Based on that Capcom video, it sounds like if they don't have the original scenes set up to be able to re-render, they at least have the original models.
Also, lol at them saying "We completely redid the candles" as if it's some crazy thing. It's an 18 frame GIF.
I'm just not feeling this. 30fps, poor aspect ratio solution. I expect this problem is directly connected to the budget being allocated to the project.
It's a shame Capcom are so disrespectful of their IPs.
What about the 30fps or aspect ratio makes you think it's because they're being disrespectful to the IP..?
The cost of actual rerendered 16:9 implementation vs panning in time spent is monumentally different, and the benefit the difference would make is miniscually small. That's a crazy thing to expect, incredibly unreasonable, and they're even offering a great alternative method for playing fullscreen.
As for 30fps, I wish there was an option to play it at 60 with the animated backgrounds updating at 30, but I get why they aren't. If your response to that is "then they should have remade all the animated backgrounds" then I would just say you don't understand the cost of something like that.
There need to be reasonable expectations for stuff like this, and saying that Capcom is disrespecting their IP's with this port sounds ridiculous. If it's not a good value to you don't buy it, but that doesn't make it some spit in the face of RE fans.
Was it really? I remember the "Loading..." in the bottom corner on the PS2 version and on the HD version but not the Gamecube version when I played it. I would think the PS2 is the one they used because of that and the extra costumes and Ada mission. I would assume it would be more work to port the GameCube game and then rip assets from the PS2 one just for the extra content. Either way I feel it was a bad port.
Also door animations stay! Gives it more suspense!
On the topic of ports... What makes you feel the RE4 Ultimate HD edition is a bad port? It's absolutely the best version of the game available. Render at any resolution, 60fps support, has the GCN effects that were missing from all other versions, and has all the other benefits you could expect from the PC platform. It's a great version of the game, and the best version of the game.