S6 being unable to go beyond SOCOM's earlier controls and style, leading to some serious issues with how the game is played. "

man does anybody remember resident evil outbreak. I played that and got a HDD for the ps2. it was terrible.

I want Resident Evil CS. everything else can piss off.

People forget that RE has allowed you to move and shoot in the past, just only in RE Outbreak File 2... still, it's understandable why people might either not know or just choose to forget ;P

Eh, I am kind of interested in seeing how it turns out, but I don't think I am going to have high hopes for this.

If it were RE6, I might have called BS, but this sounds really plausible. I dunno, could be cool, though I've heard some baaaad things about that PS3 SOCOM, so who knows.

I would find a large, MMO style Resident Evil game for consoles fascinating IF it was done well. Getting a group of friends together to survive would be great. It's the on thing missing from Red Deads Undead Nightmare pack. Where's my free roam survival mode where my friends and I constantly have a horde on our ass?

I think what would be interesting is a military take on  zombie fighting.  Slant Six has experience with military TPS, so I hope they use that minor strength.  
 
To be honest I the game would have to work very hard not to suck.  If they copy Left4Dead they won't do it nearly as well.  If they go for a Battlefield style with 'types vs types' that might be interesting in a 12 v 12 style game.

If they want to do this right they should not only focus on making the online multiplayer experience great but also the local multiplayer experience. There isn't enough variety of quality titles that offer a solid local multiplayer experience on the PS3 imo. I love playing against people online as much as the next person but what about if I just want to have some friends over to play at my house?Hopefully they'll incorporate solid local play.

Well slant six managed to ruin socom for me and re5 was pretty bad. Lets just put the last nail in the coffin and kill resident evil all together /six. There's a new silent hill coming. Maybe that will be good.

Compared to RE5, I hope this game is much more ferocious.

Let's see how/what it'll be. 
I want to hear about RE6, though.
Will Capcom freakin' outsource that game, too?