Resident Evil: Degeneration Trailer Screened At Comic-Con 08

A new trailer for the upcoming movie Resident Evil: Degeneration was shown at Comic-Con and it looks pretty damn good.

No, Resident Evil: Degeneration is not a continuation of the Milla Jovovich series, but is instead a CG movie from Capcom and Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan.  I kinda liked the live action trilogy in a way, but I’m also glad that it is over… for now.

The story of Degeneration follows Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield as they deal with a T-virus outbreak in an airport.  I really wish that they would have made a game about it, because watching the trailer really makes me want to play it.  Zombies in an airport terminal is a very interesting concept that hasn’t been fleshed out enough.  Strange though, that I just read volume 4 of High School of the Dead which also has some parts in an airport terminal.  Is Japan on some zombie airport stint right now?

The entire movie looks like one big cutscene, which is awesome, because Resident Evil cutscenes are always incredibly well done and among the best in video games.  The opening cinematic at the beginning of Code Veronica is still amazing to this day.

I’m very glad to see that this movie is going back to Resident Evil’s roots.  I’m getting really tired of this Las Plagas bull shit from Resident Evil 4 and what seems to be 5 as well.  Resident Evil 5 has yet to come out, but from what has been shown so far there have been no zombies whatsoever.  It’s not enough that starting with 4 and continuing in 5 the series is veering away from survival horror and becoming an action series.  It feels that they’re throwing away everything that made them unique and selling out to current gaming trends.  Hopefully, the zombies and possible survival tone of Degeneration will send Capcom back home.