Resident Evil 6

That is my biggest concern. I thought RE6 was going back to its survival horror roots? 

Just saw the trailer and I was completely blindsided.  I didn't even think it was real!

Thought I'd revisit this community again given the recent announcement. Glad to see it's still active to some degree.

Anyways, from what I've read elsewhere, there will be 3 distinct campaigns to play through. One for each character (Leon, Chris, and Mysterious guy that I'm gunna say is Alex Wesker).

Here's the source: http://gamerant.com/resident-evil-6-release-date-characters-robk-126125/

From what I gathered from the trailer, each separate campaign will have a different style/feel from the others.

Leon's segments of the trailer seemed more focused on the oldschool feel, with Zombies, dark atmosphere, etc ("It's Raccoon City all over again.")

Chris's segments seem to be heavy on the action, akin to Resident Evil 5, but possibly with a slightly stronger focus on the horror aspect of the world ending.

Mysterious guy's segments seemed to be more like Resident Evil 4, especially given that that is clearly Ashley Graham tagging along with him in near enough every scene he's in. I'd say that campaign will be closer to the stylings of RE4 with a mixture of Horror and Action, rather than a strong focus on just the one type.

Basically, it looks like RE6 will be trying to appease fans of all 3 types of game.

 Now, this next part is purely "thinking outside of the box" speculation on my part, it's 99% likely to be untrue and just a slight conicidence, but does anybody see the resemblance between these 2 characters:

Operation: Raccoon City Spec Ops guy:

Resident Evil 6 BSAA Agent:

Given Capcom like to create throwaway characters for the resi series, they're unlikely to be the same guy, but one can always hope that Capcom and Slant Six have really been focusing on doing game-spanning storylines here.

Anyways, in the morning I'll probably do another scan through the RE6 trailer and see if I can grab any interesting screen-caps that nobody else has taken.

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Personally I think it looks great. I just hope it doesn't end up looking as much like Extinction as it did at first. And for some reason, the part where Leon is all shaky and shoots shouting "Mr. President!" made me laugh pretty hard. Don't ask me why... xP

Messia, I noticed the resemblance between those two characters as well. You're not alone. They definitely look similar, but it's tough to say if they're the same guy.

I'm curious about Ada Wong appearing, as it seems confirmed but I didn't catch her in the trailer. I'm downloading the HD MP4 right now to go through it frame by frame and see if I spot anything subliminal.

Also, I kind of hope our mystery guy with the scar is Alex Wesker. That'd be nice to appease people who wanted to see him, and honestly the idea of a potential superhuman trying to just turn a profit off of the world needing his blood is interesting. It sort of matches with the ambitious greed hinted about Alex in Spencer's notes, and still makes him decidedly different from Albert as a character. He seems a little young to be the head of Project W, but you know this series and it's child prodigies.

Anyway, I'm hyped. I think the game looks awesome so far.

Agreed.

I was just checking facebook and I saw that CAPCOM had posted the trailer. It was...not at all what I had expected. In a good way... I think. I was just really not expecting Chris. My interest is at a high right now!

In regards to him being young, he did develop an immortality virus. I imagine that will factor into the storyline of BH6 somehow.

I was thinking the same thing, News Bot. If he injected the virus and it's basis is keeping the infectee in complete status as far as bodily aging goes, he very well could have been in his mid-30's when the Project was commencing and it just hauled after his infection.

My curiosity is what Chris was mentioning. About his accepting the truth and responsibility, and then when he goes off on the whole "How Many Men are Dead Because of that BITCH?!"  and  his teammate admonishes him about his "personal vendetta". Who could he be referring to? Someone woman he knows, obviously. My ideas:

1.) Woman Leon was talking to who said she "caused this". (Unlikely since she's in Tall Oaks and Chris is in China)

2.) Maybe Wesker's brainwashing of Jill effected her after RE5 and she switched sides, becoming the enemy. (dunno what this would prove...other that OH WOW SHOCK FACTOR)

3.) Ada is somehow involved (But Chris doesn't know Ada personally, though the idea of Chris yelling at someone (Leon?) about how many men have to die because of her, makes me just think "maybe)

3.) Some unseen woman we don't know about yet. (most likely given the chances of the other guesses)

My theories. Feel free to argue for or against.

Well, so much for a possible 8-year gap before the release of this one!

I'm liking the darker atmosphere this game is giving - although I can understand the use of light in RE5, something about the dark just makes these games all the better in terms of creating tension.

I'm curious to see where they are going to go with the story here; it seems that we're looking at two, possibly three different biohazard zones (Leon's, Chris' and  the new character - or "Scarface's").  Now is it just me, or does "Scarface" seem to be running around a European zone?  Something about the architechure just seems to give that implication to me...

