Oh, look, the "cool" kids are making fun of us again. It's been so long. Yes, shame on us Resident Evil fans who found a video game to enjoy, ooh, were we dumb to find pleasure in a video game series that stretched out seven games (0, 1, 2, 3, C:V, Outbreak, Outbreak 2) that we enjoyed, and even some (now I only speak for my self in all of this of course) other games that were different and some of us said, were not our thing (Survivor, Survivor 2, Survivor 4, Gaiden) and we moved on, we didn't raise a fuss, we didn't scream for blood, we said, oh well, and went back to the games we enjoyed. We were very silly that way.
Then a game came from the heavens called 4 Resident Evil, and it was different, no longer was inventory management so strict, so tiny, no longer did we have to find places to hold our keys, monsters were no longer scientific monsters, zombies were a thing of the past, and ammo, ammo was everywhere, it was nice...for some. But for others, myself included, we did not favor this new style of game, we rather have enemies that we couldn't always kill, because we needed the ammo, but we were mislead, dumb, so all the cool kids at the time had said. Yes, we were told, again, and again, how stupid we were for liking the other, long list of past Resident Evil games instead of 4 Resident Evil. But we're okay, we looked back, and we played the old games again, we still love them, we still play them.
Then something happened, a new game came out Resident Evil 5, how everyone was excited, perhaps zombies would come back, no, but lickers? yes, we got lickers, rejoice! Then the game came out, and while it wasn't our thing, it still wasn't the Resident Evil we grew to love years ago, the cool kids hated it too, why? Because the evil Capcom changed 4 Resident Evil into...this?! And the cool kids called Resident Evil 5 names, and said how stupid it was. And we, the Resident Evil fans, who liked the old games better sat back and watched as the cool kids yelled about all the little things changed from 4RE to RE5, some of us laughed watching. The cool kids were upset about things in much the same way we were just a few years before. Heh, I guess maybe we could, just all get along.
And again, a new Resident Evil comes. This one is even more different than the last ones, as fans we come out and say how silly it looks, how even though we understand it's a simple story that does not affect the old games we love, we still voice our opinions. The cool kids, still upset about RE5 not being 4RE Special Edition, remember us, the fans of the old, and they mock us again. Just like old times. It's kind of nostalgic, it wasn't that long ago, what with all the attention on RE5 instead of us fans, but the cool kids have to exert their cool-ness some how. So, I guess we shall wait in the shadows, when you forget about us, because you will, and we'll sit, watching, listening, to when Mass Effect - Effect Awesome comes out, and has you kill Shepperd back in Mass Effect 1, and of course you get to use the mind control technology on the dinosaurs you got to bring back through the time portal to kill Shep and his friends with sharp pointy dino-bacteria teeth.
Fans, are fans, and it's only a matter of time before what you like gets screwed over too.