God DAMN I really hope they can and do rerender those assets.
This is how it would look in game.
That's incredible.
Are there any other renders they have released that like that?
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Resident Evil HD Remaster confirmed for PS3/PS4/360/XB1/PC
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God DAMN I really hope they can and do rerender those assets.
This is how it would look in game.
That's incredible.
Are there any other renders they have released that like that?
I don't think anything is lost, the whole environments were fully rendered in 3d. It would just take them too much time to rerender everything again, one background at a time. So they opted for a cheap conversion, by only rerendering a few of them (the one with Forest for example).
It's all about money. They could have easily made a native 16/9 if they seriously worked on it.
It's all about money. They could have easily made a native 16/9 if they seriously worked on it.
Davey Cakes
Member
I enjoyed RE back then. Had already played RE1, RE2, and RE3 between PC, N64, and Dreamcast (oh hey, look at that, no Sony systems).
I was a fan.
But I also had a Gamecube.
I won.
The Gamecube has always been underrated and deserved way better.
(In its first year the system had the likes of Luigi's Mansion, Rogue Leader, Super Monkey Ball, Smash Bros. Melee, Pikmin, REmake, Eternal Darkness, RE0, Super Mario Sunshine, Metroid Prime, Animal Crossing, and more, and it underperformed. Utterly baffling that it didn't do better with that first year of exclusive content).
The exclusivity deal was always a mistake but man, I honestly feel that gamers failed Mikami just as much as he failed them.
JetBlackPanda
Member
Resident Evil on PSX was my drug. I could draw the Spencer Mansion in my sleep. We used to do no ribbon runs, knife only runs etc.
I can't wait.
itchy.
tasty.
I can't wait.
itchy.
tasty.
I don't think they could have easily made it native 16:9. They COULD do it, but I don't think it would be an easy task at all.
That's the only one I know of.
I would definitely ask if they are rendering ALL of the backgrounds again from the original source files, or scaling the previous backgrounds images up.
I would also ask if they plan to redo the animated backgrounds with less compression. They're currently very low quality by default.
That bums me the hell out. I really, really hope they re-render the game because that example shows just how high quality the original assets are.
I suspect it exists only because it's the box art for the Japanese release.
angular graphics
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Ask them that on neogaf people noticed you've edited some plants and such, what else has been edited?
Getting hot flashes right now.
Wishmaster92
Member
This please! Also what could we expect with the current gen version (graphics wise) compared to ps3/360 versions.
Shadow_FFVI
Member
As someone who never played REmake, I'm really excited for this.
The conclusion so far is that it won't be a great looking game on PS4, right? They're not giving it their all?
The conclusion so far is that it won't be a great looking game on PS4, right? They're not giving it their all?
MR ARCADE FOREVER
Member
When are getting Resident evil remake 4k remastered???
Some people are coming to that conclusion but we don't really have grounds for it yet. Hold out hope, but it may not look AS GREAT on PS4 as it potentially could. That does not mean it will look bad.
Dragon1893
Member
Would've paid $60 without a second thought.
Melchiah
Member
Yeah, I remember his fanboyish comment about the PS2 sales being good only because people had to buy several of them due to the failing hardware. The trolls on forums have been using the RROD/YLOD to belittle the 360/PS3 sales in a similar manner.
http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/Resident_Evil
RE1 sold 3.88 million on the PS1 (1.13 million for Director's Cut)
RE2 sold 6.16 million on the PS1 (1.2 million for DualShock edition)
RE3 sold 3.72 million on the PS1
RE:CV sold 1.14 million on the DC
RE:CV sold 2.3 million on the PS2
REmake sold 1.35 million on the GC
RE0 sold 1.29 million on the GC
RE4 sold 1.7 million on the GC
RE4 sold 3.6 million on the PS2
RE4 sold 2.1 million on the Wii
RE5 sold 4.89 million on the PS3
RE5 sold 3.33 million on the 360
You can clearly see, that the sales returned to the norm +3.5 million when RE4 was released on the PS2.
supernormal
Member
Why did you post that pic? This is torture. I really hope those pics they released are not 100% representative of how the game looks when they had assets like the one you posted.
And to think that was some 2002 rendering. Imagine what they could do now if they used the same technique. Super highly detailed pre-rendered backgrounds, with amazing animations, and then real-time atmospheric effects on top like dust particles floating around and volumetric fog. O_O
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
1080p so yes it will be the great. REmake was already a great looking game on GC.
Wishmaster92
Member
Back then it must've taken a whole day to render this scene. Still unmatched. Imagine if they remade re2.God DAMN I really hope they can and do rerender those assets.
This is how it would look in game.
That's incredible.
Are there any other renders they have released that like that?
