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According to him the core purpose of the attempt to remake the game is to “realise the idea of a Resident Evil 2 that would have continued with the game’s initial design direction, utilising as much of its original and authentic content as possible”. Zork, the man originally behind the project and currently a team leader of sorts.

“Supervisor or something like … producer,” guesses B. I spoke to two of the approximately 15-strong team to find out more about the what and the why of digging up a dead sequel, and bringing it back to life.Īs an amateur group of developers bound together by a love of Resident Evil, job titles aren’t strictly enforced (or real names for that matter). That’s led to partial builds of the game leaking out and, in the case of Team IGAS, a concerted effort by fans to rebuild the original. It’s rumoured the game was as much as 80 per cent complete when it was scrapped. 1.5 wasn’t a secret: Capcom showed it publicly in press and at events during the entire run up to its eventual cancellation. While you could argue that the decision to abandon the original sequel has proved itself over time, for some, the allure of what could have been remains strong. But instead of Claire Redfield there was Elza Walker, a motorcycle racing university student it featured mutant baboons, spider-human hybrids and a boss called Golgotha that according to developer notes on concept art had the face of Wesker on its tail. Kennedy as a rookie cop, Sherry and William ‘bad guy monster’ Birkin. It still featured recognisable elements from the final sequel: a zombie outbreak in Raccoon City, Leon S. This 1.5, however, remains unreleased and as such was never canon, focusing on a story where Umbrella was closed down following the mansion incident in the first game.

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With the next generation on the way, Capcom rescheduled its slate and promoted the 1.5 spin off to become a full instalment on PS1, while what was due to be No 3 moved over to the then next-gen systems, eventually appearing on GameCube and PS2 as Resi 4. That went on to become Resident Evil 3: Nemesis when Sony announced the PlayStation 2. This lost Resident Evil 1.5 shouldn’t be confused with another Biohazard 1.5 (to give it its Japanese title), a prequel spin-off that earned its name due to it being set between 1 and 2. This canned version became known as Resident Evil 1.5 to fans and would have been a significantly different game from the 2 we know and love today. Despite being nearly complete it was all but abandoned, with the team starting over and salvaging just a few scraps of the original idea. The very first sequel was cancelled as it approached release due to internal dissatisfaction at the studio. But that wasn’t the first time Capcom canned a game in the series. There are, at a conservative estimate, at least four different scrapped versions of Resi 4.

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The Resident Evil series has a history of do-overs.

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