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Terrible font, but the game actually looks much better than I expected. I'm glad we're getting a version of this for posterity.
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Resident Evil HD Remaster confirmed for PS3/PS4/360/XB1/PC
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RoyaleDuke
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Day one, I will be playing this as I've wanted a port for years and who knows maybe if we support this Capcom will finally make REmake 2 and hopefully not fuck it up.
Maybe we'll even get ports of Outbreak 1 and 2.
Maybe we'll even get ports of Outbreak 1 and 2.
Novum_Veritas
Member
So, I'm not the only one who spotted this generic font, I hope this is just a "preview" thing, but something tells me it will be in the release as well. Well game looks smoothed out, but I will still play with the tank controls and 4:3 aspect ratio.
-MD-
Member
Super glad we're finally gonna have a legit version of this game on PC forever.
Can't wait for this.
Novum_Veritas
Member
No, in the GC game there was music, background music was there and the remastered tracks from RE1 on PS1.
lol but then the very next screen you've got stuff like this so I don't know whatever maybe the visuals of the original were actually really inconsistent, we just couldn't tell because it was so low res?
That's what I'm thinking. Maybe Capcom didn't lose the source assets afterall and these are the original source files upscaled, whereas the files used in the original game had to be compressed to save disc space.
-MD-
Member
I think it was one of the lowest selling games in the series and it never really had the following REmake did.
That said, I'd definitely buy a remaster of it on PC.
Sanctuary
Member
Yeah. I actually haven't replayed REmake since I beat it ten times upon release, and there was always something with playing it on Dolphin that I didn't like, so I never bothered.
ResidentDante
Member
Yes!
TheVampire
Banned
At the start of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eW4a1DdMvRA
Can someone tell me why the hell it sounds like there is an echo when she is shooting?
The guns sound fucked
Same with the dog when its chewing on her arm.
Can someone tell me why the hell it sounds like there is an echo when she is shooting?
The guns sound fucked
Same with the dog when its chewing on her arm.
I loved the train setting
ME TOO. So. Much. Especially when you were walking on top of the train as it was moving. So, so awesome back then. Train was my favorite part of the whole game.
Sanctuary
Member
The gun is made of aluminum, and the bullets are very very small. Dogs were biogenetically engineered with mechanical voice boxes.
I thought we all knew this?
Dragon1893
Member
REmake 2 is wishful thinking.
A remaster of RE0 on the other hand is a big possibility if this does well.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Putting in a third voice for the train. One of the best areas in RE, right up there with RE4's village.
There's something wrong with the sound overall. During the Jill - Richard scene, lips animation don't match voices at all.
Just a guess but I'd imagine if this does well for Capcom we'll see Zero get the same treatment.
Sadly, I think it's unlikely. RE0 was both one of the worst selling of the franchise and word-of-mouth of it is usually pretty poor. Capcom may not see any point in doing an HD re-release. Whereas REmake on the other hand while not selling great has fantatsic word-of-mouth. If 0 was often praised by people we might've seen it.
It sold 100k fewer copies than REmake, so maybe there is a chance. Code Veronica was ported several years ago, and I get the impression that game has an equal amount of people going "Yes!" or "Ehhh."
-MD-
Member
Please don't.
JonathanPower
Member
I think the original source files are resolution-independent and can be scaled without degrading image quality. However, at higher resolutions if there are any flaws they will be more evident.
ResidentDante
Member
We can only hope! I'd think they would look even sharper if they had the original source files though. Unless they still are running them in an old program that won't allow them to ramp up the resolution higher 1024*768 or something, which in any case will give an upgrade to the Gamecube version.
I gave the video a second look and just everything is very inconsistent.
Some screens are very obviously upscaled, and others seem like they're legitimately higher resolution assets with more detail than was originally present. Then some screens just look bad.
I have no clue what's going on with the port, but what I can tell is that the quality of the backgrounds seems to be all over the place.
-MD-
Member
Not sure what you mean by proper.
Jill has 8 inventory slots and Chris has 6, that's the most important difference.
As far as the differences in the story, for some reason I thought I remember you should play as Jill first or something but I can't recall exactly why. It's probably nothing. I can't remember.
Bl@de
Member
Proper? Jill is easier at first and then Chris. But there is no A/B Story like in RE2
Maybe it's because it's a work in progress and not every background has been replaced for the upgraded version yet? Dunno.
I'm not being sarcastic btw, I honestly don't know.
Chris is mostly more difficult because of less inventory space and because Rebecca isn't quite as helpful as Barry. Jill also has access to better weapons but she does have less health.
You should at least have one play through with each though.
No, there is nothing story wise that would matter which one you play first.
Nah, that is RE2 with Claire first for a better story.
Ok got it, thanks guys
Fwiw, I think you're thinking of RE2, where which order you play in does effect it.
SolidSnakex
Member
More comparison shots, this time between the Wii and 360 version
http://www.capcom-unity.com/brelston/blog/2014/10/08/more-resident-evil-comparison-images
http://www.capcom-unity.com/brelston/blog/2014/10/08/more-resident-evil-comparison-images
JonathanPower
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Even if they are all genuine high resolution assets, some will always look worse than others, giving the impression they were upscaled. You have to consider that this is a 2003 game. Back then, these assets were not supposed to be rendered at such high resolutions. As I said, at higher resolutions all the flaws will be much more evident.
Just looked at the videos, it's really inconsistent. Some background look like really bad upscales while others look pretty sharp.
I'm assuming that their starting point was the upscaled stuff for every room as sort of temporary art in order to get the game running and completely playable, and as the improved ones come down the pipe they are just replacing them. Well, I'm hoping this is the case. Considering they still have plenty of time on the Xbone/PS4/PC versions, I'm hopeful that by the time they are done most if not all will look sharp.
I'm assuming that their starting point was the upscaled stuff for every room as sort of temporary art in order to get the game running and completely playable, and as the improved ones come down the pipe they are just replacing them. Well, I'm hoping this is the case. Considering they still have plenty of time on the Xbone/PS4/PC versions, I'm hopeful that by the time they are done most if not all will look sharp.
It's still a mystery how they're doing that though. Maybe some are just more upscaled than others? Maybe Capcom did in fact dig up some of the original CG data but not all of it?
Yeah, for all we know they found the original render data at some point between the first reveal and now, found a way to convert the format into something a modern offline renderer can read and process reasonably well and are actually re-rendering the backgrounds. That's probably the best case scenario.
JonathanPower
Member
I think you are assuming wrong. As I said, some assets when rendered at high resolutions simply won't look as good as others, giving inconsistent results. This is not a matter of resolution but rather a matter of quality of the source material.
Yeah i noticed that, its called the phase effect in music production where you have 2 identical sounds playing at the same time causing this phazy shitty sound, i hope they sort it out.
I think the inconsistency is just because they haven't updated everything yet. We don't know the assets quality of the original source files either. I mean obviously textures were probably not huge or anything, but 3d object models were probably decent and those would scale up better than what some of the rooms still show.
But that's just me being optimistic.
I came away with the same impression.
Some assets are Sharp, while others are lower res.
Some of the examples are very clearly being upscaled, not rendered at a higher res.
Another possibility is that the original pre-rendered images were at a high resolution before being compressed for the Gamecube disc, and that Capcom found some of those. I don't know.
For a minute I thought that maybe some of the backgrounds were always at the resolution, but details weren't visible on the Gamecube's 480p, but those details would have come to light on Dolphin.