Building Barricades of Furniture and the Plan for 10 Million Copies: New from Resident Evil Village interview

Although in Resident Evil: Village there are echoes of Resident Evil 4, of all the games in the main series, the new part stands out more than the rest, including its mechanics. For example, in the game it will be possible to push enemies away with your foot after blocking a blow. Studying a recent interview with a producer Tsuyoshi Kandoi, the portal TweakTown drew attention to another new opportunity: the construction of barricades.

According to the developer, players will be able to build protective walls of furniture to protect themselves from the surrounding misfortunes

“It’s a much more action-oriented game. We included the anti-impact feature from the previous installment, but added the ability to counter-attack. You can also use furniture to build walls, so there are several ways to deal with different situations. There will be a few more new tricks. , but you will learn about them yourself. “

Kanda also talked about how Resident Evil: Village harnesses the power of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Powerful Navi graphics chip and Zen 2 processor open up possibilities for many things that were never possible before… These include, for example, the simultaneous rendering of a large number of enemies and ray-traced effects. At the same time, the use of PCIe 4.0 solid-state drives in each of the systems allowed for super-fast downloads.

Much attention this time was paid to the sound. Resident Evil: Village will support a new audio engine Tempest Engine console Playstation 5 and take advantage of 3D Spatial Sound on the Xbox Series X | S to create a spatial sound that enhances the immersion of the game.

Here are some more interesting points from the interview.:

  • Capcom has taken it seriously to optimize the game for the next generation;
  • RE Engine’s capabilities and efficient pipeline made it possible to accelerate the development of RE8;
  • A team of 200 developers worked on the project;
  • Capcom expects to sell 10 million copies of the game.

Resident Evil: Village will be released 7th May… A new demo is due out this month.

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