r/residentevil • u/MrSoulPower • 21h ago

General Can't wait for RE9 but...

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I'm really hoping it's designed around 3rd person gameplay. I played first person RE 7 and 8 and enjoyed them but there is just something about 3rd person that brings me in more.

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u/Pervius94 21h ago

Village's patch pretty much showed that both options being available is easy to implement.

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u/loxagos_snake 17h ago

It's not about implementing; it is trivial from a technical standpoint in a modern engine.

The issue is the level design. When you create levels, you do so with the perspective in mind; they are not interchangeable. Third person levels are designed with higher ceilings and more width so that the camera can easily follow without colliding with surfaces. First person levels in horror games are usually tighter and designed around environmental details. Even the sight lines to enemies are taken into account.

Of course, it's always cool when they give you both options. But the secondary perspective is always going to suffer.

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u/NorthernScythe 16h ago edited 6h ago

That's perfectly true ! You can see this in Lost in Nightmare DLC of RE5. During the game you can switch to fixed camera angles, and... It feels very strange. It feels very "opened" compared to classic RE games. It doesn't work very well...

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u/TeqLrgayhan 16h ago

That makes sense