Return of Capcom

 

What's happening with Capcom?

Are they really listening to the fans and delivering quality and promises on everything they have recently announced and released? Critics and commercialism seem to agree that Capcom is back on top of their game.

There was a time before this when Capcom seemed to just milk ports and ignore their IP's on a major scale, but although the milking or releasing of older games hasn't gone away yet, they are reviving their franchises here and there.

With the upcoming Mega Man 11 and Devil May Cry 5, Capcom is holding their guns close as they answer the cry of the fan communities for these series. I have recently beaten DmC 1 through 3 for the first time, and I am pleased to see that a new entry for Mega Man as a whole is finally happening.

Monster Hunter World really put that particular serie on the map worldwide, as it has been a large successful hit since it's release. Meanwhile, although Street Fighter 5's initial release wasn't impressive, the Arcade Edition made it well enough to play.

Resident Evil 7 arguably has started the 3rd route to take the franchise into, as the first person perspective is really working here, while I really continue to like the over the shoulder third person and the pre-rendered backgrounds third person routes as well.

REmake 2, or Resident Evil 2, looks great, and like the first REmake, seems to be mixing a lot of the content and features of the original game and it's setting. Perhaps we might even see new areas, characters or enemies, and I can't wait to play this next january!

In overall, I consider Capcom to have returned wonderfully. Let's hope that they keep this momentum while they could revive other IP's or start new ones. Meanwhile, I think that another similar company has really hit the bottom of their reputation...