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Resident Evil HD Remaster confirmed for PS3/PS4/360/XB1/PC
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TrickyDaddy
Banned
Realized all Capcom is doing is photoshopping the pre-rendered backgrounds and calling it a remaster.
Davey Cakes
Member
Potential overreactions aside...
Maybe we should start calling this generation the "generation of heartbreak."
I say this because over the years, the thought of a true up-res HD "remaster" of sorts created a longing in certain Resident Evil fans. The outcome of taking the original game and making it look absolutely amazing on HD televisions with newer and better technology seemed like a dream. It also seemed...obvious? Plus everyone kind of figured Capcom kept the original assets in order to eventually do this remaster once everything was cleared with Nintendo.
But now, while it's still exciting in a sense (seeing as the game is finally moving beyond Gamecube/Wii), the result seems to be leaving many people lukewarm and cynical. Resident Evil Remaster looks alright but it's not what people were thinking of when they conjured up the idea of REmake in HD. It doesn't look horrendous but it does have that "smear" quality and I have to wonder what that'll look like on 1080p on a 40" set or larger.
Plus overall the game is being released at the full $50 which seems like a mistake (and a kind of transparently greedy one at that).
I don't know. It just seems like gamers sometimes set themselves up for disappointment and devs/pubs like Capcom are, at least in the current gen, "willing to unimpress." You're breaking peoples' hearts, Capcom.
REmake is still one of the best games ever made so hopefully A LOT of people will at least be able to enjoy it now. The silver lining. I still don't understand the lack of Wii U though; it honestly couldn't take THAT much more effort to bring it over and keep some of that fan good will.
Maybe we should start calling this generation the "generation of heartbreak."
I say this because over the years, the thought of a true up-res HD "remaster" of sorts created a longing in certain Resident Evil fans. The outcome of taking the original game and making it look absolutely amazing on HD televisions with newer and better technology seemed like a dream. It also seemed...obvious? Plus everyone kind of figured Capcom kept the original assets in order to eventually do this remaster once everything was cleared with Nintendo.
But now, while it's still exciting in a sense (seeing as the game is finally moving beyond Gamecube/Wii), the result seems to be leaving many people lukewarm and cynical. Resident Evil Remaster looks alright but it's not what people were thinking of when they conjured up the idea of REmake in HD. It doesn't look horrendous but it does have that "smear" quality and I have to wonder what that'll look like on 1080p on a 40" set or larger.
Plus overall the game is being released at the full $50 which seems like a mistake (and a kind of transparently greedy one at that).
I don't know. It just seems like gamers sometimes set themselves up for disappointment and devs/pubs like Capcom are, at least in the current gen, "willing to unimpress." You're breaking peoples' hearts, Capcom.
REmake is still one of the best games ever made so hopefully A LOT of people will at least be able to enjoy it now. The silver lining. I still don't understand the lack of Wii U though; it honestly couldn't take THAT much more effort to bring it over and keep some of that fan good will.
Jimmyfenix
Member
Don't do this to me man. My heart can't take it!
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
REmake was already a great looking game. Honestly the graphics look fine. I can't believe people are so into graphics when we are getting what is arguably one of the greatest if not the greatest survival horror game on all platforms.
Maybe for people who have already played it it doesn't warrant another dip but for newcomers this should be a MUST buy.
Maybe for people who have already played it it doesn't warrant another dip but for newcomers this should be a MUST buy.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
wtf
hardcastlemccormick
Banned
CONSOLE LOYALTY IS SERIOUS BUSINESS. How DARE they betray the console that fed, clothed and bed them! I WILL NOT STAND FOR IT
If it was a faithful port, I'd be happy. But it's not. The shots we've seen show a worse product than the original. Calling it a "Remaster" is pretty gross.
Aizu_Itsuko
Member
IIRC, SEGA had to emulate Virtua Fighter 2 on PS2 because they had lost the original source code.How in the fuck is that possible for one of the biggest gaming companies in the world? Even my local company keeps more than one backup of each file, texture, 3dmodel, script, etc...
I refuse to believe that capcom doesn't have the textures or the 3d models used to render the mansion, come the fuck on
We could have a proper HD remaster (whatever) if Capcom had done their job and kept the original source files. Even without them, they could have done a much better job than this.
