Now, I enjoy me-self some Fatal Frame and Ghost Recon, but I never thought of the two concepts of merging into one bloody and almost glorified hilarious venture. When I first heard that Capcom was going to be one of the "firsts" to delve into such wizardry with co-development made by former SOCOM devs Slant Six, I was skeptical that these two overrated genres could provide a big huge mess gameplay-wise.
That's the thing though, this new title dubbed Operation Raccoon City IS a big huge mess, but seems to be a masterful mess at that. Third person squad-based combat mixed with reveling zombie bloodshed creates a niche that people like me would love to bathe in. That and the "knife" usage is out of this world, being able to fling and slash zombies and stab them through like vegetables.
With that and the Future Soldier style camouflage and Tactical style cover system, this game could be one of the greatest spin-offs seen in a wavering franchise, and bring in new fans including myself to help boost morale needed to fund a RE-6.
That and this being a true co-op and multiplayer shooter with roots in Lost Planet 2, it's been said you can bring 3 of your buddies along to help thwart the raccoon city situation and also delve in USS VS Spec Ops action online, hopefully with zombies still mixing up the servers.
Capcom is taking a big risk with fusing both genres into a niche you could call "Tactical Horror", but maybe it's a risk that might help save Capcom from their previous bad decisions.
That's about it for now, stay tuned for more S & C editorials.
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