Relaxed Muscle
Member
I ended getting a GC which was an excellent console, probably my favorite Nintendo system and REmake and RE4 were amazing games, RE4 pushing graphics beyond PS2 capabilities, so no I don't agree.
Cave Johnson
Member
Same reason any 3rd party would go exclusive in any gen: Promotional deals. Secondly, RE4 was in no way a "bomb" considering it's install base. The fact that there is more sales on the PS2 attest to that, people simply wasn't justifying a gamecube purchase with a handful of games.
Also, the game was fully realized on the system - you know, the main arguments for the exclusivity issues from last gen except that the GC was clearly superior in HW in comparison to the PS2.
It will absolutely be pre-rendered.
ArkkAngel007
Member
Is there anyway Capcom can modify the warmth and harshness of the lighting of whatever engine they're using for this? Or are there limitations to how flexible the engine is in that area?
MADGAME
Member
I'm salivating. This should be the benchmark!
I do find the floor reflections a bit distracting, not sure why. They all seem to go straight down and have a transparency setting...maybe that's it I don't know. Can't even really consider it a complaint, a REmake that looked like this would get full retail from me.
Neff
Member
Most of those non-Sony figures actually represent a larger percent of user base than on Sony. Naturally the profit was better, but again, I call bullshit on the idea that RE works better on Sony 'because it's on Sony' than the obvious install base boost.
edit: Or there's the post below.
lyrick
Member
RE:CVX on PS2 sold 1.4M
RE4 on PS2 sold 2.3M
RE5 has sold 6.7M across PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and DL
These are actually from Capcom, not some wiki
http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/business/million.html
Got it. Also going into stuff I speculated in my article about the importance of this port and if it will affect the direction of the series.
Holy shit Sectus that's a nice find.
There you go, this is crystal clear evidence.
Goddamn it Capcom.
God DAMN I really hope they can and do rerender those assets.
The idea that the X1/PS4/PC version may not look anywhere near that...makes me sick..UGH
Holy shit. Dat detail, there's even specs of dust visible on the carpet.
Well, as long as it keeps those quality values, I'll be OK with it.
Everyone who says that Capcom could easily make native 16/9 are delusional. They would need to redo almost every single fixed camera angle in the entire game to support native 16/9 due to the thight camera angles of the current pre-rendered backgrounds. I for one would prefer to avoid cross sectional views of the mansions interior walls!
God DAMN I really hope they can and do rerender those assets.
This is how it would look in game.
That's incredible.
Are there any other renders they have released that like that?
For those curious...This is how that same place appears in game.
Aaaaand this is how it appears at 1080 in game.
I cropped out black bars.
AuthenticM
Member
They should have gone multiplatform as soon as Nintendo released their disc-based console. Fuck exclusives.
And fuck Mikami for making it so.
God DAMN I really hope they can and do rerender those assets.
This is how it would look in game.
Quoting for goodness' sake.
So beautiful.
Davey Cakes
Member
That promotional render....My lord I feel like people would actually be willing to pay full current gen MSRP for a game with all the backgrounds looking like that.
AuthenticM
Member
I would pay almost 100$ to play it like that.
For those curious...This is how that same place appears in game.
Aaaaand this is how it appears at 1080 in game.
I cropped out black bars.
..and here it is after they got ahold of it.
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...lol...here is yours with massive crush and artifacts for fun too...
Backfoggen
Banned
Come on Capcom make this be like this.God DAMN I really hope they can and do rerender those assets.
This is how it would look in game.
That's incredible.
Are there any other renders they have released that like that?
Wishmaster92
Member
Made it a little bigger so you could make out the sand particles on the carpet. Insane detail.
This just looks plain horrible.
This just looks plain horrible.
No, the PS2 port of RE4 was announced 3 months BEFORE the GC version was even released. It caused quite the shitstorm back then, and was definitely the reason why the GC edition didn't sell as well as it should have.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
For those curious...This is how that same place appears in game.
Aaaaand this is how it appears at 1080 in game.
I cropped out black bars.
You're tearing me apart!
Backfoggen
Banned
I really can't believe they got rid of all those source files. How much work must have gone into doing all those rooms if they are that detailed? And then you forget to keep a backup or never did one in the first place? Stupid.
The upscaled stuff is a real nightmare. The real survival horror is playing this version knowing how much better it could have been.
The upscaled stuff is a real nightmare. The real survival horror is playing this version knowing how much better it could have been.
brandonh83
Banned
Guys I think this will be good.
Neff
Member
I think it's going to be amazing.
Auto-Reply
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A definitive answer on the state of the background data would be nice, won't they rerender everything due to costs or can't they do it because the data is gone.
If gone, some figures of the costs (recreating 3d files from scratch) would be interesting to hear about but I honestly doubt they woud give an answer to that as talking about money is rarely something people are compfortable with.