Also, could there be a link between the new character and the Unknown Gunman from the Damnation trailer?  They do cast a similar silhouette to each other.

Good to see that Leon also appears to be undergoing some aging; his face is looking a bit more mature, and seems to have a bit of a 5-o'clock shadow on it.  Good touch!

Either way, I'm looking forward to finding out more about this one!  What a bumper year 2012 is turning to be for Resident Evil/Biohazard fans!

Actually I was thinking that he might be talking about M. Suzuki, the BSAA member who betrayed them, killing Ryan (a level 6 intelligence analyst of the BSAA) as seen in the  resident evil 5 BSAA site, and destroying  evidence of the Kjuju incident. During the site's animation where she kills Ryan, she is depicted as a blurred version of the early concept art of Excella Gionne. Since she was probably providing information on the BSAA's movements on Kjuju to Tricell, it's quite likely that Chris also blames her for the death of many of the BSAA members that were ambushed during the incident.

As for the new guy, in the trailer he mentions that he was a mercenary. Maybe USS or UBCS?

Finally, weren't the United States supposed to already being using Will Pharma's vaccine to prevent further outbreaks? Given that we have a new outbreak, could that mean that the vaccine was stolen/destroyed or should we expect it to be new/stronger strain of the T-Virus?

I am afraid, that there will be many story and logical holes towards to previous games in this matter as it is typical for Capcom. They always assure only main chronological order about the most important events, but they forget to explain logical details in universe or just ignore it.

Awesome. I need time to re-watch and re-watch and digest the scenes. It looks fantastic though! And November as well! Brilliant!

EDIT: still waiting for the big Cyril Sneer reveal, lol!

Now that I have digested that trailer I have very serious concerns that this series has detracted so far away from any of the reasons why I loved & played it so often, to begin with. I fear this really is R.I.P to survival horror & puzzle based game-play interjected with ammo sparse combat. The mindless masses have won. Don't tell me Leon's scenario is survival horror, or quote anything Capcom have to say regarding survival horror post RE4. I hope to be pursuaded otherwise with further developments.  

I don't want to condemn on just 1 trailer but it does not look like the 'leap' in development that we were assured by Capcom ~ I thought they had learned from their mistakes with RE5 but perhaps not ? 

This ^^^ I don't think Capcom have learned anything. A shame because Revelations looked like they were going back to survival horror.

As I said I'd do earlier, here's a closer look at what we know so far:

Sources:

Wikipedia Article – Resident Evil 6

No Hope Left Teaser Site

Resident Evil YouTube Channel

Resident Evil Twitter Account

IGN Resident Evil 6 story confirmed

GameRant Article

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*DEAD LINK*

When’s it coming out?

According to all sources, we can expect the game to come out on the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 on November 20th worldwide, with a PC version following soon after.

Who’s making the game?

According to Wikipedia the list is as follows:

Director – Eiichiro Sasaki, who was previously the director for Outbreak File 1 and Outbreak File 2

Producers – Hiroyuki Kobayashi who worked on Resident Evil 1, Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil Zero, Resident evil 4, and also Resident Evil Degeneration

Yoshiaki Hirabayashi worked on the motion capture for Remake and as a script writer for Resident Evil 5

Designers – Jiro Taoka who was the lead designer for Resident Evil 5

Obviously the team as a whole will be far more expansive than this, but it’s good to see that the main team have all worked on at least one previous instalment in the series, with Kobayashi having worked on the most.

What’s the storyline?

"It has been ten years since the Raccoon City incident and the President of the United States has decided to reveal the truth behind what took place in the belief that it will curb the current resurgence in bioterrorist activity. Due to be by the President's side is his personal friend and Raccoon City survivor, Leon S. Kennedy, but when the venue suffers a bioterrorist attack, Leon is forced to face a President transformed beyond recognition and make his hardest ever decision. At the same time, Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance member Chris Redfield arrives in Hong Kong, itself under threat of a bioterrorist attack. With no country safe from these attacks and the ensuing outbreaks, the entire world's population is united by a common fear that there is no hope left."

Main Protagonists:

Going by what we are shown in the trailer, and what IGN have heard, these are the main playable characters:

Chris Redfield

Protagonist of Resident Evil 1, Resident Evil 5, Resident Evil: Revelations, and bit part in Code Veronica. Ex S.T.A.R.S member and now determined B.S.A.A Agent. Sent to Hong Kong to find out what’s going on.

Leon S. Kennedy

Protagonist of Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil Degeneration, and upcoming Resident Evil Damnation. Bodyguard of President Graham, in Tall Oaks when a BioTerrorist attack occurs.

Brunette Woman - Helena Harper

Nothing is known about this woman, but the above screenshot shows that she’s playable at some point. Probably the co-op character for Leon’s Campaign. She seems to blame herself in some part for what is happening in Tall Oaks.

