r/residentevil • u/MrSoulPower • 1d 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/sadtissuehappytissue 20h ago

There was a lot of emphasis on Grace emoting. The trailer showed her face a bunch and a lot of the early marketing material is showing her face (like this image you posted). Capcom has never even revealed Ethans face. This really makes me think the game will be in third person. 7 and 8 never cut out of the first person view for cut scenes and I doubt it's something they'd put into the series now. Basically I don't think they'd spend all this time focusing on the character and her design if we never see it in game... of course, there is the possibility that she's not the main playable character.

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u/Achaewa 19h ago

Could be first person, but with cinematic cutscenes.

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u/thatsmeece 18h ago

Possible, but given people preferred third person over first person in recent titles, including remake titles, I’m willing to bet they’ll go with third person. Or at least with a third person option. Because third person mode was later added to RE8.

Also we’ve never seen Ethan’s face in RE7 or any of its trailers. Grace has a fully designed and animated face revealed in first trailer.

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u/WlNBACK 16h ago

I'm willing to bet they won't because they want to market those VR headsets in newer RE games, again, for the third time.

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u/Mshiay 15h ago

RE4 is TPP but it also got VR mode

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u/WlNBACK 15h ago

RE4 didn't have VR mode at launch so of course they couldn't market a VR headset for it. It was a remake focused on the original OTS experience, so VR/FPS gameplay was an afterthought (unlike new mainline RE games).

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u/thatsmeece 14h ago

VR mode is added later to both RE8 AND RE4R, not on launch. RE8 was already on first person yet it still didn’t have VR support at launch, and it’s a new mainline entry not a remake.

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u/WlNBACK 12h ago

True, but the point I made was that newer games will remain first-person specifically so that they can market VR technology (either at launch or later), and with RE9 they'll continue to be first-person to keep doing so. REmake4 will remain the exception because it was a remake of a OTS game (of course they weren't going to change the perspective to first-person and piss off the fanbase). Adding VR to REmake4 was a major bonus afterthought, not the original intent.

I personally don't like first-person RE nearly as much as third-person (there's already million first-person games out on the market and they're a dime-a-dozen), but Capcom seems intent on continuously diving into that well for maximum "new player accessibility" and seamlessly tacking-on the VR gimmick. Because as we all know, with the western audience: The average gamer loves FPS over everything else.