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The making of Resident Evil 4: “By that point in the series, zombies were simply no longer scary to players”

Oddly, the best thing about Resident Evil 4 is that it isn’t really a Resident Evil game. With the established survival horror formula perfected by three PlayStation games and several spin-offs, both the development team and fans wanted something new, something different, something challenging.  This didn’t come easily for Capcom, …

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Poor sales of Resident Evil remake led to series action rebirth

If the GameCube-exclusive Resident Evil remake had sold better, the series may never have become so driven by action. Series creator Shinji Mikami, formerly of Capcom and now working on The Evil Within at Bethesda-owned Tango Gameworks, told IGN it was a natural result of broadening Resident Evil 4’s development. …

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