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[Chabbles]

any word about a physical release yet ?

We aint getting a physical release in the west for either PS3 or PS4/XB1. But the jap version has english voice's, you can import.

 

[Altazor]

I think the only part I prefered the original was with the part with the furnace. Lighting seemed better, more natural to me. The rest looks pretty damn good.

 

[Grief.exe]

Ok, that actually looks very good.

 

[CLEEK]

More importantly, does the game play still hold up?

That's the thing about classic RE. Lots of the game design was archaic even at the time of its release, with clunky tank controls, save points and such. So in that regard, it's never really aged. Only the visuals.

I replayed RE2 and RE3 back-to-back a couple of years ago, for the first time since originally playing them, and enjoyed the hell out of both. Especially RE2. The controls are what they are, you if you were able to get on with them back in the day, they fell just the same now.

 

[Alo81]

That's the thing about classic RE. Lots of the game design was archaic even at the time of its release, with clunky tank controls, save points and such. So in that regard, it's never really aged. Only the visuals.

I replayed RE2 and RE3 back-to-back a couple of years ago, for the first time since originally playing them, and enjoyed the hell out of both. Especially RE2. The controls are what they are, you if you were able to get on with them back in the day, they fell just the same now.

I can add that i just completed my first ever playthrough of REmake this week and its a really great game

 

[Timu]

I don't like how dark the remake looks in areas but other than that it looks pretty good overall.

 

[Toxa]

no more aliasing

 

[Dragon1893]

That's the thing about classic RE. Lots of the game design was archaic even at the time of its release, with clunky tank controls, save points and such. So in that regard, it's never really aged. Only the visuals.

I replayed RE2 and RE3 back-to-back a couple of years ago, for the first time since originally playing them, and enjoyed the hell out of both. Especially RE2. The controls are what they are, you if you were able to get on with them back in the day, they fell just the same now.

Just replayed RE2&3 on my vita and got used to them again pretty quick but then again I played these games for hundreds of hours back then, not sure how people that are only used to modern controls will feel.
RE3 introdued the quick turn which makes a world of difference for me and is also present in REmake.

 

[Proc]

I thought this was going to be much more of a total redo. This leans much more on the GameCube version than I thought.

 

[-MD-]

I thought this was going to be much more of a total redo. This leans much more on the GameCube version than I thought.

It's a remaster not a remake.

 

[adamsapple]

Did anybody ever see this?

Oh wow..

BSAA Chris looks SO MUCH BETTER than the RE1 buzz-cut Chris.

 

[Easy_D]

The modding community hasn't done a lot with Resident Evil games to my knowledge beyond texture and character mods. Nothing really that exciting. Will get on PS4 and play in 4:3, seems to be the ultimate way to play this game unless for some reason you really have faith in the modding community.

Watch modders do a better job at upscaling the background textures

 

[thehillissilent]

She bothers a lot of people.

I see what you did there

 

[Dragon1893]

Why are all the games I want early 2015? Fuck...

Spoiler

Jill is just... ungh!

 

[Angry Guy]

It looks good, but it needs an option to turn on film grain.

Also, that gif of the lighting issues is a major bummer.

 

[finley83]

add in the Mercenaries Reunion DLC that was never ported to PC

Wait is this actually possible? That mode is the only reason I'm still holding onto my PS3 copy...

 

[-MD-]

It looks good, but it needs an option to turn on film grain.

I'd actually love to have that option.

 

[JohnSpartanLee]

Why are all the games I want early 2015? Fuck...

Spoiler

Jill is just... ungh!

You can buy the retail PS3 Asia-version here and play it in November already. The version has full English and Japanese text&audio. The cover comes with "biohazard" on the front and "Resident Evil" on the backside so you can swap it.

Looking forward to my copy.

 

[Sesha]

Someone should organize something like Operation Cuhrayzee for REmakeHD. Even if it doesn't make a significant dent in sales, it'd at least expose more people to the game.

Did anybody ever see this?

Cool. Hopefully they'll add Battlesuit Jill as an unlockable.

Lol! Who am I kidding, it's going to be preorder DLC.

 

[Dragon1893]

You can buy the retail PS3 Asia-version here and play it in November already. The version has full English and Japanese text&audio. The cover comes with "biohazard" on the front and "Resident Evil" on the backside so you can swap it.

Looking forward to my copy.

Thanks bro but I want to play this on PC.
Good tip for folks wanting to pick up the PS3 version though.

 

[bumpkin]

Jill looks thicker than a bowl of oatmeal in the ReRemake. Otherwise, I'm not super impressed.

Dangeous curves ahead.

Spoiler

A grown woman should have curves.

 

[Fancy Clown]

It looks definitely pretty good, but I prefer the grimier look and greenish tint of the original, as it adds a lot to the horrific atmosphere. The new one seems a little too clean (both in terms of its color palette and lack of grain).

 

[CREMSteve]

Damn, PS4 version looks great.

 

[Alo81]

Wait is this actually possible? That mode is the only reason I'm still holding onto my PS3 copy...

I found what I was thinking of, it's actually called "Mercenaries Redemption" and it's apparently inspired by the Mercs Reunion.

Here's the cast

Some enemies were also changed

Apparently THIS one is the actual Mercenaries Reunion mod

Link

 

[Chabbles]

It looks good, but it needs an option to turn on film grain.

Also, that gif of the lighting issues is a major bummer.

This should be a no brainer to include something like this.

 

[Grief.exe]

Just watched it again, I am impressed with how the current-gen version looks. Don't know why IGN wasted so much time comparing pre-rendered videos though.

 

[finley83]

I found what I was thinking of, it's actually called "Mercenaries Redemption" and it's apparently inspired by the Mercs Reunion.

Thanks, this looks pretty cool!

 

[Xun]

I actually prefer the GameCube version, surprisingly.

It must just be the grimier look of it.

 

[Alo81]

Just watched it again, I am impressed with how the current-gen version looks. Don't know why IGN wasted so much time comparing pre-rendered videos though.

I thought that was weird too. "They put higher bitrate video in!"

Yeah I damn well hope so.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

I actually prefer the GameCube version, surprisingly.

It must just be the grimier look of it.

While it's obvious that it's technically worse, it looks more visually consistent in the screenshots than the PS4 version. PS4 character models stand out against the backgrounds too much. PS4 version looks good though.

 

[Ithil]

Big booties are in, haven't you listened to the radio lately? They are just ahead of the curve and are in with the current trends...

It's not exactly like they skimped on this aspect of the game in the GC version.

 

[Timu]

I actually prefer the GameCube version, surprisingly.

It must just be the grimier look of it.

Yep, I also hope it gets less dark to see more of dat detail.

 

[JonathanPower]

It looks great, but seems to be that their uprising touch up work is going well. If they had access to re-rendering the backdrops they would have likely properly reframed it for 16:9 instead of of needed to crop it from 4:3.

I don't think so. That would have required the effort to redesign the whole game, while using this method requires no work at all. I think their solution is pretty clever, honestly.

There's quite a gulf of difference between the backgrounds used and genuine hi-res. They're just upscaled as best they can be.

An upscaled image won't look any better than its low resolution counterpart. However, there is a significant jump in image quality here, which strongly indicates that they used a high resolution source.