nah, i think casuals starved for big new releases not familiar with "RESIDENT EVIL" could see this as a time to jump in. a gothic action game with a horror theme for the whole family
This is exactly what I thought of too. "Bloody, big titty vampires you can share with your children!"
I used to play RE2 with my dad when i was like 8
This reminds me, when i was a kid, with my brothers we would play and watch whatever we wanted pretty much, played Silent Hill, watched Robocop (also porn, but that was sneakily) etc.
I remember when we watched Rob Roy, my classmate's mother asked us to Fast Forward through the rape scene if we watched it with him.
Anyway, one time during summer vacation some family friends were over with their kids (my age) and we decide to play RE3, and these boys just leave the room.
When we asked where the hell they're going, they said the Nemesis scared them too much, and they couldn't even watch the game or they'd get nightmares.
At the time this blew my mind, since we would play and watch all sort of horror games/movies, go to cemeteries at night and similar stuff, i never really registered "Resident Evil" as a horror game, certainly not after 1.
But i guess sensibilities vary wildly.
Also i'm a maladjusted human, so i'm not arguing that was a proper way to grow up.