Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Resident Evil No Go

The reality of yesterday's great announcements are finally starting to sink in today, Resident Evil designed specifically for the new Sony PSPGo? Does that mean it won't come in UMD since the new PSPGo doesn't have a UMD drive? This is not going to bode very well with my treasured collection seeing i won't be able to secure a hard copy and on top of that, i have never been very fond of digital download.

As for the game itself, i'm not too fond of the title Resident Evil Portable, it gives a vibe that you will get a severally compromised game compared with its console brethens. It has been something that has always plagued game franchises making the jump to handheld and made me approach these games with great scepticism. It's uncertain at this stage just what kind of a game Resident Evil Portable will be but seeing that Capcom stop making RE games that aren't considered canon or have at least some familiar characters, it would probably be something worth checking out.

The lazy presentation of the game announcement also bothered me, of what is clearly a mock-up of what the title screen would look like. Capcom twitter says the game is designed specifically for the PSPGo, why couldn't they use the PSPGo for the mock-up? I don't really know who's to blame for this one between Capcom and Sony, i assume the PSPGo has been in the works for sometime now before the official announcement couldn't Sony at the very least provide mock-up of what the system would look like for Capcom to use?

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