This thread was still on the first page, so I guess it doesn't count as resurrection.

NiteKrawler wrote:

RE is not about horror. It never was.

As Mass Distraction already said, it's an individual thing. Therefore there is no right or wrong; one can make objective observations about the different styles or changes thereof, but judgments of "better" or "worse" are invalid, or at least limited to personal preferences. It's up to each gamer to develop a sense of what makes RE loveable and what not, given the lack of a single entity to "officially declare" what RE is actually about. Every fan of anything owns shares of a brands intellectual set-up, and as such you can feel rewarded, approved, acknowledged, or downright double-crossed.
For me, RE actually is about horror. Not in a supernatural beyond-the-senses horror kind of way as (my beloved) Eternal Darkness or Silent Hill are, but I'd still want RE to more closely resemble these games, albeit horror in a realistic way. With a compelling story that explains why there are zombies, hyper-aggressive dogs/sharks/[insert species] and some bigger boss monsters in the first place, but with no necessity to actually go down the war-road implied in Bio-Organic Weapons, focusing on darkness and the feeling of danger; focusing on the gamer's fear to encounter the enemies around the corner more than on the bulletfest upon encountering them, let alone in masses.
I do not question RE4's and RE5's plausability and compatibility with the RE universe, one can logically go down the action road. For me, however, it just makes RE more interchangeable, a Medal of Honor or Tom Clancy's Whatever with added gore and seeming alien larvae.

NiteKrawler wrote:

True, but he was old. I didn't really care.

Coincidence has it that I think Spencer – or whatever could have become of him in a moment of confrontation and a virus injection nearby – combined with a comprehensive soliloquy about Umbrella and his schemes would have been a much more interesting villain than Wesker ever was. If there is one thing I don't share with most earlier and later games fans it's their euphoria with Albert Wesker, whom I always deemed somewhat pathetic, developing megalomania alongside an inferiority complex upon hearing that his parents are actually a test tube.
Not that Spencer would have been especially important to me. I loved to find out how the godly Umbrella logo is based on his family coat of arms, but Umbrella's great fascination always stemmed not from having one "personified evil" representative, but from being a vague ominous threat of it's own. I liked the Marcus/Birkin/Wesker/Alexia storylines of how Umbrella scientists tried to outresearch and outkill each other, but only insofar as it added to the impression of corruption that was the Umbrella Corporation. For me, the corporation was the main evil.

Mass Distraction wrote:

Still, there would've been a bunch of fans crying over the fact that you couldn't play as her for the rest of the game.

That would be me, then. Or not, given that the RE5-Jill hardly resembles Jill 'Sandwich' Valentine. But at least her tight suit covered both of her legs...

EDIT: typos fixed.

I see you have promise as an avid RE fan. That said, I feel your lack of experience has misguided you. I do agree that any fan of this series can make up their own mind as to what RE is all about. But if they come to the conclusion that it is about horror first and foremost, I will not consider them a true fan. It is a completely misguided statement brought about by the label RE so often gets of being the grandfather of survival/horror. You say that you wish RE to more closely resemble Eternal Darkness (an absolutely astonishing game) and Silent Hill. By stating this, you are stating that we should change what RE has always been. ED and SH have always been about psychological fear. RE, on the other hand, has used fear but has not ever dwelled upon it. Instead, it has chosen a more story oriented path about huge corporations, the ever present hunger for power, and the means to obtain power (bio-organic weapons). This brings me to my second point. You say the series shouldn't go down the BOW road? No offense, but maybe RE isn't the franchise for you then because this plot device has been in place since the very beginning, driving the series to great success. Having a relatively new fan come in an question this is unsettling. My last point is merely about a bit of information you seem to have gotten wrong, like so many others before you. Albert Wesker had real parents. He was not "manufactured" in the normal sense of the word. He was not a "test tube baby/experiment" as many have come to believe. I think you still have a lot to learn about this series. I'm sorry if I'm coming off as abrupt or inarticulate. I'm typing all of this on an iPhone which is ridiculously tedious.

wesker was stupid in re5. they messed him up and had him take spencer's plans...pathetic is how i would describe dc douglas wesker.

but as far as the horror goes, its still part of the series, even in re5.

thats definately not the one thing it was about though.

id go with story being the biggest thing. i know thats whats kept me playing and foruming all these years.

I'm sorry, but the fear and shock never really existed in RE to begin with. At least not to where RE should be defined by it. There are only a few shocks in the first RE, namely the famous dog/window scene. The story, as you will find out when you play more of the franchise, is the series' primary boon. It always has been. And it does stay intact, though it was shaky in RE4 to say the least. The "ordinary" enemies in RE4 and 5 are the logical next step. I mean, T-zombies were never supposed to exist anyway. Umbrella, nor any other corporation ever wanted them to be roaming around. Only a slight few experiments were ever able to be controlled. Using the viruses (by themselves) has proven time and again to be unreliable. So obviously what the new villains are going to use is something that can be controlled, like Las Plagas. We can't just have new corporations running around trying to use the viruses to gain power again and again. It wouldn't make sense. So although many fans dislike the departure from the viruses and zombies, it had to be done.

@Trichos, you're gonna have to get over the parasites thing. we can have viruses, parasites or both.

@Nite, re4 wasnt shaky anything, it was fine.

Some of the monsters in Revelations look a bit Silent Hill-ish, if that helps

Did you really just add that hyphen in the quote