ConcealedBlaze
Member
Uhhh... Bioware would actually be more at home on PC.
So I'm curious. What exactly about the giant, faceless corporation of Sony makes them worth your loyalty and adoration? I've never understood why people would care so much about a company that only regards them as a wallet.
awful screens happened.
These things happen literally all the time on Unity. Always the same thing. Apparent official site appears but is taken down before anyone on the forum can see besides the OP, etc.
What did you expect them to do?
The GC Re is perfect...adjust it for widescreen and polish it a little bit is all they need to do...
Relaxed Muscle
Member
True, but is still a missed opportunity. Lots of people have been asking for an HD version of Remake, because pre-renderered backgrounds in 480p didn't look on emulation, is one of those games that really needed a full "remake" at HD resolution.
Then here we are, upscaled at 1080p and sharpened to beyond meassure to hide that fact.
TrickyDaddy
Banned
I'll be getting the RE2make if Capcom makes it happen. Already have REmake for GC.
Is this a pun on PlayStation home or are you such a fan you call anything PS related home?
It's not funny to joke about his home man, Playstation is in his blood...he's that serious about videogames.
Except they didn't really adjust it for widescreen and they haven't actually polished anything besides adding some awful sharpening filter probably older than the original game. The new character models, at least for Chris, look completely soulless too.
-MD-
Member
I want to believe.
Melchiah
Member
It'll probably sell good on the Xbox platforms as well, considering how much RE5 sold on the 360, which is more than REmake and RE4 combined on the GC. It's pretty much given, it'll sold more there than it would on the Wii U.
RE1 was what brought me back to gaming after half a decade's hiatus, so not being able to play its remake up until now was without a doubt souring.
Turning a well-used phrase for another.
Barry Burton
Member
Console warz!
I really hope Sony invites you over for dinner, gives you shelter, comforts you when you are hurt, protects you against the big bad Nintendo. That's family right there.
TrickyDaddy
Banned
Actually remastering RE with 3D environments. Or re-render those backgrounds in higher resolution. Such a game that had a huge impact on survival horror genre deserves that form of treatment at least.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
This looks cacpcom as fuck
riposte pls respond
riposte pls respond
It's the only response fanboyism deserves
Barry Burton
Member
There was some picture at the bottom of the Famitsu article in the OP, was something like "The REAL BIO2" or something like that. I wasn't sure if it was implying an RE2 remake or not. Maybe it's still there, I'm at work now and can't get to the Famitsu link.
One: Rare had far more games published on other consoles prior to their output on SNES and N64.
Two: Bioware was, first and foremost, a PC-developer and that's where they became famous.
Three: Resident Evil had "exclusivity" for Playstation (we'll ignore the Saturn version of RE1) broken with Dreamcast. Code Veronica X came out about a year and a half AFTER the Dreamcast one. In fact, there were several games that Capcom released exclusively on Dreamcast that took forever to get ported to other consoles, or never saw another port elsewhere. If you were being intellectually honest, you would have got mad far before Mikami and REmake.
Freeman
Banned
Graphics - All that matters even for a port of a game that looks exceptionally good if you take into account when it was released.
Remasters - If it ain't Zelda, it ain't legit.
Ports - What are the benefits of a games being on multiple platforms? Screw that.
Screenshots - More reliable than playing the game.
Remasters - If it ain't Zelda, it ain't legit.
Ports - What are the benefits of a games being on multiple platforms? Screw that.
Screenshots - More reliable than playing the game.
Sephiroth_GR_
Member
Japan will get a ps3 retail version in November.The rest platforms are digital. No retail announcenent for West so far
.:Wesker:.
Member
This looks amazing.
striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
WTF?
Thuway is riiiight!
Thuway is riiiight!
Cornbread78
Member
Damn, all the excitement, and then.....
You know your going to all buy it anyway and I bet they will fix it!
Oh and way to be right on this one Thuway...
You know your going to all buy it anyway and I bet they will fix it!
Oh and way to be right on this one Thuway...
Relaxed Muscle
Member
We need that Revlaitons gif updated but instead of the Vita the Wii U.
sixteen-bit
Member
Gotta sell my GCN version while it's still worth something.