- Is it using the same engine as RE5?
- Do the graphics look potentially worse, or is that just me?
- The shaved-head merc guy; is that Alex Wesker? HUNK? Both?
- The bitch Chris refers to… Ada?
Those are my questions regarding the story stuff, but from a gameplay side, I think that trailer tells us quite a lot:
- Two playable characters, Chris and Leon.
- At some point, their paths may cross.
- Co-op confirmed.
- Sliding (Vanquish style?)
- Cover system seems to be confirmed, but who knows if it’s only situational like in RE5
- China confirmed, as per the rumours from some months back
Most important questions though: Can I still bazooka my co-op partner and then laugh as they waddle around screeching NEED HELP… NEEED HELP… NEEEEEEEEEED HELP… and taunting them with I’M COMING, HOLD ON, I’M COMING, HOLD ON ? And is Mercs still in? That mode was insanely addicting in RE5 (I must’ve played it for like 200 hours at least) so it’d better be included, and not DLC.
Now, I would wager that this guy here is in fact Alex Wesker.
There are points both for and against this, I’ll list them all:
His outfit looks vaguely familiar, no? Same colours as Midnight Wesker, more or less. Also wearing gloves, and his sleeves are rolled up etc. Not quite as flamboyant as Wesker is, but uh… well, I think he shares some visual themes with him nonetheless.
His melee attacks are pretty ridiculous for a normal human. This picture right here? His pose is almost identical to Wesker’s wind-up animation for the Wesker-dash. Granted, he doesn’t dash after it, but does some sort of combo attack with crazy jump kicky thing.
Now, there’s also the mention of his blood. If his blood is “immune” to the t-virus or in some other way related to it, that would also strongly suggest (to me at least) that he is one of the Wesker children. Wesker’s also a fan favourite character, so it’d make sense to bring in another Wesker… yeah.
On the other hand. His accent isn’t exactly pseudo-British like Wesker’s could be at times, is it? He also mentions money. Money, money, money, dosh dosh dosh, lodsemone. I don’t think that’s something a Wesker would be worried about as they are all super smart/rich and so forth. That could suggest that he is in fact HUNK. Thing is, although HUNK has been shown to look vaguely like him (shaved head) he doesn’t sound anything like that. And HUNK had very realistic melee attacks from what I remember of him. Neck-snap and so on. He wasn’t jumping about like a lunatic.
Maybe it’s another old character, or maybe a new one.
In any case, I think he looks styling.
Midnight Wesker better be back for Mercs.
