It’s time to stop playing with our affections, time to stop trading off of our nostalgia for the series, time to let the franchise go. This is agonising because Resident Evil Revelations 2 is actually a great game, but the franchise has already been sullied, and survival horror has moved on. Alone in the Dark has suffered a similar fate, and the wheels have just come off of the Silent Hill series, too. People don’t want to find sheet music to play music to get a key to unlock a statue to get into the garden anymore.
Capcom, it’s time to accept the franchise is done and pat yourself on the back over a job well done. It’s served us well, but it’s time to lay the series to rest. I actually think this could be a good thing. A focus on new ideas could give us a great new franchise, look how well Devil May Cry did when it was spun out.
It’s okay Resi. We’ll always have Spencer Mansion. You tried to move with the times, but it's okay. Franchises die, and great new franchises take their place. As times goes on, we want different things from our games. Maybe it's not you, it's us.