Update: - According to this Kotaku article the Brunette Woman is named Helena Harper.

Mysterious Guy with Scar

A new character to the series, nobody knows who he is for certain. He seems to be a mercenary of some kind, and he states that people only need him “for his blood”

I am speculating that he is infact Alex Wesker who was briefly mentioned in Resident Evil 5. It would certainly explain why his blood is so important.

Ashley Graham

President Graham’s daughter, the sole reason for the events of Resident Evil 4 occuring. She’s seen here accompanying the Mysterious Man, and is only ever seen with him throughout the trailer. She is likely to be his co-op partner.

Other characters:

There are several other characters in the trailer that don’t appear to be playable, and IGN have stated another playable (but as of yet unconfirmed) character.

President Graham

Seen here both alive and dead, President Graham is Leon’s employer, the father of Ashley Graham, and was in Tall Oaks to finally reveal to the world the true story behind what happened in Raccoon City.

Hunnigan

Hunnigan was first introduced as Leon’s information giver and all round useful lady in Resident Evil 4, she made another appearance in Resident Evil Degeneration. She appears to hold the same role in this game.

Ada Wong

No image for this one, but according to IGN and GameRant, Ada Wong will be a playable character later in the game.

She was last seen betraying Albert Wesker in the events of Resident Evil 4.

BSAA Agents

The red coats of the most recent entries in the Resident Evil series, expect to meet lots of nameless and faceless BSAA agents that die within moments of them seeing your eyes.

The second image is of a BSAA Agent that appears to know Chris better than some others.

Enemies:

Numerous enemies appear throughout the trailer, I’ve tried to grab as many images as possible, but I may have missed some. The names are not official, they are just descriptive of the role or image they portray in the trailer.

Zombies

The original enemies of the Resident Evil series make a return in Tall Oaks, and possibly elsewhere in the game. Here is Leon shooting one.

Bloated Zombie

This big guy stumbles towards Leon and proceeds to lift him and slam him to the ground. Mini-boss?

Masked Humans

These guys appear a couple of times, mostly in the scenes with Chris Redfield. Are they human? Or are they infected with parasites?

Either way, these guys seem intelligent enough to hold guns, and they may be a part of the group/s responsible for the outbreaks.

Mutants

These things appear all over the trailer, fighting both Leon & Chris, and likely the Mysterious Man to. It’s possible these things are more viral based, given there ability to keep mutating and seemingly heal from wounds.

The one reaching out a long arm reminds me of the Bandersnatch enemy from Code Veronica.

Update: - According the Kotaku article mentioned in the Helena Harper section, one of the mutants is known as "Javo"

Giant Mutant

Another El Gigante style enemy? Probably, as they’re quite a popular enemy type. Seen only briefly though, with no detail, so no idea whether it’s got parasites or something else.

Stalker BOW

This dude reminds me of Nemesis, only the weapon seems to be a part of his body. He’s seen chasing the Mysterious Man and attacking him. I’ve called him the Stalker BOW as the Mysterious Man seems to refer to it as a BOW and it is most definitely stalking him.

Military Organisation

Once again seen attacking the Mysterious Man, these guys could be the same as the Masked Humans from earlier, or another group altogether. I’d speculate that these guys are the ones sending the Stalker BOW against the Mysterious Man.

Locations:

Several locations are shown throughout the trailer. I can only be certain of 2, but others seem to make an appearance.

Tall Oaks, USA

Another small American town where President Graham has decided to reveal to the world the truth behind the Raccoon City event and Umbrella. A population of around 70,000 has been transformed by a Bio-Terrorist attack. Leon and the Brunette Woman are, at this moment, the only people that we know are still alive.

“It’s going to be Raccoon City all over again.”

It’s interesting to note that Tall Oaks seems to have a Subway service of some kind, as Leon is seen dodging the train at one point, while also sliding and shooting things on the tracks.

Hong Kong, China

The primary location (apparently) for Chris Redfield’s campaign. We see Chris entering while it is still heavily populated by survivors.

Chris and his team are signalled down by another BSAA Agent, and they enter a street that has fleeing and panicked humans and a camera man that Chris shoves out of the way.

???

I have no idea if that flag is for another country or is just the local flag for Tall Oaks, but it could symbolise something.

The second image is of Chris sliding to cover in what appears to be a European setting (the architecture is distinctly not Asian in design), it is also similar to the style of architecture we see the Mysterious Man and Ashley Graham running around in.

It’s a cold climate by the looks of it.

The website No Hope Left refers to Serbia several times, so there’s a possibility it could be there.

Resident Evil 6 is said to have a more global focus, so to have 3 campaigns that take place in 3 separate regions of the planet would make sense, even if the characters do swap and change between locations.

