The resident evil the franchise is home to more than its fair share of spin-offs, with a total of 16 released since the show's debut in 1996. Unfortunately, these spin-offs haven't fared as well as their mainstream counterparts. Although games like Resident Evil: Revelations and Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles earned some decent reviews, a much larger share of resident evil the spin-offs were panned by critics and fans alike.
River resident evil spin-offs usually share a key point of criticism in that they stray too far from the core elements of the franchise that fans enjoy. That was certainly the case in 2016 Resident Evil: Umbrella Corpsone of the franchise's worst spin-off performances. But even Umbrella Corps it wasn't entirely without interesting ideas, and with a few major tweaks, a new version of it could work.
Resident Evil: Umbrella Corps could work with a major change
Umbrella Corps was a panoramic spin-off
Released in June 2016 and comes in between Resident Evil: Revelations 2 and Resident Evil 7, Resident Evil: Umbrella Corps might be the most infamous spin-off in the long history of the horror franchise. One of Capcom's many failed attempts to give resident evil series a multiplayer spin, Umbrella Corps was an incredibly simple competitive shooter that saw players battle through lifeless maps based on some of the series' most iconic locations.
Umbrella Corps it sits at a dismal 38 on Metacritic for the PlayStation 4 version and an even lower 36 for its PC port. The highest score out of 55 reviews on Metacritic gives it Umbrella Corps a 61 and 78% of reviews score it below 50. A lack of content, a severe lack of depth, stiff shooting controls, unbalanced weapons, little to no meta progression, and a general lack of polish and presentation that is expected from a AAA game were common critics Umbrella Corps.
The Umbrella Corps concept could work in a new game setting
But despite its underwhelming gameplay and presentation, the premise behind it Umbrella Corps it was not inherently bad. Set 13 years after the fall of the titular shady pharmaceutical company, Umbrella Corps sees players take control of a mercenary who has been hired by one of 10 organizations who are all out to find Umbrella's remaining research. It's a simple premise, but one that makes a lot of sense resident evilhis chronology and lore, and it is one that might be worth another try.
from Capcom resident evil the remakes were some of the most popular entries in the franchise, and for fans who only jumped on board with the remake series, the timeline has some pretty big gaps at this point. Could be fun to see Umbrella Corpsthe premise I return for a future resident evil entry, filling in the blanks for new players about Umbrella's fall and the resulting aftermath.
The light weapons shooter
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles
it also briefly touches on the fall of Umbrella, which would be another good choice for a spin-off reimagining.
Of course, a new one Umbrella Corps the game would need to make some major changes to succeed, the first and foremost of which would be the removal of multiplayer. Instead, a reimagined Umbrella Corps the game could offer players a short 4-6 hour single player campaign that sees them playing as a mercenary hunting down Umbrella's latest research, a task that brings them face-to-face with long-abandoned bio-organic weapons .
resident evil
Resident Evil is a long-running survival horror franchise developed by Capcom. Spanning numerous main entries and spin-offs, the series is known for its third-person and first-person action horror, monster and zombie references, and challenging puzzles.
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Capcom's survival horror franchise.
