It's irrelevant what story they have tied to them. It's still pointless writing that's going nowhere. I highly doubt we're ever going to see Helena again or even Sheva. Piers is dead so what was the point of his story? To add unnecessary character development to Chris? Piers was just a Chris clone without any of the story that makes Chris who is today. What's so great about that? He's just as generic as any of the other faceless BSAA soldiers. Moira was also the definition of stereotypical. She was a stupid teenager who acted like a stupid teenager in a dangerous and serious situation. Pretty typical for the horror genre. You'd think an experience like that would change someone but nope, she still really hates her dad who takes care of her and is nowhere near being the worst father ever rather than being like a normal teenager who would most likely get over their petty feelings and see what really matters in a life or death situation. You may call that great writing but I'd call it dumb as f*ck.
It has nothing to do with being dumb or not. I am purely talking from a writers perspective. Which has been a HUUUUGE leap on Capcom's part, there's really no debating this. You can have terrible characters and even a setting with good writing. Black Ops III is a prime example of this. I'm not going to go into why that game is so brilliant in this aspect as it would be a lengthy post. Keep in mind I haven't liked CoD since CoD4, stopped playing after Modern Warsuck 2, BOIII was my first return to play the series and a I brought it as a JOKE on the Fallout 4 midnight launch without getting Fallout 4 that night for the ****s and giggles. That is irrelevant to the conversation. Back to RE. Both Sheva and Helena are jokes when it comes to character writing. It's almost insulting that they were in the game in the first place. They had almost no personality what so ever. I really hope we don't see them again. This I can agree on without a doubt. As much as people hated Ashley, she at least had some personality and depth to her characters. So that goes to really say something about the formers.
As for Pier's... he's actually a really deep character that pushed Chris's story forward. Unfortunately, he is very bland without reading "The Marhawa Desire". This is baaaad. Relying on other source material for the core story is why Halo is starting to fall flat on its face and pushing gamers away. You perspective of Pier's may or may not change in regards of that story. He became who is he is for a reason. Previously he was the funny guy who was only serious when **** hits the fan and when engaged with B.O.W's. He still had his classy jokes, but that all died at the a certain unfortunate event that left him numb. One thing is for sure. My perspective of Pier's took a 180 turn after those manga's. And Capcom is doing it again, only with more push behind it. We have a new pharmaceutical company that's presumed to be Umbrella's rival company that Ada worked for, more story for Alex Wesker, major B.O.W tests that could be a turning point.... ugh... the remake for RE2 might actually be more important than we thought. Of course that is speculation.... but it doesn't change the notion that cross media story telling does not always work as well as the creators planned. The animated movies do well to stand on their own.
I have to agree with
@bSTAR_182 on the points she made. Jake has a lot of potential ahead of him. So does Sherry, there is a lot that they can do with her. I also didn't care for Moira the first time around, my second play through I started to like her more, I started to see things from her perspective. I would never say she is stero-typical. Punk-rockers have been stero-typed in ****ty ways in games for a long times. She is definitely better than 99%. Desmond from Infamous was done pretty damn well imho.
You could be right. They do certainly look like they having similar white dresses on. It would help if she had a bracelet and/or a stuff toy on her.
My first thought was Chris and Jill as well, though I didn't notice the new logo in the corner there. There's definitely a story behind that.
Honestly I haven't played enough of Revelation 2 to say much on either Alex Wesker sadly.
To be honest, I don't know what to expect with the whole Alex Wesker business. The whole "Wesker children" thing throw me for a loop at the get go. It's gotten to the point that I'm more or less just going for the ride because Resident Evil's canon is all over the place. I do find your suspicions interesting though. If you don't mind me asking, which documents gave you the idea that Alex maybe living through Natalia? You'll have to excuse my ignorance as I, once again, have not beaten Revelation 2 yet.
Dunno really. Anytime I see what appears to be Jill and Chris back to back, my mind hearkens back to Resident Evil 1. Plus I've been beaten over the head with so many reboot rumors over these last few years that I might just be projecting a little bit. Wait is that the BSAA logo on Chris' shoulder there?
Honest to God I couldn't tell at first glance. Just sort of looked like a generic decorative to me. Kind of like a grey bagel:happy:Good to know.
I'll reply to these in a numbered format.
1) If that is Natalia. The idea of the fear bracelet or Lottie likely came into factor far later in development as the story and characters changed. I see no reason to assume that it played a role in this version. I could be wrong.
2) I believe that there is a story as well. There has been rumors that Umbrella is perhaps a tad older than we were led to believe. I don't know if it's true or not, but I've heard people claim that Capcom was going to at one point have Nazi ties with Umbrella. If there is any credibility to this, it's scrapped. It would have been a silly idea. I suppose that they decided that making The Family their version of the Illuminati was a better idea -_-
I'm sure that if this logo and story will be used in some shape or form. That there will be a twist to it.
3) Yeah Resident Evil has been trying, and failing to be more like Metal Gear Solid. The Wesker children plot is almost identical to "
Les Enfants Terribles" without real substance for a backstory. It was kind of show horned in. RE6 and Revelations 2 started to get the story more seamlined, where RE4 was more or less stand alone and RE5 made some changes that could be considered ret-con. The series was never known for being consistent. Hopefully that will soon change.
As for the stuff regarding Alex and Natalia. It's probably best to explain it after you played the game. I would suggest paying attention to the final document of the game that is in the cave toward the final fight. I didn't get it until a later play through. The final document symbolises and foreshadows the "bad ending", which may have been added to the game to make things more clear. I'm not entirely sure on this, but I have a line by line break down of that document I can send you later. and There are lots of little hints throughout the game. Including when Alex explained her plans. There was another document labeled something like "On the transfer procedure", in the Japanese version apparently it's called "Reincarnation Ceremony" and uses the words "Body, mind, and spirit". The term spirit was not in the localisation and of course the Japanese version is the true canon. Stewart also has a document that foreshadows things to come in the future. So there are a bunch of things, in addition, as I said. Capcom is pushing more into Alex Wesker's back story.
I believe that they decided to be consistent to the lore and came up with some confusing solution and excuse to put Alex in a younger body. The Resident Evil
numbered titles take place within a year or two from their real world releases. The original cast is getting old and Capcom is building an all new generation of heroes. Think of it like a Star Wars trilogy. Jake and Sherry will likely be key players and I'm sure the old cast will be there as well. I think we will see another game or two with the original cast, so Alex could be on hold or in the background manipulating **** like Albert did. **** it, Heavenly Island is suggesting that she's been manipulating things from the beginning. There is just so much going on in the lore and I'm hoping that Capcom becomes more consistent. I can't find it but I remember reading somewhere that an RE dev said that RE6 is the end of an era/chapter. I could be remembering things wrong but I'm pretty sure of it. So it only leaves me wondering.
4) All the reboot rumors are just rumors. I believe that it was Kotaku that started it :/
I'm pretty darn confident that, that is the BSAA logo. It looks just like it, despite being small. At least I think so. The Jill and Chris back to back just seems like they are together again to me. I do find it odd that Jill doesn't have a BSAA patch hmmmm.... Again it's an older concept and Barry gets and e-mail from Jill in Revelations 2. Stating that rehab is going good and that she can't wait to get back into the field again. Take that as you will.