Speculation

As I have said earlier, I am speculating that the Mysterious Man is Alex Wesker, it explains the comment on his blood, it would also explain his proficiency at Hand-to-hand combat. I’d guess that this unknown organisation are trying to kill him to stop him from being able to use his blood to cure the planet and stop the outbreak from killing everybody.

Alongside Tall Oaks, Hong Kong, and possibly Serbia, I’d hazard a guess that we may even get brief scenarios in other areas of the world:

Especially given the above image from No Hope Left.

Unless you guys would like me to update this regularly, you can keep an eye on my updates over on the official Capcom Europe forums: HERE

Quality deducing zombiemessia, some great screen caps and investigation. For me the scar guy is clearly this man:

Yes, it's Doctor Who!!!!

Why people think it's Ashley? Because the character's voice? Just because she is blond? Because President Graham dies? 

That and the fact she looks identical to Ashley...

Scarface cannot be Alex Wesker. He's supposed to be about as old as Albert. Immortality doesn't mean eternal youth, and if he had a powerful virus in his blood, you'd think his scar would have healed first hand. Maybe he's an escaped test subject (that would explain his poor hair-do) who survived infection because he had superior genes, and that is why "Ashley" has to protect him, so that they can make an antidote out of his blood and save the world. 400K $ is not much in that respect.

Ashley Graham and Alex Wesker working together is probably the least likely Biohazard pair-up I could ever imagine..

Anyway, I wonder if Alex never was truly evil? Perhaps he simply didn't want to put the immortality virus into the hands of someone as dangerous as Spencer and simply fled? He could have worked as a mercenary and then with the U.S. Government, likely keeping his true identity a secret but it could explain why he is with Ashley. His blood being important certainly implies it is indeed Alex. His being not evil would be a good twist on the character.

Alex experimented his immortality virus on countless guinea pigs. Spencer had to send him LOTS of people to experiment on. If that's not evil, I don't know what is.

It all depends on when he took the virus, and it depends on whether the virus heals external damage or just helps keep you healthy...

If he took the virus when he was younger, then he'd be that young, surely?

But, either way, it's all up in the air. I'm just speculating, so your guess is as good as mine.

As with almost 99% of instances in the Resi universe, we speculate and speculate, and you know what?  It usually turns out to be a new character.  I would be impressed if it was Alex Wesker, which shows some research went into story development, but can't see it myself.  Probably just an escaped subject that has a vendetta against Tricell - which for the record remain as the major antagonists in the series and not just terrorist group XYZ.

Funny thing is with all these new games and population wipe-out, slowly the games are going down the Extinction movie route, which is bad times for the series.

Although with Kobayashi working on the game, and having worked previously on RE5, it may contain more of a link than we previously expected.

EDIT:

It is worth noting, by the way, that currently the storyline "10 years after the Raccoon City disaster" meaning that it's technically currently set before Resident Evil 5.

I'm not the only one that is hoping this is purely a mistake on Capcom's part or a translation error, because it honestly makes no sense to set this before Resi 5.

EDIT 2:

IGN have taken a closer inspection at the trailer HERE

Zombie Dogs:

A closer look at the Giant Mutant:

Also worth noting that the guys think it's Sherry Birkin, not Ashley Graham. He says he has sources, but you can never tell with things like this.

They also state that their sources tell them that the Mysterious Man is in some way related to a character from previous entries in the series. I'd say this adds more credence to him being Alex Wesker, since it's a really big and obvious relation to the character that everybody hated Capcom for killing off, but once again it could be anybody (some people say HUNK, some say Steve, others say Carlos, etc).

She looks nothing like Ashley, besides being blond. And imagining Ashley protecting someone is too wtf for me to digest.

The "ten years after" Raccoon City incident statement doesn't mean that the game happens before RE5. It may happens before October 2009 and this statement would be true (ten years and eleven months still wouldn't be 11 years).

Also, cvxfreak said in his twitter that according to Famitsu, the game happens "over 10 years" after Raccoon City incident.

I hate when franchises do that, set a numerical SEQUEL as a chronological PREQUEL, it makes no fucking sense. Hopefully the BEGINNING of the game takes place before BH5 but later on in the game we fastforward to AFTER it. Or it could simply be a math error/mistranslation. PLEASE BE ONE OF THE ABOVE!!!

Mystery guy??? Could that be Steve Burnside?

New update, IGN have just stated that the blonde woman is infact Sherry Birkin:

IGN Resident Evil 6 Article

So I guess I was wrong. But you never know, their sources could be wrong *shrugs*

IGN's "source" was probably some random employee at Gamestop.  Maybe a desk jockey at Capcom USA.

I'll believe it when Capcom confirms it.

Is it me, or does Leon look like a different person? Even his voice is different.