Capcom Reckons Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Will Be Slant Six's Best Game.

Since forming in 2005, the studio has put out three SOCOM games on PSP and PS3. While the PlayStation 3's SOCOM: Confrontation wasn't brilliant, its definitely worth mentioning that the team's two PSP releases were very strong.

"I've played their previous games," said producer Masachika Kawata. "One thing I feel from them is as they iterate they always increase their quality. Their games get better and better and better as time goes on. I really like the PSP versions of SOCOM as well. They were received favourably.

"The game they're working on right now, I'm confident when it comes out everybody's going to say, 'Yep, this is the best game they've ever worked on.'"

Hands-on reports with Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City suggest that the game feels a lot like a SOCOM game. Which would obviously make sense given the studio's heritage. And while Capcom acknowledges that Slant-Six's backcatalogue could have been better, Kawata reckons the publisher's support will ensure the project is a success.

"Certainly you look at their early games and you see areas where improvement could be made," Kawata said, "but every time they make a sequel they increase the quality of their games. That's something in Capcom we value, being able to improve and constantly iterate and increase the quality of your games. And they definitely do that.

"The other great thing about working with Slant 6 is it is a true collaboration. We're not just telling them, 'Go ahead and make this,' and they're not just making whatever they want, either.

"We're really working together, with Yasuhiro Seto [Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles, Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles] as the director. We've also got artists on our side who are involved deeply in some of the decisions.

"It's wonderful to have that collaborative atmosphere. It's a true partnership and that's in the end going to be a big plus to the quality."

[source eurogamer.net]